Mobility

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Cheers!

Creating awareness of energy consumption patterns is the first step in improving those patterns and moving away from excessive peak-hour consumption. Using smart grid technology, awareness of household and electric vehicle (EV) consumption can be put in context with solar panel generation. Combined with social incentives and gamification in an online platform, consumers are motivated to collectively reduce peak-hour consumption.

After two years, the me² project is coming to an end. The project's researchers investigated which incentives are effective in activating demand response and maintaining user engagement. A new Smart City Aggregator, the energy platform me², was tested in two six months long pilots, in Portugal and the Netherlands. A significant difference in energy needs and level of awareness became evident. For one test group, getting insight into their energy usage with smart meters and an innovative interface was a great way to discover how to be more environmentally friendly. The other test group consisted of pioneers: EV drivers with solar panels who were already doing their best to be as green as possible.
In which country were the pioneers? Do social incentives work better in Portugal or the Netherlands? And which of the two groups managed to change their peak-hour consumption?

To learn more about the me² project, have a look at our final publication and other results on the project website or at the Urban Technology research programme of Hogeschool van Amsterdam (HvA).

>>> http://www.me2-project.eu/crbst_2.html

Four European projects - SEEV4-City, CleanMobilEnergy, SIMPLA and EV ENERGY are organising an event on Europe's Urban Energy and Mobility Transition.

This event presents activities developed by and with European cities and regions that are frontrunners applying innovative renewable energy solutions combined with EV charging infrastructure.

The four European projects are working on these topics from different angles, in different stages and provide ingredients to get these sustainable solutions replicated in large scale. The target is city level and beyond. These project initiatives jointly aim to boost progress.

Our speakers are:
- Mark van Stiphout – EC DG Energy
- Ger Baron - City of Amsterdam's CTO
- Shelley Forrester - European Investment Bank
- Henk van Raan – Johan Cruijff Amsterdam ArenA
- Adrian Vinsome - CENEX UK
- Hugo Niesing - Resourcefully
- Luca Mercatelli, Area Science Park
- Julie Chenadec - Green IT Amsterdam

Agenda and more information on the website: https://www.eusew.eu/energy-days/demonstration-and-upscaling-how-achieve-adequate-policy-measures-and-large-scale

Het einde is nabij voor de machine die de wereld veranderde.
Nog even en de verbrandingsmotor is niet meer...

Ode aan de Verbrandingsmotor is een road-trip door de Amsterdamse haven. We eren auto’s met interne verbrandingsmotor én het tijdperk waarin deze machine zegevierde. Een tijdperk waarin onze dromen van vrijheid en de kracht van het individu hoogtij vierden. Waarin ons geloof in vooruitgang en oneindige groei ons verder bracht. We de aarde bedekten met asfalt zodat we ons als cowboys konden wanen op de open weg.

Het is tijd om stil te staan en te zien waar de verbrandingsmotor ons heeft gebracht. Tijdens deze Ode juichen we de machine nog een keer toe om hem daarna los te laten en ons schrap te zetten voor de wereld die komen gaat.

Leg je oor nog één keer te luister bij een V8-motor,
ervaar de Muscle-car in volle glorie,
ruik het schroeiende rubber tijdens een burn-out van dichtbij.

Bring your own Car:
Tijdens de Ode aan de Verbrandingsmotor heb je de optie om mee te rijden met je eigen auto. Je kiest zelf met wie en met hoeveel mensen je in de auto zit. Spreekt dit je aan? Kies dan voor het ticket: Bring your own Car. Een ticket voor 1 auto is €25,- (let op: het is belangrijk dat de auto die je meeneemt een werkende radio met AUX uitgang heeft, en dat je een werkende smartphone meeneemt).

