Horst Complex

prof.dr.ing. K.T. Geurs (Karst)

Full Professor
ET-CEM-TP
Horst Complex Z218
k.t.geurs@utwente.nl
+31534891056
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Karst Geurs is appointed Full Professor of Transport Planning at Department of Civil Engineering. His research focuses on interactions between land use and transport, accessibility modelling and evaluation and the dynamics in travel behaviour. From 2009-2013 he was Associated Professor at the Department of CE. He worked at the National Institute for Public Health and Environment from 1997 and moved to the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency in 2005. In 2006 he received his PhD at the Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, on accessibility appraisal of land-use and transport policy strategies. He teaches master courses on Transport Policy and Planning, Land Use and Transport Interactions and Sustainable Transport within the Master Track Transport Engineering and Management.

He is chair of the Network on European Communications and Transport Activities Research (NECTAR), Editor-in-Chief of the European Transport Research Review (ETRR) and member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Transport and Land Use (JTLU).

Professional Experience

  • 2013 Full Professor of Transport Planning, Dep. CE, University of Twente.
  • 2009 Associate Professor, Centre for Transport Studies, University of Twente.
  • 2007 Programme Manager Transport, Netherlands Environmental
    Assessment Agency, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
  • 2005 
    Researcher land use, transport and environment, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
  • 1997 Researcher land use, transport and environment, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands.

Education

  • 2006 PhD, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Thesis title: Accessibility, land use and transport. Accessibility evaluation of land-use and transport developments and policy strategies. Awarded Cum Laude.
  • 1995 Master of Science Environmental Science, Environmental Policy Evaluation, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • 1993 Bachelor of Science Transport Engineering and Planning, Breda University of Professional Education, the Netherlands

Memberships

  • Chair of the Netwerk on European Communications and Transport Activities Research (NECTAR) - http://www.nectar-eu.eu/
  • Editor-in-Chief of the European Transport Research Review (ETRR) etrr.springeropen.com  
  • TRAIL research fellow.
  • Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Transport and Land Use (JTLU) (www.jtlu.org).

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Netherlands
    • Accessibility
    • Bicycles
    • Dutch
    • Motor Vehicles
    • Public Transport
    • Mode Choice
    • Travel

Organisations

Ancillary activities

  • Elseviereditor Journal of Transport Geography
  • AssociationVice-Chair of NECTAR
  • SWOVchair scientific advisory board (WAR) of SWOV

Publications

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2026

Mode choice during transport disruptions: Socioeconomic and trip factors in shared mobility adoption in the Netherlands (2026)Travel behaviour and society, 45, 101321. Azolin, L. G., Rodrigues da Silva, A. N., Dong, L., Grigolon, A. B. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2026.101321The impact of digitalization on accessibility: An introduction (2026)Transportation research. Part A: Policy and practice. Article 105103. Beckers, J., Coenegrachts, E., El-Geneidy, A. & Geurs, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2026.105103A five-component conceptual model of calculated and perceived accessibility: Literature review and research directions (2026)Journal of transport geography, 134. Article 104678. Geurs, K. & van Wee, B.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2026.104678Accessibility equity and transport-related social exclusion (2026)Transportation research. Part D: Transport and environment, 156. Article 105405 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Hu, Y., Gao, J., Farber, S. & Geurs, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2026.105405Cycling 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.2025.101204Evaluating experiences with smart cycling technologies (2026)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Boot, M.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036570992Assessing potential uptake and willingness to pay for smart bicycle technologies affecting cycling safety. A stated preference survey among e-bike users in the Netherlands (2026)Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research, 7. Article 100111. Kapousizis, G., Ulak, B., Geurs, K. & Havinga, P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmr.2026.100111

2025

Cognitive load in cyclists while navigating in traffic: Effects of static and dynamic route events on neural activity of cyclists measured by fNIRS (2025)PLoS ONE, 20(12). Article e0339027. Ulak, M. B., Heine, F., Eken, A., Chinpongsuwan, P., Boot, M., Geurs, K. T., Yildirim, F. & Ghafoor, U.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0339027E-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 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/s12544-025-00743-8Moving together: reimagining mobility worldwide. Highlights of the 2022 transport research arena conference (2025)European transport research review, 17(1). Article 31. Geurs, K. T. & de Picado Santos, L.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-025-00729-6Mobility 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/s11116-025-10695-6Accessibility and road safety: Integration of road safety in accessibility evaluation (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Asadi, M.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036569347Urban accessibility disparities - Applications of big data to measure spatial and temporal inequalities in mobility and accessibility in São Paulo (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research external, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Barboza, M. H. C.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036567664

Other contributions

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Courses academic year 2026/2027

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Courses academic year 2025/2026

Courses academic year 2024/2025

Current projects

Dynamics in Mode Choice Behaviour

GC / Marie Joseé Olde Kalter

Road Safety for Cyclists in Dutch Cities

SWOV / PhD Teun Uijtdewilligen

Accessibility and Road Safety; Integrating road safety indicators in accessibility analysis and planning.

SWOV / PhD Mehrnaz Asadi

Dynamics in Mode Choice Behaviour

KIM/GC / PhD Marie-José Olde Kalter

Netmobil – A mobility as a service for rural areas

NWO

Smart Connected Bikes

NWO

Resilient public transport services

Keolis / PhD Zakir Farahmand

Bicycle User Experience: Smart, Connected and Safe Cycling in the Netherlands

Accell Group / PhD Georgios Kapousizis

SmartHubs - Smart Mobility Hubs as Game Changers in Transport

Finished projects

Solar Bike

Mobility Panel for the Netherlands (MPN)

The Mobility Panel for the Netherlands (in Dutch: MobiliteitsPanel Nederland (MPN)) aims to map changes in travel behaviour of a specific group of people and households over an extended period of time.

The local and regional dimensions in Indonesia’s social and economic development.

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) awarded a research project The local and regional dimensions in Indonesia’s social and economic development from the Free University Amsterdam (Dept. of Spatial Economics), the University of Twente (Centre for Transport Studies), University of Indonesia and the Bandung Institute of Technology within the Scientific Programme Indonesia - Netherlands (SPIN).

ASTRID (Accessibility, Social justice and TRansport emission Impacts of transit-oriented Development strategies)

Mobile Mobility Panel

Mobile City Innovation Program (IMS)

COVID-19 public transport capacity model

NWO

Mobility innovations in Twente

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