ETC conference programme day 1

ASSOCIATION FOR EUROPEAN TRANSPORT presents

(programme subject to change)

European Transport Conference 2026

Wednesday 9 Sep 2026
Plenary Session	18:00 - 19:00
	Session 1	Session 2	Session 3
Stream	11:00 - 13:00	14:30 - 16:00	16:30 - 18:00
Aviation		Airline emissions I Emission Reduction and Airport Capacity Constraints Relief by Integration of (hybrid) Electric Aircraft in the Intra-European Air Transport Network and optimized Allocation of SAF Dr. Nico Fluethmann, Dr. Marc Gelhausen, Alexandra Leipold, Antje Link, Lena Neubacher, Patrick Ratei, Hannah Hoppe Modelling the Transition to Zero-Emission Flights: End-to-End Hydrogen Operations UK Airports Dr Rimali Mitra, Gerard Taykaldiranian Evolution of CO₂ Emissions in Aviation: Global and European Context – Longitudinal Analysis and Environmental Policy Perspectives MARCU ANA MARIA	Airline emissions II GRIDcast and OpenAirClim: An Efficient Framework for Scenario-Based Aviation Emissions Modeling and Climate-Impact Assessment Ruben Grunau, Dr. Katrin Dahlmann, Benjamin Luehrs, Dr. Malte Niklass, Dr. Marc Gelhausen, Dr. Stefan Voelk, Prof. Dr. Volker Grewe Flights to climate-neutrality by 2050 Dr. Niels Buus Kristensen, Dr. Inga Margrethe Ydersbond Towards Net Zero Carbon Airports: Integrating CO₂ Baselines, Behaviour, and Uncertainty-Aware Simulation for Surface-Access Decarbonisation Davide Floridi, Daniele Di Antonio, Francesco Ciaffi, Daniele Mancuso
Data - stream A	Surveys I Comparing Travel Demand Models Estimated Using App-Based and Self-Reported Travel Survey Data Zakiya Aryana Pramestri, Trude Torset Deploying and Visualising Stated Preference Experiments: Integrated Pipelines for Online Surveys Michael van Eggermond, Alexander Erath, Tim Cotti, Andreas Martin Leu, Theo Reibel, Elia Ferrari, Wissam Wahbeh Invisible Mobility of Care: Systematic Data Gaps in National Travel Surveys across Western Europe and Canada Ines Kawgan Kagan, Franziska Meinherz, Jana Mayer AI-Enabled Time Use Data for Activity-Based Models and Transport Digital Twins: Fusing Smartphone Sensing and Time Use Surveys Patrizia Franco, Nila Sari, Leia Torres Chavez, Caroline Broughton Smith, George Economides	Surveys II From bespoke surveys to one standard for customer experience measurement: building a comparable evidence base across trains, stations, city centres and walking routes Rick Schotman, Mariska van Essen, Mark van Hagen Empowering citizens for sustainable urban mobility transformation in cities via sensor-based data: tales from the North and the South of Italy Giulia Galbiati, Gaia Sgaramella, Nadia Giuffrida, Michela La Pira, Delia Valastro An alternative approach to estimate the journey purpose split without surveys Diogo Magrico	Video and resilience Probabilistic Origin–Destination Estimation for Urban Corridors Using Video-Based Traffic Data Dr Walaa Shoieb, Dr Liam Butler, Mr Pierre Zarha, Ms Claire Ciancio, Mr Johan Zammit, Dr Odette Lewis, Dr Kenneth Scerri From Monitoring to Decision Support: Implementing Network Resilience Indicators Using Operational Transport Data MSc Tiago Henrique Franca Baroni, MSc Priscila Hoehr Mostardeiro, Dr Leandro Arab Marcomini, Dr Andre Borgato Morelli Comparison of manual encoding and computer visual extraction of road attributes for harsh events occurrence prediction in northern Italy. Julia Alves Porto, Apostolos Ziakopoulos, John Avgeros, Daniel Felipe Lopez, George Yannis