Rij mee in een Muscle Car:
Zin in wat meer power? Boek dan een plekje in een echte muscle car of classic. Muscle Cars zijn wagens gemaakt om te presteren: ze kunnen extra hard. Bovendien zijn ze gefabriceerd in de States in de jaren ’60 en ’70 en zien er daardoor prachtig uit. Kijk in de galerij hieronder welke auto’s wanneer meerijden, en boek een specifiek ticket voor die auto. Een muscle car vergt veel liefde en benzine, een plek voor 1 persoon is daarom €35,-

The TechMeetups Drinks & Demo Night aims to bring tech enthusiasts and entrepreneurial spirits together as well as to share innovative ideas and new-age technologies! The Drinks & Demo night is one not to be missed; with its vibrant atmosphere it is ideal for those searching for great networking opportunities.

If you want to demo your company or share ideas with the crowd, this event is for you! We’ll have 5 presentation slots, 10 mins each followed by discussion panel with our community. Apply and find out more about presenters here: https://techmeetups.com/event/amsterdam-techmeetups-drinks-demo-night-june-5th-2018-tmudrinks/

Noise pollution is one of the biggest social problems in densely populated areas. To monitor and solve noise pollution problems in cities SensorTeam developed a novel automated platform and sound sensor for distributed noise measurements.

In a partnership with the city of Amstelveen we have installed a professional audio system in a hangout at the Zetterij in Amstelveen. We use wireless sensors to measure the sound level (dB) produced around this meeting place to avoid public nuisance.

These sensors are placed in the area around the hangout. Maximum sound levels can be remotely monitored and adjusted from SensorTeam’s cloud platform.

In this smart city project the city of Amstelveen gives substance to the local youth’s wish to play music at their own hangout.

About the technique
SensorTeam’s sound level meter is solar powered and is using low power network (LoRa) communication for realtime cloud monitoring. Measurements are accurate and independent and are displayed on SensorTeam’s cloud dashboard. To visualise the recorded data (sound levels) the varying decibels are represented on a coloured map, using inverse distance weighted technique.

LoRa Sound Sensor

SensorTeam IoT Dashboard

Last week we hosted The Future Of Mobility Workshop at the SmartCities NY ’18 Conference where we demonstrated how The Netherlands is the leader in smart, safe and sustainable mobility.

We divided the participants into 5 workgroups to speak with the industry leaders like Goudappel, Deloitte, TWTG, RAI / Intertraffic, Yazamtec, OC Mobility, 2GetThere, TomTom & Atos, Delivery-bike, Lumiguide to demonstrate Dutch solutions on themes “Future Mobility Planning”, “Smart Parking”, “Autonomous First And Last Mile Solutions”, “Urban Data And Smart Mobility Solutions”, & “Green Mobility”.

To see the video summary visit: https://youtu.be/HzDvvjSaOZk

There were 60 participants attending the workshop to learn from the experts and showcase why The Netherlands offers a rich ecosystem of world class suppliers, knowledge institutes and service providers. From design, architecture, car and equipment manufacture through to innovative new technologies and green smart mobility solutions.

Did you know:

1. The Dutch were the first to map the world in the Middle ages... TomTom Dutch company delivering over 550,000,000 (yes, 550 million) data points per day

2. The Netherlands is the only country in which real autonomous vehicles move people among normal traffic

3. With over 90,000 EVs charged every day, the Netherlands operates one of the world’s largest and most advanced charging infrastructures.

4. KPMG and Roland Berger named the Netherlands global frontrunner in Future mobility (prepared for Autonomous driving, disruptive tech)

5. NL is the only country in the world that facilitates multimodal trip planning with one chip card

6. >90% of the chips in your car, cellphone are produced on a machine built in the Netherlands/Brainport Eindhoven by ASML

7. In the Netherlands the world’s first shockwave reduction project, which applies car2x communication in ‘normal’ traffic, was introduced on a highway that is equipped with cooperative roadside units (WiFi-P)

8. The Netherlands is one of the safest countries in the world with the most bicycles fully integrated bicycles in the mobility system

9. The Netherlands has the most cost efficient public transport

10. The Dutch automotive sector employs 55,000 people, most of whom work in the ancillary supply domain.

The Future of Mobility Conference was organised by AMSiXL and Brainport Eindhoven

For more information about upcoming future mobility workshops contact me at: tom@tapp.nl

Are you interested in finding out what influences the uptake of electric vehicles in different neighborhoods in Amsterdam? Take this 5 minutes survey to help us find more solutions for increasing green vehicle adoption in Amsterdam! https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KSFHCYD (English); https://nl.surveymonkey.com/r/V5PBK66 (Dutch)

Please complete the survey on a PC/ipad for an optimal view of the questions.

