DAVeMoS

The next DAVeMoS Day will be held on 30 January 2025 at BOKU, ILWA SR29, from 10.00 - 15.30. A dozen DAVeMoS' works will be presented, range from 15-minutes city planning issues to agent-based and  and system dynamic simulations for micromobility issues. Further information of the event can be seen in here.

Time to be together again, celebrating our achievements and hard works in the last one year, and eat together. It has been another blessed year.

This study investigates the effects of active travel on children, focusing on trip-level physiological responses, specifically heart rate. Through a mixed survey design, we obtained a repeated-measures dataset from a cohort of 73 children across three Austrian secondary schools, each observed for 7 days. By applying mixed effects modelling approach, both fixed and random effects to children’s heart rates were explored. The paper can be found in here.

DAVeMoS' Autumn Newsletter 2024 now is out with the English one can be found in here and the German one can be found in here.

DAVeMoS took part in a celebration of 70 years Indonesia-Austria diplomatic relationship and partnership. A 2 days event of a joint Academic Dialog and Business Forum is organised. Concrete collaborations between universities and enterprises from two countries are expected from this event.

Dr. Nur Sabahiah binti Abdul Sukor from Universiti Sains Malaysia visited DAVeMoS and gave a seminar on relationship between cyclists’ risk perception with speeding and maneuvering behaviours, utilising VR and AR technologies. Further information of the seminar can be found in here.

Roxani Gkavra presented her work on Cycling Potential Index at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Cycling Research Board at ETH Zürich. 

DAVeMoS is a part of UNLOCK15 consortium which is recently announced to be funded by the Driving Urban Transition partnership programme. This project aims to empower citizens and local authorities to unlock behavioural, technological, and institutional barriers that hinder this transition by including citizen and stakeholder participation, institutional learning, and the exploring locally rooted narratives. The project is expected to start in beginning of 2025.

Roxani Gkavra and Yusfita Chrisnawati presented their work at the 2nd CEETRA (Central European Excellence in Transportation Research Association) meeting at the University of Economic in Vienna.

The story about the congress on travel behavior research was broadcasted at Ö1 Morgen-journal, which can be hear in here.

#IATBR2024 Day 3 was started with an insightful plenary session by Prof. Sonja Haustein on 'Behavior Change in Transport – A Psychological Perspective.' The day continued with the announcement of the Eric Pas Award winners 2021 and 2022, Jason Hawkins and Shobhit Saxena.
The evening highlight was the welcome dinner at the stunning Rathaus building, Vienna's city hall. During the dinner, the IATBR board presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Kay Axhausen and Prof. Hani Mahmassani for their exceptional dedications and contributions to the transport field, especially travel behavior.    

Prior the 17th International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) triennial conference, Prof. Emberger, Dr. Zhao, and Dr. Shibayama of TU Wien organised a walking and Heuriger tour among invited WCTRS (World Conference on Transport Research Society) members to Bad Vöslau.    

We are saying goodbye to Maximilian Panczyk, an Erasmus exchange student from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) who has been staying with us for 5 months to complete his master thesis on the impacts of built environment and traffic conditions to the cyclists' cognitive load, using our instrumented bicycle and Vienna streets and canals as his case study location. He defended his thesis online and got the possible highest grade at the Swedish grading system. Congrats to Max!.    

Our SmartHubs' Deliverable 6.3 on Online training programmes for Smarthubs' (open) tools has been finalised, and the information can be found in here.    

At this DAVeMoS' seminar, Professor Martin Raubal (ETH Zürich, Switzerland) talked about the importance of spatial and location based data and sensors for a better human-machine-interaction and also sustainable transport planning and evaluation. Further information can be found in here.    

Welcome to our new external PhD student, Johannes Brunner. His research will focus on evaluating, model and simulate the impacts of different urban space reclamation to the movements and interaction behaviours of different group of road users.    

Professor Juan Antonio Carrasco (Universidad de Concepción, Chile) gave a talk about accessibility and impacts to one's time-use from access to food and mobility of care point of views, as a part of his guest professor lecture.Further information about the seminar can be found in here.    

Our SmartHubs project is closing with a two-day training workshop for PhD students and practitioners and symposium at the Technical University of Munich and then was followed by special sessions at mobilTUM2024 conference.    

Our SmartHubs' Deliverable 5.1 on Mobility Hubs impacts on mobility patterns and behavioural change has been finalised. The summary document can be found in here and the full report can be found in here.    

DAVeMoS welcomes Maximilian Panczyk, from the SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden, who will staying with us for 6 months, to work with his thesis on the impacts of traffic and built environment to the cyclists' riding behaviour and cognitive loads, with our instrumented bicycle.    

