MOTF
Mobility of the Future
Mobilität der Zukunft
- Low-emission alternative energy for transport, Infrastructure
- Road transport
- Freight transport

Growing needs in mobility and the simultaneous decrease of resources and their limited capacities require new solutions in policy in terms of research, innovation and technology. The previous programme 'IV2Splus' has already been successful in implementing projects. The BMVIT and the FFG continue funding research concerning mobility within the new programme 'mobility of the future'.
The research programme is developing designs to setup the mobility system of the future, a system to balance social, environmental and economic needs. The programme helps to develop systems that contribute significantly to ensuring mobility while minimising the negative impacts of transport. The complex interactions inherent in transport systems require interdisciplinary research approaches aiming at developing both technological and social organisational innovations. Thus, the programme focuses on new markets, generating solutions that respond closely to the essential needs of society.
The programme includes four complementary areas in which different research themes are addressed:
- Passenger transport
- Transport infrastructure
- Roads
- Sensors
- Materials and supplies
- Vehicle technologies
- Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies
- Hybrid and battery-powered drives
- Alternative fuels
- Freight transport
- Sustainable freight transport in towns and cities
- Sustainable solutions for 'First-/ last-mile'
- Intermodal hubs
- Innovative conveyance and transport media
This combination encourages development of synergistic solutions designed to address today's mobility challenges and helps to create a sustainable future-oriented framework for mobility research.
Responsible for the strategic alignment of the programme is the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovations and Technology (BMVIT). It is supported by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) and the AustriaTech.
- The Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology is divided in four sections: I) Executive Committee and Internationale Affairs, (II) Infrastructure Planning and Financing, Coordination, (III) Innovation and Telecommunication and (IV) Transport
- The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) is the national funding institution for applied research and development in Austria.
- AustriaTech is a private company whose mission is to maximize the societal benefits of new transport technologies. The company was founded in 2005 as a 100% owned subsidiary of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (bmvit).
The programme "Mobility of the Future" builds up on the previous mobility related research programme IV2Splus (Intelligent transportation systems and services plus)
- Public (national/regional/local)
For the period 2012 - 2020 an annual budget of approximately EUR 15 million is foreseen for the programme. Funding is open to Austrian research entities and industry companies with international partners with a budget share of up to 20%.
The latest call (closed February 14 2018) can be found in https://www.ffg.at/mobilitaetderzukunft_call2017as10 (in German).
- Beneficiaries: Universities and non-university research groups, companies, NGOs, public agencies including transport providers.
- Coverage: Austria (primarily), international participation possible
- Measures: Biannual calls for proposals with thematic focus (competitive process), network building activities, dissemination and support for bringing products to market.
- Eligible Projects: Collaborative and strategic research with application-oriented focus.
The mission-oriented program addresses strategic challenges in the areas of society, environment and economy by focusing on four themes.
The programme supports system-oriented innovation in the fields of passenger and goods transport based on user needs. Complimenting these user-oriented themes the program also supports technical innovation in the fields of transport infrastructure and vehicle technology. This combination encourages development of synergistic solutions designed to address to-day's mobility challenges and helps create a sustainable future-oriented framework for mobility research.
- 3-dimensional traffic infrastructure planning and consideration of driving dynamics aspects and human factors
- A GIS-based digital information platform for the visually impaired and blind people
- AALmobi _ cargo-the integrated crowdlogistics and Shareconomy service for AAL and communities
- Accompanying study for the preparation of urban mobility labs
- Acoustic durability of noise reducing dense or semi-dense asphalt surface layers
- ACTIV8II - evidence-based planning support tools for active mobility
- Active workers by rearranging the working time regime
- ActivE Youth
- Affordability of mobility in Austria
- Analysis v. Cooperation opportunities for urban midi hubs - Cross-stakeholder approach to the use of infrastructure
- Analysis, evaluation and requirements for innovative applications of autonomous vehicles from a transport policy point of view
- Applications, experiences, added value generation and Indicator education based on "Austria on the way"
- ASFiNAG Video Quality Monitoring
- Assessment of potential effects of everyday use of electric miniature vehicles for pedestrians
- Assessment of the efficiency of current hedging measures Tunnelnischen and portals in the car crash
- Assessment of traffic through automated driving Highways and expressways
- Austria-North test region for automated driving with a focus on digitisation and logistics aspects
- Austrian concrete benchmark for increasing forecasting quality mechanical properties of modern concretes
- Austrian Light Vehicle Proving Region for Automated Driving
- Auto. Generation of hazard gauge road graphs in urban areas, use for C-ITS applications and autom. Drive
- Automated uncoupling process for railway stations
- Automatic storage level measurement for salt deposits
- Autonomous Car To Infrastructure communication mastering adVerse Environments
- Baggage logistics system to support sustainable, active and equal mobility
