ETC conference programme day 3

ASSOCIATION FOR EUROPEAN TRANSPORT presents

(programme subject to change)

European Transport Conference 2026

Friday 11 Sep 2026
	Session 8	Session 9	Session 10	Session 11
Stream	09:30 - 11:00	11:30 - 12:30	14:00 - 15:30	16:00 - 17:30
Data - stream A	Dynamic Population Representation Room: B023 Germany's synthetic population: A unified framework for transport models of all granularities Ella Eisemann, Daniel Krajzewicz, Tudor Mocanu, Nina Thomsen Beyond administrative residence: a comparison between Official Population Statistics and MND-based presence data Mario Tartaglia, Lorenzo Vannacci, Chiara Bonvicini, Luigi Galieni, Alessandro De Cicco, Luigi Mancino, Bruno Zamengo, Andrea Frasson, Andrea Zaramella, Dario Di Sorte Innovative approach to delineating Functional Urban Areas: a Mobile Data perspective Mario Tartaglia, Lorenzo Vannacci, Luigi Galieni, Chiara Bonvicini, Bruno Zamengo, Dario Di Sorte, Alessandro De Cicco, Eddie Rossi, Lorenzo Lapi, Sara Nourbakhsh, Andrea Zaramella, Luigi Mancino	Mobile network data Session chair: Philippe Perret Room: B023 Exploring Gender Mobility with MND data: Opprtunities and Challenges Mario Tartaglia, Lorenzo Vannacci, Luigi Galieni, Chiara Bonvicini, Roberta Calcina, Chiara Belingardi Methods for the analysis of Aggregated Mobile Network Data at the Italian level Federico Silvestri, Luigi Galieni, Chiara Bonvicini, Mario Tartaglia, Michela Longo
Data, Intelligent Mobility Management and Operation			Monitoring traffic and safety (sponsored by Ascendi) Session chair: João Valente Neves Room: B020 Integrating UAV Observations and GPS Big Data for Traffic and Safety Monitoring at Complex Intersections Luigi Sanfilippo, Laura Marshall, Tiziana Campisi, Giuseppe Salvo, Vito Frangiamore Beyond the Collision: A data driven approach for assessing the Delay Impacts of Road Collisions Khaled Abdullah, Chris Shipway, Jason Carlisle, Pawel Kucharski Crash risk indicators for road safety management in Portuguese motorways Diogo Rocha, Ana Loureiro, Joao Neves, Telma Silva, Sara Ferreira, Sergio Pedro Duarte
Data, Transport Models		Machine learning Session chair: Oliver Charlesworth Room: B014 High-Resolution Structural Data Creation for Travel Demand Models Using Machine Learning and Large Language Models Dr Thomas Nikodem, Muhammad Ahmad Chaudhry Determining weaving zone capacities through a neural network Stijn Tonnelier, Jan De Coster, Bruno Ville, Katia Organe
Freight & Logistics, Young Researchers' and Practitioners' Forum			Logistic networks I Room: B017 Freight logistic platforms: A critical mapping the fragmented regulatory landscape in Europe Nour El Alaoui Modernizing U.S. Waterway Logistics: An Agentic Strategic Barge Forecasting & Optimization Jiang Chong Wang, Wang Kai Ying, Elenna Dugundji, Wu Yu, Wan Jing Jia	Logistic networks II Room: B017 Spectral Analysis of Freight Traffic Patterns in Peripheral and Urban Corridors: A Fourier-Based Comparative Study Chethaka Janendra Kankanam Gamage, Dr Amaya Vega, Dr Brian McCann, Prof Trevor Cadden Last-Mile Delivery Challenges and Innovations: A comparative Analysis of EU Urban Logistics Luciano Faria de Carvalho Oliveira, Matheus Basilio Silva Gaia
Freight & Logistics - stream A	Electric road systems Room: B017 Large-scale electrification of heavy-duty road freight in Europe ARNAUD BURGESS, Thom GIETELINK	HGV electrification Room: B017 Living lab heavy duty charging hubs Rob de Groot, Stephan van Zyl Electrification of Heavy-Duty Trucks: Can Charging Infrastructure Keep Up? Markus Werner