DAVeMoS' PhD student, Muhamad Rizki will have his PhD defense on 22 January 2025 afternoon at SR-29. His doctoral thesis entitled: "Evolution and impact of individual decision-making
mechanisms on SuperApp adoption"

This paper uncovered that shared micromobility users are mostly members of the so-called “Mobility chameleons” population group whereas few users belong to the “Car lovers” and the “Public transport fans” classes. Mobility chameleons travel by private, public, and shared modes, as well as by both motorized and active modes. Males, with medium and high income, who own a smartphone, dominate this group. The paper can be found in here.

Using system dynamics modeling, this paper employed causal loop diagrams (CLDs) and stock and flow models (SFMs) to analyze how different policy scenarios can influence user adoption and operational efficiency. The paper can be found in here.

Dr. Gamze Dane from the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, visited Davemos VR lab and gave a talk on projects where VR technology has been used for co-design processes and gather data on human behaviour and choices.

This study investigates the barriers, determinants, and willingness-to-pay in electric motorcycle conversion (EMC). Through a choice experiment, the study identified different barriers to EMC among motorcyclist groups. The open access article can be found in here.

Based on Elsevier BV/Stanford University list of "2024 Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators", Prof. Susilo is again listed among the top 2% of world scientists, among few from the sub-field discipline of “Logistics and Transportation”.

Davemos had another road trip to visit and develop some research exchanges, research project discussion, and PhD co-supervision meeting with universities in Indonesia, including with Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM), Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS), Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), University of Indonesia, Monash University, Indonesia, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan (UNPAR), and Universitas Kristen Maranatha Bandung - thank you for amazing hospitality and look forward to seeing them again at the next opportunity.    

The study aims to enhance our understanding of how ICT affects our daily routines, particularly as we continuously decide whether to engage in activities virtually or in person. The paper can be found in here.    

Using data from Ukraine, this paper presents the results of a behavioral study on consumers’ willingness-to-pay the extra for e-grocery deliveries based on crowd-shipping. The paper can be found in here.    

#IATBR2024 has come to an end, with the closing session on the final day of the conference, Thursday, July 18, 2024. From the entire organizing team, a heartfelt thank you to the over 500 participants from 42 countries who joined us. We are incredibly grateful and proud of all the high-quality presentations from our amazing presenters!
Good luck to the next host, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, Prof. Taha Rashidi!

We started #IATBR2024 day 2 with welcoming speech from the Austrian Federal Minister for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation, and Technology, Minister Leonore Gewessler. This was followed by an inspiring opening speech from Prof. Gerd Sammer.
In the afternoon plenary session, Prof. Chandra Bhat from the University of Texas at Austin captivated us with his talk on "A unified approach to teasing out causal relationships in travel behavior analysis." We closed today's conference with a special tribute event to the late Prof. Ilan Salomon.    

Prof. Susilo presented a collaboration output with Wiener Linien’s on Hüpfer (DRT service) in Vienna at the 17th NECTAR Conference in Brussels, which was organized by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. The presentation was well received and attracted a lot of interests and discussions.

This study examines the ride-hailing trip patterns among various income groups, in particular on lower-income groups and those living below the poverty line, a socio-demographic group which often overlooked in previous research. The article can be found in here.    

DAVeMoS Spring Newsletter now is out with the English one can be found in here and the German one can be found in here.    

The fourth edition of IATBR News now is out. The issue focuses on decarbonising the carbonated transport industries. The newsletter can be found in here.    

Focusing on Transport SuperApps (TSA) users in Indonesia, this study investigates how app usage behaviour interacts with the evolving functions of these apps over time. Longitudinal data on TSA usage from 2015–2022 was collected, and the influence of personality traits, socio-demographic factors, and residential location on app usage patterns were examined. Further information can be found in here.    

Very happy to have Juan Antonio Carrasco from the Universidad de Concepción, Chile, to be our guest professor. During his visit, he will teach about Data Analysis for Socially Sensitive Infrastructure Planning.    

This study examines the degree of fatigue among freight train drivers across three different shifts and two types of coal cars loading (empty vs. loaded). The results show that fatigue increased as a function of task duration, and more substantial levels of fatigue were observed during afternoon and evening shifts. Note that fatigue was also found to be associated with empty train cars. Further information can be found in here.    

Today we kicked off our new project DREAMS: Driving Equitable and Accessible 15 Minute Neighbourhood Transformations. In this project we will experimenting with co-created and user-centric mobility services, mobility and flexible activity hubs (pop-up stores!) in the urban outskirts of six European cities and regions (Paris, Munich, Vienna, Utrecht, Brussels and Budapest). The kick-off meeting took place at L'Institut Paris Region, Paris.  

