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A Serious Game can be understood as a game with a different purpose than pure entertainment. In our CATAPULT project, we aimed at making a Serious Game as a tool to co-create inclusive and accessible automated mobility solutions. We developed an online and a physical version of the Serious Game that have been tested and… Continue reading

As part of our work on the topic of inclusive and automated urban mobility and to expand our contribution to academia, the CATAPULT project team is making an effort on publishing a Special Issue in the Transactions on Transport Sciences (TOTS) journal. With the aim of bringing together current research on accessible and automated mobility… Continue reading

As our project has passed its half-time mark in March, we used the occasion to convene for a mid-term conference at the end of April at KU Leuven, Belgium. We discussed our first results, reflected on the activities and planned for the next and final year to come. To better engage with relevant stakeholders outside… Continue reading

Autonomous buses could be a great means for public transportation in our cities. But they need to be available and safe for all passengers. The Catapult project is aiming to improve and develop public transportation for the future. Autonomous buses are already being tested in several cities and researchers are making sure that they are… Continue reading

Could we please ask you to participate in a survey on self-driving buses within the CATAPULT project. The survey is available in Dutch, English, German and Swedish. Choose your language when you start the survey. Click here to participate in the survey. The research project CATAPULT aims to make it easier for children, elderly people… Continue reading

On Tuesday the 19th and Wednesday the 20th of October 2021, the Catapult Project Consortium conducted field tests with teenagers and senior citizens in Pörtschach, Austria. The aim was to collect insights on their needs and barriers as well as their vision of inclusive future mobility. The Austrian research team (consisting of FACTUM and AustriaTech) was accompanied by colleagues from KU Leuven as well as two Belgian practitioners that were interested in adopting insights from the project into their work in Flanders, Belgium.   On Tuesday, a… Continue reading

In late June 2021, 4 workshops were conducted in Vienna, Austria as part of the CATAPULT-project. Over 75 children from four different grades of a primary school contributed knowledge, experiences and thoughts about their mobility behaviour and wishes towards future mobility. The purpose of the workshops was to explore the needs and requirements of children towards an inclusive and demand-oriented transport system in urban areas.    The children were… Continue reading

In the beginning of June 2021, the first batch of interviews for the CATAPULT-project were performed in Austria. 9 men and women aged 65 or older were interviewed about their mobility behaviour and ways of local travelling. The purpose of the interviews is to collect data and explore the needs and requirements of older people towards an… Continue reading

The first focus group in the CATAPULT project gathers today to share experiences, requirements and wishes regarding our future public transportation; autonomous buses. On this occasion focus will be on people over the age of 65. They have been invited to the study in co-operation with aspern.mobil LAB. The study will take place in Seestadt… Continue reading

Technology development is happening fast and autonomous vehicles in our streets will soon be a familiar sight. To optimize the use of autonomous buses for public transportation, they need to be accessible and easy to use for all residents. In the past, strong efforts have gone into the research on the technical aspects of autonomous mobility. However, regarding the deployment of these vehicles, in particular for their use by children, senior… Continue reading