Siegfried Rupprecht

• Managing Director at Rupprecht Consult - Forschung & Beratung GmbH

Hailed as the next transportation revolution, automated vehicles (AVs) are expected to have dramatic impacts on the environment, economies, and society. Potential benefits of, as well as any potential burdens from, AV deployment will depend in large part on whether and how individuals will use them. Gaining a better understanding of public attitude...

This guide explores how urban mobility planning can respond to crises and increase resilience in the face of uncertainty. Using lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic, it highlights how urban mobility systems were affected and adapted, and how such disruptions can accelerate long-term change. The document introduces resilience as a key component of the...

Den Kommunen kommt in Deutschland eine wesentliche Aufgabe in der Verkehrswende zu. Verkehrsplanung ist die Grundlage von Verkehrspolitik. Wie müssten sich ihre Prozesse verändern, um die Verkehrswende effektiv zu unterstützen? Die „Guidelines for Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans“ der EU geben darauf eine systematische Antwort.

Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning is a strategic and integrated approach to urban transport. It contributes to improved accessibility and quality of life through a shift towards sustainable mobility. SUMP supports fact-based decision making guided by a long-term vision. This requires a thorough assessment of the status quo and future trends, a co...

Transport authorities and mobility planning stakeholders have started discussing approaches to planning for road automation in cities and metropolitan areas. We present guiding principles for developing AV ready mobility plans, and show how scenario development, travel demand and transport modelling and participatory street redesign can be part of...

The mission of the H2020 CoEXist project is to enable mobility stakeholders to get "Automation-ready"-which CoEXist currently defines as conducting transport and infrastructure planning for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) in the same comprehensive manner as for existing modes such as conventional vehicles, public transport, pedestrians, and...

There seems to be great concern and perhaps even greater uncertainty about how autonomous vehicles (AV) in cities may possibly affect not only mobility and transport but also infrastructure, land use, and the natural environment. Along with the debate on the impacts of AV the question arises what urban and transport planning strategies will be need...

Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning is a strategic and integrated approach to urban transport. It contributesto improved accessibility and quality of life through a shift towards sustainable mobility. SUMP supports fact-based decision making guided by a long-term vision. This requires a thorough assessment of the status quo and future trends, a com...

The session “‘AV-Ready’ Cities or ‘City-Ready’ AVs” at the Automated Vehicles Symposium 2016 in San Francisco addressed key aspects of road automation from an urban policy perspective. The aim of the session was to raise the awareness of urban policy needs within the automation community, as well as enabling urban policy makers to understand better...

NICHES+ was a FP7 coordination action funded by DG Research. The project aimed at stimulating a wide debate on innovative urban transport and mobility between relevant stakeholders from different sectors and disciplines across the EU and accession countries, in order to promote the most promising new concepts, initiatives and projects from their cu...

Zusammenfassung Nachhaltige Stadtverkehrsplanung ist ein modellhafter Mehr-Ebenen Steuerungsansatz, der darauf abzielt, Verkehrsentwicklung in größeren Agglomerationen effektiver und effizienter auf das Erreichen von Nachhaltigkeitszielen auszurichten, verstärkt mit anderen (Fach-) Planungen zu integrieren sowie insgesamt besser zu legitimieren und...

This paper assesses the effectiveness of the European approach to testing Advanced Road Transport Telematics (ATT) systems within the urban field trials of the European DRIVE program. It reviews progress in the five major urban pilot project (Euro-Projects known as GAUDI LLAMD, SCOPE, CITIES and QUARTET), and anticipates future achievements buildin...