This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme

MELINDA FINAL CONFERENCE

PILOT AUSTRIA06th July 2021

Vorarlberg University of Applied

Sciences, Austria

Dr. Florian Maurer

This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme

• Alpine-Rhine Valley/Vorarlberg is a densely populated area… after Vienna and Graz, the Rhine Valley/Vorarlberg is the most densely populated area in Austria

• Increasing population growth(> 400.000 citizens)

• Increased traffic volume and need for

increased coordination & monitoring

• International context & tourism(FLACH+GER, Alpine-Rhine & Lake of Constance,

Cross-boarder traffic, commuters, north-south axis)

• Lack in (participative) mobility &

mobility service innovation (technologies)

• Traffic control vs. mobility behavior

Pilot Austria: Motivation (1)

This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme

Pilot Austria: Motivation (2)

This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme

Timeline

Project

kick-off

July/Aug 2019:

Empiricial study

(international;

farmer markets

& tailored

events)

Oct 2019:

Submission of

two reports to

Austrian

Promotion Agency

(FFG)

Oct 2019:

Walkspace

conference;

Result

dissemination

Jan 2020:

Vorarlberger

Technik Tag;

Result

dissemination

Feb 2020: App

Live Tests in

Vienna & Go-Live

Feb 2020:

Awarding by the

Austrian

Promotion

Agency (FFG)

Until June 2019:

Pilot definition

incl. cross-

borarder mobility

March 2020:

COVID-19

Aug 2019: Analysis,

evaluation and reporting

This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme

Timeline

Sept 2020: MobilWoche

Vorarlberg (cooperation

with the Energy Institute

Vorarlberg); Results

dissemination and pilot

user aquisition at markets

and industrial events

Oct 2020: Long

Night of

Research; Results

dissemination

and pilot user

aquisition

Oct 2020:

Walkspace

conference;

Result

dissemination

and pilot user

aquisition

Spring 2021:

Paper

publication in

Journal

„Sustainability“

March 2021:

Submission of a

scholarly paper

to ISL symposium

June 2021: Results

dissemination at the

• Internationalisierun

gsplatform

Burgenland

• A-Ring Mobiilty Day

June/July 2020:

Meeting with the

Ministry from

Climate of the

Federal Republic

of Austria and

further relevant

stakeholders

July 2021:

Final

conference

Project

endJune/July 2020:

AGIT conference;

Results

dissemination

and publication

of a scholarly

paper*

Lockdown light,

Oct-Nov 2020

Hard Lockdown,

Nov2020 – May2021

July 2021:

Presentation at

the ISL symposium

June 2021:

Submission of the

Melinda

project/Melinda app

to the Traffic Club

Austria

March 2021: Submission

of three videos to the

SaMBA challenge

Spring 2020:

Online

questionnaire;

Covid

questionnaire

Lockdown 1, March

– July 2020

Spring 2020:

Re-definition

of the pilot

This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme

• Continuous involvement and engagement of

citizens and stakeholders(international, all age groups, rural/urban, …)

• Active involvement of government

and politics

• Continuous participation at tailored events

for citizens, government/politics, scholars

• Continuous presence in newspapers; scholarly

publications & conference particiaption

• Increasing number of App users

• Awareness creation & behavioral change:

important contribution to a future of sustainable mobility

• Cooperation with stakeholders

(national, interregional)

Results

This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme

Refinement of the Melinda App

• Contribution to the project‘s

specific objectives:

- enable the citizens awareness

by the real-time suggestion of

more sustainable styles and modes,

representing information, offering

alternative solutions, giving

evidences on carbon impacts

- value-added services for multi-

modality (e.g. car charing stations,

public transport, bike sharing, etc.)

- Basis for new business models

(big data analysis and evaluation;

system simulation and optimization;

mobility & service innovation)

This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme

• Received

- 2x Talent internships for students 2019

- 1x Outstanding support talent internships for students 2019(Austrian Promotion Agency in cooperation with the federal ministry

for Climate of the Republic of Austria, BM Eleonore Gewessler)

• Decision in progress

- Traffic Club Austria (Verkehrsclub Österreich, VCÖ),

Submission to the 30th VCÖ Mobility Award, June 2021

- SaMBA Competition 2020/2021

Your vision of the future Alpine mobility – a sustainable mobility competition

Submission of three videos (, which will be shown at the Turin CinemAmbiente Film Festival)

• New Business Models

Mobility Innovation Hub Vorarlberg (in cooperation with Interreg IBH; Bay-Aut)

Awards & honours

Source: VN – Vorarlberger Nachrichten (2020)

This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme

Many thanks for your attention

This project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund through the Interreg Alpine Space programme

MELINDA

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CONTACT

florian.maurer@fhv.at

+43 5572 792 7128

Dr. Florian Maurer