Freight & Logistics - stream B	Freight measuring Room: B020 Freight Transport in Building Construction: Identification of Construction Phase-specific Transport Behaviour Sabrina Puslat, Samuel Hjorth, Christoph Moenicks, Bert Leerkamp Estimating transport distances in construction: Georeferenced approach to identifying source-destination relationships for construction materials Christoph Moenicks, Sabrina Puslat Freight Transport Mileage Indices for Road, Inland Waterway, Rail and Maritime Transport Lisa May, Philipp Parche, Vigile Marie Fabella, Katja Broeg	Shared urban freight Room: B020 Building collaborations in last-mile logistics: Insights from Porto's pick-up point network Vasco Silva, Alexandra Morais Carvalho, Ana Lemos, Tania Fontes Urban logistics and the net zero communities Sandra Melo, Anselmo Cardoso
Global Trends Impacting Transport - stream A	Mobility equity and access Room: B022 Bridging Mobility Transitions Across Fragile Terrains: A Comparative Socio-Ecological Evaluation of Sustainable Urban Mobility in Himachal Pradesh Mr Gaurav Kapoor, Prof. Tarak Nath Mazumder Spatial distributional effects of transport carbon pricing Dr. Stephan Keuchel	Resilience in times of disruption Room: B022 Strategies for robust road networks against extreme weather phenomena due to climate change Eleftherios Tagkas, Dr Fotini Kehagia Freight Corridor Behaviour and Resilience under Geopolitical Shocks: Evidence from Ireland–Northern Ireland Freight Flows post Brexit Chethaka Janendra Kankanam Gamage, Dr Amaya Vega, Dr Brian McCann, Prof Trevor Cadden	Electrification and decarbonisation Room: B022 Value Creation Opportunities for Intermediate/Light Electric Vehicles (ILEVs) towards Low-Carbon and more Flexible Mobility Dr Mariana Reyes, Marion Guillebot de Nerville, Dr Felix Carreyre From Mobility Data to Climate Metrics: Applying Vehicle Telematics to Urban Decarbonisation Analysis Dr Omid Ghaffarpasand, Prof Francis D. Pope AI-Driven Digital Twin for Real-Time Urban Traffic and Emission Monitoring Ruiwei CHEN, Martijn Hollestelle, Teemu Sihvola	Innovation in the Two-Wheel Sector: From Materials to Data-Driven Urban Mobility (sponsored by BIKINNOV) Room: B022
Intelligent Mobility Management and Operation - stream A	Digital twins for quick scan analysis (Sponsored by Grupo Brisa) Session chair: Antonio Lobo Room: B016 Mapping risks before they become reality: the power of quickscan traffic models in road safety policy Ann Vanclooster, Pieter Van Houwe Digital Twin for Mobility (DT4MOB): A Mobility Digital Twin Platform for Real-Time Traffic Operations, Infrastructure Asset Management, and Climate Resilience Impact Vinicius Barbon, Paulo Barros, Tiago Santos, Ivo Romeiro, Joao Almeida, Joaquim Ferreira, Diogo Gomes Multimodal Mobility Management for Large-Scale Sporting Events: The Porto Mobility Living Lab Lara Trigueiro Moura, Monica Yara Pereira, Ana Vieira da Silva, Claudia Ferreira	EV charging Session chair: Henk Taale Room: B016 Quantification of V2G flexibility in a generic European urban area: A scenario-driven and rule-based approach Babak Ravanbach, Tisona Sony, John E. Anderson A framework for projecting future electric vehicle charging demand at Motorway Service Areas in England Jack Marcis Burog, Michael Boother
Intelligent Mobility Management and Operation - stream B		Special Session: Safety Workshop Room: B116
