Annual POLIS Conference 2024 – Presentations

The POLIS Conference 2024 took place on 27 and 28 November in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

 

Below you will find all the presentations from the event.

 

1A. Assessing active travel

 

1B. Can data spaces accelerate the sustainable mobility pace?

  • The Great Shift: The European mobility data space changing urban mobility, Lucie Kirstein, acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering
  • Towards a common European Mobility Data Space (EMDS) – A bottom-up approach to data space design and deployment, Laure De Cock, Imec & Roos Lowette, City of Mechelen
  • Shaping sustainable mobility with new data platforms, Jochen Harding, NRW.Mobidrom GmbH
  • Empowering data-driven solutions: The role of open mobility data by MobiData BW® in transforming mobility, Florian Stratz, NVBW-Nahverkehrsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH
  • Seamless integration of on-demand and scheduled public transport facilitated by data spaces: A deployEMDS use case in Barcelona, Pablo Ruiz, Nommon

Full session presentations here

 

1C. Managing access: The local landscape

  • UVAR evolution in Rome and the UPPER project, Chiara Di Majo, Roma Servizi per la mobilità (RSM)
  • Converting Madrid into a Low Emission Zone enhanced by Zero Emission Zones to foster active mobility in all districts, Pedro Fernandez, Madrid City Council
  • Helmond SmartZone Buffer Service: Pioneering Intelligent City Access, Nuno Rodrigues, MAPtm & Luuk Misdom, City of Helmond
  • Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: A ‘war on motorists’?, Peter Jones, UCL

Full session presentations here

 

1D. Reducing Speed Limits

 

1E. Air quality and climate protection: Two sides of the same coin 

 

1F. Unlocking the last mile: Innovations in urban freight 

 

1G. Future-proof mobility: Big ideas for Small & Medium-Sized Cities

  • Decreasing the reliance on cars in rural areas, Amira Haberah, Fifteen
  • The bicycle agent, the product of a unique collaboration for bike promotion in region Twente, Christien Rodenburg, Twente2050 / Twente region
  • Distinct actors for district action: Developing collaborative process models for planning transport-efficient districts in small- and medium-sized cities, Maria Schnurr & Anna Gemzell, RISE
  • Getting started with construction logistics in a medium-sized city, Esmée Hof, City of Mechelen
  • Small cities, big data: Charting sustainable paths, Max Wehlin, City of Varberg & Eurotowns Network

Full session presentations here

 

1H. Beating back-lash – Boosting buy-in

 

Opening Plenary Session: Fix the Mix!

Welcome speeches  

  • Winfried Hermann, Minister of Transport, Baden-Württemberg
  • Dr Frank Mentrup, Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe

Keynote speaker 

  • Philipp Rode, Executive Director, LSE Cities, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

 

2A. Cycling all the way

 

2B. More sustainable mobility through Multimodal Digital Mobility Platforms

  • Together we grow: Strong partnerships for unlocking the full potential of MaaS, Fiona Peter, Siemens Mobility
  • Reducing commuting emissions and mobility costs with the mobility budget, Andreas Reichert, MOBIKO GmbH
  • How automation, RPAs and integrating solutions provide added value to digital transit services, Gábor Béres, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport
  • How Île-de-France Mobilités addresses mobility challenges in the Paris Region with MaaS: The case of the 2024 Summer Olympic & Paralympic Games, Aurelien Belhocine, Île-de-France Mobilités & Françoise Guaspare, Île-de-France Europe
  • Integrating Shared Mobility: A Closer Look into Brussels’ First MaaS app – Floya, Loïc Nys Taymans d’Eypernon, Brussels Mobility & Dagmara Wrzesińska, Trafi

Full session presentations here

 

2C. Managing parking: Rethinking urban space

 

2D. Road safety in practice

 

2E. Enabling shared mobility

  • Realising over 1.000 hubs and bicycle parking spots in Eindhoven: How do you choose, prioritise and how do you design them?, Bas Kramer & Kim Raijmakers, City of Eindhoven
  • Stationary, free floating, electric: Lessons learned from the last 10 years of carsharing, Michael Hagel & Nicolas Leyva, City of Stuttgart
  • Regulatory frameworks for shared mobility services, Bram Seeuws, Autodelen.net
  • Unleashing the power of seamless multimodality: Integrating public transport and shared mobility solutions, Roland Werner, Uber
  • Mobility hubs Groningen: Moving towards a reshaped and liveable city, Sarah Boshuizen, Municipality of Groningen
  • Multiple ways to increase public transport usage with MaaS, Alexander Bräutigam, FREENOW

Full session presentations here

 

2F. Looking at logistics hubs: From local to regional

 

2G. Supporting SUMPs 

  • Europe’s Urban Nodes need a SUMP for their FUA soon. Tailored multilayer governance strategies, Jochen Maes, Ecorys
  • Improvement of SUMP-Methodology for Climate Mitigation, Niklas Sieber, Fraunhofer ISI
  • Climate Mobility Plan: Next generation SUMP for more climate-friendly mobility in Baden-Württemberg, Paula Kuss, Ministry of Transport Baden-Württemberg
  • The Mobility of the entire sub-region bundled into one SUMP, Mariusz Kawecki, City of Czestochowa
  • Informing, advising, connecting and training: How the State of Hessen (Germany) supports sustainable mobility planning, Chelsea Tschoerner-Budde, Ministry of Transport, State of Hessen & Alesya Krit, Competence Center for Sustainable Mobility Planning, State of Hessen

