ETC conference programme day 2

ASSOCIATION FOR EUROPEAN TRANSPORT presents

European Transport Conference 2025

Thursday 18 Sep 2025
	Session 4	Session 5	Session 6	Session 7
Stream	09:00 - 10:30	11:00 - 12:30	13:30 - 15:00	15:30 - 17:30
Aviation, Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum	Aviation & YRPF session 4 Fostering Social Acceptance of Innovative Air Mobility: The development of two indices on acceptability and acceptance Helena Almeida, Sofia Kalakou, Catarina Marques Modeling Airline Choice in Emerging Economies: The Role of Gender and Consumer’s Preferences Maria Camila Mejia Lopez, Margarita Rosa Gomez Betancur, Claudia Helena Munoz Hoyos, David Andres Naranjo Lamadrid A Multinomial Logit Model for Colombia’s Domestic Flights: The role of Travel Purpose in Airline Choices Gabriela Nivia Toro, Maria Valentina Buitrago Aristizabal, Nicol Fernanda Corrales, Tomas Cabrera, Claudia Munoz Hoyos
Data		Data session 5 Data Fusion: Traffic Flow Estimation Based on a Graph Neural Network (GNN) Approach for Loop Detector Data Leveraging Floating Car Data (FCD) Amir Babaei, Prof. Dr. Tobias Hagen Mapping Italian Functional Urban Areas (FUA) using Mobile Network Data Mario Tartaglia, Lorenzo Vannacci, Sara Nourbakhsh, Paolo Costa, Corinna Nicosia	Data session 6 Locating neighbourhood scale mobility hubs using explorative spatial analysis Laura Pajaro, Elnert Coenegrachts, Joris Beckers Vehicle Allocation Modeling: Optimizing the Logistics Behind a Free-Flow Carsharing in Milan, Italy Hanbyul Jo, Azaria Laras, Junru Song, Zhuohao Deng, Federico Messa, Giulia Ceccarelli, Andrea Gorrini, Rawad Choubassi, Thiago Soares Figueira, Miriam Remondini	Data session 7 Enhancing Catania airport system's accessibility and competitiveness via Car Floating Data utilisation Luigi Sanfilippo, Alberto Brignone, Tiziana Campisi, Giovanni Tesoriere, Muhammad Ahmad Al Rahid "From Raw GPS Data to Comprehensive Mobility Insights: Methods for Detecting Movement and Inferring Travel Modes" Renaud OGER, Aurelien HENRIQUES Estimating Light Vehicle emissions using high-frequency FCD: a case study in Genoa Davide Floridi, Daniele Di Antonio Utilising a dynamic stop time threshold for improving efficiency in converting mobile phone data into mobility analysis datasets Mario Tartaglia, Lorenzo Vannacci, Luigi Galieni, Chiara Bonvicini
Freight & Logistics - stream A	FL session 4 Dynamic pricing strategies for efficient and sustainable heavy load transportation on electric road systems Maya Ada Scheyltjens, Christian Litzinger, Regina Linke, Laurenz Bremer, Niki Buggenhout Cloud-based Digital Twins solutions and fleet management tools for efficient and zero emission electric trucks and logistics Iban Vicente, Subhajeet Rath, Michael Glensvig, Dimitri Margaritis, Rishabh Ghotge, Hans Michael Koegeler, Mikel Arrinda, Alvaro Gomez Barroso Assessing Implementation Possibilities of Electric Road Systems in the Hungarian Freight Market Ola Qasseer, Botond Rajna, Peter Miksztai, Peter Bajor, Norina Szander	FL session 5 Hydrogen for long-haul road freight: A realist retroductive assessment Phil Churchman, Professor Thijs Dekker, Professor Kate Pangbourne, Professor Vasco Sanchez Rodrigues Scaling electric transport: mitigating grid impact and costs with smart charging, battery storage, and solar PV Jasper Bakker A Techno-Physical Simulation Model for Heavy Road Freight Transport with Overhead Contact Lines – Traffic-Dependent Infrastructure Needs and Costs Markus Werner, Prof. Dr. Arnd Stephan	FL session 6 Synthesizing Establishment Populations in Agent-Based