Research fields

Transportation systems and mobility

That people and goods mobility is a major analysis topic has become obvious. The media continue to relate the daily difficulties

(congestion, disappointing performance of some public transportation systems, logistic issues), the many projects (public transport reforms, fiscal incentives, conditions of road transport) and the opinion of the population expressed by opinion groups. Moreover, the social value given to mobility is such that one can forecast an

exacerbation of todays problems. The management of this sector has therefore become (and will continue to be for the foreseeable future) a major and daily preoccupation for the public sector, industry and the population itself.

The theme covers the methodological developments assocaited with this braod context, including

• the analysis of the behaviours that cause the demand for goods and people's mobility,
• the spatial and temporal structure of the mobility patterns,
• the organisation and improvement (performance, security, durability) of the transport system,
• the foreseeable evolution of this highly complex and interdependent system, and the strategies that have to potential to influence it.

The methodological tools used in this framework range from dedicated surveys to quantitative models,and use techniques associated with activity pattern analysis, discrete choice modelling and computer simulation.

• running projects : 4
• running PHDs : 1
• terminated projects : 53
• terminated PHDs : 2