Data, Intelligent Mobility Management and Operation		Data-driven road safety Decoding Road Crash Severity through Clustering Eloisa Macedo, Elisabete Ferreira, Paulo Fernandes Data-driven Road Safety: A systematic & replicable data to design model Andrea Colovini Prediction of Crash Severity in Portuguese Collisions and Run-off-Road Accidents with Machine Learning Bertha Santos, Victoria Pita	Integrating data for safety BE-SAFE: Initial Developments in a Data-Driven Framework for Cyclist Safety in Smart Cities Bertha Santos, Francisco Falcone, Renato Lo Cigno, Ruxandra Cristina Stanescu, Jorge Goncalves, Lorenzo Ghiro, Jonathan Sandoval Weathering the Storm: A Data-Driven Assessment of Road Network Resilience Dr Neil Ferguson, Dr Volkan Ates, Professor Edoardo Patelli A data-based decision-support-system on road safety Salvatore Podda, Davide Floridi, Daniele Di Antonio, Pierluigi Coppola
Data, Transport Models			Active travel and micromobility Do Station-Based E-Micromobility Hubs Change Travel Behavior? Evidence from a Berlin SP–RP Survey Jonas Fahlbusch, Sarah Hampel, Jan Dirk Schmoecker Modelling Cycling Uptake in Activity-Based Models: Are we on the right track? Martijn Hollestelle, Ruiwei Chen, Teemu Sihvola Integrating built environment and behavioural drivers to promote sustainable micromobility: Evidence from revealed and stated preference data in Gothenburg Dr. Erika Martins Silva Ramos, Dr. Kun Gao, MSc. Yinghao Chen, Dr. Flavia Lopes, Dr. Jorge Gil
Freight & Logistics - stream A	Road Freight Driver Shortages and Countermeasures in Aging Societies Edgar Jungblut, Dr. Thomas Grube, Prof. Dr. Jochen Linssen, Prof. Dr. Andrew Chapman The Resilience of Road Freight Transport in The Netherlands Michiel de Bok, Job van Vliet, Kim Ruijs Viability Analysis of a Cross Border Dangerous Goods Vehicles Parking Network in Galicia and Northern Portugal Alberto Martin Gonzalez Zaera How Much Do Vehicles Travel in Brazil? The Construction of a Usage Intensity Curve for Brazilian Trucks and Buses Gustavo Willy Froitzheim, Erica Vieira Marcos, Fernanda Rezende, Jefferson Cristiano, Raflem Santos, Wlliane Magna, Rafael Borges	Freight models CitiEU developed a transport model covering the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins, with particular attention to Tunisian ports and their performance in comparison with competing ports in neighboring countries. The model integrates AIS-based vessel m Hristiyan Hristov, Dr. Jai Malik Intelligent Access Policy schemes as a data driven governance framework for seamless cross-border freight transport Claudia de Stasio, Vardhman Lunkar Advancing Urban and Inter‑Regional Freight Planning in the Gulf Region: Architecture and Applications of the Dubai Freight Model (DFM) Sebastiaan Thoen, Michiel de Bok, Sofia Giasoumi, Rodrigo Tapia	Freight model applications On-Ramp Merging in Mixed Traffic with Truck Platoons: Human Merge Decisions Telmo Botelho, Sergio Pedro Duarte, Sara Ferreira, Antonio Lobo From Service Requests to Vehicle Trips: Qualitative Insights for Agent-Based Modeling of Craft Service Travel Emre Goerguelue, Peter Vortisch From Links to Nodes: Uncovering Critical Infrastructure in Multimodal Transport Networks Adrien Nicolet, Jan Kiel
Freight & Logistics, Global Trends Impacting Transport			Connected digitalised logistics The North-West of Italy as a Strategic Euro-Mediterranean Logistics Platform: Corridors, Intermodality and New Competitive Drivers DR Cristina Bargero, DR Alessandro Dianin Emerging of hyperconnected logistics Paulo Cantillano Lizana, Gloria Giammei, Giulia Renzi Towards the Digitalisation of Mediterranean Ports: Enabling Carbon Footprint Monitoring and Driving Logistics Innovation Andrea Lorenzini, Claudio Disperati
