Urban Digital Twin for Environmentally Sensitive and People-Centered Mobility Planning: Conceptual Framework and Application in Pilot Region Leipzig
- Author(s)
- Thomas Trabert, Elmar Brockfeld, Alexander Sohr, Kerstin Krellenberg, Xiaoxu Bei, Carsten Dalaff, Timo Houben, Jan Bumberger
- Abstract
This study presents the development and pilot implementation of a conceptual, practice-oriented Urban Digital Twin (UDT) used for environmentally sensitive traffic management within the pilot region of Leipzig (Germany). The UDT uses modular traffic simulations (SUMO), real-time sensor data and floating car data to create dynamic, near-real-time models of intermodal urban mobility systems and to evaluate mobility measures. Through a collaborative, co-creative development process involving municipal stakeholders, the study focuses on people-centred design and scenario-based simulations to assess the potential impact of transport strategies under upcoming air pollution limits. The Leipzig case serves as a test environment for validating the technical feasibility, participatory governance and transferability of the UDT approach. The results show the potential of UDTs to support responsive, data-driven decision-making using the developed workflow manager. In doing so, this study provides a transferable methodological basis for cities that want to implement an intelligent, sustainable and socially inclusive mobility transformation using digital twin technology.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Geography and Regional Research
- External organisation(s)
- Helmholtz-Zentrum München - Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
- Journal
- International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
- No. of pages
- 42
- ISSN
- 0303-2434
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5280496
- Publication date
- 06-2025
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 507020 Urbanism, 207111 Environmental engineering
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/b6662453-9b4e-4cb5-8829-b1a441d2ceb6