- BewusstMobil
- Bicycle Observatory - At the pulse of cycling
- BIM data structure for transport infrastructure
- Blockchain technologies in the field of passenger and goods mobility - applications and research potential
- Carbon SMC Battery Protection for e-Mobility Body-in-White
- Changing mobility behavior in a playful way
- CloudConcrete - An Implementation Study
- Cold Recycled Asphalt Bases for Optimised Energy & Resource Efficient Pavements
- Combined cooling/cooling circuit with environmentally friendly refrigerant CO2 for vehicle with fuel cell
- Comfortable mobility through technology integration
- CommunityHub: Potential analysis for the joint use of inner-city logistics areas
- Conception of a sustainable, cooperative, two-stage distribution system for small consignments in the city of Vienna
- Concepts for multifunctional use of the mobility time budget
- Concepts of linking transport, production and storage tools to increase the use of secondary raw materials
- Connecting areas of roadway constructions - stock analysis and potential for improvement
- Connecting Austria - Linking efficient and automated freight traffic from the motorway to the city
- Cooperation and Sharing Applications
- Cooperative use of agricultural storage areas to consolidate organic food supplies
- Crack monitoring and evaluation model of unreinforced tunnel inner shells
- Creative Thinking on Crazy Ideas
- Cross-system control of transport and intralogistics for sustainable distribution in the physical Internet
- Dementia on the move. Study and recommendations for action for dementia-friendly accommodation in the public transport system
- Demonstration of an optimal use u. technology-based expansion of Austria on the road i.d. traffic planning
- Design of efficient infrastructure development and land management through innovative logistics in the airport region
- Detection and warning system of public transport blocking false parkers (continuation)
- Determination of length-related sound power levels and Input parameters for CNOSSOS-EU
- Develop a concept to promote sustainable rural mobility when starting a family
- Development and testing of a mobile system to record the occupancy of zones for dormant freight transport
- Development of a model to capture the social effects caused by subsidy programmes to advance mobility research
- Development of a new, innovative mobility service for easier use of freighter shipping
- Development of a non-motorized goods transport system for local supply
- Development of a reactive booking and tariff system for free-floating vehicle sharing services
- Development of bimodal high-energy lithium-air battery
- Diagnosis of aging, safety and recyclability of Li-ion batteries
- Dynamic Kundemation of loading zones, temporary logistics areas, construction sites, etc. using e-Paper technology
- Dynamic road safety and information management system
- Dynamics and prevention of rebound effects in mobility innovations
- Effects of e-commerce on the overall transport system
- Efficiency-optimized drive for electric bus
- Electric drive train for commercial and commercial vehicles
- Electric locomotive with water electrolysis / fuel cell technology for shifting in railway networks with and without overhead contact line
- Electric urban freight and logistics
- eMaaS
- Evaluation of methods to analyse the interaction of cyclists with their surroundings
- Evaluation of the procedures in AT and DE to avoid a damaging AKR on concrete carriageways
- evRoaming for electric mobility in Europe
- Exploitation of the explanatory content in Austria on the way
- Exploration of permanent pavement markings with increased resistance against mechanical stress in winter
- Flexible package of measures for (re) entry-level cyclists in cycling
- Forecast model for life cycle cost optimisation for the operational road maintenance of state and municipal roads
- Fostering the implementation of fibre reinforced asphalt mixtures by ensuring its safe, optimized and cost-efficient use
- Freight traffic model Eastern Region
- Freight transport in Upper Austria» automated – connected – mobile
- Functional optimization of battery storage systems in electric road motorcycles
- Further development of the engineer model for the evaluation of the Transverse force carrying capacity of prestressed multi-field bridges
- Generic data integration platform for the Physical Internet
- Geographical Information Support for Healthy Mobility
- Goods, logistics and the gender perspective
- GrazLog - Innovative Grazer Logistics Optimization
- Harnessing the connections of search behavior in Internet search engines and mobility-related issues
- High-definition long-range LiDAR for autonomous driving
- Highly integrated energy storage for urban transport
- Holistic consideration of the deformation behavior of prestressed concrete cantilevered bridges
- Holistic evaluation and analysis process for optimized LifeCycle management of noise barriers
- Holistic lifecycle assessment of equipment and equipment of transport infrastructure
- Identification of multimodal lifestyles with innovative survey technologies
- Impact monitoring of programmes managed by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) 2014-2015
- Impact monitoring of programmes managed by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) 2016
- Improving the everyday mobility of people with cognitive impairment and dementia
- Indoor navigation and communication in public transport for the blind and visually impaired
- Industry 4.0 and the effects on transport logistics
- Influences on sound emissions in arches
- Innovative digital assistant for the movement spaces of the future
- Innovative network design
- Integrated coupling of production and transport planning - Optimizing transport efficiency
- Integrated planning of road projects
- Integrative networking system for the optimization of accompanied routes
- Integrative networking system to optimize children's companion pathways
- Intelligent Cargo Infrastructures for Intermodal Transport Chains - Transport Management Framework
- Intelligent networking of forecast, planning and optimization Designing sustainable transport chains