In order to reduce the total cost of ownership of electric buses and trucks, ViriCiti and Fraunhofer IVI conducted research on extending battery life of electric buses and trucks through changing operational aspects. Extended battery life is important because it ultimately lowers the TCO of your electric fleet. By driving more electric kilometers, the operational costs of electric vehicles are lowered and they will be able to financially compete with diesel buses. The outcome of the collaboration between ViriCiti and Fraunhofer IVI is battery stress-factor evaluation reports. These reports do not only indicate the factors that exert the most stress on a vehicle's battery, but they also provide advice on ways to improve in order to prolong the battery's life. Read all about the battery-stress evaluation reports on ViriCiti's Newsroom;

The research study focuses on marketing strategies used to stimulate and help improve cycling in cities. The session will be fun and engaging and investigate the effectiveness of strategies. The 8-10 participants chosen will be shown a series of material in an open discussion format and encouraged to reflect on their experiences, perceptions and opinions regarding cycling.

Who
The ideal participant describes themselves as occasional bicyclists; you may cycle semi-regularly and are interested in bicycling more often, or not at all but would like to get on the bicycle if barriers were removed. The study encourages people of all ages, ethnicities and abilities living within the City of Amsterdam to participate. So Amsterdammers, new immigrants, expats and students are all welcome!

When
April 30, 2018 – 7:00-8:30pm

Where
Tweede Laurierdwarsstraat 64I, 1016 RC Amsterdam – corner of Lauriergracht (press buzzer at entrance)

Compensation
Snacks and drinks will be provided during the two sessions and much gratitude for devoting your time to the study!

CONTACT
If you are interested in contributing to this valuable research please email or call James on the contact details below and briefly describe how often you bike and for what purpose, your age, gender and nationality/ethnicity.

James Ranson
University of Amsterdam
E: james.ranson@student.uva.nl
P: +31 (0)684.068.408

De afgelopen tijd is er veel gepraat over mobiliteit en drukte in Amsterdam. Het was zelfs verkiezingsthema nummer één. Wij gaan graag met u in gesprek gaan over duurzame, prikkelende en innovatieve initiatieven die uw buurt leefbaarder en groener maken.

Het Innovatie Team, verkent samen met de afdeling Verkeer en Openbare Ruimte, de toekomst op het gebied van mobiliteit onder het innovatieprogramma ‘Smart Mobility’. Amsterdam speelt hierdoor in op de kansen voor innovatie trends en ontwikkelingen. Een van de ontwikkelingen is de transitie van bezit naar gebruik. Mobiliteit wordt een dienst waarvoor je betaalt als van A naar B moet. Om hierop in te spelen denkt de gemeente Amsterdam na over een reeks experimenten.

We delen graag onze ideeën en willen graag sámen met jullie de puntjes op de i zetten van onze aanpak. Denk u met ons mee?

Frequently I'm looking for open data about cities in the Netherlands and Europe. Often it requires me to dig deep, struggle and look for patterns in somewhat abstract and elusive datasets, which are hard to grasp.

Yet in the coming decades, the amount of public data will increase enormously and I believe we are now only scratching the surface of the powerful insights that remain covered. Design & Art expands the mind and can bring data alive. That's why I enjoyed this article about a newly installed art exhibit created in honor of NYC’s Open Data Week with new, interesting ways of representing data. I hope it may inspire you as well.

