Transformative Travel Behaviour Research – Looking beyond Back-to-Normal
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic having become endemic, ‘back to normality’ is not something that everybody can expect. The increase of digitalisation in our daily lives, the uncertainty about supply chain and economic conditions, and the introduction of new habits and values during the pandemic time have challenged the notion of “typical travel patterns” and raised questions on the assumptions underlying our transport models. In parallel, the impacts of climate change in recent years are becoming more and more apparent and knowledge on how we can identify the triggers that lead to a profound, transformative behaviour change beyond what we can see with our traditional approaches is critical to achieve our carbon net-zero target.
Whilst the uncertainties of user behaviours and transport supplies make travel demand modelling more difficult than ever, the interdisciplinary knowledge and advancement of methodologies and technologies enable us to explore new approaches in order to understand and forecast human decisions better. This knowledge would be critical in promoting a sustainable behavioural change, with the right disruptive methods and interventions, and in creating accessible and inclusive climate-neutral cities.
The conference welcomes submissions on all aspects of travel behaviour research and application. The following nine thematic categories have been selected as the main focus areas:
- active mobility, life-stages, and quality of life
- adoption, adaptation, and impacts of new technologies
- time-use and locational choices
- innovative data collection methods and alternative data sources
- psychometrics, attitudes, and perceptions
- pattern recognition in decision-making processes
- transformative policy and behavioural change
- advanced modelling and simulation
- other relevant topics