Global Trends Impacting Transport - stream A	Resilient transport systems Extending an olive branch?: exploring the purpose, pre-conditions, and methods of reconciling unsuccessful opponents of unwanted projects Stephen Kwame Adjei, Petr Witz How to Increase the Resilience of Cross-Border Critical Transport Infrastructure? A European Case Study Between Italy and Switzerland Fabio Borghetti, Giovanna Marchionni, Carmela Melzi, Daniele Fabrizio Bignami Improving Transport Crisis Response Capability using Knowledge Graphs and Agent-Based Modelling Ms. Ana Rodriguez Coteron, Mr. Ryan Curry, Mr. Michael Fitzmaurice, Dr. Gerard Casey, Dr. George Economides, Ms. Nila Sari, Mr. Craig Drury, Mr. Tom Pond From sensing to impact: A data-driven monitoring and KPI framework for resilient multimodal transport systems Emmanouil Nisyrios, Matina Lai Ying Chau, Xenia Karekla, Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis	Emissions, metrics and transitions A New Tool for Measuring Road User Carbon Emissions Michal Sanca, Dr Paul Hoad Transforming Land Transport in Saudi Arabia: Modeling Energy, Emissions, and Policy Futures to 2060 Yagyavalk Bhatt Transport Emissions Model for Northern Ireland Dr David Deakin, Duncan Urquhart, James Redmond, Lorraine Barry
Intelligent Mobility Management and Operation - stream A	Cooperation in traffic management The Value of Public-Private Cooperation for Proactive Traffic Management: A Game-Theoretical Analysis of Infrastructure Renovation Scenarios Luc Wismans, Oskar Eikenbroek, Eric van Berkum, Henk Taale Dynamic Lane Configuration and Cooperative Autonomous Vehicles: Transitioning from Empirical Evidence to Smart Road Strategies Luigi Sanfilippo, Marco Guerrieri Using open-road experimental evaluation of driving behaviour to tune human-like CCAM solutions Javier Romo Garcia, Marta Ingelmo Gomez, Jorge Velasco Manrique, Cesar Maestro Martin A Cooperative Ramp Control Strategy Combining Metering, Gap Detection and CACC Telmo Botelho, Rafael Vieira, Sergio Pedro Duarte, Jose Pedro Tavares
Local Public Transport - stream A	Accessible public transport - overcoming barriers Perceived Accessibility of Public Transport and Activity Participation: pre and post introduction of the light rail line in Helsinki Carol Masingi, Dr Tiina Rinne, Dr Samira Ramezani, Heikki Liimatainen Uneven Micro-accessibility: A Spatial Analysis of Distance Friction to Bus Stops in João Pessoa - PB, Brazil, Based on the Digital Elevation Model Marcelo Chalub Llanco, Victhor Brenno Farias de Oliveira Teixeira, Jose Augusto Ribeiro da Silveira Impacts of Visual-Auditory Warnings on VRU behaviour at a Light-Rail Intersection in Helsinki Johannes Mesimaki, Merja Penttinen, Nino Chkhartishvili, Antonio Costa Beyond ramps and low floors: Soft barriers limiting accessibility gains in public transport—evidence from Czechia Eva Adamovska, Tereza Hrstkova	Demand responsive transport - social value Gendered patterns of dependence and accessibility among demand-responsive public transport users Marjolein Hantson, dr. Freke Caset, dr. Wojciech Keblowski, dr. Tanu Priya Uteng, dr. Kobe Boussauw Estimation of social value from DRT use Daniel Johnson, Kiron Chatterjee, Eda Beyazit, Muhammad Adeel, Asa Thomas, Like Jiang A simulation-based tool to design Demand Responsive Transport systems Armando Dauer, Jorge Pinho de Sousa, Teresa Galvao Dias, Bruno Prata	New Services to leverage Public Transport WeeDRIVE the Shift: Early Lessons from a Microtransit Service for After-School Trips Dr. Anne S. Patricio, Dr. Maria Kamargianni, Dr. Christos Gkartzonikas Exploring A Framework For Assessing The Integration Of Micromobility And Waterborne Passenger Transport In Urban Transport Systems Beatrice Bianchini, Laura Pirrone From data-driven to knowledge-integrated: A human-centered framework to embed drivers in bus network monitoring and planning Goncalo F. Matos, Rosa Felix, Filipe Moura
Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport - stream A	Participation “By the People, For the Projects”: Critical analysis of Public Opinion Windows on Planning Process for Public Transport infrastructure in Ireland Susmita Paul, Sanjeev Biswas Prospective Mobility Scenarios: Integrating Expert Analysis and User-Centered Evaluations Dr Rim Rejeb, Dr Kevin Guelle, Axel Le Dreau, Marion Guillebot, Dr Mariana Reyes, Dr Mallory Trouve, Dr Jaafar Berrada, Dr Felix Carreyre How to Play with Stakeholders - Serious Games as Tools for Mobility Research Jan Wegener, Swetlana Rasch, Dr. Catharina Wasic Planning sustainable urban mobility at the metropolitan scale: a collaborative design framework Juliana Carvalho, Jorge Pinho de Sousa, Rosario Macario	Segmentation Navigating Complex Social Trade-offs in Urban Mobility Using the Social Optimum Mobility Index Georgia Ayfantopoulou, Ioannis Mallidis, Vasileios Giannoudis, Sofoklis Dais, Marisa Meta, Niccolo Corti, Carolina Ramos Fallu Persona's and segments for a people-oriented sustainable mobility approach Marie Jose Olde Kalter, Marije Hamersma, Bingyuan Amalia Huang Development of a geodemographic segmentation of the travel behaviour and attitudes of Londoners Siamak Khorgami, Suzie Boddy, Ivelin Tsonev, Katie Tinning, Neil Rogers, Katherine Blair	Micromobility Parking Policies as Enablers of Shared Mobility: A Scoping Review Panagiotis Papantoniou, Vasiliki Amprasi, Dimosthenis Pavlou, Evangelia Psourogianni Co-Creating Inclusive Micromobility for Safe, Healthy, and Integrated Regional Transport Patrizia Franco, Bradley GOODSELL, Leia TORRES CHAVEZ, Anna Foss, Aaliyah SAIB, Maureen JAISEY
Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport - stream B			Transport poverty / Vulneral groups Assessing Transport Accessibility Challenges for Families of Autistic Children Prof. Dimitrios Dimitriou, Assoc. Prof. Maria Sartzetaki, Assist. Prof. Aristi Karagkouni Tracce: ICTs in Support of Monza’s PEBA - Plan for Eliminating Architectural Barriers Federico Messa, Giulia Ceccarelli, Andrea Gorrini, Simone Grasso, Vasileios Milias, Iacopo Neri, Alessandro Pedrazzoli, Dante Presicce, Lily Scarponi PEGADAS – PERCEPTIONS AND EXPERIENCES OF CHILDREN’S MOBILITY TOWARDS FAIRER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE PUBLIC POLICIES Joao Monteiro, Beatriz Silva Sousa, Seren Martin, Catarina Vicente, Daniela Rodrigues
Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport, Transport Economics Finance and Appraisal	Road pricing User acceptance of electronic toll payments: Policy implications from a cross-country study Ana Maria Rivadeneira, Juan Gomez, Jose Manuel Vassallo Evaluating the Early Impact of New York City's Congestion Pricing: Challenges, Pricing, and Future Implications Mo Farahi, Navneet tanwar Planning Without Brakes: Why Dutch Metropolitan Mobility Will Fail Without a Cordon Charge Hans Voerknecht Policy Packages for Achieving Zero Growth in Urban Car Traffic: Insights from the 2025 Urban Study and Scenario Work on the Future of Mobility Dr Marie Aarestrup Aasness
