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Planning urban areas for low environmental impact mobilities

Research fields Urban matters
Keywords Safety
Infrastructure
Cycling
Funding ANR - Agence nationale de la recherche (France)
Duration November 2020 - March 2024
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Researchers Rérat Patrick (Principal Investigator)
Marincek Dimitri (Doctoral student)
Hernandez Frédérique (Project coordinator)

This research project supported by the national agency for scientific research (ANR) in France has the objective of better understanding how to welcome, within an urban context, the development of light transport modes with a low environmental impact (i.e., bicycles, e-bikes and other light personal travel modes). There are currently three obstacles limiting these modes' development: (1) a lack of safety, (2) the inadaptation of infrastructure at the spatial level, and (3) the inefficiency of public action faced with rapid changes in users' needs (3). The IGD/OUVEMA will contribute knowledge and results from studies on cycling security in the swiss context.



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