LECTURER
Dr.-Ing. Benjamin Büttner
FOCUS AREAS
Benjamin Büttner has worked at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning since July 2010. He received his PhD in engineering after having completed a German Diploma in geography. He currently works in the fields of accessibility planning and decision and policy making. Urban and transport planning, as well as governance, are the foci of his professional skills. He led multiple research projects ranging from regional to European level. He is an active reviewer for multiple high profile research journals, a regular participant in governance discussions (INZELL initiative, EMM) within the region of Munich, and he contributed to the COST Action TU 1002 on Accessibility Instruments for Planning Practice. Currently Benjamin Büttner is heading a research group on accessibility planning and has been designated co-chair of the NECTAR Accessibility cluster since 2018. Additionally, since 2019 he is coordinator of the EIT Urban Mobility “Doctoral Training Network”.
CURRICULUM
| since 2023 | Deputy Chair Holder of the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning |
| since 2023 | Editorial Board Member “Sustainable Future“, Elsevier, Oxford (UK) |
| 2023 | Visiting Researcher and Lecturer at Melbourne School of Design, University of Melbourne |
| since 2021 | Deputy Chair Holder of the CHair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning, Technical University of Munich |
| since 2021 | Editorial Board Member “Journal of Transport Geography“, Elsevier, Oxford (UK) |
| since 2020 | Founding Co-Editor-in Chief of the “Journal of Urban Mobility“, Elsevier, Oxford (UK) |
| since 2019 | Head of the EIT Urban Mobility “Doctoral Training Network” |
| since 2018 | Co-Chair of the NECTAR Accessibility Cluster |
| 2018 | Visiting Reseracher and Lecturer at University College London, London (UK) |
| since 2017 | Head of Research Group “Accessibility Planning” and Academic Council |
| 2016 | Dissertation: “Consequences of Sharp Increases in Mobility Costs on Accessibility – Suggestions for Individual and Public Development Strategies” |
| since 2010 | Research Associate at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning |
| 2010 | Diploma thesis: “Erreichbarkeit innerhalb der Europäischen Metropolregion München- ein Exkurs des Status Quo anhand gesamträumlichen, teilräumlichen sowie nahräumlichen GIS-basierten Erreichbarkeitsanalysen” |
| 2008 – 2009 | Working student at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning |
| 2005 – 2008 | Various internships at companies including Siemens Ltd. China, BMW Group (Inzell Initiative – P+R regional) and at the Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulation, City of Munich (VKS EMM) |
| 2004 – 2010 | Studied Geography with a concentration in human geography and the focus areas urban development, regional planning and communications sciences at the Ludwigs-Maximilians-University Munich |
| 2004 | Abitur |
PROJECTS
| ongoing | CLEAR – City LivEAbility by Redesign (more information) |
| GOAT 3.0 (more information) | |
| EMMA – Empowering multimodal and intermodal accessibility (more information) | |
| ASTUS – Alpine Smart Transport and Urbanism Strategies (more information) | |
| Zugang zur Bahn (more information) | |
| 2016 | WAM – Wohnen, Arbeiten, Mobilität in der Metropolregion München |
| 2013 – 2014 | MOR€CO II – Handlungsempfehlungen für öffentliche Akteure zur Reaktion auf steigende Mobilitätskosten im MVV-Raum |
| 2012 – 2013 | Better Airport Regions |
| 2011 – 2012 | MOR€CO I: Untersuchung der künftigen Wohn- und Mobilitätskosten für private Haushalte in der Region München |
| Stress Tests for a Sustainable Mobility: An Accessibility Approach | |
| 2009 – 2011 | Effekte der Tram 23 auf Siedlungsstruktur und Mobilität |
| 2009 – 2010 | Erreichbarkeitsatlas für die Europäische Metropolregion München (EMM) |
PUBLICATIONS
2023
- Arias-Molinares, D., Xu, Y., & Büttner, B. (2023). Exploring key spatial determinants for mobility hub placement based on micromobility ridership. In Journal of Transport …. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692323000935
- Aumann, S., Kinigadner, J., Duran-Rodas, D., & Büttner, B. (2023). Driving Towards Car-Independent Neighborhoods in Europe: A Typology and Systematic Literature Review. Urban …. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/urbanplanning/article/view/6552
- Cao, M., Papaix, C., Yang, T., & Büttner, B. (2023). Exploring the Relationship between Urban Form, Mobility and Social Well-Being: Towards an Interdisciplinary Field of Sustainable Urban Planning and …. In Sustainability. mdpi.com. https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/11/8498
- Pfertner, M., Büttner, B., & Wulfhorst, G. (2023). An Open-Source Modelling Methodology for Multimodal and Intermodal Accessibility Analysis of Workplace Locations. Sustainability. https://www.mdpi.com/2083230
