Posts tagged light rail

Podcast: Optimal mix: Light rail vs. Bus Rapid Transit

Listen via: https://transitunplugged.com/transit-unplugged-podcast/optimal-mix-light-rail-vs-bus-rapid-transit-with-professor-niels-van-oort/

Join Paul Comfort on this episode of Transit Unplugged for an insightful conversation with Professor Niels van Oort. Paul and Niels explore critical considerations in transit planning, including the effectiveness of light rail versus bus rapid transit (BRT), integration with cycling and micro-mobility, and global best practices for creating high-quality transit systems. 

Niels shares details about his innovative transportation planning game designed to help students and professionals balance various mobility modes and societal goals. He also discusses the benefits, challenges, and appropriate contexts for implementing light rail and BRT systems, emphasizing the importance of seamless integration with active transport modes like cycling. 

Learn more via:

Serious game ‘Finding the optimal mix’

Light Rail Transit Systems; 61 Lessons in Sustainable Urban Development

Better buses: BRT and other bus modes

10 years of integrated bicycle+transit research

Professional training ‘Planning public transport services’, 22-25 September in Amsterdam

Autoluwe wijken voor iedereen

Femke Mureau heeft onderzocht wat de nieuwe bewoners van hun autoluwe wijk vinden. Bewoners blijken niet allemaal op de hoogte van de status en zijn er niet allemaal komen wonen omwille van de autoluwe situatie. Dat maakt haar inzichten interessant om te zien of opschalen naar andere groepen dan early adaptors mogelijk is. Lees verder in een kort artikel in OV Magazine of alle resultaten in het volledige onderzoeksrapport.

Zie de volgende publicaties voor meer inzichten en bronnen over autoluwe wijken en de rol van ov en hubs:

De auto de wijk uit? Zo makkelijk is dat niet, NRC

We moeten afkicken van onze mobiliteitsverslaving, Vrij Nederland

Dé deelauto-gebruiker bestaat niet | OV-Magazine

Hubgebruiker als uitgangspunt voor ontwerp | OV Magazine

Google, wat is een hub? | Blogserie over hubs

The future of (public) transport

With the team of the TU Delft Mobilisers, we developed 4 future mobility scenarios and presented them on the Dies (Jan, 16, 2025). These scenarios are no predictions or desired future, but a framework to discuss future directions, shaping the future of mobility, and innovation, research and education agendas accordingly. Find the report HERE.

In addition to the general scenario description, the 12 Mobilisers, from 6 faculties, also wrote perspectives on their own domains. Read my perspectives on public transport and shared mobility HERE.

Find our research (results) related to key concepts that play a role in (some of) these scenarios:

Autonomous public transport

Bicycle and transit integration

BRT

Inclusive mobility

Light rail

Mobility Hubs

On demand public transport

Sustainability

Podcasts

Luister naar verschillende podcasts over OV en deelmobiliteit: /Listen to multiple podcasts about transit and shared mobility:

Optimal Mix: Light Rail vs. Bus Rapid Transit, Transit Unplugged (ENGLISH)

The bicycle and transit combination, Dutch Cycling Embassy (ENGLISH)

Designing optimal Public Transport and shared modes, Mobility Innovators (ENGLISH)

Service reliability in public transport, Monash University Researching transit (ENGLISH)

Podcast The mobility transition – a connecting problem, Mayor’s Manual: Episode #6, AMS Institute (ENGLISH)

Podcast Bike+Transit, BikeTalk (ENGLISH)

De bus moet sexy worden, BNR radio

Iedereen mobiel: Vanzelfsprekend! (Video)

De toekomst van het OV, Radio 1

De toekomst van duurzame mobiliteit, ProRail

TRB 2024

Find our TRB 2024 annual meeting contributions below:

De Ridder, T., Van der Stok, Farah, Van Oort, Van Arem (2024), Multi-Objective Stop Location Optimisation Model for Minimising Social, User, and Operator Costs in Urban Tram Systems | PAPER | POSTER

Bruno, M., Kouwenberg, Van Oort (2024), Evaluating How Transportation Policy Addresses Transport Related Social Exclusion: A Novel Method Applied to the Amsterdam Transport Region | PAPER | POSTER

Onderzoeksagenda / Research agenda

In het openbaar vervoer is nog maar weinig bij het oude. Ontwikkelingen als elektrificatie, automatisering en deelmobiliteit hebben hun impact op vraag én
aanbod. Behalve vlot en veilig moet het ov ook groen en inclusief zijn. En dan is er de nog altijd voelbare impact van covid-19. Om op dit speelveld de juiste keuzes te maken, heeft het ov nieuwe inzichten en nieuwe tools nodig. Zie hiervoor mijn (geactualiseerde) Onderzoeksagenda.

The world of public transport is changing rapidly. Developments such as electrification, automation, and shared mobility have had an impact on both demand and supply. Besides being smooth and safe, public transport must now also be green and inclusive. And then there is the still tangible impact of Covid‑19. To make the right choices in this evolving landscape, we need new knowledge and new tools. Find my (updated) Research Agenda.

Podcast Mobility Innovators: Human-centered design for Smart Public Transport

Technology and New mobility are reshaping urban transportation in cities. Human-centric design is key to the quality of life in cities, putting people at the heart of urban transport planning. All stakeholders, including academia, will play a key role to reshape the future of mobility.

Listen to the podcast of Mobility Innovators with Niels van Oort:

04:00 Service reliability in public transport

07:40 About Smart Public Transport Lab at Delft University

14:00 How to run LRT system in the cities efficiently

20:20 Digital Inequality in Transport Services

28:50 Tesla predication on Self Driving Vehicles

34:50 MaaS from the passengers’ perspective

38:30 First & Last miles connectivity

44:54 Use of Big Data to improve services

49:05 Role of academia in the new world

Find more details about the discussed topics here:

Digital inequality (literature review paper)

Service reliability (podcast and papers)

5E model of wider impacts of public transport (book chapter 6, page 112-)

Light rail, lessons from 61 cities (book)

Bicycle+transit combination (podcast+papers)

Smart Public Transport Lab onderzoek in OV Magazine

Workshop Future of Public Transport @Forum ISTS

Due to societal and technological trends, our mobility system and patterns might change. New modes are entering (and leaving) the market, while conventional modes are improved. In this workshop we looked to the future of public transport from the perspective of authorities and operators. The city of The Hague and the Dutch railways (NS) shared their visions on the public transport of the future.

Find the general workshop presentation HERE

Find the presentation of Emile Jutten (City of The Hague) on the national and regional vision on public transport HERE and an animation of the vision HERE

Find the presentation of Mark Oldenziel (NS) on the short term innovations and plans of the railways HERE and an animation of the vision HERE

Sustainable urban development with LRT: Lessons from Netherlands and Japan

Possibilities for the application of Light Rail Transit (LRT – light rail, tramway) as high-quality public transport in cities, urban regions are countless. Our article opens with the question about the specific characteristics of LRT. Then the question is asked which comprehensive argumentation LRT projects can justify. Finally, we examine the question of how these types of projects can be realized. Each of these three questions – What? Why? How? – is addressed on the basis of a set with two LRT main cases, respectively from the Netherlands and Japan.

Read the full article by Rob vd Bijl, Kiyohito Utsunomiya and Niels van Oort HERE

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