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TU/e researchers state: "The debate over the conflicts between fatbikes, mopeds, and bicycles overshadows the real problem: cars get too much space.

Scientists at TU Delft have developed a new model that better describes human behaviour when merging into motorway traffic.

Installations featured include AI motor imagery, autonomous driving, a recyclable car, and a biosimulator for breast cancer detection, amongst others.

Student team TU/ecomotive hopes to inspire car manufacturers with Phoenix, as new legislation from Brussels is on the way.

For many years, TU Delft has been working with other universities, companies and governments to contribute to concrete innovative solutions to societal problems.

70-year-old Jan Ploeger devoted his thesis to the promising and unique public transport chain in the Netherlands since 1900 A happy coincidence of circumstances and perseverance.

In the coming weeks, bicycle researchers of the Smart Connected Bicycle project are experimenting in the Twekkelerveld.

In his doctoral research, Daan de Geus worked on advanced image processing methods that allow robots and cars to better recognize what they see around them.

In the Netherlands, most e-scooters are banned from public roads, but in other European countries, electric shared scooters are almost indispensable in the urban landscape, especially in larger cities.

How do we design AI systems so that humans retain enough control? Years of work by Delft researchers and international colleagues have resulted in the first handbook on 'meaningful human control' for systems with autonomous properties.

Solar Team Twente finished second at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge last night. After a three thousand kilometre race, the team arrived in Adelaide, South Australia, behind the competitors from Leuven.

Solar Team Twente finished second at the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge last night. After a three thousand kilometre race, the team arrived in Adelaide, South Australia, behind the competitors from Leuven.

Self-driving cars still have a number of hurdles to overcome. Reducing motion sickness is a crucial factor in this respect.

Eterna consists of two separate parts with two different life cycles. In the Netherlands, the average car goes to the scrapyard after just under 20 years, according to sector organization Auto Recycling Nederland.

Every day, the City of Enschede receives complaints of noise caused by mopeds, motorcycles and cars. The noise pollution is especially bad around the canals, where there is a lot of traffic and where sound reverberates.

Researcher Matthew Bruno wants even more Dutch people on bikes. Cycling is healthy, emits no CO2 and reduces congestion on the road.

The International Council on Alcohol, Drugs & Traffic Safety (ICADTS) has released new guidelines summarizing the most recent research on cannabis-impaired driving.

Amber's service for business aims to move away from the situation where each employee has one car. Recently, car sharing company Amber, founded by three TU/e students, and MyWheels merged.

PhD candidate Rolf van Lieshout of Erasmus School of Economics conducted research into a 'self-organized railway system' that can be relied upon when mass train cancellations are imminent.