Local Public Transport - stream A	Data-driven Public Transport Session chair: Marta Campos Ferreira Room: B021 Updating Public Transport Modelling Guidance in Ireland Michael Swiderski A Data-Driven Microscopic Simulation Framework for Trip-by-Trip Analysis of Urban Bus Operations in Mixed Traffic Conditions Lucia Valeiro Mata, Enrique Cabarcos Pita, Margarita Novales Ordax, Alfonso Orro Arcay From Strategy to Delivery: Evidence on What Works, Where and Why for Local Bus Interventions in England Jordan Di Trapani, Anu Carew, Catherine Etienne		Inclusive Public Transport Room: B116 Designing a Safer and More Inclusive Bus Driver’s Cab: TfL’s vision, research and engagement in support of new standards for the bus driver’s cab Rachel Birrell Inclusive passenger information through multisensory communication Roy Kleise, Frouck de Boer How digitization can induce accessibility and usability in local public transport: The project “Digi4ALL” Dr. Elmar Fuerst, Alexandra Onea, Dr. Irene Sudy	Automated buses & rapid urban rail systems Session chair: Iain Macbriar Room: B021 Beyond Acceptance: Linking Satisfaction, Normative Cooperation, and Pricing in Automated Bus Deployment Dr.Prof. Takashi Hikasa Premetro – a preliminary stage of the metro or the ultimate urban rail transport system? Marek Bauer
Local Public Transport - stream B			Special session: Driving a positive change (Sponsored by Universidade do Minho & LNEC) Session chair: Elisabete Arsenio Room: B027 Spatiotemporal Analysis of Shared Micromobility Data for Sustainable Urban Mobility Planning: A case Study in the city of Braga, Portugal Elisabete Arsenio, Gabriel Dias, Sofia Cerqueira, Paulo Ribeiro, Tommaso Alesso GBFS for Micromobility Integration: Community Tools and Emerging Applications Sofia Cerqueira, Elisabete Arsenio, Gabriel Dias, Paulo Ribeiro, Cesar Coutinho Sensing the Risks: How Emerging Technologies Enhance Micromobility Safety in the Complex Dynamics of Public Transport Areas Gabriel Dias, Elisabete Arsenio, Vania Marecos, Paulo Ribeiro
Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport - stream A	Accessibility I Session chair: Michael Bach Room: B015 Planning Housing Growth with minimal extra mobility Hans Voerknecht Equitable access to digital mobility: A capability approach based on the experiences of visually impaired travellers Akos Dancz, Zoltan Bajmocy, Andreasz Kosztopulosz, Anna Maria Ballai, Andras Munkacsy	Accessibility II Session chair: Stella van Lent Room: B015 The Summer School on accessible, barrier-free and inclusive cross-border public transport – The first three years´ experience Dr. Elmar Fuerst, Birgit Langeder, Dr. Irene Sudy How affordable is accessibility? The role of travel costs in job accessibility disparities between income groups across the Netherlands. Dr Jeroen Bastiaanssen, Marnix Breedijk, Dr Danielle Snellen		Accessibility, planning proces Session chair: Stephen Cragg Room: B015 The Characteristics of Sustainable Accessibility in Large Scale Housing Developments Dr David Knight Beyond Accessibility: Measuring the urban impact of Barcelona’s L9/L10 metro line Marc Modolell Rodriguez, Javier Ortigosa Marin, Joan Moreno Sanz Napoli Porta Est Delia Valastro
Planning for Sustainable Land Use and Transport - stream B		Street Design Room: B027 Active mobility and retail in mid-sized German city centers: a cluster-based typology for sustainable cores Jasmin Hiller Child‑Centered Street Reallocation: Integrating Innovative Data Collection and Co‑Design in the REALLOCATE Project Mateo Gudic, Dr. Ungku Norani Sonet	Travel behaviour Session chair: Marie-José Olde Kalter Room: B014 Integrating Job Choice and Commuting Mode Choice in the Presence of Light Electric Vehicles Dr. Yajie Yang, Dr. Valeria Caiati, Prof. dr. Soora Rasouli Students on the move: a Dutch case study Dr Lizet Krabbenborg, dr Marije Hamersma, Iris Roeleven Determinants of Overnight Travel Behavior: A Comparative Analysis of Mobility in Germany (MiD) 2017 and 2023 Anne Kathrin Lorenz, Miriam Magdolen, Nicolas Salbach, Peter Vortisch
