After the hundreds of days (36 months!) working hard in the project + corresponding proposal…
After the 3 successful events specifically organised by the project (London, Madrid, Belgrade)…
After the more than 30 DATASET2050 posts tackling mobility-related topics…
After the tens...
How long?
AUTHOR: GRAHAM TANNER
With the imminent publication of the DATASET2050 project results, this seems an ideal moment to compare a recent trip with one of the key project outcomes, the average door-to-door travel time.
DATASET2050 modelling of passenger journeys within Europe has found the average door-to-door...
Jet-bridges: The gateway to time-wasting?
Author: Pete Hullah
So you walked for what seems like miles to get to your gate. You’ve just queued for an age to have your boarding-card scanned and your passport checked. “Bon voyage” says the attendant. Welcome to the jet bridge, or Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB) in the jargon....
Mobility metrics and indicators rethought
Author: Gérald Gurtner
Performance is about comparing some output of a system with some level of expectations. The issue of setting the right level of expectations is certainly a major issue by itself, but choosing the right metrics to measure is probably even more difficult.
This difficulty comes...
Moving the people to the terminal? Why not move the terminal to the people?
Author: Pete Hullah
The question of ground access to airports is the object of many studies. How do we get people to the airport quickly, efficiently and sustainably? A previous blog post touched on the many different means people use to accomplish this part of their journey.
One of the major...
European door-to-door mobility workshop! 20th Sept, Madrid
European door-to-door mobility workshop, took place 20th September 2017, 10:30-16:00
The event, hosted at Madrid Campus (Google Space) mixed active debate and participation from all the workshop attendees with presentations from top entities in the field. See presentations below, some pictures will...
Towards user-centric transport in Europe – Challenges, solutions and collaborations
The EU projects Mobility4EU (http://www.mobility4eu.eu/) and MIND-SETS (http://www.mind-sets.eu/) jointly organized the event “Towards user-centric transport in Europe – Challenges, solutions and collaborations” in Brussels in May. The aim was to bring together stakeholders from different areas to...
Augmented reality and data visualization (in aviation)
Present-day technology is so powerful that the perception of reality can be easily and realistically modified with IT tools, providing users withan experience beyond “simple” reality. This is achievable by mixing real-world environment elements supplemented and/or augmented by computer-generated...
On maps
How are “mobility” and trips visualized and represented? Well, the most direct, intuitive way of doing so, is using maps. Representations, converting the 3-dimensional earth (*sphere*) to a flat 2-dimensional surface. This post is about maps, map properties, map distortion and curious...
How do you catch a plane?
How do you catch a plane? More interestingly: what are the stages of your door-to-door journey when an airline flight is involved? They’re most likely not all the same as anyone else’s.
There are a myriad ways of getting from your starting point (home, office, hotel) to the airport –...