DAVeMoS team gave 1 podium, 4 posters, and 1 sub-commitee meeting presentations at the 103rd US TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, USA. US TRB is the largest transport conference in the world, and we presented our results on DRT analysis in rural area, SmartHubs project, children cognitive loads during active travel, return on-line shopping behaviours in the US, and the impacts of super-apps-use to time use in Indonesia.    

This study explores micromobility's role in advancing Vienna's sustainability goals through backcasting.  The findings emphasize the importance of adaptable policies to fully leverage micromobility's potential for a greener Vienna by 2040. The paper can be found in here.

Benefiting from a series of deployments of shared mobility services in two Austrian rural towns, this study examined the usage, user satisfaction and reasons for non-usage among the residents, commuters and visitors. Against common believe, the study suggests that the influence of the rural town context on shared mobility usage may be less explicit than expected, and in general the users were influenced by similar socio-demographic and mobility factors that have been identified in large cities. The paper can be found here.

DAVeMoS took part at the International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences (IATSS) workshop which focus on the impacts of climate change on traffic safety, organised by Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan.

DAVeMoS and TU Wien's MOVE, organised one day symposium and workshops with aim to identify and discuss different business models and support tools that can helps the local stakeholders and residents to work-life-and-play within 15 minutes neighbourhoods. This symposium is organised as a part of DUT DREAMS project. 

This work developed a novel conceptual model integrating the service quality and the technology acceptance model (TAM). A dynamic structural equation model is employed to explore the changes in judging criteria regarding service adoption among adopters and non-adopters. The findings indicate that comfort and convenience are the most significant determinants of satisfaction and the perception of usefulness, which, in turn, positively affect people’s adoption intentions, as well as encouraging favourable word-of-mouth behaviour. The open-access article can be found in here. 

Prof. Susilo is a part of a teaching team which has been awarded a Special Recognition for Institutional Teaching Development, at the 2024 Ars Docendi State Prize for excellent teaching at Austrian higher education institutions, by the Austrian Ministry for Education, Science and Research (BMBWF).

This paper explores aspects of the post-purchase trips generated by the necessity to return purchased clothing to the shops. Particular focus is given to online shopping that has become common for clothing purchases. The paper can be found in here.    

Bella presented her work on the complexity of micromobility operation, from the operator's perspective, using system dynamic approach at the 2024 International System Dynamics Conference in Bergen, Norway. 

The story about the IATBR conference and also the direction of the future travel behaviour research can be found in here.

#IATBR2024 Day 4 began with presentations from our two Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, Prof. Kay Axhausen and Prof. Hani Mahmassani. In the afternoon plenary session, Prof. Mei-Po Kwan from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, captivated us with her presentation on "Advanced Geospatial Technologies and Methods for Human Mobility and Health Research." What made Day 4 truly special were the 14 excursions to various intriguing locations. These included not only transport-related sites but also beautiful museums around Vienna, and even a city bike tour. The day concluded with a farewell dinner at Luftburg im Prater, enjoying the outdoor atmosphere at Vienna's finest amusement park. Participants had a fantastic time networking across continents, disciplines, and generations.
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The 17th International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) triennial conference in Vienna, #IATBR2024, day 1 was kicked off smoothly. A big thank you and welcome to all our participants who registered and enjoyed the welcome reception today. We hope you had as much fun as we did! Further information can be found in here.    

With the end of the semester, time to thank everybody and celebrate all the achievements that we have achieved so far this year. This year we spent time together at Prater, enjoying Liliputbahn and few other classic rides.    

DAVeMoS co-organised a FSV planning seminar which focuses on the challenges and opportunities for a sustainable mobility transition for tourism and holiday trips in Austria. Nine presentations were delivered and a workshop were organised, together with stakeholders and practitioners.

Today we say goodbye to Alex Rossolov who will move to Dalhousie University, Canada. Alex joined us just after the war broke in Ukraine and has been an important member of the group. We will miss you !    

This study employs the MATSim agent-based simulation model to
analyse bike-sharing station locations by examining dynamic trip
flows and individual behavioural changes. A protocol was established to evaluate different station
configurations’ impact on profitability and demand. Further information can be found in here.    

This study utilises the modified Transtheoretical Model of Change (TTMC) to investigate the levels of adoption of transport-multi-function apps or Transport-SuperApp (TSA) and also examine the influence of users’ personality, socio-demographic factors, residential location, perceived built environment, and motivations of use. Further information can be found in here.

Oliver Roider and Roxani Gkavra presented our SmartHubs project's findings on the impact of democratic integration and micromobility users behaviours at mobilTUM 2024 conference in Munich, Germany.

We welcome Franz-Xaver Rupprecht who joined DAVeMoS' agent-based model to further enhance the capability of our Vienna MATSim framework.

Our 2023/2024 DAVeMoS Day was held on 25 January 2024. On this day nine recent DAVeMoS' research ouputs. The event was well attended. The list of the presented research can be found in here.