Perhaps a good source of inspiration for creating this in the city of Amsterdam and thinking about Smart City?

https://www.enigma.com/blog/data-through-design-exhibit-a-tactile-take-on-open-data

In a "city brain" government, businesses, and citizens bring together data, for example on traffic flows, garbage pick up and activities in the neighbourhood. This will give better insights in the issues in the city and possible solutions. Professor Nanda Piersma, professor of Urban Analytics at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica calls for a City Brain as a public service. She held her public lecture on 17th of April 2018.

Further tekst in Dutch.

Steden verzamelen steeds meer data, bijvoorbeeld over het groeiend gebruik van elektrische laadpalen, slimme vuilophaalsystemen en goede verkeersdoorstroming. De stad Amsterdam loopt in Nederland voorop in het verzamelen en publiceren van dergelijke ‘city data’. Datagedreven dienstverlening kan de stad leefbaarder maken, kosten besparen en verspilling verminderen. Voorwaarde is wel dat zo’n City Brain ook veilig, transparant en democratisch is. Dr. Nanda Piersma is als bijzonder lector Big Data in de stad verbonden aan de HvA (de faculteit Techniek en de faculteit Digitale Media en Creatieve Industrie) en het Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica (CWI). Zij pleit voor de ontwikkeling van een City Brain als openbare dienst, net als bijvoorbeeld voor water en elektriciteit.

Verantwoordelijke data science

Nanda Piersma: “Amsterdam heeft de ambitie om te groeien en staat daarom voor grote uitdagingen op het gebied van dienstverlening, mobiliteit, energiebehoefte, bestuurs- en samenwerkingsvormen en leefbaarheid. Door ICT en de beschikbaarheid van grote hoeveelheden informatie, Big Data, kunnen we veel problemen in de stad beter inzichtelijk maken en nieuwe oplossingen bedenken. In steden als Parijs, Singapore en Macau is de ontwikkeling van City Brains al een stap verder dan bij ons, bijvoorbeeld op het gebied van verkeersdoorstroming, parkeren, veiligheid en crowd control. Wat we daarvan kunnen leren is dat het essentieel is om de privacy van data te waarborgen. Privacy is een randvoorwaarde om mensen datagedreven oplossingen en intelligente systemen te laten vertrouwen. Ook moeten alle inwoners ervan kunnen profiteren en er invloed op kunnen uitoefenen. We hebben daarom een ‘verantwoordelijke’ data science nodig, met begrijpelijke, transparante en veilige datamodellen.”

Inclusieve datapraktijken

“Steden functioneren beter als ‘urban computing’ een openbare dienst wordt, net als voorzieningen voor water, elektriciteit en dergelijke”, stelt Piersma. “Een city brain is een data-analyse systeem, bedoeld om city services te verbeteren. De data zijn afkomstig uit verschillende bronnen en van verschillende eigenaren. Zo brengt het Citizens Data Lab van de HvA bewonersinitiatieven bij elkaar in het kader van empowerment. De gemeente Amsterdam heeft daarvoor veel open data beschikbaar gesteld. Bewonersinitiatieven als VoorElkaarInDeBuurt, JeKuntMeer, AtlasVanDeWijk en Buuv kunnen deel gaan uitmaken van het City Brain. Ook staat de ontwikkeling van een Amsterdam Data Exchange (AMDEX) op ons verlanglijstje. Dat moet een veilige digitale marktplaats worden voor bedrijven, organisaties en overheden, waar data kunnen worden samengebracht voor een specifiek doel. Bedrijven kunnen door het samenbrengen van databronnen bijvoorbeeld betere onderhoudsvoorspellingen doen voor vliegtuigen, doordat ze niet alleen over de eigen data beschikken, maar ook over die van collega-vliegmaatschappijen.”

