Seán Schmitz

Biographic Data

ID8001697
NAMESeán Schmitz
GIVEN NAMESSeán
FAMILY NAMESchmitz
SIGNATURESCHMITZ S
AFFILIATIONSResearch Institute for Sustainability at GFZ
ORCID0000-0002-8860-441X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2018
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX0

  • Pop-up cycling infrastructure as a niche innovation for sustainable transportation in European cities

    Open AccessSophia Becker, Dirk Von Schneidemesser et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2022

    Mobility behavior changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic have opened a window of opportunity for an accelerated transition towards sustainable mobility. Many European cities installed temporary cycling infrastructure which can be considered a niche innovation in the Multi-Level-Perspective of transitions (Geels, 2002). We empirically assess the effects of such temporary infrastructure in terms of air quality, behaviour, and acceptance, with a focus…

  • Do new bike lanes impact air pollution exposure for cyclists?—a case study from Berlin

    Open AccessSeán Schmitz, Alexandre Caseiro et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2021

    Cities in the 21st century are dynamically changing in response to environmental and societal pressures, not least among which are climate change and air pollution. In some of these metropoles, such as Berlin, a transformation of mobility systems has already begun. Along a mid-sized street in Berlin, a measurement campaign was conducted in 2020 to accompany the construction of a bike lane and the implementation of a community space along one of t…

  • Climate change and air pollution

    Open AccessLaura Weiand, Seán Schmitz et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2019

    Urban mobility is the main source of air pollution in Europe and accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. In order to address this, a range of interventions and policies are being implemented across major European cities and studies in sustainable urban transport have proliferated. One such mitigation strategy involves redesigning urban form through ‘hard’ traffic policies, with a view of decreasing emission levels and therefore mitigating t…

  • An assessment of perceptions of air quality surrounding the implementation of a traffic-reduction measure in a local urban environment

    Open AccessSeán Schmitz, Laura Weiand et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2018

    Poor air quality remains a major environmental and health risk in Europe, despite improvements over the last few decades. Consistent exceedances of the nitrogen dioxide air quality limit values at a roadside monitoring station in Potsdam, owing to heavy local and commuter individual motorized traffic, prompted the city administration to implement a trial traffic measure aimed at reducing motorized traffic to improve air quality. This study analys…