Searching for the built environment: Clustering built environment typologies to find spatial patterns and areas of deprivation using remote sensing techniques

This research uses high resolution satellite images in combination with an unsupervised Convolutional Neural Network Autoencoder to identify features that can be used to cluster different built environment typologies. Previous remote sensing research uses ground truth data which for some areas is not available or needs manually labeled training...

Do signals interact? A machine learning approach to study the multi -signal environment of Initial Coin Offerings

Including service information in a topological comparison of metro networks worldwide: A comparison of 51 metro networks worldwide using GTFS static data

Public transport (PT) plays a vital role in commuting billions of travellers in cities all over the world, providing a mode that is both sustainable and accessible. Metro networks are especially apt at this considering their high-capacity and high-speed operation in urban environments. Comparing different metro networks to one another is a...

Analysing Mobility Hubs using Microsimulation Travel Demand Model: The case of OCTAVIUS

The traditional transport hubs are shaping into the idea of the mobility hubs with the advent of multiple vehicle-sharing forms, such as bike-sharing and car-sharing. Also, a gradual shift in the culture of consumption towards more usage and less ownership, as well as the shared economy supported by internet platforms and mobile apps, allows...

The trade-off between reliability and affordability of a hydrogen grid from the perspective of households: A stated choice experiment used to analyze preferences of households

The built environment needs to become completely sustainable before 2050. Hydrogen is seen as a suitable resource to help in achieving this goal. In a hydrogen system, the predefined high level of reliability, as stands today, affects the affordability of the system. The households are the users and payers of the system. The method used is...

Speed limits and their effect on freeway capacity: An investigation of two lane freeway bottlenecks

In this thesis an investigation is performed into the effect of different speed limits on freeway capacity. From literature, much is known about the variety of factors that affect capacity, but the exact effect of the speed limit on capacity is not yet clear. In recent years, several speed limits changes have taken place at multiple two-lane...

The effects of country wealth on the energy mix

The total investments in the global energy system amounted to 1.85 trillion in 2018 [1]. Globally over 400 exajoule [2] was provided to energy consumers. The energy consumption is closely related to the emission of green house gasses [3] [4] [5]. In the Kyoto and Paris agreements the international community formalized the intention to reduce the...

Empirical research on the distribution of hospitals in the Netherlands: Substitutability of hospital locations: the case of obstetrics care

The acute obstetrics (AO) sector in the Netherlands faces two challenges. The increasing difficulty to find personnel and the closing down of several locations have put a major pressure on the existing AO locations. This has led to questions about the quality of the spatial distribution. The measures currently in place are based the travel time...

Combining data gathering efficiency with behaviourally realistic modelling: A case of park-and-ride facility choice data gathered with a Sequential Best Worst Discrete Choice Experiment and estimated with a Random Regret Minimisation model

This research combines two relatively new additions to the field of discrete choice modelling: sequential best worst discrete choice experiments (SBWDCE) and random regret minimisation (RRM) modelling, with the hope of developing a more behaviourally realistic choice model. SBWDCEs are able to gather a larger number of stated choice observations...

Exploring the Market Potential of Bicycle Crowdshipping: A Bi-level Acceptance Perspective

Crowdshipping has emerged as an avenue to provide sustainable option for the<br/>future of urban package delivery. The main challenge in crowdshipping realm is to maintain sustainable network of customers (demand) and couriers (supply). To help resolving the challenge, this research offers a comprehensive approach to examine market potential of...

Platooning on a string of intersections: A functional combination of platooning and traffic-adaptive intersection control

Congestion and emissions have lately been termed as one of the major challenges for the urban traffic network through various governmental bodies. In this work, a potential solution to this, namely a functional combination between platooning and traffic- adaptive intersection control is first developed and then evaluated. The evaluation is...