Beyond the travel time savings paradigm for project appraisal The experience shows that state-of-the-art practices on planning and project appraisal often result in contradictory conclusions when applied to sustainable mobility policies, particularly at the urban scale. Benefits associated with faster transport…
Travel demand modelling and Prospect Theory According to Prospect Theory, the value people attach to goods depends on their relevant reference point. People tend to value goods more if they already possess them (‘loss aversion’). Prospect theory raises…
Why and how should public authorities support shared mobility? Shared mobility has the potential to substantially reduce congestion and polluting, if embedded in appropriate policies. Authorities need to encourage shared solutions such as “Mobility as a Service” that bridge the last…
Why the framing of transport information matters Research in numerous fields has shown that people’s decisions are influenced by the way in which problems are stated. In the field of transport, this implies, for instance, that the framing of…
Who uses shared mobility solutions and what is its future growth potential? Although shared mobility solutions are very diverse, existing work indicates that their ‘typical’ users have some key common features: they tend to be well-educated young adults living in urban areas; who don’t…
Barriers to the uptake of shared mobility Shared transport solutions face a series of barriers, such as the establishment of trust relationships between strangers – a key requirement for a platform that brokers sharing transactions. The sign up process…
Slow Mobility: “You can’t buy happiness, but riding a bike brings you pretty close” With public health and the liveability of cities in mind, authorities are creating space for slow mobility when it comes to urban development. Innovation and design alters the experience of slow mobility…
Driverless cars and user acceptance (Fully) automated vehicles are becoming a reality. The technology is there. But are we ready? There is an important difference between the availability of a technology and its widespread adoption. In the…
Mobility automation: a double-edged sword The transition to automated mobility will bring about big changes, not all of them positive. How can we mitigate negative impacts for groups at risk of being left behind? Automated road transport…
Design thinking: how to involve citizens in conceiving better mobility projects for their community Active participation of citizens in the conception of new mobility initiatives planned by the public sector is today a process with still many unresolved challenges. Traditional planning methodologies rely heavily on top-down…
Going Hybrid? Considering new hybrid solutions on transport policy An increasing variety of hybrid transport solutions will be offered in the future to cover more specific user demands. Classical boundaries between transport modes and between public and private transport solutions are…
Just travelling? Changing Paradigm for Urban and Mobility Planners Given the fact today that travel time is the main driver in Cost Benefit Analysis, how can we properly evaluate the social interest of projects aiming to improve mobility for pedestrians, bikes…