Freight Demand Models using Statistical Learning Techniques Lukas Barthelmes, Adrien Beziat, Martin Kagerbauer UK Port Freight Traffic 2024 Forecasts Dr Ioannis Moutzouris, Emily Strategic model for the management of freight transportation in a Green Corridor in Bogota Oscar Nieto, Daniel Prato, Hanna Duenas, Oscar Velasquez	FL session 7A Route planning for green and resilient freight transport operations Dr. Kelly Pitera, Dr. Maria Diez Gutierrez, Erlend Dahl, Dr. Sahar Babri IDENTIFYING SUPPLY CHAIN ACTORS’ BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTING SYNCHROMODALITY THROUGH AN OPERATION PERSPECTIVE Mylena Cristine Rodrigues de Jesus, Edwin van Hassel, Thierry Vanelslander Enhancing Adaptability and Resilience in Inland Waterway Transport through Digital Twin Technology Pauline Bernat, Fereshteh Asgari, Alexandra Micu Truck drivers’ acceptance of platooning technology: a clustering approach Telmo Costa Botelho, Sergio Pedro Duarte, Liliana Cunha, Sara Ferreira, Antonio Lobo
Freight & Logistics - stream B				FL session 7B Research on implementing sustainable urban logistics measures in Poland Dr Jan Paszkowski ASSESSING TRUCK MOVEMENTS AROUND RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS IN URBAN AREAS Yubing Lei, Emma Ceulemans, Joris Beckers Design and Implementation of Modular Autonomous Logistic Solutions on Urban Waterways Carsten Genschorek, Meinard Gimm, Liusheng Wei, Enrico Schuetz A framework for evaluating the socio-ecological efficiency of urban logistics solutions Dr. Jutta Wolff, Prof. Dr. Heike Flaemig, Katharina Beck, Ineke Jaeger
Freight and Logistics, Rail Policy and Planning				FL & RPP session 7 Social relevance of rail freight transport in the Nederlands Martijn van der Horst, Gerbert Romijn, Johan Visser Shaping the future of rail freight in Europe: A pan-European perspective on 11 rail freight corridors Jan Kiel, Roberto Zani, Enrico Maria Bernardis, Arnaud Burgess, Gabriel Bustad Headway Assessment for Railway as a strategic decision support tool toward sustainability Matteo Lelli Integrative Analytics for advancing Decision Support Systems to support rail-based Freight Transport Services Sofia Cerqueira, Elisabete Arsenio, Rui Henriques
Freight and Logistics, Young Researchers’ and Practitioners’ Forum		FL & YRPF session 5 How are cognitive biases influencing societal acceptability of innovative transportation technologies Niki Buggenhout Real-Time Predictive Modeling for Battery Swapping in Danish Cold-Chain Freight Based on Weather Conditions Ling Jin Mode Choice in Port-Hinterland Connections: An Analysis of Determining Factors in Belgium Katelyn Tahaney, Prof. Dr. Christa Sys, Prof. Dr. Thierry Vanelslander
Global Trends Impacting Transport		GTIT session 5 Mobility Cultures and the Proximity City: Policy and Planning Implications Jozsef Pal Lieszkovszky, Reka Doffkay, Andras Munkacsy Environmental assessment framework of a Mobility as a Service System Vera Durao, Sofia Carvalho, Ana Mestre, Mariana Canhoto, Madalena Medeiros, Antonio Lorena, Sandra Melo Evaluating E-Scooter Integration in Urban Mobility: A Data-Driven Analysis of Road Safety (RTS) and Environmental Impact (LCA) in Italian Cities Muhammad Arshad Mukhtar	GTIT session 6 Market Positioning for a New Compact Battery Electric Vehicle: Addressing Market Gaps in L6e And L7e Segments Sarven Bedikoglu, Paulo Cantillano, Rim Rejeb, Thomas Jacquet, Giulia Renzi Succes factors for implementing a sustainable strategy in the transport infrastructure sector - Best-practices analyses of European transport infrastructure companies. Sebastian E. Knoechel Towards Sustainable Transport: A Multi-Model Analysis of Urban Mobility in European Cities Irene de Cubas