Big Data-station

De komende jaren werkt het team van het lectoraat Big Data in de stad van de HvA en het CWI samen met de stad aan het City Brain Amsterdam. “Maar de ontwikkelingen in de data science gaan zo razendsnel dat je dit vak niet op de traditionele manier kunt inbedden in het onderwijs”, zegt Piersma. “Want tegen de tijd dat je je curriculum hebt aangepast is de nieuw ontwikkelde kennis allang weer achterhaald. Daarom gaan we een Big Data-station opzetten. Daarin werken studenten, onderzoekers en docenten samen met overheden en bedrijven aan de verdere ontwikkeling datagedreven services voor de stad.” Op 12 april werd bekend dat Nanda Piersma is benoemd tot Comenius Senior Fellow, een onderwijsinnovatieprogramma van het Nationaal Regieorgaan Onderwijsonderzoek (NRO). Het bedrag van 100.000 euro gaat ze besteden aan de ontwikkeling van het Big Data-station.

The Amsterdam Business School is honoured to invite Professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger to speak about what companies will need to do in order to succeed in the new data economy. His lecture will take place on Friday 25 May.

Due to an abundance of data and the availability of data-driven machine learning systems, we are entering the world of the data economy, an economy in which data is replacing money as the main driver of market behavior. In this economy markets will soar, conventional firms will struggle and traditional financial institutions will face unlikely competition by small groups and individual actors. The future will be driven by data, but run by digital superstars. Avoiding this oligopolistic dystopia will require bold measures.

Event programme
18:00 – 18:45: Doors open, welcome drink
18:45 – 19:00: Welcome and introduction of Professor Mayer –Schönberger by Professor Marc Salomon (UvA - Amsterdam Business School)
19:00 – 21:00: Lecture + Q&A by prof. Mayer-Schönberger (University of Oxford)
21:00 – 22:00: Networking

Location
UvA - Roeterseiland Campus
Seminar room C.1.04
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166, 1018 WV Amsterdam

Registration
Registration is mandatory.

About Viktor Mayer-Schönberger
Mayer-Schönberger, professor at the University of Oxford is the author of over a hundred articles and eleven books on the economics and governance of information, of which the most recent is 'Reinventing Capitalism in the Age of Big Data' (translated in Dutch: 'De Data-Economie', 2018 Maven Publishing). His other international bestsellers include 'Big Data
' (co-authored with Kenneth Cukier, translated into more than 20 languages), 'Learning with Big Data' (also co-authored with Cukier) and the award-winning 'Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age'.

Presentatie van Tijs Roelofs en gesprek over Amsterdamse duurzame en persoonlijke mobiliteit.

Amsterdam groeit, en naar het lijkt gaat dat steeds sneller. Steeds weer trekt nieuw talent, nieuwe bedrijven en nieuwe bezoekers naar onze stad. Het is natuurlijk fijn om populair te zijn maar als we ons, met deze groei, blijven vervoeren zoals we dat nu doen loopt de stad volledig vast. Vorig jaar constateerde de gemeente al dat “drastische maatregelen nodig zijn om de stad bereikbaar en leefbaar te houden”. Als antwoord hierop presenteert Tijs Roelofs namens de CTO-office van de gemeente Amsterdam de position paper “Perspectief op Mobiliteit van de Toekomst”. Wat zijn de Amsterdamse ambities en uitdagingen? Wat is de potentie van nieuwe technologie en hoe houden we onze blik op de toekomst. We gaan samen met Tijs, stakeholders en politici in gesprek over de aanbevelingen.

Met in dit programma onder anderen
Tijs Roelofs
Program Manager Urban Innovation, CTO office Gemeente Amsterdam

Zeeger Ernsting
Gemeenteraadslid Amsterdam, Groenlinks

Jan-Bert Vroege
Gemeenteraadslid Amsterdam, D66

Petra Tiel
Manager Public Affairs VNO-NCW West

We starten de avond met de presentatie van de position paper Perspectief op de Mobiliteit van de Toekomst door Tijs Roelofs van de CTO-office van de Gemeente Amsterdam.

Daarna gaan we samen met stakeholders en politici op zoek naar de toekomst van mobiliteit in Amsterdam.

