Engaging the Crowd in Sensing for Smart Mobility: A Discrete Choice Experiment Investigating Users' Preferences in Participatory Sensing Applications

In 2050, it is expected that 70% of the world’s population will live in cities (Jin et al., 2014), leading to increasing congestion in and surrounding cities. This will raise new challenges, requiring more efficient and interactive cities. A novel paradigm contributing to these so-called smart cities is participatory sensing. Also known as...

The next smart move: A decision support system for urban implementation of smart mobility solutions

The urban mobility sector is developing at a fast pace and is demanding transportation systems to be resilient and sustainable. Policy makers deal with an extensive offer of new technologies but lack an overview of the contribution of these mobility solutions to their urban planning ambitions. Uncertainty exists regarding both the technological...

The use of shared mobility services in disadvantaged neighbourhoods: A study on how shared mobility services can affect urban neighbourhood renewal

Due to the urbanization, it is expected the world’s population will increasingly live in urban areas. Therefore, there is a growing concern about diverse urban problems, such as climate change, emissions, congestion and the quality of life in cities. Hereby, urban mobility systems can be an important factor to solve these problems. Besides, new...

Governance of Dockless Bicycle Sharing: An exploration of governance mechanisms for coping with the disruptive phenomenon of dockless bicycle sharing systems by identifying public values

This research provides insight into coping with the appearance of dockless bicycle sharing systems (BSS) in a municipal context. Due to technological developments like GPS integration and smart locks, BSS evolved towards the latest development of dockless shared bicycles. Most BSS companies were from Asian origin and had a disruptive impact on...

The potential role of Dutch urban and transportation planners in the Automated Vehicles transition

The transition towards fully Automated Vehicles (AV) can lead to inefficient use of the available infrastructure in the Netherlands, while space is already scarce. - Knowledge from AV impact studies can help the government in the management of available infrastructure. Therefore, in this research a systematic literature review was carried out in...

Smart Mobility in the Netherlands: Road authorities' perspectives on obstacles and opportunities in the 2018-2023 time frame

There is a need for a more efficient use of existing infrastructure to improve the accessibility, liveability and safety of Dutch cities, metropolitan areas and provinces. A projected solution to growing mobility issues is Smart Mobility.<br/><br/>From a scientific perspective, research has only been performed on the possible effects of Smart...

Transportation and spatial impact of automated driving in urban areas: An application to the Greater Copenhagen Area

Vehicle automation has the potential to disrupt the status quo of urban transportation, because it adds a new mode of transportation by taking away the task of the driver. The projections of estimations of the impacts of this new technology are based on many uncertainties and are thus largely unknown. A literature review showed that a wide...

Smart mobility: a strategic solution in urban development

This thesis researches the effect of smart mobility on parking space. To what extent will space become available and how can this be used for the restructering challenges within the urban enviroment?

Autonomous Shared Mobility & the Cities of Tomorrow: Impact of shared self-driving vehicles on the urban form of the city of Amsterdam

“Anyone who only thinks of technology, has not yet recognized that autonomous driving will change our society.” says Dr. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of Daimler AG, and indicates to what the future of mobility will look like. Autonomous and shared mobility is the most talked about topic in the world of transport today. Self-driving shared vehicles...

The Middle Ground: Spatial Planning Under Uncertainty

Conventional spatial planning deals with hazards by bouncing back to the pre-existing situation. Intensifying manifestations of climate risk lead to unforeseen cascading effects that often surpass the level of protection offered by this type of approach (e.g. Hurricane Katrina) . In this thesis. spatial planning approach is developed that...

An empirical study into the effects of private automated vehicles on drivers' parking location choice: An application to the city of The Hague

Automated vehicles (AVs) have been receiving much attention all over the world, where the first fully AVs are already operating on the road network. AVs could not only have a tremendous impact on the urban environment but also on human travel behaviour. The focus of this study is to gain insight into the effects of private highly AVs on drivers’...