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David Duran is a postdoc researcher and leader of the Research Group Mobility Justice at the Technical University in Munich, Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning. He finished his dissertation with the topic: Efficiency and/or equity? Understanding and planning bike-sharing based on spatial fairness. He is a graduate of the international TUM master's program in Transportation Systems and has a background in Civil engineering. His research focuses on employing mixed-methods approaches to create awareness, assess, and address mobility injustices, along with conducting mobility-related data analysis and visualization.
Curriculum
| 2021 | - |
| Research associate at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning at TUM |
| 2017 | - | 2021 | PhD student at TUM mobil.LAB funded by the Hans Böckler Foundation. Topic: Efficiency and/or equity? Understanding and planning bike-sharing based on spatial fairness. |
| 2018 | - | 2021 | Lecturer. Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany. Course on data analysis and visualization in the master's program Sustainable Mobilities. |
| 2019 | Tutor. Data analysis and visualization in R. Institute for Computational Biology. | ||
| 2015 | - | 2017 | Master's degree in Transportation Systems with specialization in Intelligent Transportation Systems at TUM. Master thesis: Identification of spatio-temporal factors influencing the arrival and departure of shared vehicles. |
| 2016 | - | 2017 | Student assistant at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning at TUM |
| 2015 | Assessor of the Vice-Minister of Defense in Ecuador | ||
| 2013 | - | 2014 | Road design and transportation management. Programa de Manejo del Agua y el Suelo (PROMAS) - Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador |
| 2007 | - | 2014 | Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Cuenca, Ecuador (̈similar to German diploma). Bachelor project: Preliminary design of a rural ring road in a tropical region. |
Projects
| ongoing | SmartHubs - Game changers in transport (more information) |
| MCube. Mobilitätsgerechtigkeit in Metropolregionen (MGeM) (more information) | |
| 2016 | Evaluation der Mobilitätsstation an der Münchner Freiheit (more information) |
Publications
2023
- Aumann, S., Kinigadner, J., Duran‐Rodas, D., Büttner B. (2023). Driving Towards Car-Independent Neighborhoods in Europe: A Typology and Systematic Literature Review. Urban Planning, Open Access Journal. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v8i3.6552
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.
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.
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
- Villeneuve, D., D. Durán-Rodas, A. Ferri, T. Kuttler, J. Magelund, M. Mögele, L. Nitschke, E. Servou, and C. Silva. (2019) What is Interdisciplinarity in Practice? Critical Reflections on Doing Mobility Research in an Intended Interdisciplinary Doctoral Research Group. Sustainability 2020, 12(1), 197.
- Duran-Rodas, D., Chaniotakis, E., and Antoniou, C. (2019) Built Environment Factors Affecting Bike Sharing Ridership: Data-Driven Approach for Multiple Cities. Transportation Research Record, 2673(12), 55–68.
2018
- Duran-Rodas, D., Chaniotakis, E., and Antoniou, C. (2018) Automated open-source data collection and processing: an example of OpenStreetMap and bike-sharing. Transportation Research Procedia, 41, 688-693. mobil.TUM International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport. Munich, DE.
2017
- Duran-Rodas, D., Chaniotakis, E., and Antoniou, C. (2017) Identification of spatio-temporal factors affecting arrivals and departures of shared vehicles. Methodology for comparing multiple cities on a local level using open-source data. Master Thesis.
2014
- Duran-Rodas D. and Guzman J. (2014) Design of rural roads in tropical areas after the Ecuadorian normative. Bachelor Project.
Talks & Presentations
2021
· Duran-Rodas, D., Pereira, F., Wulfhorst, G: Demand And/oR Equity (DARE) Method to Plan Bike-sharing Systems: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach Transportation Research Board (TRB) 2021 Washington D.C, United States of America
· Duran-Rodas, D., Pereira, F., Wulfhorst, G: Exploring causality of built and social environment factors influencing the observed demand of bike-sharing systems Meeting of the Working Group on Structural Equation Modeling Vienna, Austria
2020
· Duran-Rodas, D. Spatial fairness assessment of the allocation of bike-sharing supply. Changing Unsustainable Mobility Cultures: The Final Virtual conference of the mobil.LAB Doctoral Research Group. 2020.
· Duran-Rodas, D. Bike-sharing: friend or enemy during the COVID-19 pandemic? A Twitter qualitative data analysis. Cycling Research Board Annual Meeting 2020 Eindhoven, Netherlands
· Duran-Rodas, D. Demand and / or equity method (DARE) for planning public bicycle systems II Congreso Nacional de Geografía del Ecuador CNG2020 Cuenca, Ecuador
· Duran-Rodas, D. Bike-sharing: friend or enemy during the COVID-19 pandemic? A Twitter qualitative data analysis. Ecuadorian Congress of studies of cities Tena, Ecuador
2019
· Duran-Rodas, D., Villeneuve, D., Wulfhorst, G: Public opinion on the future of bike-sharing systems - a social media analysis Mobil.TUM 2019 International Scientific Conference on Mobility and Transport München,
· Duran-Rodas, D., Pereira, F., Wulfhorst, G: Spatial factors influencing the usage of hybrid bike sharing systems - a “mobility culture” approach - 8th Symposium of the European Association for Research in Transportation (hEART 2019) Budapest, Hungary
· Duran-Rodas, D., Villeneuve, D., Wulfhorst, G: (In)equality in the usage of bike sharing systems considering built and social environment factors among residential areas. NECTAR 2019. Helsinki,Finland.
· Duran-Rodas, D., Chaniotakis, E., Antoniou, C.: Built environment factors affecting bike sharing ridership: a data–driven approach for multiple cities. 2019 TRB Annual Meeting. Washington D.C., USA.
2018
· Duran-Rodas, D., Chaniotakis, E., Antoniou, C.: Identification of spatio-temporal factors affecting arrivals and departures of shared vehicles. COST Action TU1305 Social Networks and Travel Behaviour Final Conference in Milano 2018
· Duran-Rodas, D., Chaniotakis, E., Antoniou, C.: Automated open-source data collection and processing: an example of Open-Street-Map and Bike sharing. mobil.TUM 2018.
· Duran-Rodas, D., Chaniotakis, E., Antoniou, C.: Identification of spatio-temporal factors affecting bike sharing demand: a multiple city approach based on a local level. IATBR 2018.
Research stays abroad
2019
· Spatial factors associated to the usage of hybrid bike sharing systems Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Copenhagen, Denmark 30.09.2019 - 31.10.2019
· Planning the Cycling City Graduate School of Social Sciences - University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands 16.06.2019 - 04.07.2019
2017
· Short Term Scientific Mission within COST TU 1305 Social networks and travel behaivor” Faculty of Architecture and Town planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel 29.11.2017 - 15.12.2017