Integrated Transport Planning

Spotlight - Student Work

Students in courses taught by the Chair of Integrated Transport Planning present their work in the form of reports, documentation, posters, and films. This frequently innovative and creative work requires a great deal of dedication and effort and as such, shouldn’t be filed away never to be seen again. This page features just a few examples of our students’ work.

“New Spaces for the Rosenthaler Suburb. Designing Sustainable Mobility” final report

During winter semester 2021/22, students in the “Mobility Research” course developed a needs-based mobility concept for the Rosenthaler Vorstadt district in the borough of Berlin-Mitte.

The aim of this practical project was to use this to develop a concept for the northern Rosenthaler Vorstadt. Students used a variety of methods, including the “deficiencies-opportunities-connections” plan, qualitative surveys, and interviews with experts, to develop strategies that are as tailored as possible to transforming the existing situation into the envisioned target.

The results of this preliminary work were then used in a verbal, argumentative evaluation procedure on the basis of SWOT analysis. Based on the weakness and opportunities in the examined area, students developed specific measures in their final report. These included increasing foot traffic and the quality of stay in the neighborhood, the cycling infrastructure, the development of public transport, and the creation of accessible paths and routes through the neighborhood.

The results can be read in full in the students’ final report.

Leon-Jessel Neighborhood living laboratory final report: lively space instead of functional traffic area

Within the practical project Miteinander im Kiez during winter semester 2020/21, students intensively focused on the Leon-Jessel neighborhood in the district of Berlin-Wilmersdorf and the traffic situation there. The course was held in collaboration with the Institute of Urban and Regional Planning.

The project aimed to collect the perspectives of people in the neighborhood and develop recommendations for transport and urban planning measures to re-shape the area around Leon-Jessel-Platz. This included assessing the current situation using qualitative observations, surveys, and interviews with experts. The results were evaluated using a SWOT analysis and a deficiencies-opportunities-connections plan created. Finally, students developed a proposed model..

The results of the practical project are presented in the final report.

Local Mobility summer semester 2021 final report: Invalidenstraße - Space for People

During summer semester 2021, students in the “Local Mobility” course completed a project examining Invalidenstraße in Berlin-Mitte, paying particular attention to pedestrian and cycle traffic.

Their task was to identify deficits and room for potential and develop a draft for a sustainable alternative that takes political and legal requirements into consideration, particularly those of the Berlin Mobility Law. Under the title “Invalidenstraße - Raum für Menschen” (Invalidenstraße - Space for People), the experiences in the field, results of the future laboratory, and the further developed measures were presented.

The results can be read in full in the students’ final report.

tu project “Podcast zum öffentlichen Raum und Straßengestaltung”

Despite the new and unusual situation during the 2020 summer semester, we successfully worked with several motivated students to develop a new series of podcasts on different topics related to public space. In cooperation with Dr. Thorau, head of the master’s degree program “Historical Urban Studies” at the Center for Metropolitan Studies, further episodes were created during a project seminar. We have published these on our website raumcast.de as well as the other usual podcast platforms.

Students investigated research questions they developed themselves across social, sociological, ecological, design, cultural, and artistic topics. Topics including how to deal with stress in the city, how nature and urban spaces can be compatible with each other, defensive architecture, the sound of our cities, and the cultural backgrounds of urban cycling cultures.

Raumcast will continue in winter semester 2020/21. However, with a different focus: We want to take a more scientific approach and show how podcasts are a valuable medium in science communication. We aim to closely collaborate with TU Berlin researchers and make knowledge generated at the University available to a broader public. If you would like to get involved or learn more, please send us an !

“Collage Niederschönhausen”: students develop mobility concept

During winter semester 2019/20, students in the Mobility Research course developed a mobility concept for an industrial area in Niederschönhausen, located in Berlin’s Pankow district. The course was taught in cooperation with the Berlin-Pankow district office. The primary aims of this practice project were: addressing traffic and commercial-induced emissions and their impact on surrounding residential areas as well as improving internal infrastructure. The developed concept offers an open, long-term dialogue process with mutual respect for both sides about the future design of mobility in the area of focus. “Im Gespräch stark” (Stronger through dialogue) is one of several topic areas which the students highlighted in their model “Collage Niederschönhausen” and developed recommendations for.

Local Mobility 2019

Students in Professor Schwedes’ “Local Mobility” course during summer semester 2019 developed a concept to promote local mobility for the area Neue Mitte Checkpoint Charlie. The concept contains a short introduction to relevant legislation, guidelines, and recommendations, as well as a stocktaking of the planned area and includes the diverse usage demands. This work forms the basis for the concept to turn Friedrichstraße into a pedestrian zone. Finally, the traffic impacts of the drafted concept, as well as possible participation, information and marketing strategies are highlighted. The comprehensive brochure and poster are available to download.

Local Mobility 2018

How do roads need to be designed to cater to local mobility, that is cycle and foot traffic? Students in the “Local Mobility” module spent summer semester 2018 answering this question. They combined the knowledge acquired during lectures and from partners in the field to re-design Hermannstraße and generate future impulses for a livable transformation of the neighborhood.

We’d like to share two designs in particular:

Der grüne Faden (The green thread)

Hermannstraße - eine für alle (Hermannstraße - a street for everyone)

Mobility research - winter semester 2016/17

During winter semester 2016/17, students in the “Mobility Research” module at our chair focused on the Alt-Wilmersdorf quarter. They examined how usage demands could be combined with the sustainable redesign of the traffic situation in Alt-Wilmersdorf. The results are available in their report "Alt-Wilmersdorf – Mensch, Stadt, Verkehr".

Local Mobility 2016

How can roads or a city be designed to cater to cycle and foot traffic? Students in the “Local Mobility” module spent summer semester 2016 answering this question. They combined the knowledge acquired during lectures and from partners in the field to re-design Bergmannstraße – their proposed design did not always reflect current plans to transform it into a pedestrian zone.

We’d like to share two designs in particular:

Umwandlung der Bergmannstraße. Fuß- und Radverkehr – die Begegnungszone als Allheilmittel?

Project maps

Die Bergmannstraße — Platz für alle!

Project maps

Mobility Research 2015

In summer semester 2015, students took a closer look at Berlin's Innsbrucker Platz. In the “Mobility Research” module, students from the Chair of Integrated Transport Planning and the Department of City Planning and Urban Mobility analyzed and evaluated the intermodal traffic hub from users’ perspective.

Daten für Taten. Eine Analyse. Innsbrucker Platz

Mobility Research 2014/15

During summer semester 2014 and winter semester 2014/15, students in the “Mobility Research” module examined Lichtenberg’s housing, population and transport infrastructure as well as the different needs of the mobility structure. The results of the mobility report were integrated into the district’s climate-friendly mobility concept.

Mobilitätsbericht für den Bezirk Lichtenberg