Rail Policy and Planning		Rolling stock ownership models Room: B028 What have the ROSCOs ever done for us? Jamie Inglis, Ellis Ashley Fenn, Ciaran Nye Analysing Incentive Failure and Centralized Control in Iranian Rail Traction Management Zeynab Pirouzrahi, Ali Nassiri Aghdam, Mohsen Pourseyed Aghaee	Optimising rural lines Session chair: Manuel Tao Room: B028 Reopening the “Beeching cuts” Branch Lines – lessons on evaluating rail infrastructure enhancements in GB Emma Pym, Alex Hayes Using AI and QGIS to generate population and employment data for station catchments Ann Marsden	Rail customers Session chair: Tara Tanoz-Sargeant Room: B028 ‘More, happier passengers? The role of value for money in driving rail passenger satisfaction’ Anthony Smith Crowding acceptability measured in the moment of truth: a strong predictor for customer satisfaction Menno de Bruyn, Mark van Hagen Evaluation and calibration of low-cost sensors for indoor air pollution monitoring in trains Ana Catarina T. Silva, Pedro T.B.S. Branco, Fernando G. Martins, Sofia I. V. Sousa
Rail Policy and Planning, Young Researchers' and Practitioners' Forum	Rail integration Session chair: Eka Hintaran Room: B027 The 15-Minute City and Long-Distance Mobility: Unequal Access to Intercity Rail in Spanish Cities Fernando Fernandez Bonilla, David Diaz Rivas, Aurora Ruiz Rua System Integration of Suburban Rail and Metro in Budapest: The Case of the H5–M2 Connection Krisztian Solymosi, Dr Akos Vinko, Zsigmond Pap Scaling Transport Solutions: A Phased Tram-Train Strategy for Lower-density Area Enrico Fedeli
Systems Thinking		WORKSHOP: Who Shapes Transport? Exploring transport governance through systems thinking Session chair: Gillian Harrison Room: B120 Who Shapes Transport? Exploring transport governance through systems thinking Gillian Harrison, Luc Ampleman, Olivia Gold Guest speakers: Gillian Harrison; Luc Ampleman; Olivia Gold
Transport Economics Finance and Appraisal - Stream A	Infrastructure, demand and efficiency Session chair: Rimon Rafiah Room: B026 Assessing Societal Impacts and Costs of Failing Infrastructure: Methodological Framework and Case Study from the Netherlands Gerra Witting, Monique van den Berg, Anna Krabbe Lugner, Jon Barlow, Jan Helmer Silvertown Tunnel: a new river crossing in east London - One Year Report Eka Hintaran Testing for non-linearity of agglomeration effects Dr Anupriya		Pricing and behaviour Room: B026 What car drivers pay for parking – exploring parking expenditure Conny Louen, Laura Merten, Niklas Hoeing, Tobias Kuhnimhof How does a price increase impact bicycle-sharing usage? A case study from Budapest Agnes Molnar, Zombor Berezvai (Spill-Over) Effects of Commuting Subsidies on Travel Mode Choice Aslan Zorlu, Mirjam Schindler	Broadening apprisal frameworks Room: B026 Understanding Carrier Preferences for Urban Freight Parking Pricing: A Discrete Choice Experiment in Seattle Giacomo Dalla Chiara, Arsalan Esmaeili, Anne Goodchild Planning Sustainable Cycle Infrastructure Using Travel Behaviour Data Solutions – A Review of Activity Modelling Experience in the Netherlands, Finland and the UK Dr David Carrignon, Martijn Hollestelle From Business Case to Value Case - Human Well-Being in Decision Making for Traffic Management Henk Taale, Isabel Wilmink, Ruben Verbeeke
