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FIFA gives its new peace prize to President Donald Trump. Itās an unusual break from tradition for the sport-focused soccer organization, whose president has become a close ally of Trump. The ceremony happened Friday during the 2026 World Cup draw at the Kennedy Center in Washington. It comes after Trump had openly campaigned for the Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado. FIFA president Gianni Infantino had said he thought Trump should have won the Nobel this year for his efforts to broker a ceasefire in Gaza.
New study out! Multimodal air-rail travel involves friction as passengers cross system boundaries. Based on (guided) self-ethnography we identified eight factors that shape passenger experience, from pro-active guidance to transfer time & comfort. Multimodal journeys need cohesive design.
Read (open access) at Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101730
- Peter Vink (Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft): Seats, vehicles and waiting rooms
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Wednesday December 10, 10:00ā12:00
š IDE Arena, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering
No signup needed.
In the afternoon, Aniek Toet will defend her PhD thesis āWhere it Connects: Towards Passenger-Oriented Multimodal Transport at Airportsā in the Aula (15:00ā17:00).
Short presentations, followed by lots of interaction and questions for the panel.
The Speakers
- Wijnand Veeneman (TPM, TU Delft): Why has MaaS not (yet) delivered on its promise?
- Guillaume Burghouwt (Schiphol Group): A cornerstone of aviationās success: the hub-and-spoke model
- Margareta Friman (Service Research Center, Karlstad University): Life events and the exploration of new multimodal mobility
- Manuela Triggianese (Architecture, TU Delft): Railway stations as hubs
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To achieve this, different modes - trains, bicycles, buses, shared & automated vehicles - need to connect physically, digitally, and organizationally. In other words: they need to become a seamless multimodal system.
Therefore we bring together researchers who explore the next steps in multimodal mobility: from the promise (and limits) of Mobility as a Service (MaaS), to how life events shape peopleās travel behavior; from stations as urban nodes to aviationās powerful hub-and-spoke model. >>
Next month a unique group of leading mobility researchers will assemble at TU Delft. They are the opponents for Aniek Toetās PhD defense on multimodality in and around airports - and since we have them all in one place, weāre taking the opportunity to look ahead together.
The Issue
Societies are aiming for more sustainable and human-centered transport systems. multimodal system. >>
De Kiesraad komt vrijdag met de definitieve verkiezingsuitslag, maar nu al is een verschuiving binnen GL-PvdA zichtbaar. Ten minste drie vrouwen, die door het slechte verkiezingsresultaat van 20 zetels buiten de boot vielen, lijken toch de Tweede Kamer in te komen.
