Title: The Transit-Oriented Development urban model visited by emerging micro-mobility. A study in the Hauts-de-France region.
- Doctoral contract (November 2020)
- PhD Supervisor : Alain L’Hostis
- Co-financed by the Gustave Eiffel University and the Hauts-de-France Region
- In the framework of the Rev3 approach (the Third Industrial Revolution in Hauts-de-France)
Abstract:
The renewed popularity of local individual transport modes is an opportunity to coordinate urban development and mobility on a regional scale, with a view to achieving more sustainable and inclusive communities. The (re)emergence of the bicycle, followed by the rise of personal mobility devices such as standing electric scooters, hold the potential to widen station areas and consequently enhance ridership on the rail network. Public transport and emerging micro-mobility integration strengthens and revisits the Transit-Oriented Development urban model, an urban planning strategy designed to encourage the use of alternative modes to the car and to manage urban sprawl, in particular by densifying around railway stations. The Hauts-de-France region provides a suitable setting for this investigation, with a dense train network linking a polycentric and diversified urban system. This research work is based on a mixed method combining quantitative and qualitative approaches to assess the role and effects of this intermodal configuration on urban systems: the study includes quantitative observations, surveys and ride-along interviews, involving a geostatistical analysis of extended station areas.
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