Transportforum 2019

Mistra SAMS chaired two seminars at Transportforum 2019, and researchers from the program participated in additional seminars. Mistra SAMS presented results in measuring sustainable accessibility, user perspectives on accessibility, smart mobility and shared mobility.

Anna Kramers opens the seminar on User Perspectives

Transportforum is arranged every year by VTI and is the largest Nordic conference on transport of its kind. 2019, researchers from Mistra SAMS participated in four seminars.

In a seminar on Smart Mobility , moderated by Claus Hedegaard Sörensen, the presenters critically examined the idea of what "smart" actually means in the context of mobility and in the discourse surrounding it. Presentations also covered the governance of smart mobility.

Presentations:

Glenn Lyons: Getting smart about urban mobility: a comparison of the paradigms of smart and sustainable

Anna Pernestål: Smart mobilitet behöver smart styrning – men framtiden är osäker

Malin Henriksson: All Change or Business as Usual? The Framing of Smart Mobility in Sweden

Kasey Oldbury: Governing strategies for MaaS in six Nordic cities

In a seminar on Measuring Sustainable Accessibility , moderated by Anna Kramers, presenters talked about sustainability indicators and ways of measuring accessibility from a user-perspective.

Presentations:

Peter Arnfalk: Using indicators to find the gold nuggets of sustainable accessibility

Henrik Andersson: Methods for measuring international accessibility

Katrin Lättman: Perceived accessibility when travel options are limitied to sustainable alternatives

Todor Stojanovski: Urban Form and Multimodal Travel – Using Urban Form and Accessibility Factors to Estimate Modal Shares, Carbon Emissions and Energy Use from Transportation in Luleå

In a seminar on User perspectives on new mobility and accessibility services , moderated by Anna Kramers, the presenters talked about the need for design thinking and focus on user-experience in new services.

Presentations:

Jesper Johansson: User needs and service design – the way to Mobility as a Service

Martin Sjöman: Economic incentives from a user-perspective

Mia Hesselgren: Mobility systems in the work place - from a user-perspective

In a seminar on Shared mobility , moderated by Margareta Friman, the presenters talked about reserach into why people use (or don't use) mobility sharing services.

Presentations:

Lars Olsson: What determines if people use car-sharing or not?

Hanna Wennberg: Shared mobility services in vulnerable areas, for more equal accessibility - results from a research project on Inclusive MaaS.

A. Andersson: Marketing active transport: Motivation to decrease car use within different segments

A. Gemzell: Get Car-free!

A person making a presentation on stage. The slide shows a picture of a man riding alone in his car with a semi-transparent Hitler next to him. — "When you ride alone, you ride with Hitler" Lars Olsson shows a car sharing-ad from the 20th century.

The backs of a number of people are seen through a doorway, the room within is full with seated people watching a presentation out of view from the camera. — Mistra SAMS chair Torbjörn Lundahl couldn't find a seat at the seminar on user-perspectives.

Five people are on stage taking questions from the audience. — The panel in the seminar on measuring sustainable accessibility took questions at the end. In center: Peter Arnfalk.

An auditorium, someone is on stage talking to a large audience. — Opening speeches at Transportforum 2019

A person holding a presentation, the current slide shows a map with different parts in yellow, red and orange. — Todor Stojanovski presented research on multi-modal travel

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