Global Trends Impacting Transport, Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport			GTIT & PSLT session 6 Exploration of gender-related inequalities in transport: A case study for a country with high gender equality Dr Emilia Suomalainen Why Do We Feel Car-Dependent? A Multivariate Analysis of the Factors Sharping Perceived Car Dependence Matthias Cremer Schulte, Eva Heinen The loss of walking accessibility to primary schools and modal choice Cecilia Silva, Joao Teixeira
Global Trends Impacting Transport, Transport Models	GTIT & TM session 4 A new forecasting framework in response to uncertainty: adapting our strategic modelling and explorative ‘Futures’ to support robust decision making Laura Putt, Tim Price, Stefan Trinder, Rebecca Sterynowicz
Intelligent Mobility - Management and Operation		IMMO session 5 AI-based Reconstruction of Freeway Control Systems’ Algorithms Josephine Grau, Claude M. Weyland, Marvin Baumann, Peter Vortisch Analysis of the relationship between ACC operation and vehicle driving behavior based on actual driving experiment in heavy traffic flow Jian Xing Rotterdam’s policy shift to safer streets: citywide implementation of 30 km/h for a more attractive and livable city Zoe Peters, Arthur Scheltes Bologna Città 30: Understanding the Influence of the Policy on Travel Times and Speeds Through TomTom Datasets Cristiano Carenzi, Pamela Andrea Velasco Hernandez, Giulia Ceccarelli, Andrea Gorrini	IMMO session 6 Impact of Area Deprivation Level on Crash Involvement in Mashhad Ali Zayerzadeh, S Hadi Mousavinezhad, MohammadReza Miri, Morteza Jalili Qazizadeh A Human Factors approach to proactively identify the real causes of traffic unsafety Dr Joep Schyns, Dr Matthijs Dicke, Ir Rico Andriesse Towards effective driver distraction monitoring: Profiling behavioural patterns and trip characteristics Sergio Pedro Duarte, Nuno Figueiredo, Sara Ferreira, Antonio Lobo	IMMO session 7 Short-term traffic prediction using local information Lieuwe Krol, Renze Dijkhuizen AI supported decision making for multimodal traffic management during a large-scale event: case of Keukenhof, Netherlands Rick Overvoorde, Panagiotis Karetsos, Simon Michels AI-Powered Management for Seamless Multimodal Traffic Prof. Claudio Roncoli, Sibylle Meffre Long-Term People Flow Predictions Using Exogenous Data: a Case Study in Mechelen Mohammadmahdi Rahimiasl, Dr. Ynte Vanderhoydonc, Dr. Laure De Cock, Julien Verplanken, Tamara De Swert, Prof. Dimitri Schuurman, Prof. Siegfried Mercelis
Local Public Transport	LPT session 4 Real-Time Occupancy in Public Transport Rainer Schneider Occupancy travel information in public transport Marloes Verhoeven, Harrie van den Broek, Leo van der Meulen, Ariene van den Blink, Marc Diepenmaat State of research and development of navigation systems for pedestrians: Routing at transfer hubs in local public transportation Elmar Fuerst, Irene Sudy	LPT session 5 Bus services in England in transition: (2) Some lessons from deregulation Dr Iain Macbriar, John Hawthorne Bus services in England in transition Part 1: From deregulation to franchising John Hawthorne, Iain Macbriar ITALY’S RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE PLAN - FINANCING PUBLIC TRANSPORT AND MOBILITY. A CASE STUDY IN SOUTHERN ITALY Francis M. M. Cirianni, Giovanni Leonardi, Domenico Ianno	LPT session 6 Bus route connecting campus with dormitories: A stated preference approach on students’ acceptance Dr Panagiotis Papantoniou, Vasiliki Amprasi, Dr Dimosthenis Pavlou, Eleni Karakitsou Wait a minute?! Observe the influence of bus and rail frequencies on passenger waiting time using smartcards and surveys from London Howard Wong, Dave Arquati, Menno Yap Uncovering Hidden Public Transport Needs: Leveraging Social Media and NLP for Smarter Surveys Dr. Elnaz Sarkheyli, Dr. Azadeh Sarkheyli	LPT session 7 Enhancing Public Transport Quality: An Importance-Performance Analysis Across Czech Municipalities Kristyna Rybova, Hana Bruhova Foltynova, Lucie Vavrova, Petr Kolarik Evaluating rail-bus network integration and service accessibility through an extended node-place model approach Youxin Lin, Judith Y.T. Wang, Chris Nash, Zhiyuan Lin Automated Public Transport Network Redesign: A Multi-Perspective Optimization Approach Arnd Vogel, Michael Bundschuh Accelerating the delivery of Bus Rapid Transit – Lessons from Belfast Damian Murray
Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport - stream A	PSLT session 4A Harnessing Active Travel to Propel Inclusive Urban Mobility: A Comprehensive Evaluation of UK Infrastructure Enhancements Ranjan Jyoti Dutta, Eric Norton Fostering Comfort in Active Mobility Modes - Learnings from the Past Mahtab Baghaie Poor, Lea Silvia Zuckriegl, David Duran Rodas, Benjamin Buettner Path to greatness Gerna Van Jaarsveld	PSLT session 5A Impartial spectator or guilty bystander: the role of the transport planning professional in the improvement of community wellbeing Marco van Burgsteden Incorporating the concept of a wellbeing economy into a quantitative analysis of the transportation system in The Netherlands Sjouke Wieringa From visioning theory to practice – a toolkit for co-designing vision-led transport assessments in spatial planning. Marco Picardi, Laura Brooks, Samar Ali	PSLT session 6 Bridging Local and Global: Enhancing Walkability through Unified Neighborhood Planning Units Khaled Alawadi, Ibrahim Hani, Rim Anabtawi, Muna Transforming Neighbourhood Streets: A New Toolkit for Neighbourhood Traffic Calming in Ireland Riccardo Caimano, Eoin O Mahony, Megan Airey, Mike Loughrey, Sarah McFadden, Joe Seymour, Noel Fennelly Building consensus around street transformations: The StreetForum toolkit Imre Keseru, Lotte Luykx, Lluis Martinez	PSLT session 7 Challenges in shaping mobility between urban and rural areas: A focus on Berlin’s surrounding municipalities Ella Eisemann, Isabel Seiffert Are Flemish citizens ready for a car(e)less mobility? Measuring public opinion on sustainable mobility in Flanders. Sam Delespaul How to reduce leisure travel CO2-emissions: a multi-actor approach Marije Hamersma, Anne Durand, Thijs den Hartog How to Change a Habit? - Mode Choice in Everyday Mobility Eleni Behrens, Dr. Anja Gampe, Dr. Kerstin Auerbach
Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport - stream B	PSLT session 4B Factors Influencing Electric Vehicle Adoption in Ride-Hailing Raul Pezoa Shared private charging infrastructure: a potential solution for commercial operators of electric vehicle in cities Aron Moritz, Marianna Rottoli, John E. Anderson Analysis of cold spots in England’s Electric Vehicle charging provision Jack Marcis Burog, Bob Kinnear, Osman Beg	PSLT session 5B Development of the National Cycle Network (NCN) Plan for Ireland Elaine Brick, Richard Bowen, Michael Gaughan Quickways and Quietways: A cycle network for the future, delivered here and now! Patrick Lingwood Cyclists in shared space town centres - How do cyclists manoeuvre round pedestrians and is it safe? Patrick Lingwood
