Anna Grigolon is an Assistant Professor within the Transport Engineering and Management Research Group at the University of Twente, in The Netherlands. Her primary academic and research interests include sustainable urban mobility, with a particular emphasis on developing user-centric mobility solutions tailored to city residents' diverse needs and preferences.

Anna employs various analytical tools, including discrete choice modelling, social psychology theories, and spatial analysis, to gain insights into travel behaviour in urban settings. Her expertise includes the areas of Transportation Planning and Modeling, Accessibility Modeling, Travel Behavior, Discrete Choice Modeling, and Spatial Analysis. She has a PhD in Urban and Transport Planning from the Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, an MSc in Transportation Operation and Planning from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and a BSc in Civil Engineering from UFSCar, Brazil. 

Anna was a project manager and researcher on the SmartHubs project and is now involved in three other projects, TriasDreams and R-map

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Shared Transport
    • Economic and Social Development
    • Travel Time
    • Sociodemographics
    • Public Transport
    • Logit Model
    • Dutch
    • Travel Behavior

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Publications

2026

ELECTRIC BICYCLES: IMPACTS ON JOB ACCESSIBILITY AND SPATIAL EQUITY IN BRAZILIAN MEGACITIES (2026)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. Louro, T. V.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036572682Integrating e-bikes and bikesharing with public transport: Impacts on job accessibility and equity (2026)Journal of Urban Mobility, 10. Article 100244 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Louro, T. V., Bogado Tomasiello, D., Grigolon, A. B., Cunha, A. L. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urbmob.2026.100244Mode choice during transport disruptions: Socioeconomic and trip factors in shared mobility adoption in the Netherlands (2026)Travel behaviour and society, 45. Article 101321 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Azolin, L. G., Rodrigues da Silva, A. N., Dong, L., Grigolon, A. B. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2026.101321Cycling accessibility and equity: A systematic literature review (2026)Transport reviews, 1-24 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Louro, T., Geurs, K. T., Grigolon, A. & Cunha, A. L.https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2026.2664409Factors affecting the use and option use of shared mopeds and bicycles: Evidence from Dutch metropolitan cities (2026)Travel behaviour and society, 43. Article 101204. Dong, L., Ulak, M. B., Azolin, L. G., Grigolon, A. B., Abouelela, M. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2025.101204

2025

E-bikes’ impact on job accessibility and equity in São Paulo and Rio (2025)Transportation research. Part D: Transport and environment, 149. Article 105072. Louro, T. V., Grigolon, A. B., Cunha, A. L. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2025.105072Exploring mobility justice: The interplay between mobility behaviour and public participation (2025)Journal of Urban Mobility, 8. Article 100144. Hansel, J., Gkavra, R., Garritsen, K. & Grigolon, A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urbmob.2025.100144Exploring the 15-Minute City concept for the urban outskirts: a systematic literature review (2025)European transport research review, 17(1), 1-19. Article 50. Arias-Molinares, D., Geurs, K., Grigolon, A., Ulak, B., Duran-Rodas, D., McCormick, B., Baguet, J., van Vessem, C., Adjeroud, H., Dörrzapf, L., Charalampidou, G., Bobičić, O. & Esztergár-Kiss, D.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-025-00743-8Development of a contextualized spatial network–based walkability (CSNW) index (2025)International journal of urban sustainable development, 17(1), 1-23. Banger, A., Brussel, M. J. G., Grigolon, A. B. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2025.2594254Mobility variability of favela residents of São Paulo based on mobile phone data (2025)Transportation. Barboza, M., Giannotti, M., Grigolon, A. & Geurs, K.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-025-10695-6

Research profiles

Current projects

SmartHubs

Netmobiel

https://www.utwente.nl/en/et/cem/research/tem/research/ongoing-projects/net-mobil/

Address

University of Twente

Horst Complex (building no. 20), room Z212
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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