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Cities across Europe are aiming to make urban mobility more sustainable, healthier, and more inclusive. Walking and cycling are central to this shift. Yet turning research into real policy change is not always straightforward. In a recent scoping review published in Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Michele Donnini and Age Poom explore how academic knowledge supports…

In what activity places are ethno-linguistic minority and majority in Tallinn more exposed to each other, and where are they more separated? A new article by our Lab members Siiri Silm, Veronika Mooses, and Ago Tominga, together with Tiit Tammaru (CMUS), examines ethnic exposure across the full range of activity places. The study advances activity‑space…

Under the leadership of Siiri, a new project has been launched: SMob4All: Sustainable Mobility for All: Potential, Barriers, Enablers As the name of the project suggests, its aim is to study sustainable mobility that is accessible and inclusive for all. To this end, the project seeks to create new knowledge on sustainable mobility practices and…

We have just closed the autumn semester! As part of the academic life, our lab members were actively involved in teaching at all study levels. Here, we’d like to bring out courses in which we interact with the students the most. In the Fundamentals of Human Geography course, taught by Tiit Tammaru and Ago Tominga,…

Our researcher Karl Saidla, together with Age Poom and Siiri Silm from our lab, colleagues Elias Willberg from Digital Geography Lab (University of Helsinki) and Bryan Vallejo from GIST Lab (Aalto University), and further assistance from Megan McTavish, has published a research article on bike share systems’ success in Tartu and Helsinki. The study explores…

At the dawn of 2026, it’s again time to look back what the past year brought to the Mobility Lab! We’re a group of researchers keen in human mobility studies and geospatial analytics. Our research is not only about understanding the society and human behaviour in its socio-spatial context, but also how that knowledge could…

The Mobility Lab is proud to be part of the EIT Urban Mobility Doctoral Training Network (DTN) which connects universities, researchers, and PhD candidates to advance innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of urban mobility. Our PhD candidates, Elise and Martin, are active members of the programme and have already benefited from international collaboration, skill-building workshops, and specialised training courses.  The main event of the programme is the DTN Annual Forum which is held by a different partner…

On 1 December 2024, at the ceremony marking the anniversary of the University of Tartu as Estonia’s national university, Olle Järv was awarded the Expatriate Estonian Visiting Professor’s Scholarship for the next academic year. Olle Järv is an alumni of the Mobility Lab at the University of Tartu, and a Docent in Human Geography and…

In their new article, Martin, Anto and Age highlight how long-term GPS data can benefit public transport planning by providing unique insights into actual observed mobility patterns. This knowledge can be harnessed to design transport systems that are both efficient and highly accessible for users.  Transport planning has traditionally relied on short-term travel surveys, which…

We are happy to be part of Interreg Central Baltic project Cycle4Climate that together with four cities and universities from Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia promotes cycling through various urban interventions. Last week we met with our partners in Riga, where Age, Elise and Veronika attended Riga cycling conference Cycling Cultures.   1st day – Riga…