Project

New Mobility, Activity Patterns and Car-Light Lifestyles

Code
BOF/STA/202202/013
Duration
01 March 2023 → 28 February 2027
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Geography of mobility and transportation
    • Urban and regional geography
  • Engineering and technology
    • Transport planning
    • Urbanism and regional planning
Keywords
Sustainable Mobility Travel Behaviour Transport Planning Lifestyle
 
Project description

New mobility options and the increased availability of smartphones and digital payments have increased available travel options. Further, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted activity patterns and travel choices, for example through the increased adoption of remote/hybrid work. Prof. Circella plans to investigate this changing transport landscape and (1) the way new mobility, e.g. carsharing, ridehailing, and bike-/e-scooter-sharing, also integrated in Mobility as a Service platforms, can meet travelers’ needs, and (2) how emerging technologies can be aligned with policies for sustainable mobility, e.g. road pricing and incentives for green alternatives, eventually leading to more multimodal travel and willingness to adopt carless or car-light lifestyles among certain individuals. The research will involve the analysis of existing data and new data collection, and the use of latent-class clustering, econometric models, discrete choice models, and structural equation models.