- Intelligent ordering and delivery strategies for reducing freight transport
- Intelligent System for Traffic and Road-infrastructure relAted DAta
- Interaction of automated vehicles and smart road under real environmental conditions
- Interdependencies in goods mobility in conurbations
- Intrinsic Safety and Risk of Automotive Li-Ion Batteries
- iSTRADA – Intelligent System for Traffic and Road-infrastructure Related Data
- Key Components for High Pressure Systems
- Knowledge-based platform for predicting mobility bottlenecks and promoting sustainable behavioral change
- KoLaMBra - Development of an integrated organizational concept for a cooperative last- mile logistics branch
- Last-mile delivery logistics with multiple hubs as well as alternative vehicle and drive technology
- Linking data sources to develop Terminal 4.0
- Living & Mobility – integration of location-based mobility in the planning process
- LoMaCro + Local Marketplace for Crowddelivery +
- Low-noise rumble strip
- Magnesium Ion Cell
- Making full use of Automation for National road TRansport Authorities
- MH-APP to support equal, active mobility for persons with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder
- MIkro-ÖV and CarsHAring ELegant pinch
- Mobility companions to support equal mobility especially for non-routine routes
- Mobility for the digitized world of work
- Mobility Laboratory Central OÖ
- Model and parameters for ballast track behavior as the basis of the bridge dynamics
- Monitoring systems for tunnel drainage for on-demand maintenance
- Motivation for the change of mobility behavior by gamification of the representation of route alternatives
- New measurement methods for recording and evaluating walkability
- Operationalization of the Multimodality in passenger transport in Austria
- Optimised noise reduction measures on railway bridges
- Optimized ceiling design rolling resistance
- Optimized repair planning of tunnel-specific structural and electromechanical equipment using LCA
- Orchestrating Smart Charging in mass Deployment
- Peer to Peer LAstenCycling and Devication Space Sharing
- Persuasive integration concepts of bicycle mobility data in computer games of different genres
- Planning Process &Tool for Step-by-Step Conversion of the Conventional or Mixed Bus Fleet to a 100% Electric Bus Fleet
- Platform for Shunting Operations Compact operating platform for Carrying out shunting work
- PONS
- Possibility of a conscious design of mobiliilitaet by applying the principle of sufficiency in the 18th. Context
- Potential for the use of shared autonomous vehicles in rural areas
- Potential of a combined freight/passenger cable car in multimodal urban transport
- Potential of interdisciplinary approaches for organizational innovations in freight transport
- Potential of S-pedelecs as an effective mobility alternative
- Powerful system for sustainable support at all stages of the construction site cycle
- Promote active mobility efficiently
- Promoting pedestrian traffic in cities through behavior-based and playful interventions
- Promoting physical exercise through fitness travel planners for everyday mobility
- Psychoacoustic analysis of conspicuous bow sounds
- Quality assurance of environmental data collection
- Rail Transport Mobility Optimization Extension
- Rail-oriented settlement development and accessibility optimization
- Reference value assessment for road condition in real transport
- Regenerative oxygen-containing diesel substitute fuels as an opportunity for Increasing efficiency and minimizing emissions
- Resting facilities 2025+
- Safety and acoustics for the isolating tip
- Safety IMprovement Using Near Miss Analysis on Road Crossings
- Satellite Assisted Warning System
- Scalable, open goods exchange system
- SENsor networks for EXploration of Dementia
- Short circuit detection and localization using Frauscher Tracking Solutions
- Small freight transport using active and sustainable forms of mobility
- Small goods transport in passenger transport
- Smart mobile seating furniture for a quick breather and staying in the street
- SmartBOX-Kleingutmobilität 2.0
- Social and organizational effects of increasing automations
- Sorptive conditioning of electric vehicles
- Structural Assessment of Road Infrastructure using Enhanced Engineering Technologies regarding Life Cycle Management
- Study of possible propulsion systems for the Ziller Valley Railway away from diesel-powered variants
- Substance criterion for superstructure
- Supporting active mobility by target group orientation and motivation
- Sustainability Assessment for Mobility in Austria
- Synergetic area coverage by public transport and low-threshold short trip-private transport
- Synergetic land development with public transport and low-threshold short-haul private transport II
- System scenarios Automated driving in passenger mobility
- Technology development for autonomous driving in public transport
- Test region Austria-North for automated driving with a focus on digitization and logistics aspects
- Think! First-Online ordering system to promote sustainable goods mobility through a user-centric approach
- Tools for overall system planning and management of integrated path chains and multimodal mobility nodes
- Trackside Working Wearables holding Warning Actuators
- Traffic regulation at toll stations by optimizing lane division
- Trimodal transshipment point Port II – Efficient flow through digital networking
- Trimodal transshipmentpoint inland port
- Trolley 4 Smart Cities
- Urban mobility lab aspern.mobile LAB
- Urban mobility laboratory Graz limitless
- Urban Mobility Laboratory to promote innovation projects in personal mobility and Citylogistic in the Sbg Central Area
- Usability of public transport premises for sustainable city logistics
- Utilization of vehicle-generated data as part of a benchmark tool for transport companies
- Vegetation control on roads and railways
- Vibration analysis of lithium-ion batteries
- Virtual reality for participatory planning and evaluation of demand-oriented and active mobility environments
- Ways to increase attractiveness of sustainable forms of mobility by improving safety
- Wildlife Control 4.0 Networks
- Austria