Read the Vervoerregio Amsterdam’s insights from the consortium meeting that took place in June 2024 In 2024, the third use-case of the XCARCITY research programme was designed: the Amsterdam Zuidas. An area in full development; how do you keep it… Read More »XCARCITY supports Zuidas in mobility transition
Existing activity-based and agent-based simulations alone often failed to capture the interaction between individual activity scheduling and detailed urban traffic dynamics. ActivitySim provides a representation of individual activity schedulings but often lacks detailed traffic dynamics, whereas MATSim can capture detailed… Read More »An Activity- and Agent-based Co-Simulation Framework Integrating ActivitySim and MATSim for the MRDH Region, Netherlands
Multi-modal transport is increasingly popular with the advent of diverse traffic modes, presenting new challenges for transport researchers. This paper introduces an augmented link-based super-network approach to model multi-modal transport networks, addressing scalability and versatility limitations of conventional methods. By… Read More »Traffic Assignment of Multi-Modal Transport Networks Based on An Augmented Link-Based Super-Network Model
The XCarcity WP5 meeting was held on 29 November 2024 at CVD Apeldoorn. It provided a platform for the WP5 team to discuss progress, requirements, and ongoing research. During the meeting, Fatemeh Marzani delivered a presentation titled “Data Privacy is… Read More »Smart Infrastructure (WP 5)
On December 6th, Workpackage 2 hosted a workshop at Eindhoven University ofTechnology. The event brought together experts from academia and industry to explorehuman behavior, data-driven mobility solutions, and their combined impact on thesuccess of promoting sustainable transport solutions. The day… Read More »User Behaviour, Preferences & Acceptance (WP 2)
On November 19th, 2024, we hosted our second annual design session at AMS Institute, a pivotal event aimed at advancing digital twins in supporting solutions for car low neighbourhoods. The session brought a wide variety of XCARCITY consortium members including… Read More »XCARCITY Annual Design Session
This summer, a Japanese delegation led by Prof ISHIDA Haruo, visited Delft to discuss international collaboration in the context of XCARCITY. As a follow up, a Dutch Delegation traveled to Japan to continue the collaboration and exchange of experience and… Read More »XCARCITY goes Japan
We are sad to see Paola Huijding from Almere go, but we are pleased to welcome Gerry Koning to the team. We would like to share some insights from Paola’s experience in the XCARCITY Programme. We would also like to… Read More »Interview: Paola Huijding (Almere)
We would like to announce the official opening of the XCARCITY Student Lab. Are you a student and looking you a student looking for an assignment in the XCARCITY program? Let us know! Tell us your interests, your background and… Read More »Opening Student Lab and first student
Mobility is not just about car and roads, it is also about people and a living environment that is pleasant, healthy to live in and is accessible in a sustainable way. The XCARCITY programme is not alone in its exploration … Read More »Global interest in car-low cities!