Publicaties

Perceived travel experience has not been systematically integrated in transport project appraisal. The concept of worthwhile travel time (WTT) took the first step to fill this gap by introducing four perceived values of WTT (personal and work productivity, fitness, enjoyment) and the factors influencing them. This paper takes the next step by empirically exploring the factors influencing perceived WTT through a path analysis of a European-wide, ...

The Spanish transition to democracy after the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975 has long served as a model for researchers and practitioners of ‘transitional justice.’ This interdisciplinary field studies strategies employed by states and international institutions to deal with the legacy of human rights abuses. The Spanish transition entailed a moderation of political parties and an agreement not to address the past of the Civil War ...

The COVID-19 pandemic lockdown undeniably impacted travel behavior. It is assumed that directed (commute and non-work) trips reduced following reduced out-of-home activities. This study analyzing 764 respondents in Flanders, Belgium, explores whether undirected trips, or travel for the purpose of travel itself, increase as compensation or to 'get out and about'. Additionally, change in commute and non-work trip mode and frequency is analyzed to ...

Over the past decades research on travel mode choice has evolved from work that is informed by utility theory, examining the effects of objective determinants, to studies incorporating more subjective variables such as habits and attitudes. Recently, the way people perceive their travel has been analyzed with transportation-oriented scales of subjective wellbeing, and particularly the satisfaction with travel scale. However, studies analyzing ...

This paper analyses the potential impacts of motorcycle travel demand management strategies for Ho Chi Minh city, a motorcycle dominant city of Vietnam. Four scenarios on managing the use of motorcycle are analyzed using an activity-based travel demand model called FEATHERS-HCMC. The model is adapted from the FEATHERS model developed for Flanders, Belgium and based on the household travel survey in Ho Chi Minh City. The modeling framework of ...

The aim of this research is to identify the relationship between travel mode and trip (purpose, time, distance) and person related factors (gender, age, diploma, attitude towards electric mobility). The data for this study were collected through the Flemish Electric Living Labs (Belgium-Flanders). Within this context participants were able to integrate an electric vehicle in their daily lives over a period of ten weeks. In return the test ...

In this study, we investigated travel captivity from the perspective of travel satisfaction. Using survey data from 565 commuters in Portland, Oregon, we compared satisfaction with the most recent commute trip (using the chosen mode) and hypothetical commute satisfaction if using an alternative mode. The difference in travel satisfaction between the chosen and alternative mode - referred to as the travel satisfaction gap - was used as a ...

Understanding human perceptions of public transport (PT) travel is essential for improving PT provision/ operation and the travel experiences of PT users, as well as for encouraging more people to use green and sustainable travel to reduce the congestion, air pollution, and energy costs that many urban systems are facing. Based on behavioral experiments and surveys, existing research has revealed that the spatial and temporal characteristics of ...