Full session presentations here

 

2H. Sourcing citizen change

 

3A. What about the money? New visions for financing sustainable mobility 

  • Rethinking the mobility funding equation​, Mickael Tauvel & Arsène Ruhlmann, Arthur D. Little
  • Mobility Impact Markets, Erdem Ovacik, Impact Market
  • Redefining urban mobility with subsidies: A Path to sustainable cities, Lars Christian Grødem-Olsen, Movability
  • Implementing mobility budgets to address urban mobility challenges: A pilot study on shared mobility, mobility poverty, and incentivizing public transport usage, Bea Cleeren, City of Hasselt & Eli Nomes, City of Leuven

Full session presentations here

 

3B. Gearing up cities and regions for automation

  • Societal impacts of automated mobility for public transport: Insights from a modified Delphi study and expert interviews, Víctor Ferran, Bax & Company
  • Should city officials take a different perspective on the deployment of autonomous vehicles?, Torsten Fleischer, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
  • Integrating Citizen Engagement and Modern Technologies to accelerate CCAM Deployment, Maximilian Schrapel, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
  • Autonomous ridepooling for the European mobility transition, Rainer Becker, MOIA
  • Automated public transport service from and to Rotterdam-The Hague Airport, Robert Kooijman, City of Rotterdam
  • Shaping the future of mobility: Preparing autonomous vehicles for efficient and sustainable public transport, Javier Guimera Tena, Padam Mobility

Full session presentations here

 

3C. Unpacking Urban Air Mobility

 

3D. Extending regional connectivity through multilevel governance – Panel discussion

 

3E. Big is beautiful: Electrifying buses and trucks 

 

3F. Cities delivering change in urban logistics

 

3G. Pathways to climate neutrality

  • Climate City Contract, a tool for developing holistic pathways to climate neutrality, Anna Huttunen, Climate KIC / NetZeroCities
  • How can Baden-Württemberg’s digital state-wide transport demand model contribute to climate protection?, Linda Heine, Ministry of Transport Baden-Württemberg & Volker Waßmuth, PTV Transport Consult GmbH
  • How does AI change the governance of (sustainable) mobility?, Frauke Behrendt, Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of multimodal urban mobility hubs to motivate passengers to use more sustainable modes of transport for their first/last mile trip, Maria Morfoulaki & Kornilia Maria Kotoula, CERTH/HIT

Full session presentations here

 

3H. Sharing in Suburbia

  • From pilot projects to firmly anchored public transport offers: Showcasing challenges and opportunities in successfully operating modern mobility solutions in rural areas, Clemens Deyerling, omobi GmbH
  • Beyond boundaries: Synergies between public transport and carpooling, Anaïs Timon, Karos Mobility
  • Carpooling from villages to Denmark’s second-largest city, Ida Blinkenberg Lidell, nabogo ApS & Gustav Friis, Aarhus Municipality
  • Integrating shared mobility: Utrecht’s journey towards a unified transport system, Wouter Slob & Eric van Dijk, Provincie Utrecht
  • Bike sharing works but what about the rural areas?, Mareike Rauchhaus, nextbike GmbH

Full session presentations here

 

4A. Better urban living through active mobility 

 

4B. Navigating Intelligent Traffic Management 

  • TANGENT: Lessons from coordinated and dynamic multimodal traffic management implementation, Daniel Franco, Rupprecht Consult & Arka Ghosh, University of Deusto
  • Improving Air Quality with traffic management in Hungary: Collaborative solutions and innovative strategies from Budapest, Patrik Toth, BKK Centre for Budapest Transport & Lőcsei-Tóth Kinga, Municipality of Budapest
  • From digital routes to physical paths: Route planning and wayfinding in a multimodal world, Stijn Vernaillen, City of Antwerp
  • Digital orchestration of use of public space, Daan van der Tas & Vincent Lau, City of Amsterdam
  • Car-Free Grand Prix: How the Dutch bike to track, Chris Bruntlett, Dutch Cycling Embassy
  • Navigation 2.0: Transmition of strategies to navigation services – First examples and experiences in Stuttgart, Tamara Strassheim & Thomas Oesterle, City of Stuttgart
  • Traffic lights can improve road safety! The Dutch approach, Luuk Misdom, City of Helmond
  • Making mobility more sustainable by implementing connected ITS – The TINA-5 project in Almelo, Twente region, The Netherlands, Rob Hulleman, Twente2050 / Twente region
  • Driving Towards the Future: TN-ITS and the evolution and role of Digital Mapping, Christian Kleine, HERE

Full session presentations here

 

