Transport & Planning

How can we solve congestion? Why can't we just build more roads and railways? The Department Transport & Planning at the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences conducts scientific research and provides education about the planning and operation of transport systems.

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We provide transport and planning courses in the Bachelor programme Civil Engineering, we offer a Transport & Planning track in the MSc programmes Civil Engineering and participate in the interfaculty MSc programme Transport Infrastructure and Logistics.

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06 November 2018

'Lack of ambition in much-needed modernisation of Dutch railways'

According to Rob Goverde, professor of Railway Traffic Operations & Management, Dutch railways should switch much faster to the modern European ERTMS communication standard for rail traffic control and safety. This is a key message in his inaugural address to be held at TU Delft on Friday, 9 November.

05 November 2018

Sound as an influencing factor on safe cycling

Agnieszka Stelling explores how sound impacts cyclist traffic safety. She will obtain her doctorate from TU Delft on Monday, 5 November 2018 with research into this subject.

24 October 2018

H2020 Shift2Rail grant for the project MOVINGRAIL

December

Seminar – Microscopic Simulation for Road Traffic Operation and Safety Evaluation

Thesis defence A.S. van Beinum: motorway ramps

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Cycling for science at Ahoy

PhD students Alexandra Gavriilidou and Marie-Jette Wierbos have just finished an intensive cycling experiment. The checklist: 1000 metres of tape, 200 caps, 8 tracking cameras and 1 hall in Ahoy Rotterdam. Scientists have long shied away from predicting cycling behaviour but now TU Delft is gearing up to change all that.

Like sardines in a festival can

How does the crowd at an event move, when do people stop and how do you ensure that safety is not compromised? A large-scale experiment is being conducted at Delft University of Technology to gain a better understanding of the behaviour of pedestrians during busy events.

The North South line shakes up the entire public transport network

Amsterdam’s North South metro line is nearing completion. It is not often that a city’s public transport system is given a structural shake up of this magnitude. Transport & Planning postdoc Ties Brands saw his chance and decided to study the impact of the new line on the surrounding public transport network.

Driving your own car is set to become the new smoking

The self-driving car is on its way. Or is it in fact already here? In June 2017, Transport Minister Melanie Schultz van Haegen opened the Researchlab Automated Driving Delft (RADD) on the TU Delft campus. In the lab, automated driving experiments are being conducted under the supervision of Professors Bart van Arem and Dariu Gavrila.

How do people get to know a city?

What if you are a student or a tourist and you find yourself in a city you have not been to before? How do you go about finding your way? Do landmarks such bridges, churches and other characteristic buildings help? To find out, Transport & Planning PhD Lara Zomer kitted out 250 bikes with gps trackers.

A self-driving car to transport wheelchair-bound children?

How feasible would it be to use driverless vehicles to transport children with multiple disabilities from day care centre Omega in IJburg (Amsterdam) to their new home some 400 metres away? That is what a group of parents asked TU Delft. They would like flexible and small-scale transport to cover the short stretch of road so their children can get from one place to the other more quickly and whenever they want. Researcher Niels van Oort and his colleagues were intrigued and set about investigating.