relation: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3706/
title: Making Hamburg a cycling city through Smart Velomobility. An investigative research on how Hamburg can use Smart Velomobility to achieve their mobility transition objectives.
creator: Kloos, Tom, M.
description: Research has shown that Smart Velomobility (SV) is usually underrepresented in ITS policy documents from the European Commission. However, little is known about the integration of SV in ITS strategies of individual cities. Additionally, the mobility transition is a frequently discussed affair in the political and scientific discourse. In Hamburg (Germany), the objectives of the ITS strategy and of the mobility transition partly overlap. Therefore, this thesis investigates to what extent SV can contribute to Hamburg’s mobility transition and which SV measures should preferably be implemented in the context of Hamburg.  By analysing 42 ITS Hamburg projects in-depth and conduct five expert interviews, this knowledge gap is addressed for the case of ITS Hamburg. Results show that SV is considered in Hamburg’s ITS strategy and that it can be used as a tool to bring about the mobility transition. SV is, however, not an alternative for physical bicycle infrastructure. Nevertheless, SV is still less discussed in Hamburg’s ITS strategy than more dominant modes of transport. The SV Index developed as a result of this research can be used as a tool for City Planners and Politicians to measure a cities’ SV. Additionally, advise is given on what SV measures should be focused on in the context of Hamburg. Further research is needed to examine whether a fixed budget can be assigned to SV, and what types of SV projects are demanded by different cyclists.
date: 2021
type: Thesis
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: text
language: en
identifier: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/3706/1/Tom%20Kloos%20Smart%20Velomobility%20Hamburg%20Thesis.pdf
identifier:   Kloos, Tom, M.  (2021) Making Hamburg a cycling city through Smart Velomobility. An investigative research on how Hamburg can use Smart Velomobility to achieve their mobility transition objectives.  Master thesis.