4C.  Driven by data 

  • Mobility data provision by cities and regions – Working on harmonized European recommendations for data provision in line with the Delegated Regulations of the ITS Directive, Patricia Pumpler, AustriaTech
  • Get your (data) power back!, Pierre Carbonne, enRoute & Tu-Tho Thai, CEN & GT7
  • Digitization and further processing of data from construction sites on roads in Bavaria, Andreas Müller, Trafficon – Traffic Consultants GmbH München
  • Enhanced transport demand forecasting & digitalisation, Kevin Cox, National Transport Authority – Dublin
  • Action! Elevating digital twins for mobility, Sami Sahala, Forum Virium Helsinki
  • How to optimize traffic management with responsible use of AI and improved data quality, Gerard van Dijck, CROW – TM2.0
  • AI or BS? Understanding the implications of new technology in mobility management, Alex Pazuchanics, VIANOVA
  • Artificial Intelligence assisted pedestrian crowd forecasting Scheveningen Beach, The Netherlands, Theivaprakasham Hari, Delft University of Technology

Full session presentations here

 

4D. Discovering the dimensions of a just transition

  • Transport poverty, the less sexy side of mobility, András Ekés, Mobilissimus
  • A paradigm shift towards accessibility justice: The case of job accessibility in the low countries, Josefien Hoerée, University of Antwerp & Hans Voerknecht, Een Nieuwe Kijk
  • Impact and design of Barcelona Low Emission Zone from a social justice perspective, Jordi Jové Palou, Àrea de Mobilitat, Transport i Sostenibilitat
  • Navigating accessibility: Lisbon’s journey towards inclusive urban mobility solutions, Hugo Costa, EMEL – Lisbon’s Municipal Company for Mobility and Parking
  • Cycling mothers lead the way to a safer and more inclusive cycling culture, Elke Franchois, Mobiel 21
  • Adding a feminist perspective into AMB’s transport and mobility, Mariona Conill, AMB
  • MyFairShare – Individual mobility budgets as a foundation for social and ethical carbon reduction, Kristin Tovaas, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
  • Open vacancy: Inclusive mobility manager to shape our city beyond the ordinary, Sami Angsthelm, Bax & Company & Esen Köse, Mpact
  • SINFONICA: Pioneering inclusive, accessible, and equal CCAM, Lars Meijer, Province of Noord-Brabant

Full session presentations here

 

4E. Mobility as a right: DRT and regional public transport in practice – In cooperation with UPPER

 

4F. Enhancing e-mobility in smart cities and regions

 

4G. Measuring Micro-mobility 

  • The impacts of shared micromobility on the environment in 142 EU cities using big data, Kun Gao, Chalmers University of Technology
  • Shared Micromobility: Revolutionizing public transport through last mile connectivity, Haya Verwoord Douidri, Bolt
  • E-scooters: Shared vs. privately owned, and e-scooter vs. public transport, Nils Fearnley & Espen Johnsson, Institute of transport economics
  • Learnings from the Shared Micromobility sector – A blueprint for public-private integration?, Sebastian Schlebusch, Dott
  • Are micro- and shared- mobility solutions contributing to improving the mobility system?, Vadim Panarin, Arthur D. Little
  • Lessons from 9 use cases in 8 European cities on the enablers of shared bicycles, Bruno Van Zeebroeck, Transport & Mobility Leuven
  • Why do e-scooter riders ride on pavements? The role of Computer Vision to help cities better understand the rider-infrastructure gap, Andrew Fleury, Luna Systems
  • Shared Micro Mobility: The correlation between good parking behaviour and new shared micro mobility parking infrastructure – A guidance for practitioners, Anna Montasser, Lime & Michael Wenzl, City of Munich
  • ParkedByMe: Revolutionizing sustainable urban transportation with precise micromobility parking, Welmoed Neijmeijer, SparkPark

Full session presentations here

 

4H. Upscaling and fast-tracking: From smart to smarter cities – Part 1

  • Reflection on barriers for successful collaboration between cities and scale-ups creating impact to make cities better, Pedro Homem de Gouveia, POLIS
  • Solving barriers for cities and scale-ups for successful collaboration in deployment of New Mobility Services, Edwin Mermans, Province of Noord-Brabant
  • On the Fast Track: Accelerating urban innovation with RAPTOR – Lessons from three cities, Yann Simon, EIT Urban Mobility
  • Responsible mobility & deployment of new mobility services in urban context, Margriet van Schijndel, EAISI / Eindhoven University of Technology
  • Reshaping our urban mobility infrastructure with Digital Twins: Examples from three European cities, Helber Lopez, Bentley Systems
  • From Pilot to reality: 5 insights for upscaling mobility solutions, with Rotterdam and BMW, Vincent Joanknecht, City of Rotterdam & Michael Weltin, BMW Group
  • Scaling micromobility in European cities, Pauline Charrier, VOI Technology
  • Remote Driving Vehicles Solving Urban Mobility Challenges, Zuzana Púčiková, Vay
  • Partnering with cities to unlock flexible and reliable public transport, Charlotte Veldkamp, The Routing Company
  • Fast-tracking ridepooling with autonomous vehicles, Rainer Becker, MOIA

Full session presentations here

 

Closing Plenary Session: Charting or Changing the Course?