Urban Mobility Planning
Professor: Paul van de Coevering, PhD
Research topic: the interaction between mobility and the built environment
How do you ensure that city regions are accessible, liveable and just for everyone, today and in the future? That is the key question behind the Urban Mobility Planning professorship at BUas.
We do not view mobility as an end in itself, but as a means of enabling people to fully participate in a healthy, sustainable and just society. Our research brings together four interconnected areas: the needs of people, the built environment, the mobility system and travel behaviour. By taking an integrated approach, we develop knowledge that can be applied directly by policymakers, planners, practitioners and designers working on tomorrow’s mobility challenges.
What we do
Our research focuses on four interconnected themes: inclusive mobility, multimodal systems & accessibility, sustainable mobility & social impacts, and mobility & urban development. We combine large-scale data analyses and GIS with behavioural interventions, co-creation processes and living labs, bringing together scientific rigour and direct practical application, always with people at the centre.
How we work
The connection between the professional field, research and education is at the heart of everything we do. Questions from municipalities, provinces and other organisations are translated into concrete research projects with real-world impact. In this process, students – our ‘fresh brains’ – are actively involved through educational modules, work placements and other activities, generating fresh perspectives to practical challenges.
We collaborate with public and private partners at local, regional, national and international level. Our work ranges from applied research in the region, often in collaboration with consultancies and municipalities, to large-scale research partnerships with Dutch universities in NWO programmes and with international partners in European research projects. This makes our research group a true hub of knowledge and practice.
Would you like to work together?
Do you have any questions about mobility, accessibility or urban development? Or are you curious about how research and education can help you overcome your challenges? Get in touch, we would love to explore this with you!
The team
- Paul van de Coevering
- Don Guikink
- Rana Habibi
- Hossein Dashtestaninejad
- Joost van de Pas
- Sjors Martens
- Elly Khademi
- Teije Gorris
- Danique Gommers
- Kevin Vermeulen
Front row from left to right: Danique Gommers, Paul van de Coevering, Don Guikink, Teije Gorris, Kevin Vermeulen
Back row from left to right: Hossein Dashtestaninejad, Rana Habibi, Elly Khademi, Joost van de Pas, Sjors Martens
Featured Projects: Urban Mobility Planning
Integrated Land Use and Transportation Planning
This PhD study analyses the effectiveness of compact city policies in promoting sustainable travel behaviour and assesses the role of attitudes.
Smart City Monitor
Gaining real-time and long-term data-driven insight into visitor and traffic flows in inner cities of Breda and 's-Hertogenbosch.
DIGNITY
Mobility for all. Bridge the gap between vulnerable groups in society and digitalised mobility solutions in Europe.
Urban intelligence
A collaboration with the province of North-Brabant involving innovative research on the cutting edge of the built environment and transportation.