“Who can I ask for help?”: Mechanisms behind digital inequality in public transport

Digitalisation in public transport has become pervasive over the past decade, especially in urban areas. While it benefits many, it also leaves some behind. Previous research shows that older adults, people with a lower education level, people with impairments and people with a migration background are more likely to be negatively impacted by...

Fostering an inclusive public transport system in the digital era: An interdisciplinary approach

As digitalisation is making its way into public transport (PT) services, policy approaches to ensure that such services remain inclusive are at best fragmented, at worst inexistant. This study pieces together existing initiatives and lessons learnt in the transport sector itself, and takes inspiration from other fields with a more mature...

Public transport as travel alternative for users of Special Transport Services in the Netherlands

Introduction: Special Transport Services (STS), a.k.a. paratransit, help keep people with an impairment mobile. Yet these services face financial and organisational challenges. Public transport (PT) is usually seen as a way to alleviate some of these burdens. In fact, the discussion around the potential for PT to substitute STS has been on...

Sea-Level Rise: From Global Perspectives to Local Services

Coastal areas are highly diverse, ecologically rich, regions of key socio-economic activity, and are particularly sensitive to sea-level change. Over most of the 20th century, global mean sea level has risen mainly due to warming and subsequent expansion of the upper ocean layers as well as the melting of glaciers and ice caps. Over the last...

Access denied? Digital inequality in transport services

Digitalisation in transport services offers many benefits for travellers. However, not everyone is willing or able to follow the new, more or less formal requirements digitalisation has brought along. Existing reviews on the intersection between Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and mobility cover a range of vantage points,...

Access denied: Digital inequality in transport services

Early adopters of Mobility-as-a-Service in the Netherlands

The concept of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is rapidly gaining momentum. Parties involved are eager to learn more about its potential uptake, effects on travel behaviour, and users. We focus on the latter, as we attempt to reveal the profile of groups within the Dutch population that have a relatively high likelihood of adopting MaaS in the...

Impact of ATCO training and expertise on dynamic spatial abilities

Dynamic spatial ability is supposed to be involved in a critical process of air traffic controllers, namely conflict detection. The present paper aims at testing whether dynamic spatial ability improves with air traffic control training and/or experience. We designed a laboratory task to assess the performance in predicting if two moving disks...

Toegang geweigerd: Digitale ongelijkheid in het slimme mobiliteitstijdperk

Digitalisering verandert onze dagelijkse mobiliteit, via bijvoorbeeld chipkaarten, digitale reisinformatie en nieuwe mobiliteitsdiensten. Digitalisering in mobiliteitsdiensten (‘slimme mobiliteit’) biedt allerlei voordelen, zoals meer gepersonaliseerde informatie, meer reisopties en kostenbesparingen voor zowel leveranciers als gebruikers. Ook...

Will car users change their mobility patterns with Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and microtransit? – A latent class cluster analysis

Assessing and Improving Operational Strategies for the Benefit of Passengers in Rail-Bound Urban Transport Systems

Unplanned disruptions in transit can have consequent impacts on passengers. The more inconvenienced passengers are, the more likely operators will be negatively impacted. Yet so far, operators and researchers have addressed the rescheduling problem during disruptions mainly with a supply-side focus – timetable, crews, and vehicles – and not...

Numerical study of a flexible sail plan submitted to pitching: Hysteresis phenomenon and effect of rig adjustments

FSI investigation on stability of downwind sails with automatic dynamic trimming

Dynamic behaviour of a flexible yacht sail plan

Unsteady numerical simulations of downwind sails

The resistance and propulsion of ships