2022
- Büttner, B. & Seisenberger, S. & Baquero Larriva, M. & Gante, A. & Ramírez, A. & Haxhija, S. (2022). Urban Mobility Next 9 ±15-Minute City: Human-centred planning in action Mobility for more liveable urban spaces EIT Urban Mobility Munich November 2022. https://www.eiturbanmobility.eu/%C2%B115-minute-city-human-centred-planning-in-action
- Duran-Rodas, D., Navarro-Ávalos, F., Hall, J., & Nichols, A. (2022). Deliverable D 3.1 Guidelines for the integration of mobility hubs into the urban space.
- Hecht, R., Büttner, B., Jehle, U., Klaus, M., & Krügel, F. (2022). Erreichbarkeits-und Analyseinstrumente für die Daseinsvorsorgeplanung: Potenziale und Hindernisse. Dresdner …. https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/83572
- Jehle, U., Coetzee, C., Büttner, B., & Pajares, E. (2022). Connecting people and places: Analysis of perceived pedestrian accessibility to railway stations by Bavarian case studies. In Journal of urban …. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091722000139
- Natividade, V., Rivas, A., Büttner, B., & Stojanovski, T. (2022). The morphology of placemaking–from urban guerrilla and formal street experiments to mobility and metropolitan regions. strathprints.strath.ac.uk. https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/80521/
- Pfertner, M., Büttner, B., & Duran-Rodas, D. (2022). Workplace relocation and its association with car availability and commuting mode choice. In Journal of Transport …. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692321003173
- VanHoose, K., Gante, A. de, & Bertolini, L. (2022). From temporary arrangements to permanent change: Assessing the transitional capacity of city street experiments. In Journal of urban …. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091722000036
2021
- Büttner, B. (2021). Accessibility Tools for Transport Policy and Planning. Elsevier.
- Kinigadner, J., & Büttner, B. (2021). How accessibility instruments contribute to a low carbon mobility transition: Lessons from planning practice in the Munich region. In Transport Policy. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X21002286
- Kinigadner, J., Vale, D., Büttner, B., & Wulfhorst, G. (2021). Shifting perspectives. Journal of Transport and Land …. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48646189
- Pajares, E., Büttner, B., Jehle, U., & Nichols, A. (2021). Accessibility by proximity: Addressing the lack of interactive accessibility instruments for active mobility. In Journal of transport …. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692321001332
- Wang, Z., Liu, H., Zhu, Y., Zhang, Y., & Basiri, A. (2021). Identifying urban functional areas and their dynamic changes in Beijing: Using multiyear transit smart card data. In Journal of Urban …. ascelibrary.org. https://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/%28ASCE%29UP.1943-5444.0000662
2020
- Kinigadner, J., Büttner, B., Wulfhorst, G., & Vale, D. (2020). Planning for low carbon mobility: Impacts of transport interventions and location on carbon-based accessibility. In Journal of Transport …. Elsevier. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692319309780
2019
- Büttner, B., Ji, C., & Wulfhorst, G. (2019). The TUM accessibility atlas: A tool for research and practice. In Designing Accessibility Instruments. taylorfrancis.com. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315463612-9/tum-accessibility-atlas-benjamin-b%C3%BCttner-chenyi-ji-gebhard-wulfhorst
- Kinigadner, J., & Büttner, B. (2019). ASTUS CO2 Minimizer Toolbox. mediatum.ub.tum.de. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1542264/document.pdf
- Kinigadner, J., Büttner, B., & Wulfhorst, G. (2019a). Accessibility planning based on CO₂ emissions–implications for employment development within the Munich Metropolitan Region. Transportation Research Procedia. https://trid.trb.org/view/1669932
- Kinigadner, J., Büttner, B., & Wulfhorst, G. (2019b). Beer versus bits: CO2-based accessibility analysis of firms’ location choices and implications for low carbon workplace development. In Applied Mobilities. Taylor &Francis. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23800127.2019.1572053
2018
- Büttner, B., Kinigadner, J., Ji, C., & Wright, B. (2018). The TUM accessibility atlas: Visualizing spatial and socioeconomic disparities in accessibility to support regional land-use and transport planning. In Networks and Spatial …. Springer. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11067-017-9378-6
2017
- Brömmelstroet, M. te, Nicolaisen, M. S., & Büttner, B. (2017). Experiences with transportation models: An international survey of planning practices. Transport Policy. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X16302888
- Büttner, B. (2017). Consequences of sharp increases in mobility costs on accessibility: Suggestions for individual and public development strategies. Dissertation, München, Technische ….
