Archive
06 August 2021
Uber both competes with, and complements public transport
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Tussen een en twee op de vijf Uber-reizen hebben geen haalbaar alternatief in het openbaar vervoer. Het aandeel reizigers dat Uber verkiest boven openbaar vervoer neemt af naarmate de reistijd van het openbaar vervoer concurrerender is. Dat zijn twee bevindingen in een nieuw onderzoeksrapport over ritdiensten, dat gebaseerd is op een vergelijking van gegevens van Uber en het openbaar vervoer uit zes steden in de VS en Europa.
24 June 2021
Kornelis Blok announced as TU Delft | Global Initiative Steering Committee Member
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‘It’s been surprising to see what determination, science, and solidarity can really do. In literally four months we were able to go from nothing to a working machine, produced in a country that supposedly cannot feed its own population.’ Diego Quan, founder of non-profit Respira-Guatemala, sometimes cannot fully believe the success his team has had in setting up a local production line and assembling and delivering ventilators to Guatemala this past summer. The non-profit partnership in Guatemala with help from dr. Gerwin Smit and Project Inspiration of the TU Delft aim to produce around 100 ventilators by the end of this year, and another 160 in the first five months of 2021.
22 June 2021
Sea level rise outpaced by vertical dune toe translation on prograding coasts
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Karin Sluis, Senior Advisor and former Director of Witteveen+Bos, has been chosen as TU Delft Alumnus of the Year 2021.
10 June 2021
De Mijnbouwstraat 120. From 1912-2021 a striking building
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The building at Mijnbouwstraat 120 was owned by the TU Delft for over 100 years and has a rich history. But this year it was sold.
10 June 2021
Karin Sluis is TU Delft Alumnus of the Year 2021
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Karin Sluis, Senior Advisor and former Director of Witteveen+Bos, has been chosen as TU Delft Alumnus of the Year 2021.