Rail Policy and Planning	High speed rail European High-Speed Rail Liberalisation: Market Dynamics, Governance Models and Strategic Implications for Operators DR Cristina Bargero, DR Alessandro Dianin Assessing Overnight and High-Speed Rail Integration for Decarbonising European Mobility David Diaz Rivas, Aurora Ruiz Rua, Fernando Fernandez Bonilla Establishing the Case for High-Speed Rail in Romania: A Performance-Led Approach Mr Warwick Lowe, Mr Phil Stannard, Mrs Kathryn Sandercock The Tourism Costs of Reducing High-Speed Rail Coverage: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis Using Spanish Microdata Fernando Fernandez Bonilla, Aurora Ruiz Rua	Rail policy and management Railway objectives, management indicators and measures of performance Tara Tanoz Sargeant, Ben Condry New options for spatial planning with passenger insights and ‘free space’ on the network. Bart Brenninnkmeijer, Odette Zwinkels, Ties Brands Planning long-distance rail services: an integrated demand and supply methodology Jan Kiel, Eckhard Szimba, Jorik Grolle, Enrico Maria Bernardis, Christian Sand, Adeel Munawar, Barth Donners, Roberto Zani, Arnaud Burgess	Rail across borders Towards understanding cross-border rail demand - Regional cross-border transport perspectives from six EU member states Vilmos Politics and Priorities for Rail Policy and Investment: Implications for the competitiveness of rail across borders and boundaries - Insights from the Irish experience during the last century Austin Smyth, Edward Humphreys Digital Accessibility as a Mirror of Functional Integration in European Cross-Border Railways: A Passenger-Facing Perspective Shahrom Sohi, Daniil Dobriy, Amin Anjomshoaa, Axel Polleres
Special Session	YRPF & Ambassadors networking session
Systems Thinking	Modelling low carbon futures A System Dynamics Modelling Approach to Policy Mixes for Low-Carbon Mobility Amir Mirzadeh Phirouzabadi Towards a Just Low-Carbon Mobility Transition by 2050: Equitable Pathways for Urban and Rural Access Olivia Gold, Paul Pfaffenbichler, Astrid Guehnemann Dynamic Evaluation of Railway Service Investment and Corridor Development Using System Dynamics Model: Case Study of Bangkok’s MRT Purple Line in Thailand Dr Hiroki Kikuchi, Ms Yuchen Hou, Prof Dr Atsushi Fukuda, Prof Dr Tetsuhiro Ishizaka PATH2ZERO modelling framework to develop, evaluate, and benchmark effective net-zero transport pathways in European countries Francesca Fermi, Davide Fiorello, Johanna Markkanen, Tudor Mocanu, Paal Brevik Wangsness, Simon Shepherd
Transport Economics Finance and Appraisal		Reframing apprisal Revaluing Safety in UK Transport Appraisal: Evidence-Based Interim Updating of the VSL Amelie van der Ploeg When Information Meets Decision: Why Transport Appraisal Is More Than a Modelling Problem Laila AitBihiOuali, Caitlin McIlwain, Zuzanna Malysz A revised approach to welfare appraisal under land use change - with links to practical models John Nellthorp, Richard Batley, James Laird, John Bates, David Simmonds, Iven Stead	Externalities and public value Valuing the impacts of major transport projects on land take (land artificialisation) and soil sealing Georges Fuchs et al. External Costs of Transport on Transalpine Corridors Georges Fuchs et al. Beyond the BCR – grappling with public value in transport, heritage and land-use Stephen Cragg, Kate Clark