Transport Economics Finance and Appraisal, Young Researchers' and Practitioners' Forum		Mobility economics Room: B026 Workforce-Focused Cost–Benefit Analysis of Connected, Cooperative and Automated Mobility: Evidence from European Case Studies Dennis Verbist, Evy Rombaut, Lieselot Vanhaverbeke Free ferry in Norway: traffic and economic effects Xibei Wen
Transport Models - stream A	Assignment Session chair: Jan De Coster Room: B029 Transformer-Based Deep Learning for Maximum Entropy Path Flow Estimation in Transportation Networks Sakshi Atul Charde, Dr. Durre Nayab, Dr. S Travis Waller Combining bespoke transport systems in network assignment to narrow the gap with demand modelling Kurt Verlinden, Jan De Coster, Tim Heirman, Katia Organe, Annelies Verheijen Why detailed junction modelling is essential for strategic traffic models Bastiaan Possel, Lieuwe Krol, Geert Jan Wolters	Strategic transport models Session chair: Jan Kiel Room: B029 Time and Money Budget Constraints in Strategic Transport Models Barry Zondag, Luuk Brederode, Marco Kouwenhoven, Eva Dijkstra, Dylan Mulders, Robert Cellissen The pivot-point method revisited: Limitations and improvements Jan Kiel, Mara Smeele, Monique van den Berg	ABM applications Session chair: Peter Davidson Room: B029 CyclONE: Integrating Stochastic Bicycle Assignment with Highway Assignment for Network-Wide Assessment of Cycling Impacts in London Christopher Papaioannou, Georgios Mesionis Fit-for-purpose equity assessment: auditing Agent-based Models through the Capabilities Approach perspective Dr Esta Qiu, Vahid Noroozi, Dr Chengqi Lu, Prof. Travis Waller, Prof. Regine Gerike Agent-based passenger-car stock projection with integrated new and used vehicle markets: modelling heterogeneous household purchase decisions Aron Moritz, Andreas Radke
Transport Models - stream B	AI, machine learning and digital analytics and reporting Session chair: Stephen Rutherford Room: B028 The Fracture of Monolithic Modelling as an Existential Imperative in the Age of AI Rui Rodrigues, Alvaro Costa Quetzal: A comprehensive open-source library for macroscopic transport modelling GOIX Robin, CHASSERIEAU Quentin, BOIVIN Simon, FORTIN Simon Waymo is on its way - modelling CAVs in London's uncertain future Emily Gay, Sandhya Gorinta, Scott Gasson	Advanced Modelling Applications Room: B021 Modelling Solitary and Shared Autonomous Mobility with Demand-Responsive Transit: A Scenario Analysis for Flanders Christopher Papaioannou Mixed-use Buildings as Small Vertical Cities Sepehr Khaleghian
Young Researchers' and Practitioners' Forum - stream A			Transport access, affordability and social outcomes Room: B120 Project Rakshak: A Mentored Youth Led- Policy Framework for Strengthening Road Safety in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Deepanshu Gupta, Manas Choudhary, Dr Richa Ahuja Transport poverty in Attica, GR: A citizens’ evaluation of the influencing factors Vasiliki Amprasi, Panagiotis Papantoniou, Dimosthenis Pavlou, Evangelia Psourogianni	Safe operations Room: B120 An Experimental Driving Simulator Protocol for Truck Driver Fatigue Research Tiago Fonseca, Sara Ferreira Influence of Thermal Variations on Fatigue Cracking of Asphalt Pavements Layra Carla Pinto Leite, Clarissa Ferreira dos Santos Souza

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