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
    • Motor Vehicles
    • Dutch
    • Mode Choice
    • Travel
    • Public Transport

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Ancillary activities

  • Elseviereditor Journal of Transport Geography
  • AssociationVice-Chair of NECTAR

Publications

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2024

Examining the nonlinear effects of traffic and built environment factors on the traffic safety of cyclist from different age groups (2024)Accident analysis & prevention, 211. Article 107872 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Ulak, M. B., Asadi, M. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2024.107872Exploring the 15-minute city concept for urban outskirts: a systematic literature review. Deliverable 2.1 DREAMS Project (2024)[Book/Report › Report]. University of Twente. Arias Molinares, D., Geurs, K., Grigolon, A. B., Ulak, M. B., Duran-Rodas, D., McCormick, B., Baguet, J., van Vessem, C., Adjeroud, H., Esztergár-Kiss, D., Dörrzapf, L. & Charalampidou, G.https://www.dreams15mc.eu/about-1-1Mobility chameleons: The current and potential users of shared micromobility (2024)Travel behaviour and society, 39. Article 100967 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Gkavra, R., Susilo, Y. O., Grigolon, A., Geurs, K. & Roider, O.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100967How do cyclists experience a context-aware prototype warning system?: Assessing perceived safety, perception and riding behaviour changes through a field study (2024)Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research, 3. Article 100051 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Kapousizis, G., Jutte, A., Ulak, M. B. & Geurs, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcmr.2024.100051A comparative analysis of leisure accessibility and equity impacts using location-based and space–time accessibility metrics (2024)Transportation research. Part A: Policy and practice, 190. Article 104237. Barboza, M. H. C., Giannotti, M., Grigolon, A. B. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2024.104237Digital kiosks and inclusivity: a novel perspective on mobility hubs (2024)European transport research review, 16(1). Article 53. Martinez, L., Garritsen, K., Baguet, J., Grigolon, A., Münzel, K., Keserü, I. & Geurs, K.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-024-00676-8Just around the corner: Accessibility by proximity in the 15-minute city (2024)Journal of Urban Mobility, 6. Article 100095. Büttner, B., Silva, C., Merlin, L. & Geurs, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.urbmob.2024.100095Using body sensors for evaluating the impact of smart cycling technologies on cycling experiences: a systematic literature review and conceptual framework (2024)European transport research review, 16. Article 13. Boot, M., Ulak, M. B., Geurs, K. T. & Havinga, P. J. M.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12544-024-00635-3Smart Connected Bicycles: User Acceptance and Experience, Willingness to Pay and Road Safety Implications (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Kapousizis, G.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789055843541Improving Community Wellbeing through transport policy: a literature review and theoretical framework, based on the Capability Approach (2024)Transport reviews, 44(6), 1161-1186. van Burgsteden, M., Grigolon, A. & Geurs, K.https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2024.2374818Optimal bus reassignment considering in-vehicle overcrowding (2024)Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 28. Article 101260. Farahmand, Z. H., Gkiotsalitis, K. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2024.101260Road safety of cyclists in Dutch cities (2024)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research external, graduation UT]. SWOV. Uijtdewilligen, T.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789073946224Exploring factors affecting route choice of cyclists: A novel varying-contiguity spatially lagged exogenous modeling approach (2024)Journal of transport and land use, 17(1), 557-577. van Nijen, N., Ulak, M. B., Veenstra, S. & Geurs, K.https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2024.2452A framework to include socio-demographic characteristics in potential job accessibility levels in low-car and car-free development areas in the Netherlands (2024)Journal of transport and land use, 17(1), 511-536. Meester, R., Ulak, M. B. & Geurs, K. T.https://doi.org/10.5198/jtlu.2024.2275

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