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Campus Groningen and partners tackle mobility with Action Agenda Smart Mobility Campus 2022-2030

One look at the Ring road South in Groningen and one realises how important proper accessibility and mobility are. Also for Campus Groningen it is a challenge to encourage smart, sustainable and healthy mobility, because more and more visitors find their way to the Campus. That is why Campus Groningen, Groningen Bereikbaar, Hive.Mobility, University of …

ATO: Automatic Train Operation

New test with automatically controlled train

A new trial with an automatically controlled train will start next summer. The NS, Arriva and ProRail will jointly carry out tests between Groningen Main Station and De Vork depot near Haren. The tests consist of remote control of a train from a so-called ‘Remote Operations Center’ via a 5G connection. From a distance In …

Five questions for…Carine Joosse en Chris Dijksterhuis (Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen)

Every month we ask one of our partners 5 questions. Read below what they do, how important mobility and innovation is to them and how they see the future of mobility. We asked 5 questions to Carine Joosse, Dean Institute of Life Science & Technology at Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen and chairwoman of …

Exploration sustainable shared mobility in the Northern Netherlands

Sustainable shared mobility can play an important role in solving various mobility issues. Shared mobility can potentially contribute to challenges in the field of accessibility, spatial planning of cities and, for example, CO2 reduction. However, shared mobility is not easily available for all areas and groups. This was the reason for Hanze University of Applied …

Hive.Mobility in special Campus Groningen Newspaper

At the end of 2021, the special Campus Groningen edition of the Groninger Ondernemers Courant was published. In this paper edition you can read more about the developments, collaborations and innovations of Campus Groningen. The special edition appeared as an insert in the regular Groninger Ondernemers Courant and was delivered to 10,000 addresses. Researchers and …

Hive.Mobility launches first digital Hive Magazine

Hive.Mobility has published the first digital Hive Magazine. The theme of this magazine is ‘The power of data,’ which was also the theme of our (annual) event HIVE LIVE on November 18, 2021. The use of data within mobility is a common thread through our innovation agenda, which consists of topics such as open and …

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Breakthrough in emission-free construction of asphalt roads through collaboration in the northeast of the Netherlands

Building asphalt roads without CO2, nitrogen and particulate emissions within a year. It seems an utopia. Something that has never been possible before. “But this will really work through smart collaboration between governments, entrepreneurs and educational institutions in the northeast of the Netherlands,” emphasizes Jan Wienk. He is program manager at the Pioneering Foundation (Stichting …

Air taxis from Groningen Airport Eelde: valuable addition to the accessibility of the Northern Netherlands

A study into Urban air Mobility (air taxis/eVTOLs) by the PEN EM Foundation and M3 Consultancy, made possible in part by Hive.Mobility, shows that electric air taxis will play a role in accessibility in and from/to the Northern Netherlands. The eVTOL flights do not emit CO2 and particulate matter, have lower costs and are quieter …

Inspirational first edition of HIVE LIVE

The first edition of the HIVE LIVE event was successful on Thursday 18 November. HIVE LIVE is an inspiring, annual event with the aim of taking visitors into the future of mobility. The latest developments and knowledge regarding smart and sustainable mobility are shared.