Plan4Better GmbH · Munich, Germany · January 2024 – September 2024
Formal MSc Internship (Pflichtpraktikum) — RWTH Aachen University
Supervised by Dr.-Ing. Andreas Witte & Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Kuhnimhof
About Plan4Better & GOAT
Plan4Better is a Munich-based company specialising in data-driven planning tools for sustainable mobility and urban planning. Their flagship product, GOAT, is an open-source WebGIS platform for integrated urban and transport planning.
GOAT provides isochrone and multi-isochrone generation, public transport quality classes (ÖV-Güteklassen), Walkability Index calculation, local accessibility heatmaps, active mobility routing and average departure counts for public transport stops.
Projects Undertaken
Specific analysis outputs and client maps are not shown to respect client confidentiality.
Accessibility & Walkability Analysis — Augsburg
Population density analysis, public transport quality class assessment, POI accessibility analysis and heatmaps, and Walkability Index calculation across the study area. Outcome: actionable spatial insights for the city's mobility plan.
Parking Facility Accessibility — Amberg City Centre
Catchment area calculation using driving and walking times, accessibility analysis from parking facilities to key POIs, and isochrone-based gap identification. Outcome: recommendations for optimising parking locations.
Supplemental Parking Analysis — POI to Car Park Walking Distances, Amberg
Digitised parking locations from a PDF source in QGIS, independent walking-distance analysis from POIs to car parks, isochrones for multiple walking-time thresholds. Outcome: insights into alignment between parking and urban mobility needs.
Mobility Analysis — Hassels & Reisholz, Düsseldorf
Land use suitability assessment for shared mobility stations, public transport quality and accessibility evaluation, and scenario analysis for introducing new mobility hubs. Outcome: evidence base for e-scooter and e-bike expansion.
Pedestrian Network Isochrones vs. Circular Buffers — Augsburg
Modified SQL scripts to implement pedestrian network isochrones within the GOAT backend, compared accessibility results under both approaches, and demonstrated measurable differences between Euclidean and network-based catchments. Outcome: more accurate accessibility measurements for transport planning.