Research Group Mobility Justice
Dr.-Ing. David Duran-Rodas
Goal
The research group aims to create awareness, assess and addresses mobility injustices. The main methodology focuses on mixed methods approaches combining spatial analysis and machine learning with qualitative techniques.
To make our mobility just and including different needs and abilities, we propose as a first step that you feel what others feel. In other words, create awareness and empathy. The next step is to assess fairness, that is, who is privileged in terms of mobility opportunities and who is not. Finally, when you are aware and know the real situation, it is time to address it.
Our Approach
Awareness
We aim to raise awareness and foster empathy by asking a simple but powerful question: Who can move freely? And who cannot? To explore this, we create diverse formats:
Assessment
We examine today’s mobility systems through a critical lens: What are the problems? Where does injustice arise? Who is privileged, and who is left behind? Using a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods, we bring these perspectives together in our research. The results include, for example,
Creative methods that inspire new ways of thinking.
Adressing
To create just mobility, for today and for future generations, we want to go beyond research. We address mobility justice by
Developing inclusive technologies together with or project partners.
Projects
MGeM
The project "Mobilitätsgerechtigkeit in Metropolregionen" (MGeM) explores socially disadvantaged groups and neighborhoods with sustainable mobility innovations including barriers and needs
The first deliverable is the creation of a mobility (in)justice atlas to show where social disadvantaged groups live in mobility disadvantaged areas in Munich's urban areas. You can find now the publication about the Mobility (In)Justice Atlas here: German and English.
SmartHubs
The SmartHubs project examines mobility hubs, dedicated on-street locations where citizens can choose from different shared and sustainable mobility options.
Mobility hub Living Lab Implementation Report Munich: Would you like to know more about how the Living Lab was planned, how it was evaluated, and which results were found? Then take a look at the current report from the SmartHubs team in Munich. You can find the report here: English.
Publications
2024
Mohamed Abouelela, David Durán-Rodas, Constantinos Antoniou (2024). Do we all need shared E-scooters? An accessibility-centered spatial equity evaluation approach.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856424000338
María Teresa Baquero Larriva, Benjamin Büttner, David Durán-Rodas (2024). Active and healthy ageing: Factors associated with bicycle use and frequency among older adults- A case study in Munich.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214140524000185
2023
Geurs, A., Grigolon, A., Müzel, K., Gkiotsalitis, K., Duran-Rodas, D., Büttner, B., Pappers, J., Martines L., Graf, A., Hansel, J., Gkrava, R., Klenmentschitz, R. (2023). The SmartHubs integration ladder: a conceptual model for the categoristaiton of shared mobility hubs. SmartHubs.
D Arias-Molinares, Y Xu, B Büttner, D Duran-Rodas (2023). Exploring key spatial determinants for mobility hub placement based on micromobility ridership. Journal of Transport Geography 110, 103621
S Aumann, J Kinigadner, D Duran-Rodas, B Büttner (2023). Driving Towards Car-Independent Neighborhoods in Europe: A Typology and Systematic Literature Review. Urban Planning 8 (3)
M Langer, D Durán-Rodas, E Pajares (2023). Exploring a quantitative assessment approach for car dependence: A case study in Munich. Journal of Transport and Land Use 16 (1), 87-104
2022
Pfertner, M., Büttner, B., Duran-Rodas, D., & Wulfhorst, G. (2022). Workplace relocation and its association with car availability and commuting mode choice. Journal of Transport Geography, 98, 103264.
D Durán-Rodas (2022). What are the Needs and Expectations Towards a Smart Mobility Hub? School of Social Sciences and Technology, Technical University of Munich
2021
Durán-Rodas, D. (2021). Efficiency and/or equity? Understanding and planning bike-sharing based on spatial fairness (Doctoral dissertation, Technische Universität München).
Fuchs, S., Durán-Rodas, D., Stöckle, M., & Pfertner, M. (2021, June). Who uses shared microbility? Exploring users’ social characteristics beyond sociodemographics. In 2021 7th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS) (pp. 1-6). IEEE.
Duran-Rodas, D., Wright, B., Pereira, F. C., & Wulfhorst, G. (2021). Demand And/oR Equity (DARE) method for planning bike-sharing. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment.
CEB Aldaz, D Duran-Rodas, LAS Hamón (2021). What is the public opinion about universities and sustainability? a social media analysis among'Spain'and across the world. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development 15 (4), 438-457
2020
Duran-Rodas, D., Villeneuve, D., & Wulfhorst, G. (2020). Bike-sharing: the good, the bad, and the future-an analysis of the public discussion on Twitter. European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 20(4), 38-58.
Duran-Rodas, D., Villeneuve, D., Pereira, F. C., & Wulfhorst, G. (2020). How fair is the allocation of bike-sharing infrastructure? Framework for a qualitative and quantitative spatial fairness assessment. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 140, 299-319.
Duran-Rodas, D., Chaniotakis, E., Wulfhorst, G., and Antoniou, C. (2020) Open source data–driven method to identify most influencing spatiotemporal factors. An example of station–based bike sharing. In Konstadinos G. Goulias, Adam W. Davis (Eds.), Mapping the Travel Behavior Genome. Elsevier, Pages 503-526.
