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Demand, costs, markets and policy: the evolution of thought in transport economics University of Antwerp
“All transport problems are essentially mathematical”: The uneven resonance of academic transport and mobility knowledge in Brussels Vrije Universiteit Brussel
This paper presents an inquiry into the capacity of transport and mobility studies to critically engage with contemporary policies. Drawing on the conceptualization of circuits of knowledge, the paper scrutinizes the extent to which transport policy agendas are framed around various approaches within academia. An extensive literature review reveals that the academic field of transport and mobility is organized around a hegemonic core of ...
Assessing the Policy Environment for Active Mobility in Cities-Development and Feasibility of the PASTA Cycling and Walking Policy Environment Score Hasselt University
The importance of setting a policy focus on promoting cycling and walking as sustainable and healthy modes of transport is increasingly recognized. However, to date a science-driven scoring system to assess the policy environment for cycling and walking is lacking. In this study, spreadsheet-based scoring systems for cycling and walking were developed, including six dimensions (cycling/walking culture, social acceptance, perception of traffic ...
Towards an urban political geography of transport: Unpacking the political and scalar dynamics of fare-free public transport in Tallinn, Estonia Vrije Universiteit Brussel
In this article, we study the largest existing fare-free public transport (FFPT) programme, launched in 2013 in Tallinn, Estonia. Instead of focusing solely on the rationale and impact of fare-free public transport in terms of finances and travel patterns, we propose to analyse FFPT from the perspective of urban political geography, and to inquire into its political and scalar dynamics. We analyse how Tallinn’s fare-free programme was developed, ...
Towards freight transport system unification: reviewing and combining the advancements in the physical internet and synchromodal transport research Hasselt University Vrije Universiteit Brussel
To achieve socio-economic and environmental sustainability, utilization of existing capacities and assets has become a key challenge for the transportation sector. This challenge has been recognised by many scholars, policy makers and practitioners leading to a substantial body of new concepts and models. The rather parallel evolution of the Physical Internet (PI) and synchromodal transport presents an opportunity to improve the current ...
Cost-effective reduction of fossil energy use in the European transport sector : an assessment of the Fit for 55 Package Ghent University KU Leuven
This paper surveys climate and energy policy in the EU transport sector covering the road, aviation, and shipping sectors. We summarise current policies, focusing on the Fit for 55 Package, and link the different instruments being used (e.g. cap-and-trade, tax, mandate, performance standard, or subsidy) to different sources of market failure. Next, we analyse the static and dynamic cost-efficiency of the policies and instruments. We find that ...
Why (not) abolish fares? Exploring the global geography of fare‐free public transport Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Although the policy of abolishing fares in public transport—here referred to as “fare-free public transport” (FFPT)—exists in nearly 100 localities worldwide, it has not been thor- oughly researched. To start filling this gap, I enhance the conceptual clarity about fare abo- lition. I start by providing a definition of FFPT, discussing its different forms, and introduc- ing a distinction between “partial” FFPT and—the main focus of the ...
Expanding the analysis scope of a MATSim transport simulation by integrating the FEATHERS activity-based demand model Hasselt University
MATSim is an agent-based transport simulation model. In contrast to a pure dynamic traffic assignment (DTA) model, MATSim is more an agent-based transport than simulation model. which In contrast to a pure dynamic assignment model, can react to choice dimensions route choice, is the only choice treated traffic by a typical DTA. (DTA) Simulating the MATSim mobility can to more choice dimensions than during route choice, which the only choice ...