You can contribute to this change in practice! As befits a practice-oriented degree programme, we work with new partners on the various Master's projects every semester. This allows you to put the knowledge you have learnt directly into practice. Depending on your area of interest, you will either create cycle path concepts on behalf of a local authority, try to make a city centre area more attractive overall, improve public transport in the countryside with your innovative proposals or research strategies to increase passenger comfort together with the railway.
Many of these results are then taken into account by the project partners and subsequently trialled and, if successful, implemented on a permanent basis.
Example projects from our masters degree
Train rides through europe - Which changes do the passengers need?
In this study as part of the ‘Public Transport’ master's project, a student looked at the question of how trans-European rail transport can be strengthened. He looked at the reasons, apart from time and money, why people choose other means of transport when travelling through Europe and developed a catalogue of measures to determine what changes need to be made to the railways so that more people travel by train on holiday to Spain, for example. The student then presented the results at the ‘EAI INTSYS 2022 - 6th EAI International Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems’ in Lisbon, to which he was sent by the Mobility Management degree programme.
Overtaking manoeuvres between motor vehicles and cyclists are of great importance for the subjective road safety of cyclists and therefore essential for the promotion of cycling. With the amendment in 2021, the German Road Traffic Act has specified the minimum overtaking distance between motor vehicles and cyclists from 1.5 m in urban areas to 2.0 m in rural areas. Various student research projects were carried out at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences to measure overtaking distances and analyse the framework conditions on which these depend. Based on the experience gained from the student research, a third-party funded research project was developed. The findings to date on the factors influencing overtaking distances between cars and bicycles are presented below. It also illustrates how student research can contribute to the development of research projects.
Information Presentation in Autonomous Shuttle Busses: –What and How?
In this project, two students in the ‘Human Factors’ module each conducted their own study on the topic of information presentation in autonomous shuttle buses. The results show that the most important information requirements should be identical to the current information in public transport vehicles and that only a small amount of additional information is required. This study was subsequently presented by the students at the conference ‘EAI ArtsIT 2021 - 10th EAI International Conference: ArtsIT, Interactivity & Game Creation’.
Greenhouse gas balance of bicycle, pedelec and (e-)car in comparison
Greenhouse gas emissions from transport must be reduced. One measure whose effectiveness has been proven by climate assessments is the electrification of cars. Another measure is the shift to cycling, for example. It is therefore all the more remarkable that electrification is booming in this area in particular - in the form of pedelecs. The question arises as to how climate-friendly the pedelec is compared to other vehicles. Students investigated this question. Emissions from the manufacture, transport and disposal of the vehicles were analysed. Most of the work involved measuring and calculating emissions during use. The result - comparison of means of transport and recommendations for reducing emissions - has limitations, but the trend is clear.
During the student exchange programme between Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of the Philippines (UP SURP), you will learn a lot about mobility in emerging countries. In a workshop, local mobility problems are identified and creative solutions are found together with the local students.
The exchange programme ‘Sustainable Urban Mobility in Manila’ is a project within the framework of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for students - BWS plus, a programme of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung.
Brazil: Brusque
Last visited: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
As part of the climate partnership between the district of Karlsruhe and the city of Brusque (Santa Catarina, Brazil), a cooperation on the topic of sustainable mobility has been established between Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and UNIFEBE. The joint aim is to develop a ‘sustainable mobility masterplan’ for Brusque. This involves working on site in mixed teams with students from Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences and UNIFEBE on a wide range of issues relating to sustainable mobility in Brazil.
Canada: Waterloo
Last visited: 2024, 2018, 2016, 2014
Together with the Canadian students from our partner university in Waterloo, current mobility topics are discussed on site. Mixed groups of Canadian and German students dealt with topics such as the High-Speed Rail System (HSR) and its routing.
Workshops & projects
GO Karlsruhe
The aim of the research project is to develop and evaluate new forms and instruments of citizen participation in pedestrian areas. The classical form of citizen participation, as it is carried out at the place of residence, is insufficient in the inner city, where many more people pass through than live there. Therefore, citizen participation must become on-site user participation. On-site participation is done through digital media in public spaces such as interactive displays or smartphones. The research project is funded by an amount of 1.17 million Euros.
regiomove
regiomove is a development project with research components, which aims to develop the mobility services of the Karlsruhe technology region into an integrated mobility network over a period of three years. Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences will live up to its leading role in research and innovation and will act as the project's idea provider with a funding amount of about 1 million euros. The research focuses on the development and application of a parameter to determine the quality of mobility as well as to determine and select elements for the integration of new mobility nodes (ports).