Rail Policy and Planning	RPP session 4 GB Rail Reform: Can One System Serve All? Jaime Novoa, Enrico Russo, Robert Catherall Benchmarking the cost efficiency of train operating companies in Great Britain Eric Schmidt, Wiktor Woszczek, Robert Catherall Great British Railways: Insights and potential lessons to be drawn from recent and current experience of existing public control and ownership of UK railways and neighbouring systems Austin Smyth	RPP session 5 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND VIABILITY ASSESSMENT OF THE DARSHANA-MEHERPUR BROAD-GAUGE RAILWAY PROJECT IN SOUTHWESTERN BANGLADESH Shamema Akter Eurostar at 30: market growth and market challenges in a strategic European railway asset Ross Clark	RPP session 6 Modeling Passenger Numbers at Small Belgian Train Stations Using Linear Regression Lucas Van den Meersschaut, Tanguy Isaac Validating schedule based route choice parameters using observed routes from smart card data Dr. Ties Brands, Menno de Bruyn What if and what would happen then? The Forecast Model Network Quality at ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG. Christian Holzer, Marija Jakelic
System Thinking			ST session 6 The Green Transition in Maritime Transport: A Systems Analysis on Alternative Fuels Dr Emilia Luoma, Patrik Kauppi, Dr Maija Nikkanen, Dr Nina Janasik, Dr Annukka Lehikoinen Modified transport and land use cycle for identifying the impacts of new transport technologies and services Dr Esko Lehtonen, Ville Helminen, Johannes Mesimaki, Dr Anu Tuominen, Dr Eetu Wallius Developing adaptive pathways for the planning of land use and transport systems under uncertainty Orlando Roman, Jin Rui Yap, Jan Kwakkel, Bryan T. Adey	ST session 7 Charting Cooperation and Confrontation in Transport. The Transport Governance Graph as a Visual Analysis Tool Dr Luc Ampleman Unraveling Transport Poverty in Austria: Exploring Coping Strategies and Policy Leverage Points for Equitable Mobility Solutions Olivia Gold, Astrid Guehnemann, Paul Pfaffenbichler The Doughnut for Mobility: supporting policymakers in moving towards a sustainable transport system Stefan Bakker, Carolijn van Straaten
Transport Economics Finance and Appraisal	TEFA session 4 Productivity as a Driver for Increased Value of Time by Industry Rimon Rafiah, Derek Cutler Time for transport planning to reflect real priorities based on real facts? John Elliott, Derek Turner UK Roads Reform, 10 years on Richard McGreevy, Adam Spencer Bickle, Stephen Bussell	TEFA session 5 Exploring the Potential for Solving Problems Through Small Measures: Do-Minimum Instead of Do-Maximum Morten Welde, Gro Holst Volden, Anne Strand Alfredsen Larsen, Atle Engebo, Erik Valestrand, Bjorn Andersen Integrated Network Management Digital Twin - Economic Benefits Analysis Kieran Arter, Dr George Economides, Ryan Hood, Alberto Padilla Peinado A quantitative urban model for transport appraisal Daniel Horcher, Daniel J. Graham	TEFA session 6 Potential pathways to sustainable mobility transition in European Cities: a model to support planners’ decision by estimating cost and benefits Stefano Borgato, Francesca Fermi, Francesco Chirico, Yoann Le Petit A New Tool for Assessing Sustainable Mobility Projects at the Neighbourhood Level: An Experimental Analysis Francesco Piras The Integrated Cycling Impact Assessment Toolkit Edward Whittaker, Nathaniel Chin, Navneet Singh	TEFA session 7 Connecting communities and landscapes through cross-border greenways Molly Pisasale, Ben Warner Providing efficient transport to rural areas in Sub-Saharian Africa - The Development of Business Models for Public Transport Services for Intercity and Rural Bus Routes in Rwanda Claudio Minelli Rural mobility patterns and preferences towards demand responsive transport Daniel Tordai, Andras Munkacsy, Jozsef Pal Lieszkovszky