- Wulfhorst, G., Büttner, B., & Ji, C. (2017). The TUM Accessibility Atlas as a tool for supporting policies of sustainable mobility in metropolitan regions. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and …. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856417303907
2016
- Büttner, B. (2016a). Consequences of sharp increases in mobility costs on accessibility. mediatum.ub.tum.de. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1324977
- Büttner, B. (2016b). Sharp Increases in Mobility Costs: A Trigger for Sustainable Mobility. In Sustainable Mobility in Metropolitan Regions: Insights …. Springer. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-14428-9_8
- Büttner, B., Wulfhorst, G., & Evans, J. (2016). Ensuring accessibility to daily activities for different population segments with respect to sharp increases in mobility costs. Accessibility, Equity and …. https://www.elgaronline.com/abstract/edcoll/9781784717889/9781784717889.00013.xml
2015
- Kinigadner, J., Bentlage, M., & Wenner, F. (2015). No longer monocentric, not yet polycentric-On changes of spatial structure and mobility in the Munich Metropolitan Region. XIII NECTAR …. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/1277827
2014
- Büttner, B., Zhao, J., Thierstein, A., & Wulfhorst, G. (2014). When growth stresses development. Interdependencies between housing, employment and mobility in the Munich metropolitan region. In RSAI …. mediatum.ub.tum.de. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/doc/1273264/document.pdf
2012
- Büttner, B., Franz, S., Reutter, U., & Wulfhorst, G. (2012). MORECO–Mobility and Residential Costs: Improving the Settlement Development in the Transnational Alpine Space Region. archive.corp.at. https://archive.corp.at/cdrom2012/papers2012/CORP2012_90.pdf
- Büttner, B., Keller, J., & Wulfhorst, G. (2012). Erreichbarkeitsatlas der europäischen metropolregion München (EMM). In … Instruments for Planning …. accessibilityplanning.eu. https://www.accessibilityplanning.eu/uploads/pdf/7-EMM_BB.pdf
- Büttner, B., & Wulfhorst, G. (2012). Mor€ co. In Untersuchung der künftigen …. researchgate.net. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Benjamin-Buettner/publication/275646051_MORCO_Analysis_of_future_residential_and_mobility_costs_for_private_households_in_Munich_Region/links/5541f4d90cf232222731791f/MORCO-Analysis-of-future-residential-and-mobility-costs-for-private-households-in-Munich-Region.pdf
2010
- Büttner, B., Keller, J., Wulfhorst, G., Lintner, P., & Mentz, H. (2010). Ein Erreichbarkeitsatlas für die Europäische Metropolregion München. In … Metropolregion München, TUM.
- Wulfhorst, G., Büttner, B., & Keller, J. (2010). Ein Erreichbarkeitsatlas für die europäische Metropolregion München. In München.
- Büttner, B., Zhao, J., Thierstein, A., Wulfhorst, G., & Förster, A. (n.d.). Migration and Commuting–Consequences for Local Labour and Housing Markets.
