Category: Cluster 4

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**EXTENDED** CfP: “Smart Cycling” CL4 and CL8 Workshop

A call for abstracts for the joint workshop of NECTAR Cluster 4 (Urban Mobility Transitions) and Cluster 8 (ICT) which will be held at the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands, 25–26 March 2026.

With the increasing use of smartphones and e-bikes, digital infrastructure and digital applications, researchers, industry, and policy makers are also increasingly interested in developing smart cycling systems to make cycling safer, more reliable, easier to use, and more desirable by improving the cycling experience. As an umbrella term, “smart cycling systems” can refer to intelligent and cooperative systems (ITS and C-ITS), digital applications, digital services, and products (e.g., wearables, cameras, sensors, etc.) that are developed based on cycling-relevant data and technologies.

The workshop focuses on methodological developments and new knowledge on cycling, smart cycling, and cycling safety. Topics of interest include (but not limited to):

  • Potential of new digital active mobility data to increase cycling use and cycling safety
  • Smart cycling systems that have potential to improve safety and comfort of cyclists with different socio-demographic characteristics and capabilities
  • Measurements of the impacts of smart cycling (cycling ITS, digital applications and technologies, etc.) on user experiences, including perceived safety, ease of use and comfort.
  • Evaluation of impacts of smart cycling on riding behaviour and actual traffic safety
  • Analysis of cycling accessibility utilising new data sources
  • The role of smart cycling in cycling policies
  • Evaluation of the impact of smart cycling planning and mobility policies
  • Critical discussions on the role of cycling and smart cycling in urban mobility transitions
  • AI based solutions to measure (un)safety of intersection, improved prediction of crashes
  • Simulation and crash prediction based on real-time data sources
  • Simulation and prediction for decision support systems, such as agent-based simulation and dashboards.
  • Real-time detection and prevention of conflicts involving cyclists
  • Tactical planning and operations for cycling: safe crossings, avoiding conflicts, and real-time warnings including AI applications.
  • Strategic planning for cycling and impacts such as finding better routes for new cycle lanes or collecting large scale data for AI models

If you are interested to participate in this workshop, please send along an abstract of your presentation (about 500 words) including author names and affiliations and keywords, to Baran Ulak before November 1, 2025 November 15, 2025 (**EXTENSION**).

See the full details of the workshop and call in the following pdf:

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NECTAR Cluster 4 workshop on Active Micro-Mobility

Cluster 4 is organising a workshop on Active Micro-Mobility – Modeling Spatial Behaviour of Cyclists and Pedestrians, 16-17 March 2023. The workshop is organized by LAET-ENTPE (University of Lyon), Lyon, France.  

If you are interested to participate in this workshop, please submit an abstract (about 500 words) before 13 February 2023. Find more details in the call for papers (here).

 

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NECTAR Cluster 4 workshop on Active Micro-Mobility – Modeling Spatial Behaviour of Cyclists and Pedestrians

Cluster 4 is organising a workshop on Active Micro-Mobility – Modeling Spatial Behaviour of Cyclists and Pedestrians, 16-17 March 2023. The workshop is organized by LAET-ENTPE (University of Lyon), Lyon, France.  

If you are interested to participate in this workshop, please submit an abstract (about 500 words) before 13 February 2023. See the call for papers for details.

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CL 4 Workshop: Teleworking, commuting and the housing market in the post COVID19 era

This workshop proposes to address the question of the evolution of housing markets and access to the city due to the very rapid evolution of telework driven by the COVID-19 crisis, as well as the impacts of such transformations. Topics of interest include the creation of teleworking centres in neighbourhoods and policies to develop local retail and services such as seen in the quarter-hour city concept. It takes place March 17-18 2022 in Marne-la-Vallée, France. The meeting can be combined with an UERA Thematic Working Group on Accessibility that is is planned for the day before the event, March 16, on the quarter-hour city, also in Marne-la-Vallée.

The call for papers can be found here. The deadline for submission is January 31, 2022.

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Special issue “Mobility, housing and labour markets in times of economic crises”

The papers that make up this special issue on “Mobility, housing and labour markets in times of economic crises” published in “Regional studies” originate from a NECTAR1 Cluster 4 meeting (devoted to travel, migration, housing and labour market issues) held in Toledo, Spain, in October 2016. These empirically based contributions cover various different European studies for different regional contexts. The special issue can be found here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343404.2020.1711879

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Cluster 4 & 6 & JCR Workshop on “Challenges for Transport and Accessibility Policy: New Data Sources and Mobility Options”

NECTAR Cluster 6 (Accessibility) and Cluster 4 (Travel, Migration, Housing and Labour Markets), together with the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission are organizing a joint workshop. The meeting will take place in Seville, Spain (1- 2 October 2020) and will be dealing with the topic of “Challenges for Transport and Accessibility Policy: New Data Sources and Mobility Options”. More information can be found here.

Update: the workshop has been postponed to the beginning of October 2021.