Centre for Transport Studies (CTS)

Section head: prof.dr.ir. E.C. van Berkum

Website: http://www.vvr.ctw.utwente.nl/en/index.html

Keywords: Transport network design, travel behaviour, land use transport interaction, driver behaviour, driver assistance, mobility monitoring, mobility management

The Centre for Transport Studies (CTS) researches the performance of (inter)urban transport networks from a multidisciplinary and integral perspective. It develops quantitative and qualitative methods for understanding and describing traffic and transport phenomena and patterns, for improving the underpinning of planning and management processes, and for assessing impacts of human behaviour and technological innovations. Research themes are: strategic planning and sustainable development issues for (urban) transport systems, land use transport interactions, mobility monitoring and management, and the application of integrated driver support systems and services. CTS hosts the knowledge centre AIDA, a co-operation between TNO and the University of Twente.

Key persons: prof. dr. ir. E.C. van Berkum, Dr. T. Thomas, dr. ing. K.T. Geurs, dr. M. Martens, dr. J. Bie, ing. K.M. van Zuilekom

Projects:

European funding:

National funding:

o	CCC connected cruise control (funding FES - PhD student: Malte Risto)

o	SRMT (strategy towards Sustainable and Reliable Multimodal Transport in the Randstad) (NWO – PhD student: Ties Brands)

o	Hinderarm wegonderhoud (funding Regio Twente, Provincie Overijssel en Rijkswaterstaat Directie Oost Nederland – PhD student: Wouter Hermelink)

o	Multi-objective Network design (funding Goudappel Coffeng – PhD student: Luc Wismans)

o	Individual implications of network control (funding PEEK traffic – PhD student: Jaap Vreeswijk)

o	Cooperative Vehicle-Infrastructure systems (funding Cornelis Lelystichting, Vialis and TNO – PhD student: Mohamed Mahmod)

o	Drivers’ reactions to safety-critical events under varying workload conditions, and the development of intelligent Transport Systems for urban environments (funding AIDA – PhD student: Nina Schaap)

o	Mobility Monitoring (funding Enschede and Regio Twente – PhD student: Sander Veenstra)

o	Development and organization of Personal Real Time Travel Information Concept for Public Transport in Rio de Janeiro (non subsidized PT market) (funding Transumo (partial) – PhD student: Warner Vonk)

Internal funding:

o	Game theory and Road Pricing (funding CTIT – PhD student: Anthony Ohazulike