Mobility Engineering and Transportation Systems

Mobility Engineering and Transportation Systems

The research team focuses on the mobility of people and goods, developing quantitative methods and models for analyzing and simulating transport systems. We also assess the impacts of transport policies on energy, environmental, economic, and social sustainability. Our areas of interest encompass both individual and collective transport across various geographical levels (e.g., national, international) and territorial scales (e.g., urban, suburban). We study a wide range of transport modes, including land, air (with a particular focus on urban air mobility, UAM), and waterways. Our research areas include the analysis of travel behavior and discrete choice models for mobility, the impacts of technological innovations on demand (such as intelligent transport systems, autonomous driving, and Mobility as a Service, MaaS), and the interactions between transport, land use, and the environment. We apply our research to develop decision support systems (DSS) for the design and planning of transport networks, including their sizing, as well as for the management and optimization of transport infrastructures, networks, and services. This also extends to scenarios involving non-ordinary conditions, with a focus on resilience.