HarMobi

Harmonizing Mobility:
How traffic data can promote the coexistence of different road users and a safe traffic infrastructure – HarMobi

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Problem

Current statistics show an increased risk of accidents for weaker road users. On the one hand, this is due to changes in mobility behavior, as bicycle and e-trekking traffic increasingly conflict with motor vehicle traffic. On the other hand, there are hardly any data that serve as indications of risk situations (such as near-accidents). This makes it difficult to build forward-looking models to make evidence-based recommendations for safe infrastructure.

increased risk of accidents for weaker road users

hardly any data that serve as indications of risk situations (such as near-accidents).

Project goal

The “HarMobi” project aims to create a new evaluation basis for studying conflicts between different road users. Sensor and traffic flow data from bicycles, e-trekkers and motor vehicles will be used to determine the behavior of road users and the influence of infrastructure. Patterns and criticality of interactions will be fed into a learning system to better assess safety implications for future traffic developments and planning

Create evaluation basis for conflicts between different road users.

Using sensor and traffic flow data from vehicles to determine the behavior of road users and the influence of infrastructure.

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Implementation

A methodology for recording safety-critical events of the various road users will be developed. By overlaying this information with data on route selection and infrastructure as well as other data relevant to traffic safety, conflicts and influencing variables are analyzed. This holistic view is carried out in the Aachen focus region in the “Rhenish lignite mining area”, and the general validity of the findings is also examined.

Methodology for recording safety-critical events of road users is being developed.

Data collection in the Aachen area

Network coordinator

RWTH Aachen University:

Institute for Road Engineering
ISAC Chair Computer Science 11

Project partner

Project duration

12/2022 – 11/2025
(at the time of granting)

Promotion

The project
HarMobi
is part of the
mFund
funding and the
Ministry of Digitals and Transport