Citizen preferences regarding municipal solid waste re-use measures: A stated choice experiment to analyze the preferences of the citizens living in the municipalities served by Meerlanden regarding the re-use of municipal solid waste

Worldwide, material consumption has expanded rapidly. The Netherlands has become wealthier, citizens can afford more products and therefore the amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) increased enormously. The distribution of MSW is associated with environmental problems and health risks. MSW consists of everyday items disposed by households, such...

Mobility-as-a-Service: Miracle or Misfortune?: Assessing the effects of monthly bundles on travel behavior change in the Netherlands with a combined stated adaptation and stated choice experiment

Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is a new concept that is expected to make multi-modal travel more seamless, by integrating a variety of different transport modes on a platform, accessible on demand for which monthly bundles can be bought. The hopes of MaaS are that due to the simplicity of the service, and the plethora of alternatives being offered...

Public support for Tradable Peak Credits as an instrument to reduce congestion: A stated choice experiment that is simultaneously used to investigate the influence of content and medium of stated choice introductions

Tradable Peak Credits (TPC) is a new instrument to reduce congestion. It is expected to have a higher public support than traditional road pricing. So far, research has mainly been conducted into behavioral effects and effects on the road network of implementing such systems. This study investigates the public support for TPC and how this...

Road-user participation in vehicle-data sharing systems: for the purpose of dynamic traffic management

This study aims to provide insight into how factors relating to privacy and incentives influence people's willingness to participate in sharing their vehicle based sensing data with governmental parties for the purposes of improved dynamic traffic management in the Netherlands. Through the use of a stated preference experiment data is gathered...

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...

Increasing participation in V2G through contract elements: Examining the preferences of Dutch EV users regarding V2G contracts using a stated choice experiment

The increased usage of Electric Vehicles and Renewable Energy Sources causes issues regarding the balancing of the electricity grid. To avoid investment costs, Distribution System Operators desire flexibility solutions. One of these flexibility solutions is the usage of the battery of the Electric Vehicle as an electricity source. This concept...

Congestion Charges: The Relationship between Charging Complexity, Public Acceptability and Effectiveness

Scientific paper as separate file, titled: How does the level of congestion charging complexity affect public acceptability?

Managing Crowds: Pedestrian Activity Choice Behavior at Mass Events: A Case Study on the Effectiveness of Information Measures during the Vierdaagsefeesten Nijmegen 2013

Designing Stated Choice Experiments: An Analysis of the Effect of Airport Location on Air Passenger's Travel Choice

Since major airports are reaching capacity, some solutions have to be found to solve the actual transportation problem. The government sees the development of secondary airports as a solution to this problem. First, this would result in air traffic diversion and secondly this would permit new economical opportunities to the concerned region....