• Event: Collision warnings for cyclists: current research results

    […] Forum on Geoinformatics 2023 6 July 2023, 11:00-12:15 Salzburg, Austria Collision warnings for cyclists: Presentation and discussion of current research results from the Bike2CAV project. In recent years, the multidisciplinary consortium of the project has been intensively researching more safety for cyclists by means of cooperative detection of collision risks. For the first time, a proof-of-concept prototype (TRL 4) that warns Vulnerable Road Users of collision risks based on wireless communication between an automated vehicle (CAV), the infrastructure and the bicycle has been implemented and real-world tested in urban and rural areas. New technological developments in the field of vehicle communication (ITS-G5), bicycle sensor technology and environment perception were used in these real-life tests. In this forum, results from the research project Bike2CAV will be presented and discussed with the expert audience how this concept or other solutions in this area can be designed to reduce the risk of collision for cyclists and thus […]

  • Post: EDIH “Crowd in Motion”: Promoting sustainable digital innovation in tourism, sport and the public sector

    […] sustainable tourism and sport solutions early on through demonstration facilities, digital fabrication, prototyping and technology scouting. Open innovation ecosystem and crowd ideation: Low-threshold access to the national research and innovation ecosystem. Based on a bottom-up innovation approach, crowd intelligence is used to identify the needs of citizens and customers and the future market potential. Support in the search for investor:ing: Crowdfunding support, green investment initiatives and innovative public procurement. Banks, Business Angels, Private Equity & Venture Funds, Financial Market Innovations, Crypto Assets Education & Certification cover all types of financing currently available. More on this topic: Press release (22. Juni 2022): Förderung nachhaltiger digitaler Innovationen in Tourismus, Sport und öffentlichem Sektor Press release BMDW (17. Juni 2022): Kocher: Innovative und digitale Technologien für KMU essentiell. European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH) starten im Herbst – österreichische Gewinner der Ausschreibung stehen fest – BMDW ko-finanziert mit 8,39 Millionen Euro Markus Lassnig, Salzburg Research Markus Lassnig, Salzburg Research

  • Projekt: InterEVENT – Study and pilot demonstration for traffic management at major events

    InterEVENT is a pilot study with the goal of supporting traffic management for major events with clearly defined event sites and time frames.

  • Event: DyMoN Webinar: Digitally-enabled behaviour change for sustainable mobility

    Dezember 7th 2023, 02:00-03:00 p.m. Online via Zoom When it comes to promoting sustainable mobility, local decision-makers (e.g. city representatives, transport planners and providers) have the choice between two options: “Hard measures”, like introducing new policies, infrastructure and bans, on their own are not always effective and cannot be implemented in every situation. Therefore, “soft measures”, behavioural interventions or “nudges” that operate without restrictions or bans, have risen to prominence as a viable complement to policy measures and to support mobility infrastructure usage. In this webinar, we are talking about soft measures in the form of digital tools that can help in changing mobility behaviour, like smartphone apps. You surely have encountered this concept before – are you wearing a smartwatch right now or do you have a smartphone app that helps you with physical activity? Then you have a first understanding of digitally enabled behaviour change! We can transfer this idea to mobility. […]

  • Post: Artificial Intelligence Lets Bicycles “See”

    […] equipped with a range of sensors, including GPS, several inertial measurement units, 2D cameras, and five LiDAR sensors. Each LiDAR sensor on the bike faces a different direction to capture a full 360-degree view of the bicycle’s surroundings. With the LiDAR sensors mounted on the research bike, the surroundings of the bike were recorded ten times per second and displayed in three dimensions by means of high-frequency laser distance measurements in the form of a so-called point cloud consisting of 240,000 points. Using artificial intelligence trained specifically for this purpose, each point is then assigned to a specific class, for example, “street,” “vegetation,” or “building.” With regards to the maintenance of cycle paths, for example, all associated points could first be extracted, and, in the next step, a model of the surface of could be created Seen in the picture: Hellbrunner Allee with dirt road: LiDAR point cloud assigned by the AI The collected […]

