1. Don GUIKINK MSc
TNO Smart Mobility
Delft – the Netherlands
don.guikink@tno.nl

2. Intra-urban
Inter-urban

3. Trends influencing urban mobility
Urbanisation Ageing Digitalisation
Sharing “Modern Nomadism”

4. Challenges
Oil addiction Climate Health
Safety Congestion Variation in cites

5. Policies
• Green Paper “Towards a new culture for urban mobility” (2007) and
Action plan on urban mobility (2009).
• Development of Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans (SUMP’s).
• CIVITAS Initiative (since 2002) supports EU cities in their ambition towards
cleaner and better urban mobility.
• European Green Car Initiative (since 2008) has a strong urban focus and
impact.
• Smart Cities Initiative (since 2011) triggering innovations through an
integrated approach from an energy, mobility & transport and ICT
perspective.

6. Research Challenges (1)
• Technical research towards greener, more reliable and safer urban
mobility, e.g.:
– ICT-solutions for information, planning & monitoring (data mining)
– Engineering lighter and smarter vehicles and large scale deployment of new
propulsion techniques (E-mobility)
– Smart infrastructure concepts / interchange development

7. Research Challenges (2)
• Behavioral research towards improved insight in how to influence
behaviour:
– Freedom of choice versus restriction measures (e.g. implementing congestion
charging in London and Stockholm)
– What is desired behaviour? Avoiding peak hours? Travelling by public
transport? Working from home?
• Political question
• Researchers should know how behaviour is affected by political choices

8. Research Challenges (3)
• Economic research towards innovative business models (public/private)
– What are costs and benefits of urban transport measures?
– Who is willing to invest in urban mobility and who benefits?
– How can we boost the economy by investing in greener, safer and more
reliable urban mobility?

9. Topics for a KIC urban mobility
• Theme-wise, e.g.
– Urban Logistics
– Multi modal transportation
– Electrification
– Inter-urban transportation (network cities)
– ….
• Or City-wise, e.g.
– Network cities (Randstad, Ruhr area, Northern Italy)
– Big hubs (Paris, Berlin, Rome, Madrid, Bucharest)
– “Rural” medium-sized cities (Toulouse, Gent, Norwich, Malmo)
– “Freight” / port cities (Rotterdam, Hamburg, Naples, Athens)
– Business districts (London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam)

10. Thank you!
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