Lucas Meyer de Freitas


Last Name

Meyer de Freitas

First Name

Lucas

ORCID

0000-0002-0280-8914

Organisational unit

09827 - Heinen, Eva / Heinen, Eva

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  • Modelling intermodal travel in Switzerland
    Item type: Working Paper
    Meyer de Freitas, Lucas; Becker, Henrik; Zimmermann, Maëlle; et al. (2018)
    Arbeitsberichte Verkehrs- und Raumplanung
    We use data from the Swiss national household travel survey to 1. analyse the socioeconomic determinants for intermodal travel in Switzerland and 2. estimate a first large-scale multimodal recursive logit route choice model for urban trip making. We show that intermodal travel is mostly associated with ownership of transit subscriptions, which allow free at the point-of-use public transportation. We also present a framework using open-source data to generate the multimodal network for the recursive logit model estimation. The fact that the model only needs a multimodal network to model the transport supply makes it independent of path sampling algorithms for the choice-set construction and it thus provides an alternative to classic mode and route choice models, since it can estimate mode and route choice parameters with directly observed routes, removing the sampling bias. By eliminating the need to sample alternative paths for estimation, it also simplifies the estimation process, making it a viable choice as an integral solution for joint route and mode choice modelling.
  • The E-biking in Switzerland (EBIS) study
    Item type: Other Conference Item
    Heinonen, Sanelma; Meyer de Freitas, Lucas; Meister, Adrian; et al. (2023)
  • Cycling potentials in Switzerland
    Item type: Conference Paper
    Meyer de Freitas, Lucas; Axhausen, Kay W. (2022)
    The present work’s contribution lies in showing the importance of individual physical capabilities for cycling in Switzerland, as well as introducing a routing-tool that allows the application of these capabilities to estimate individualized cycling potentials. The regression of a binary model on daily cycling was estimated, using data from the Swiss Health Survey. It is found that the frequency of exercise explains the most variability concerning the choice to cycle or not. Since previous work in the literature has shown a clear link between exercise frequency and cycling power, one valid, although so far not directly observed observable hypothesis in microcensus data, is the simple one, that more physical power leads to faster speeds and more competitiveness of bicycles with cars. Although obvious in sign, there are no direct observations in place to quantify mode-shift potentials that account for such factors. Here, a first attempt is made to impute physical cycling capabilities on Swiss Mobility Microcensus respondents so that individual cycling potentials could be estimated. An R-Package was written for the purpose of routing different bicycle and micromobility vehicle types which also accounts for electric assistance motors. Mode-shift estimations are finally performed for conventional bikes, pedelecs and s-pedelecs in Switzerland.
  • A research agenda for developing a (net-zero) goal oriented transport planning research and practice
    Item type: Other Conference Item
    Meyer de Freitas, Lucas (2022)
  • The E-Bike City as a radical shift toward zero-emission transport
    Item type: Journal Article
    Ballo, Lukas; Meyer de Freitas, Lucas; Meister, Adrian; et al. (2023)
    Journal of Transport Geography
    This think piece discusses current barriers to the rapid decarbonization of transport and ways to overcome them. Policymakers face a set of contradictory goals, leading them to ponder only incremental measures: The need to reduce carbon emissions conflicts with accessibility improvements and the resulting induced traffic. At the same time, the prevention of urban sprawl as a means of promoting sustainable mobility is fundamentally thwarted by technical advances in electric cars and autonomous driving. Unable to attract public acceptance for measures that would effectively reduce travel demand, transport policy is failing to provide convincing transition pathways toward sustainable and equitable mobility for growing urban populations. As a possible way forward, we propose a new starting point for transport policy discussions, exploring the feasibility of urban transport systems based on sustainable, flexible, and relatively cheap modes of active mobility – the E-Bike City. This paper aims to outline a research agenda for testing the effects of such a policy direction. In contrast to the literature on “cycling cities”, this effort should include possibilities newly opened by the recent availability of electric micro-mobility vehicles. Also, it should aim for a balanced and realistic transition rather than a unimodal utopia. Inspired by friendly conversations around recent urban visions like 15-Minute Cities or Superblocks, this paper is meant to begin a new discussion about alternative future directions for transport policy beyond mere optimization and technical incrementalism.
  • The E-Bike City as a radical shift towards zero-emission transport
    Item type: Other Conference Item
    Ballo, Lukas; Meyer de Freitas, Lucas; Meister, Adrian; et al. (2022)
    Decarbonization, growing urban population and equity issues are urgent challenges of urban planning. However, present transport policy is caught in a course that is unlikely to address them sufficiently within the available time frame. We argue that a stronger emphasis is needed on behavior changes towards lifestyles, activities and modes that are inherently sustainable. This paper presents a transformative vision aimed at such a path by prioritizing a massive use of e-bikes and exploiting their potentials to enhance cycling. Its core pillar is making cycling more attractive and discouraging driving by reallocating ~50% of road space to protected infrastructure. It is expected to contribute strongly towards decarbonization and help growing urban populations with increased transport capacity. However, changing generalized cost of travel across different distances also alters spatial patterns of accessibility, as well as the resulting structures of equity. While city residents travelling over short distances will gain, suburban commuters currently using cars will likely face accessibility losses. But using a common framework of transport justice, we find that the expected accessibility changes are just and may even drive land-use changes favoring more equity in the long term. Finally, we show several research avenues arising from the E-Bike City and invite experts in urban transport to engage in a creative discourse about possible future visions for transport policies in cities.
  • Evaluating willingness-to-pay for cycling infrastructure in Switzerland
    Item type: Other Conference Item
    Meyer de Freitas, Lucas; Axhausen, Kay W. (2023)
    Cycling Research Board Annual Meeting 2023. Book of Abstract
    While it is clear which elements of cycling infrastructure is generally preferred by most cyclists, quantifications of willingness-to-pay for these infrastructures are rare and necessary for building up modelling, evaluation and prioritization methods for cycling infrastructure.
  • Mobility pricing to promote e-biking and reduce transportation externalities
    Item type: Other Conference Item
    Hintermann, Beat; Roth, Jakob; Schwab, Laura; et al. (2023)
  • Predicting cycling flows in cities without cycling data
    Item type: Other Conference Item
    Falbel, Eduardo; Meyer de Freitas, Lucas; Axhausen, Kay W.; et al. (2024)
    2024 TRB Annual Meeting Online Program Archive
  • Modelling intermodal travel in Switzerland
    Item type: Journal Article
    Meyer de Freitas, Lucas; Becker, Henrik; Zimmermann, Maëlle; et al. (2019)
    Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
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