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COLINE

Complex Links of Neighbourhoods

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Project
Category
Project
Call
DUT Call 2023
Duration
Project coordinator
HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies

The COLINE (Complex Links of Neighbourhoods) project intends to advance a comprehensive and data driven view of „15-minute cities” combining urban mobility analyses with socio-economic considerations, and urban perceptions. The question how neighbourhoods can be more liveable is addressed in five research areas: 

  1. Tracing urban mobility of individuals, we construct new measures of amenity portfolios that can explain the attractiveness of walkable urban neighbourhoods.
  2. We investigate how the aesthetic appeal of neighbourhoods may affect mobility of socio-economic groups.
  3. The project examines how active mobility can be complemented by public transport to reduce car traffic.
  4. It addresses the socio-economic aspects of complex neighbourhoods, by investigating which amenity portfolios and traffic options may foster social interaction, balance segregation and reduce gender inequalities in mobility.
  5. COLINE aims to understand how commuting and active mobility around the workplace can reduce car traffic.    
     

Led by the ELTE Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, our research will be carried in Budapest, Turin, Toulouse, Copenhagen and Vienna.

  • ISI Torino will compare amenity spaces across neighbourhoods using cell-phone mobility data.
  • The Toulouse School of Economics will discuss AI modified street images in focus groups to understand which characteristics of urban landscape may improve active mobility.
  • The Technical University of Denmark will investigate how different modes of mobility can be included in the accessibility metrics of the “15-minutes City”.
  • Central European University will utilize multimodal mobility data to focus on amenities and neighbourhoods that blend different socio-economic groups.
  • Corvinus University of Budapest will compare amenity visit data around home and work locations. 
     

COLINE expects five major outcomes with direct application value for stakeholders. These will aim to decrease car traffic, increase active mobility and public transport usage and foster healthy and inclusive neighbourhoods.

  1. COLINE will provide a new measurement of amenity portfolios in neighbourhoods, based on actual mobility of urban dwellers, enabling data-driven policy recommendations.
  2. Our measurement tools on perceived safety and attractiveness offer urban developers a better understanding on how unsecure or unattractive neighbourhoods could be transformed into welcoming areas.
  3. COLINE will offer empirical tools and data to include public transportation into the “15-minute City” concept.
  4. Measurements of segregation in the “15-minute city” will provide scenarios about the potential segregation outcomes that proximity-based urban development can induce.
  5. The investigation of amenity visits around the workplace and home may help public authorities to better understand how much reduction of car traffic can be achieved by proximity-based developments. 

Participating countries

Austria

Denmark

France

Hungary

Italy

Funded project partners

Central European University, Corvinus University of Budapest, ISI Foundation, Technical University of Denmark, Toulouse School of Economics

Other project partners

5T Srl, Bkk Budapesti Kozlekedesi Kozpont Zartkoruen Mukodo Reszvenytarsasag, Budapest Fovaros Onkormanyzata, Kobenhavns Kommune, Magyar Telekom Tavkozlesi Nyilvanosan Mukodo Reszvenytarsasag, Toretei Srl, Toulouse Metropole, Uiv Urban Innovation Vienna GmbH

Contact

Balázs Lengyel 

lengyel.balazs@krtk.hun-ren.hu 

Ildikó Kelemen

kelemen.ildiko@krtk.hun-ren.hu

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