  • Post: Sustainable Commuting: Improving Cycling Corridors with Digital Data

    […] was collected Trained test riders examined the bicycle corridors on predefined routes with a total length of 153 kilometres through targeted, repeated rides. Commercially available e-bikes with a defined tyre pressure of 4.5 bar and a rigid fork were used. A smartphone mounted on the handlebars recorded the vibrations along the route using the BikeQuality app from Salzburg Research. Data on 204 tracks and 804 kilometres ridden were recorded with the BikeQuality app and evaluated by a cloud-based mobility data analysis service from Salzburg Research. Based on the shocks, the ride quality was evaluated in a ten-metre grid on the basis of a four-level scale – comfortable, rideable, poor and very poor – and visualised on a map. Light, medium and strong impacts along the corridors were also determined. “The results are encouraging: more than 60 percent of the surveyed cycling corridors into the city of Salzburg have a comfortable surface quality. Of the […]

  • Post: Please Vote: Bicycle Quality Nominated For The VCÖ Mobility Award

    […] and ideas were submitted in 2020 and evaluated by a jury of 60 experts. Our “Bike Quality” service was also nominated among the top 5 in the “Digitization” category. The VCÖ Mobility Prize 2020 is now entering the final evaluation phase, the online audience voting. We ask for your vote for “Bike Quality“: VCÖ Mobility Award Online Voting – Category Digitization The public voting runs until Monday, July 27, 2020. Bike Quality: A Close Look at Bike Infrastructure For environmental protection and sustainability, the bicycle is the best means of transport for short to medium distances. However, in order to increase the bicycle traffic share and to contribute to the achievement of climate goals, targeted measures are required to expand and improve the existing bicycle infrastructure. The better and safer the bicycle infrastructure, the more it is used. With “Bike Quality”, Salzburg Research uses digital technologies to identify the areas with the greatest need […]

  • Post: 2024 in Review: From Data to Value

    […] der Stadt Salzburg: Trajektorien verschiedener Verkehrsteilnehmender Handlungsempfehlungen zur Integration von S-Pedelecs in bestehende Verkehrsinfrastrukturen Nachhaltige Logistik in Stadtrandgebieten Das leitende Projektteam mit einem der sieben Albus E-Busse, v.l.n.r: Martin Weiß, EQOS Energie Österreich GmbH, Klaus Satz, Consilio Information Management GmbH, Projektleiterin Cornelia Zankl, Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Hermann Häckl, Albus Salzburg Verkehrsbetrieb GmbH © Salzburg Research Machbarkeitsstudie zur Umstellung von Diesel auf Elektrobusse in der Region Wilder Kaiser in Tirol Gästeshuttle schließt die Lücke zwischen öffentlichem Verkehr und touristischen Zielen (Symbolbild) © Salzburg Research – generiert mit Künstlicher Intelligenz Salzburg Research-Forscher Severin Bernhart und Texport-Geschäftsführer Otmar Schneider mit einem Prototyp einer intelligenten Feuerwehrjacke vor der Brandsimulationsanlage © Salzburg Research/wildbild Ein Proband mit einem Prototyp einer intelligenten Feuerwehrjacke in der Brandsimulationsanlage © Salzburg Research/wildbild Ein Proband mit einem Prototyp einer intelligenten Feuerwehrjacke am Weg in die Brandsimulationsanlage © Salzburg Research/wildbild Buddy-Roboter mit Forscher Oliver Jung Rupert Staudinger mit seiner zum Analysegeraet umgebauten Rennrodel Algorithmus erkennt […]

  • Projekt: MUST – Multimodal traffic control through the combination of innovative information channels