PRESENTATIONS
2019
- Büttner, B.: Access to Rail: The Influence of Comfort on Accessibility. NECTAR conference in Helsinki, Finland.
2018
- Büttner, B.: Improving decision-making through accessibility instruments. Workshop at Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford, UK.
- Büttner, B.: Accessibility planning for sustainable and resilient cities. Presentation at Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford, UK.
- Büttner, B.: Improving decision-making through accessibility instruments. Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds, UK.
- Büttner, B.: Improving decision-making through accessibility instruments. Socially Just Planning, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London (UCL), UK.
- Büttner, B.: Accessibility instruments for low CO2 scenarios: Towards land-use and transport policies tackling climate change. AESOP congress in Gothenburg, Sweden.
2017
Büttner, B.: Accessibility Planning as a Key to Social Justice. Socially Just Planning, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London (UCL), UK.
2016
- Büttner, B.: The TUM Accessibility Atlas as a tool for fostering decision making processes on sustainable mobility in the metropolitan region of Munich. 14th WCTR 2016, Proceedings. Shanghai.
- Büttner, B.: WAM – residence – work – mobility: Future perspectives for the Munich Metropolitan Region. 14th WCTR 2016, Proceedings. Shanghai.
2015
- Büttner, B.: Consequences of Sharp Increases in Mobility Costs on Accessibility: Suggestions for Local and Regional Development Strategies. NECTAR International Conference 2015 in Ann Arbor, USA.
2014
- Büttner, B.: Determination of regional Resilience by Means of the Vulnerability Assessment in the Face of Rising Fuel Prices. International Conference on Resilience in Urban and Regional Development. From Concept to Implementation. Berlin, Germany.
2013
- Büttner, B.: The impact of sharp increases in mobility costs analysed by means of the Vulnerability Assessment. 13th WCTR 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Büttner, B.: Ensuring accessibility to daily activities for different population segments in respect of sharp increases in mobility costs. NECTAR 2013 International Conference in Sao Miguel, Azores, Portugal.
2012
- Büttner, B.: Better Airport Regions: Accessibility as a key to govern sustainable development. Zurich, Switzerland
- Büttner, B.: Accessibility Instruments for Planning Practice: EMM Accessibility Instrument. Guest Lecture in Enschede, The Netherlands
- Büttner, B., te Brömmelstroet, M., Zakowska, L.: Presentation on the Process Protocoll: Insights from Workshops in Breda and Naples. COST TU1002 MC Meeting in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Büttner, B.: The impact of sharp increases in mobility costs analysed by means of the Vulnerability Assessment: Case studies on an individual and regional level for the Region of Munich. MOR€CO Conference in Lyon, France
- Büttner, B.; Franz, S.: MOR€CO – Mobility and Residential Costs: Improving Settlement Development in the Transnational Alpine Space Region. REAL CORP 2012 in Schwechat, Österreich
- Büttner, B.; Priester, R.: Tramway renaissance in Munich – Effects of the new tram 23 on urban structure and mobility behavior. mobil.TUM 2012 in München, Deutschland
2011
- Büttner, B.: Ein Erreichbarkeitsatlas für die EMM. EMM e.V. 2.Mitgliederversammlung in Unterföhring, Deutschland
- Büttner, B.: Cost scenarios – What will happen if energy prices increase sharply? MOR€CO Winter School in Ljubljana, Slovenien
- Büttner, B.: Stess tests for a sustainable mobility: An accessibility approach. NECTAR Conference 2011 in Antwerpen, Belgien
ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS
| Current | ARL – Akademie für Raumforschung und Landesplanung |
| COST – Accessibility instruments for planning practice in Europe | |
| EMM – European Metropolitanregion of Munich | |
| Inzell Initiative – Regional Governance | |
| NECTAR – Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research |
EXPERIENCE ABROAD
| 2018 | Supervision of Master and PhD students at University College London (UCL) and University of Westminster in London, UK within Erasmus+ program |
| 2005 | Internship at Siemens Ltd. China in Peking |
