Reducing the CO2 Footpring of Business and Commuter Travel, for Companies, by Using Sustainable Cars: A Case Study at TUI

Decreasing the CO2 footprint related to business and commuter travel for companies presents a multitude of challenges. These challenges range from finding the objections of employees regarding EVs, and ways to overcome them, to determining what an ideal composition of a car fleet would be. At the same time the financial...

Dynamic Urban Land Use: An explorative study on the implications for transport and spatial planning

The urban agenda is demanding new approaches for urban development. Urban flexibility has been recognized as crucial for coping with uncertainty and smart growth has been advocated as a sustainable urban practice. Urban flexibility and smart growth combined lead to a more dynamic land use, in which building adaptation leads to intensification of...

Adoption of Electric Bicycle for the Daily Commute: Investigating Behavioral Factors in a Pilot Study

Cycling as a way of commuting is becoming more attractive from the eyes of the public, employers, and policymakers. By offering the ability to go faster with less physical effort, electric bicycles (e-bikes) can motivate more people to cycle to work. While the numbers of e-bicycles sold in the Netherlands is increasing (BOVAG-RAI, 2017; Plazier,...

A Multi-Criteria Analysis on Digitizing Services in the Port of Rotterdam

The purpose of this master thesis was to explore in which way the service of Vopak Agencies could be digitized and be accepted by the client the most.

Plausible factors affecting controversial policy acceptance: An exploratory study

Controversial policies have always been subjected to severe social scrutiny and opposition. With the rise of megacities and complex transportation networks, there has been significant growth in the number of controversial policies in the field of transportation. There has been substantial research in the past regarding transport policies, their...

Towards an adequate methodology for GHG emissions accounting in logistics: A case study at Heineken

There is no globally harmonised calculation methodology for GHG emissions in place, which hampers the ability to measure and report the environmental impact of logistics operations. This paper is aimed at developing an adequate GHG emissions accounting methodology for cross-border multi-modal logistics at Heineken and at generalising the...

Learning factors from experiments in Sustainable Urban Freight Transport: A Strategic Niche Management Analysis of Electric Truck experiments

In the Netherlands the cities of Rotterdam and Amsterdam are coping with problems of air quality and congestion caused by inner-city transport. The continued demand for cleaner air, especially in the inner-city, has produced multiple experiments in sustainable transport.Some of these solutions can be seen as radical innovations; however a...

The value of the experience curve in a societal cost-benefit analysis

Current literature on the usage of the experience curve in a societal cost-benefit analysis is lacking. It is unclear how the experience curve should be used in a societal cost benefit analysis and how large the effect or added value is. This thesis uses a case study to analyses effects of the experience curve on a societal cost benefit analysis...

The added values of multifunctional underground constructions: An analysis based on the observation of the effects, their consideration and appraisal in the decision-making

World population growth and in-urbanisation are challenging the policymakers and urban designers in finding an alternative way to develop sustainable and liveable cities. The researchers have already acknowledged the use of the subterranean space, especially when it can serve multiple functions, as a valuable mean towards this goal. However,...

Influencing station choice of cyclists: An innovative solution to reduce bicycle parking pressure at railway stations

Overcrowded bicycle parkings are becoming a problem at Dutch railway stations. This study researches the possibility of spreading travellers over multiple stations. In this two-stage study first the factors that influence station choice are researched, followed by the generation of measures that can be used to influence the station choice of...