COVID-19 and transport. A review of factors of relevance to the design of measures and their effects worldwide

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the introduction of transport-related policy measures worldwide. In this paper, we review the literature on factors that are important for the design of those measures, and their effects on safety, physical and mental health, economy and environment. We conclude that factors underlying the introduction of...

Reason against the machine? Future directions for mass online deliberation

Designers of online deliberative platforms aim to counter the degrading quality of online debates. Support technologies such as machine learning and natural language processing open avenues for widening the circle of people involved in deliberation, moving from small groups to “crowd” scale. Numerous design features of large-scale online...

COVID-19 en transport: Deel 1: een review van maatregelen wereldwijd

Als reactie op de COVID-19 pandemie zijn wereldwijd veel transport gerelateerde maatregelen getroffen, en die maatregelen hebben vele maatschappelijk relevante effecten gehad. Doel van dit paper is de literatuur te reviewen die tot eind 2020 over dit onderwerp beschikbaar was. Het is daarmee een tussentijdse stand van zaken. De review beoogt een...

COVID-19 en transport: Deel 2: een review van factoren van belang voor ontwerp van maatregelen en hun effecten

De COVID-19 pandemie heeft wereldwijd geleid tot maatregelen gericht op personenmobiliteit (Shortall et al., 2021). In dit paper reviewen we de literatuur over factoren van belang voor het ontwerp van die maatregelen, en de effecten ervan op veiligheid, lichamelijke en geestelijke gezondheid, economie en milieu. Zo’n review is van belang om te...

COVID-19 passenger transport measures and their impacts

Governments all over the world have had to implement various policy measures in order to curb the spread of COVID-19, impacting many people's lives and livelihoods. Combinations of measures targeting the transportation sector and other aspects of social life have been implemented with varying degrees of success in different countries. This...

Including young people, cutting time and producing useful outcomes: Participatory value evaluation as a new practice of public participation in the Dutch energy transition

To achieve a successful energy transition, it is vital to integrate citizens’ needs into government policies through participatory processes. However, offline participatory approaches can be overly intensive which leads to an over-representation of citizens who think that the issue is in their immediate interest. Hence, elected officials often...