Julia Jarass reports in detail at the DLR Institute of Transport Research on the results of the real-life experiment in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, where an intersection was temporarily transformed into a city square.
Cornelia Meyer from Business Insider deals with the question of whether a car can be replaced by a cargo bike in a recent article. Sophia Becker gives her opinion as a transport expert.
At the end of January, Katharina Götting, psychologist and doctoral candidate with EXPERI, organised an internal training for all EXPERI team members. She illustrated the use of different methods and tools for teaching and implementing workshops online. The question of how digital trainings can be moderated in an interactive and engaging way comes up again and again.
DER SPIEGEL reports on the reorganisation of street space using the example of the initiative “Verkehrsberuhigter Samariterkiez” in Berlin’s district Friedrichshain with quotes by Sophia Becker on the transport transition from the perspective of a mobility researcher.
The number of traffic fatalities in Germany has decreased significantly compared to today since a peak of 21,332 in 1970. In 2019, the figure was 3046, and in 2020 it is expected to be less than 3000 for the first time. This figure is a political and social success. This reduction in road deaths can be attributed to various factors.
As Eckert introduced, her own research experiences with "failed" interviews led her and her colleague Diana Cichecki from Freiburg to deal with this phenomenon on a methodological and research practice level.
The trade magazine “Freiraum Gestalter - Magazin für Planung, Bau und Ausstattung” (Magazine for Planning, Construction and Equipment) reports in its 01/2021 issue on the real-world experiment “Temporärer Stadtplatz Klausenerplatz-Kiez”.
The MODUS-COVID report of 05.02.2021 deals with the current contact reductions and possible slight relaxations. Sophia Becker contributed to the report, among other things to bring in a behavioural psychology perspective.
Thanks to modern cargo bikes and bike trailers, about half of all motorised trips for transporting goods (69% private / 31% commercial) in European cities could be shifted to bicycles.
Prof. Dr. Sophia Becker, Leiterin des Fachgebiets Nachhaltige Mobilität und transdisziplinäre Forschungsmethoden an der Technischen Universität Berlin, nahm am 19.01.2021 auf Einladung der Fraktion DIE LINKE. als Sachverständige an der Anhörung des...