    […] “How do I plan my journey to the football match in Linz before starting my journey and how do I respond to a traffic jam while on the way to the stadium?”). The aim is to create targeted information offers (“group ideals”) for different user groups so that they can be serviced (and influenced) with regard to sustainability when implementing the respective measures. This will also aid in achieving general goals of traffic management, such as efficient infrastructure use and strengthening sustainable modes. This shall be realised… …by testing the users’ wishes in the corridors (How can the group ideals be tested? Embedded in a solution space of information channels that are available within the consortium, but also by means of new information channels that can still be developed in the project. It will be tested which information bundles can be used to transport traffic information across target groups in order to achieve positive […]

  • Post: 5G Exploration Space Salzburg

    The 5th generation of mobile communications (5G) is a very promising technology. But are the promised properties even achieved? A 5G research infrastructure for testing applications and products is starting in Salzburg. The 5th generation of mobile communications (5G) is a very promising technology. But how can the added value of the new technology actually be used? And are the promised properties even achieved? In Salzburg, under the direction of Salzburg Research, a 5G research infrastructure is being created that can be used by science and companies to test applications and products. The fifth generation of mobile communications not only promises top data rates of up to 10 gigabits per second, but above all extremely low latency times, high availability, high reliability and high energy efficiency. In addition, each 5G radio cell can serve significantly more devices than older standards. Despite these attractive properties, 5G is not an “all-encompassing” network because, on the one […]

  • Post: Better Decisions Through Traffic Data

    […] sections? The maximum permissible speed cannot actually be driven on every route – for example on very winding routes in alpine regions. Realistic speeds and therefore real vehicle times are essential for sustainable decisions in traffic planning. “We want to use real data to improve the quality of traffic modeling in the Tyrol and the city of Innsbruck. With realistic speeds, we can, for example, better estimate traffic loads and the resulting emissions and also better assess infrastructure measures”, says Marcel Kelterer, traffic planner in the Office of the Tyrolean State Government. As part of the EVIS.AT traffic data platform, Salzburg Research has been analyzing more than 2 million kilometers of real driving data in Austria and Bavaria every day since 2015. Relevant traffic parameters such as real driving speeds and time-dependent speed profiles of the past twelve months have now been calculated for the State of Tyrol from this large amount of data […]

  • Post: Mayor Preuner at Salzburg Research: Is Salzburg really the traffic jam capital?

    Mayor Harald Preuner visited the Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft on May 14 at the Science City Itzling. Mayor Harald Preuner visited the Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft on May 14 at the Science City Itzling. Among other things, they are researching innovative technological solutions for the mobility of tomorrow. “Transport and mobility affect us all. It needs innovative solutions for efficient use of existing infrastructure, as well as entirely new developments”, says Mayor Harald Preuner. The city of Salzburg is commonly regarded as a congestion hotspot. Commuter traffic, construction sites, border controls, travel – and it is only progressing at a walking pace. The IT research company Salzburg Research provides an objective picture of the actual traffic situation. An Objective Picture of the Traffic Situation Salzburg Research has been commissioned by the Province of Salzburg for several years to survey the current traffic situation in the federal state. Using Floating Car Data (FCD), all main traffic routes […]

  • Post: Christmas Campaign 2024 & Our Best Wishes for the Holidays

    We take the opportunity that comes around Christmas and New Year to pause and say thank you for the cooperation, trust, and shared innovative strength. In our areas of expertise — Health & Sports, Smart Region & Mobility, and Industry & Infrastructure — we use the opportunities offered by information and communication technologies to generate both economic and social added value together with forward-looking companies and the public sector. Christmas campaign 2024 As we do every year, in 2024 we are once again supporting the Anna-Bertha-Königsegg-School for severely disabled children in Salzburg with information technology. After all, special hardware and software provide lasting added value, especially for children with special needs! The wish list this time included: two iPads with protective foil and cases, as some of the school’s devices are already a little outdated. six simple electronic toys for basal and autistic pupils, with which these children can participate in class activities and which encourage […]

  • Event: DyMoN Webinar: An interdisciplinary view on sustainable urban mobility behaviour