2019
D Villeneuve, D Durán-Rodas, A Ferri, T Kuttler, J Magelund, M Mögele, L. Nitschke, E Servou, C. Silva (2019). What is interdisciplinarity in practice? Critical reflections on doing mobility research in an intended interdisciplinary doctoral research group.
D Duran-Rodas, E Chaniotakis, C Antoniou (2019). Built environment factors affecting bike sharing ridership: data-driven approach for multiple cities. Transportation research record 2673 (12), 55-68
D Duran-Rodas, G Wulfhorst (2019). Spatiotemporal objective and subjective factors influencing the usage of hybrid bike-sharing systems. Technical University of Munich
D Duran-Rodas, GW Chaniotakis, A Constantinos (2019). Identification of spatio-temporal factors affecting bike sharing demand: a multiple city approach based on a local level. Mapping the Travel Behavior Genome. Elsevier
D Duran-Rodas, E Chaniotakis, C Antoniou (2019). Automated open-source data collection and processing: An example of OpenStreetMap and bike-sharing. Transportation Research Procedia 41
2017
D Durán-Rodas (2017). Identification of spatio-temporal factors affecting arrivals and departures of shared vehicles. Technische Universität München
MGeM
Duran-Rodas, D., Haxhija, S., Baquero Larriva, M., Navarro, F., Sandoval, J., Hofmann, A., Zimmer, C., Büttnerb B., Hopp, J., Wentland, A., Hutchings, S., Hall, J. (2023). Mobility (In)Justice Atals. Where does injustice happen in Munich?
SmartHubs
Duran-Rodas, D., Navarro-Ávalos, F., Nichols, A., Büttner, B. (2023). Deliverable D 4.5 Living Lab implementation report Munich. SmartHubs.
Duran-Rodas, D., Nichols, A., Büttner, B., Baguet, J., Susilo, Y. (2022). Deliverable D4.1 Setup and evaluation framework fo Living Labs. SmartHubs.
Duran-Rodas, D., Navarro-Ávalos, F., Hall, J., Nichols, A., Büttner, B., Baguet, J., Susilo, Y. (2022). Deliverable D 3.1 Guidelines for the integration of mobility hubs into the urban space. SmartHubs.
K Geurs, K Münzel, D Duran, R Gkavra, A Graf, A Grigolon, J Hansel, C Kirchberger, R. Klementschitz, L. Martinez Ramirez, J. Pappers (2022). A multidimensional mobility hub typology and inventory. SmartHubs Deliverable D 2.1
D Duran-Rodas (2022). A multidimensional mobility hub typology and inventory. SmartHubs Deliverable
Teaching
- Mixed-Methods procedures for mobility research
- Accessibility planning
- Visualization of Transport data
- Basis transport concepts
- Transportation Policies and Project Design
(more information can be found here)
- Interpreting statistics for mobility research
Six master students are meeting every 3 weeks for one and half hours to discuss the master thesis, get feedback from each other, and tips on how to write the master thesis. In the group, various topics are included, and the methods go from qualitative to quantitative.
The main research questions are:
- Who are the potential users of mobility hubs?
- How to make mobility hubs more inclusive?
- What elements should be included in a mobility hub?
Awareness
Fernanda Navarro: A serious board game for spreading awareness and empathy towards vulnerable-to-exclusion users of mobility hubs
Assessment
Sana Jafaar: Can personal values help use predict transport behaivor?
Joelean Hall: Exploring Advantages and Challenges of Bike-sharing in a Low-Income Resident Area in Houston, TX
Jan Wajerski : Mobility Hub User Analysis
Giulia Peaucellier: Influence of Perceived Safety on Mode Choices in Munich
Addressing
Alex Preis: How stakeholder participation tools can contribute to the success of mobility hubs: A guideline for citizen-centered, stakeholder-oriented planning of mobility hubs.
Korbinian: Can best practice bicycle infrastructure improve cycle-ability in Munich? A mixed-methods research
Awareness:
- Mapping parties as a tool for creating awareness in stakeholdes
- Serious board games as a tool for creating awareness
Assessment:
- Social media analysis on mobility justice
- Qualitative assessment of perceived urban mobility justice in Munich (M.Sc. Sindi Haxhija)
- Quantitative analysis on mobility justice in “Berg am Laim”
- Who is allowed and who is forced to be immobile?
Further interesting information:
Research group leader
Expert on Accessibility and Equity
Dr. Maria Teresa Baquero Larriva
Expert on Older People Mobility
Sindi Haxhija
Expert on Inclusive Urban Mobility
Public participation and Evaluation
Data analysis
Gender expert
| 11 - 14 November 2022 | Interpreting statistical results for urban mobility research – PhD course |
| 08 December 2022 | Mapping Party Christmas Edition: Updating OSM data for the MGeM project (see the summary here) |
| 16 March 2023 | Walkability Awareness Workshop in Berg am Laim (see impressions here) |
| 01 June 2023 | Webniar: Moving towards mobility justice |
| still available online | YouTube Video: Moving Towards Mobility Justice: How can we achieve fairness and inclusion in mobility? (watch here) |