Transport Models - stream A	TM session 4	TM session 5A Post COVID-19 Trip Rate Estimation in Ireland Dr William Brazil, Dr Warren Whitney, Jiri Paukrt A new generation of the Ireland National Transport Model: developing a disaggregate passenger transport demand model Hayley Goold, Suzie Boddy, Siamak Khorgami, Beata Smyl, Dan Brennan	TM session 6A Using Machine Learning models to disentangle the effects of age, period and cohort on travel behavior in repeated cross-sections Nicole Reinfeld, Tobias Hagen Machine Learning Optimised Segmentation in the Dutch National Passenger Model: A Novel Approach to Support Traditional Modelling Techniques Jeroen Muller, Barry Zondag, Henri Palm, Jasper Willigers	TM session 7A Generative AI, Machine Learning and Transport Models: Experiences and reflections on integration and complementarity Kurt Verlinden, Marco Kouwenhoven, Jeroen Muller
Transport Models - stream B		TM session 5B Development of a policy model capable of rapidly assessing discrete policy measures. Paul Melia, Alan Feeney, Matthew Sinnett From Data to Decisions: A Fast and Scalable Decision-Support Tool for Sustainable Mobility Investments Nikita Shah, David Birge A decision support tool for analysing the impact of roadworks – Belgrade case study Giuseppe Brancaccio, Giovanni Acciaro	TM session 6B The role for Activity Based Models Paul Hanson Well, what shall we do today ? An Activity Scheduler with joint decisions for the new strategic Flanders passenger model Wouter Kuhlman, Kurt Verlinden	TM session 7B Cost effective activity based model development Paul Hanson Maintaining household composition in synthetic populations Dr. ir. Luuk Brederode, Aline de Jong Msc., Peter Klein Kranenbarg Msc. Enhancing Travel Behavior Simulation Through A High-Resolution Spatial And Population Disaggregation Mohammed HAJOUJ, Farhan JAMIL, Luk Kanpen, Muhammad ADNAN, Tom BELLEMANS ETHOS.MO\|DE.regional: A framework for activity-based modeling of long-term mobility demand Ruben Zerfass, Dr. Marlin Arnz, Dr. Thomas Grube, Prof. Dr. Jochen Linssen, Prof. Dr. Detlef Stolten
Young Researchers' and Practitioners' Forum			YRPF session 6	YRPF session 7 Understanding Intermodal Travel Behaviour: A Case Study of Porto Dr. Joao Teixeira, Professor Antonio Couto Media, Perception, and Polarization: Understanding Public Attitudes toward Bicycle Streets in Frankfurt Jana Busse Increasing microcar adoption for transport sustainability: understanding consumer attitudes towards microcars through focus groups Hannah Pickard, Elies, Daniela, Dimo, Michael Soft Monetary Interventions to Shift Commuters’ Modal Choices Dorian Deeks, Elise Grison, Simone Morgagni

Association For
European Transport

Forester House
Doctors Lane
Henley-in-Arden
Warwickshire, UK
B95 5AW

+44 (0) 15 64 793552

VAT number: 710 1866 64

Conference Supporters & Endorsers

Legal Entity

The Association for European Transport is registered as an Association ('vereniging') with the Chamber of Commerce for Haaglanden in The Netherlands under company number 27170096.

Built on Zenario

The Association for European Transport is the leading European organisation for transport professionals.

Browse, search and view papers from the past AET Conferences.

AET promotes networking and exchange of ideas, information and opportunities amongst members.