Transport Models - stream A	Strategic transport models: Evolution to the next generation Learning from 25 years of TfL's travel demand forecasting Emily Gay Growth Model 7: the Dutch national passenger transport model updated to post-COVID travel behaviour Remko Smit, Rik van Grol Designing a Next‑Generation National Transport Model for the Netherlands: Six Foundational Choices Henri Palm, Robert Cellissen Scenario‑led futures: Building a flexible national transport modelling toolkit for Ireland Beata Smyl, Dr Siamak Khorgami, Hayley Goold, Suzie Boddy	Behavioural modelling Modeling the Substitution of Public Transportation by Ridesourcing During the Pandemic: A Case Study of Brazilian Cities Carolina Silva Costa, Cira Souza Pitombo, Felipe Lobo Umbelino de Souza, Sergio Santos de Jesus Incorporating attitudes into strategic transport models Luuk Brederode, Stella van Lent, Janine Grauss Timmerman FLITMO: A disaggregate passenger model for existing and new fixed links in Denmark Barry Zondag, Jasper Willigers, Larissa Eggers, Christian Frank, Magnus Jeppesen, Thomas Skovgaard	Digital twin GPU Digital Twin for Lisbon Municipality Paulo Humanes, Rosario Macario Interactive Digital Twin for Traffic Modelling and Rapid Planning: A GPU-Accelerated Framework for Stakeholder - Driven Analysis Sakshi Atul Charde, Dr. Durre Nayab, Dr. Pallavi Mohan, Dr. Steven Travis Waller, Dr. Tomasz Bednarz Rapid transport modelling using high performance computing. A case study of the UK National Transport Analysis Platform Sebastian Bukowski, Luis Parra Morales, Chris Bruce, Walter Lohman, Bart van der Poel, Craig Drury, Gerard Casey
Transport Models - stream B		Traffic simulation Enhancing Traffic and Urban Emission Modelling using High-Resolution Intersection-Level Vehicle Trajectories Yun Pang Floetteroed, Peter Wagner Using TomTom APIs with OpenPaths DYNAMEQ for near-real-time modelling - Case study: A10 Savona–Ventimiglia Alberto Brignone, Antonello Racina, Damiano Rossi, Emanuele Ferrara Plugging the Gaps: Connecting Transport Models to Support Charging Infrastructure Planning Job van Vliet, Sebastiaan Thoen, Michiel de Bok, Dylan Mulders, Nazir Refa
Young Researchers' and Practitioners' Forum - stream A	Resilient systems Wartime Travel Behavior: A Case Study of Ukraine Anna Sotnikova Evaluating the resilience of the Brazilian food system logistics to climate events Bruno Gonzalez Nobrega, Erasmus zu Ermgassen, Damares Lopes Afonso Strengthening our transport systems for the future: the case for investment in resilience Freddy Curtis, Max Hornbuckle RURAL: A Three-Stage Framework for Functional Transport Recovery After Disasters Rita Prior Filipe	Modelling and forecasting for urban transport systems A hybrid game theory and Machine Learning framework for robust travel demand forecasting in electric public bike sharing system Dr. Debapratim Pandit, Mr. Elvin Roy Transport Modelling in a data-rich platform: Integrating Transport, Urban Design & Entertainment Operations in the Middle East Jess Wheeler Benchmarking Neural Networks for Macroscopic Urban Traffic Prediction: Comparison with MFD-Based Multi-Reservoir Models Alessio Tesone, Luigi Pariota	Data-driven accessibility Collaborative Accessibility-Based Contribution Model for Sustainable Development in Kent, UK Nasim Ghadirzadeh The mode less travelled: quantifying transport flexibility Maria Wood, Professor Adam Dennett, Dr Gerard Casey, Dr Esra Suel Mind the Accessibility Gap: how can strategic models inform business decisions to plan, maintain and prioritise step-free infrastructure? Thomas Zhuchen Mander, Edward Dawes

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