Towards Carfree Cities: Looking for effective and feasible policies for municipalities to convert towards a carfree or low-car city

Cities are on the rise: Recent years, cities have faced an increase in economic growth, employment rates and population numbers. As a result, the accessibility and liveability of cities is under pressure, mainly due to an increase in the number of cars. One of the possibilities to cope with this problem is to free existing cities from cars,...

Stranded sustainable mobility initiatives: Lessons learned from cases in Amsterdam

Cities inhabit the most people per unit of land surface, and all these people have the need and desire to move around. On top of that, vast amounts of goods are transported into and within these cities. The extensive transportation of people and goods causes a negative influence on the environment and a transition to sustainable mobility is...

Sustainable Mobility in Post-Industrial Development: A research to sustainable mobility in post-industrial development applied to Merwe-Vierhavens, Rotterdam

The two urban challenges of the mobility shift and industrial redevelopment come together at the site of the Merwe-Vierhavens (M4H) in Rotterdam. The mobility shift consists of the transition from polluting vehicles towards sustainable alternatives, like electric vehicles, and the use of public transport and slow mobility. The industrial shift...

The MaaS design for incentivizing sustainable mobility: From dutch drivers' perspective

This study explores how to incentivise dutch drivers to choose more sustainable modes of travel, what are the major challenges and what are the possible solutions. Based on the impact of travel demand on the environment and private car ownership and use in the Netherlands, It is found that the continuous growth of mobility consumption demand is...

From Parking to the City: An integrated approach to the transformation of Zakopane city into a liveable and sustainable urban environment for its residents

Zakopane experiences mass tourism, which supports economic growth but also reduces the quality of life in the city. This is mainly due to the developed car dependency, the lack of coordination between spatial development and infrastructure, and the systemic promotion of private property at the expense of the public good, which is a phenomenon...

Estimation of an Activity-Based Model to evaluate Sustainable Mobility Policies in the Netherlands

The transition towards greener mobility will play a significant role in decarbonizing the economy. Hence, policy makers need tools that allow them to test alternatives towards that goal. This drive has led to the development of increasingly accurate transport models, with the latest generation being activity-based transport demand models. These...

Reconfiguring Travel Patterns: The Necessary Rapid Just Transition to Car-Free Urban Planning

There is a need to broaden discussions on sustainable mobility beyond electric cars and address the challenges faced by border regions and marginalised groups dependent on public and soft transport. This thesis explores how a transition strategy can support the creation a just and sustainable multi-modal network in a cross-border context. The...

The influence of the exponential demand for EV infrastructure on Utrecht's aspiration to become a 10-minute city

All over the world, cities are attempting to emit less carbon to limit the possibly detrimental effects of human-induced climate change. One way to limit carbon emissions is by reducing fossil fuel car use and transitioning to forms of low-carbon mobility. Electric vehicles (EVs) are an exponentially popular low-carbon transport solution,...

Crossing Borders Sustainably: Using Metagovernance to Activate Stakeholders to Facilitate Sustainable Mobility Transitions in a Cross-Border Context

There is a need to broaden discussions on sustainable mobility beyond the prevalent focus on electric cars, particularly considering the challenges faced by border regions and marginalized groups that rely on public and soft transport. This study aims to fill this gap by examining the intricate dynamics of cross-border mobility transitions in...