Road pricing policy process: The interplay between policy actors, the media and public

Although road pricing policies are generally seen as an effective measure to deal with transport related problems (e.g. congestion), the number of implemented road pricing schemes is relatively limited. The thesis aims to gain insights into complex interplay between policy actors, media and public in road pricing policy processes to understand...

An Agent Based Modelling Approach for Multi-Stakeholder Analysis of City Logistics Solutions

This thesis presents a comprehensive framework for multi-stakeholder analysis of city logistics solutions using agent based modeling. The framework describes different stages for the systematic development of an agent based model for the city logistics domain. The framework includes a multi-perspective city logistics ontology and its validation,...

The Effects of Information and Communication Technologies on Accessibility

It is expected that information and communication technology (ICT) can have great impacts on traveler’s accessibility. However, understanding of the effects of ICT on accessibility is still limited. Consequently, this thesis aims to increase the understanding of such effects. The thesis develops a generic formal integrative behavioral model to...

Development and Early Adoption of Electric Vehicles: Understanding the tempest

Electric vehicles are one innovation that could help reduce CO2 emissions from the transportation sector and mitigate the harmful effects of climate change. However, substantial roadblocks to their adoption exist including high purchase cost, lack of charging infrastructure, and long charging time. This thesis explores factors from consumers,...

Cost-Benefit Analysis in Practice

In most western countries Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) is used to inform decision makers about positive and negative effects for society of transport policy options. However, the way CBA is perceived by different key individuals that use, carry out or study CBAs has received scant attention in the literature. This thesis aims to fill four...

Vacation Travel Behaviour in a Very Different Future

Peak oil, strong international climate policy, and many other unconventional changes which loom on the horizon may strongly change current vacation travel patterns. What changes in vacation travel behaviour can we expect and how can policy-makers prepare for them? This thesis takes the first steps to answer these questions. It develops and...

Sustainable Energy Technology Acceptance: A psychological perspective

Sustainable energy systems are designed to overcome the large problems resulting from current fossil fuel use, such as climate change, air pollution and energy insecurity. Citizens’ opinions and responses are crucial to the successful implementation of new technologies. This thesis explains public acceptance from a psychological perspective. A...

Building Castles in the (Dutch) Air: Understanding the Policy Deadlock of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 1989 - 2009

Ever since the 1950s, the Dutch national government has struggled intensely with the trade-off between the economic significance and environmental impact of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the largest airport of the Netherlands. By 2005, the ambition to combine the growth of ‘Mainport’ Schiphol with comprehensive environmental measures has resulted...

The Acceptability of In-vehicle Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) Systems: From Trial Support to Public Support

Speed management is a set of measures to limit negative effects of speed in a transport system. One of the solutions to solve speeding is making the road transport system more intelligent by implementing intelligent speed assistance (ISA). This thesis provides more insight in the factors that can determine the acceptability of ISA by (potential)...

Human Response to Aircraft Noise

How can it be that one person is extremely annoyed by the sounds of aircrafts, while his neighbour claims not to be bothered at all? The present thesis attempts to explain this observation by applying a range of quantitative methods to field data gathered among residents living near large airports. Whereas previous explanatory models of aircraft...

Zeehavenontwikkeling in Nederland: Naar een beter beleidsvormingsproces

Sea Ports are of vital importance to the Dutch economy. If port expansion is perceived necessary by the port authorities, they contact local public authorities (i.e. Mayor & Aldermen). Besides the authorities, most other stakeholders recognize port expansion as a basic need as well. Port planning is carried out according to the procedures of...