    November 16th 2023, 02:00-03:00 p.m. Online via Zoom In this webinar, we will focus on the importance of sustainable mobility within cities: In a first step, we will briefly dive into the sustainability discourse and connect it with mobility. We will learn about the tension field between negative ecological effects, economic prosperity and societal participation. A key for a systemic understanding for sustainable mobility is the spatial reference. Mobility can be defined as the opportunity and capability to move in space. Following this definition, people’s mobility is ultimately dependent on distance, accessibility, connectivity, and the design of the streetscape. The latter is particularly due to the fact that the perception of the built and natural environment influences mobility decisions. With this in mind, we will reflect together on the following questions: What exactly is sustainable mobility? What are spatial aspects of sustainable mobility? What kind of environment do we need to provide to make […]

  • Post: Cycling corridors into the city of Salzburg under the microscope

    […] the centre for work and supply. This leads to considerable traffic flows at the entry corridors as well as in the city. In addition, tourism, leisure and transit traffic contribute to the traffic load in the province. Bicycles as an important component in mobility management Cycling also plays an important role in holistic, multimodal mobility management and should therefore be made more attractive. The BikeQuality app developed by Salzburg Research for the data-based evaluation of the bicycle infrastructure has already been used to survey the ride quality within the city of Salzburg. The data was an important basis for prioritising construction and maintenance measures. Bicycle corridors into the city are being investigated Now the quality of the bicycle corridors Neumarkt-Salzburg, Freilassing-Salzburg as well as Bad Reichenhall-Salzburg will also be examined. For the first time, the ride quality of the most important cycling routes from the surrounding area into the city of Salzburg will be […]

  • Projekt: Vienna-SPIRIT – Intelligent Transport Planning

    A real-time travel information system eases the change to public transport

  • Projekt: ESCADE – Energy-Efficient Large-Scale Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Data Centers

    Improving the energy balance of data centers, AI applications, and distributed systems through optimal placement of services and applications in the edge- cloud continuum. The ESCADE project aims to reduce the energy footprint of data centers, particularly AI applications, through the use of world-leading hardware and software technologies. To this end, a distributed AI architecture is being developed and tested using the steel production application case. This will also be the focus of Austria’s contribution. In distributed cyber-physical systems, data collection often takes place at the edges of the system and processing takes place in central data centers with high processing capacity. However, rather than making a strict distinction between the edge and the cloud, it is becoming increasingly apparent that processing data along the entire processing and transport chain, depending on the application and resources, can be useful (edge-cloud continuum). Performance criteria, such as computing performance and communication latency, are typically used to […]

  • Projekt: cells4.energy – Regional energy cells as multi-energy real-world laboratories for rapid system transition

    Development of a scalable and easily transferable energy cell concept that covers entire value chains – from generation and storage to transport and use of energy.

  • Projekt: ESTRAL – Ecological and safe transport systems through digitization of the law

    ESTRAL develops recommendations for the creation of digital legislation in road transport based on representative use cases for the purpose of increasing the safety, efficiency and sustainability of the transport system as well as the presentation of the resulting benefits.

  • Post: Making Cycling Safer in Constricted Road Conditions

    […] areas. In a transnational research project led by Salzburg Research, empirical studies and state-of-the-art measurement technologies were used to develop concrete recommendations on how to make cycling on main roads safer and more comfortable under constricted conditions. Using Open Bike Sensors, stationary and mobile laser systems (LiDAR — Light Detection and Ranging) and camera-based analysis, comprehensive data on the traffic situation and its effects on cyclists were collected for the first time. The results show: “A ‘clearer infrastructure language’ and/or restrictive legal measures are needed on roads with narrow conditions in order to guarantee the desired minimum overtaking distance,” says Sven Leitinger, head of the transnational study at Salzburg Research. Innovative measurement methods for evaluating overtaking processes A crucial parameter for the safety and comfort of cyclists is the distance that motor vehicles keep when overtaking. In urban areas, an overtaking distance of 1.5 meters is considered safe — this is also the minimum […]