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Multimodality in the Swiss New Normal, new insights and evidence released under the recently concluded Mobility Initiative project
The team composed by Daniel Heimgartner, Aurore Sallard and Milos Balac from Kay W. Axhausen's chair investigated the mobility behavior in a new normal, characterized by a large population share adopting working from home.
The CSFM Symposium on 29 May 2024
The Center for Sustainable Future Mobility (CSFM) Symposium 2024 was hosted at ETH Zurich on May 29th. The event featured interesting presentations on Mobility Initiative projects as well as keynotes from Marta González, Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, and Juho-Pekka Virtanen, Product Owner of the Digital Twin at the Forum Virium Helsinki.
Pioneer in mobile robotics
Our colleague and CSFM member Marco Hutter, who is also actively working on Mobility Initiative projects, has been awarded the Rössler Prize, which is the most endowed research award at ETH Zurich.
How can we tax electric cars without slowing down the electromobility transition?
The federal government has plans to tax electric vehicles to secure funding for road infrastructure. However, a new levy could delay the switch to electromobility. Alessio Levis and Professor Thomas Bernauer explain how this dilemma could be resolved.