Going to Toronto Canada from 05-12th of May by suggestion and request of the Dutch embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Keynote speaker at www.smartcitiesexpoworldforum.ca organized by Dr. Hafiz Yasar Lateef and his team. If you have any suggestion of people I can meet in the area of smart city/smart mobility or watermanagement at Toronto, please feel free to contact me. And of course the other way around, if I can do something for you in Toronto also contact me. Thank you in advance.

Nanda Piersma is Professor Urban Analytics at the faculty Technology and the faculty Digital Media and Creative Industries of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences together with her appointment at CWI.

Data has been collected since mankind, but in the recent years the technical innovations enable us to collect exponentially growing amounts of data through the use of sensors, smart devices and other sources. In her lecture Nanda will explore the role of Big Data in urban environments. She will give an introduction to the world of Big Data and Smart Cities, and an assessment of the role that data analytics plays in the current state of the digital transformation in our cities. Examples are given in the field of energy and mobility.

Finally, she will address how Urban Analytics research contributes to the international network of researchers and stakeholders of data science.

Tuesday 17 april 2018 at 16.00 hrs dr Nanda Piersma, Professor Urban Analytics at CWI and the AUAS, will give her inaugural lecture in the Kohnstammzaal at the Kohnstammbuilding, Wibautstraat 2-4 in Amsterdam. You are welcome from 15.30 hrs.

The Executive Board of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences cordially invites you to attend this inaugural lecture.

We’re very glad to announce the launch of the 1st edition of the Fundación MAPFRE Awards for Social Innovation boosted by IE.

This initiative aims to support innovative solutions that have the potential to make a major social impact in three categories:

• Improvements in health and digital technology (e-Health),
• Innovation in insurance and
• Mobility and road safety.

Together, Fundación MAPFRE and IE are seeking to work with communities of social innovators in 3 specific geographical regions:

• Brazil,
• Latin America and
• Europe

The goal is to identify those projects that would most impact social transformation and to provide them with a game-changing boost.

Selected semifinalists will receive support from mentors and travels included for one representative per initiative to semifinals cities (México DF; Sao Paulo & Madrid) between June and September 2018.

Selected finalists will receive support from couches and travels included for one representative per initiative to final city (Madrid) in October 2018. There will be 3 winners (one per category) will be granted with 30.000€ each to boost their projects.

Application deadline is 30 April, so apply now!

Application deadline: 30 April 2018

We’re very glad to announce the launch of the 1st edition of the Fundación MAPFRE Awards for Social Innovation boosted by IE.

This initiative aims to support innovative solutions that have the potential to make a major social impact in three categories:

• Improvements in health and digital technology (e-Health),
• Innovation in insurance and
• Mobility and road safety.

Together, Fundación MAPFRE and IE are seeking to work with communities of social innovators in 3 specific geographical regions:

• Brazil,
• Latin America and
• Europe

The goal is to identify those projects that would most impact social transformation and to provide them with a game-changing boost.

Selected semifinalists will receive support from mentors and travels included for one representative per initiative to semifinals cities (México DF; Sao Paulo & Madrid) between June and September 2018.

Selected finalists will receive support from couches and travels included for one representative per initiative to final city (Madrid) in October 2018. There will be 3 winners (one per category) will be granted with 30.000€ each to boost their projects.

Today on April 3rd we started with the second edition of the Zuidas Mobility Experience. During this Experience we are testing a semi Mobility as a Service solution.

Attached you can find the results of the first round which took place in October of last year. In May we will report on the results of the second edition.

Participants of the mobility experience could use any mode of transportation with a travel budget of 1000 euros, if they would not use their lease car for one month. 11 people, working in different companies on the Zuidas, took up the challenge to try a combanation of different modalities; rental bike, train, tram, taxi. Everything to make mobility better!

After the pilot 50% of the participants wanted their lease car back, but the other 50% prefered to travel on the mobility budget!

Do you have a lease car? What do you think of an all-modality travel pass?