Harry J.P. Timmermans

Personal profile

Quote

“Professional urban and transportation planning require understanding of how individuals react to plans and policies.”

Research profile

Harry Timmermans is a Full Professor and Chair of Urban Planning at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His areas of expertise include urban planning, travel behavior research, and consumer demand modeling.

Research activities of his multidisciplinary group concern the development and application of innovative models and ICT tools for urban planning and transportation. Several projects are related to innovative ICT apps, smart cities, urban transportation, and advance modeling techniques for urban and transportation planning. The group has an international reputation in the development of activity-based models of travel demand and new mobility options. Harry is an expert in the area of integrating electric vehicle solutions into consumer practices and the related effects on the built environment.

Academic background

Harry Timmermans has a PhD in Spatial Sciences from Nijmegen University. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Hasselt (UHasselt), Belgium. Harry has been awarded several prestigious grants and has won many (best paper) awards with his PhD students. In addition, he serves on many TRB and WCTR Committees, including the Public Transportation Marketing and Fare Policy committee. He was elected vice-chair of the International Association of Travel Behavior Research. He has co-authored more than 500 publications in urban planning, transportation, artificial intelligence, marketing, and environmental psychology. Harry has also accepted several invitations to join national and international committees on smart cities and smart mobility. He is (associate) editor of journals in urban planning and transportation.

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Projects

1 Active
2 Finished

SCRIPTS - Smart Cities Responsive Intelligent Public Transport Systems

Timmermans, H. J. P., Feneri, A., Caiati, V., Jang, S., Kruizinga, M. & Kim, S.

1/03/16 → 1/03/21

Project: Research direct

DESENT – Smart decision support system for urban energy and transportation

Timmermans, H. J. P., Feng, T., Yang, D., Kruizinga, M., Kim, S., Jang, S., van der Waerden, P. J. H. J. & Gu, G.

1/03/16 → 31/05/19

Project: Research direct

INSIGHT: Innovative Policy Modelling and Governance Tools for Sustainable Post-Crises Urban Development

Timmermans, H. J. P., Dane, G. Z. & Rasouli, S.

1/10/13 → 30/09/16

Project: Research direct

Research Output

A bi-objective timetable optimization model incorporating energy allocation and passenger assignment in an energy-regenerative metro system

Yang, S., Liao, F., Wu, J., Timmermans, H. J. P., Sun, H. & Gao, Z., Mar 2020, In : Transportation Research. Part B: Methodological. 133, p. 85-113 29 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

A comparative study of contact frequencies among social network members in five countries

Troncoso Parady, G., Frei, A., Kowald, M., Guidon, S., Wicki, M., van den Berg, P. E. W., Carrasco, J-A., Arentze, T. A., Timmermans, H. J. P., Wellman, B., Takami, K., Harata, N. & Axhausen, K. W., 2020, Proceedings of the 99th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board. 20-00676

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Analysis of the impact of street-scale built environment design near metro stations on pedestrian and cyclist road segment choice: a stated choice experiment

Liu, Y., Yang, D., Timmermans, H. J. P. & de Vries, B., 1 Jan 2020, In : Journal of Transport Geography. 82, 10 p., 102570.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

4 Downloads (Pure)

An analysis of the potential adoption of Mobility as a Service across different age groups and lifestages: A mixed-methods approach

Caiati, V., Feneri, A-M., Jittrapirom, P., Rasouli, S. & Timmermans, H. J. P., 2020.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

Association rules and prediction of travel choices: a case study of transportation mode choice

Zhang, J., Feng, T., Timmermans, H. J. P. & Lin, Z., 2020, Proceedings 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board. 20-00915

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Datasets

Data of a web-based experiment for user preference modeling of smart homes

Allameh, E. (Creator), Heidari Jozam, M. (Creator), Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 2016

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4121/uuid:9215c9af-c224-4db9-b79c-30e533f9e595

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Activities

10 Keynote talk
2 Contributed talk
1 Editorial activity

HKSTS Conference, Hong Kong

Harry J.P. Timmermans (Keynote speaker)

13 Dec 2003

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Scientific

10th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR 2003), August 10-15, 2003, Lucerne, Switzerland

Harry J.P. Timmermans (Keynote speaker)

10 Aug 2003

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Scientific

South African TGransport Conference, Pretoria

Harry J.P. Timmermans (Keynote speaker)

16 Jul 2003

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Scientific

Keynote conference, Copenagen

Harry J.P. Timmermans (Keynote speaker)

11 Jun 2003

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Scientific

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services (Journal)

Harry J.P. Timmermans (Editorial board member)

2003

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific

Press / Media

THE SUCCESS OF SMART CITY DEVELOPMENT NEEDS INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS ON ENERGY, TRANSPORT, SERVICE AND GOVERNANCE WITH THE FULL INVOLVEMENT OF MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, GOVERNMENTS, ENTERPRISES, CITIZENS, ETC.

Harry J.P. Timmermans

16/07/18

1 item of Media coverage

Press/Media: Expert Comment

1st international workshop on information fusion for smart mobility solutions (IFSMS 2014)

Harry J.P. Timmermans

29/03/14

1 item of Media coverage

Press/Media: Expert Comment

3rd international workshop on agent-based mobility, traffic and transportation models, methodologies and applications (ABMTRANS 2014)

Harry J.P. Timmermans & Theo A. Arentze

26/11/13

1 item of Media coverage

Press/Media: Expert Comment

Student theses

'Activiteit en mobiliteit gevangen in een net': een onderzoek naar de beschrijving van mentale modellen rond activiteitsplanning en vervoermiddelkeuze door middel van een interview protocol gebaseerd op[ Bayesian Belief Newtworks

Author: den Hartog, A., 31 Oct 2004

Supervisor: Timmermans, H. (Supervisor 1) & Arentze, T. (Supervisor 2)

Student thesis: Master

Albatross: implementatie, interpretatie en visualisatie van proeftoepassingen

Author: van Soest, P., 31 Aug 2006

Supervisor: Timmermans, H. (Supervisor 1), Arentze, T. (Supervisor 2) & Borgers, A. (Supervisor 2)

Student thesis: Master

A Porta do Porto : een structuurplan voor "Porto-Campanha"

Author: Boonmann, R., 31 Oct 1993

Supervisor: Timmermans, H. (Supervisor 1)

Student thesis: Master

Climate change and heat stress in residential buildings: evaluation of adaptation measures

Author: Haak, A., 31 Aug 2012

Supervisor: Blocken, B. (Supervisor 1), van der Heijden, M. (Supervisor 2), Hensen, J. (Supervisor 2), Timmermans, H. (Supervisor 2) & Bosch, P. (External person) (External coach)

Student thesis: Master

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Computational analysis of climate change adaptation measures at the building and street scale focused on evaporative cooling: case study for Bergpolder Zuid

Author: Toparlar, Y., 31 Oct 2012

Supervisor: Blocken, B. (Supervisor 1), Montazeri, H. (Supervisor 2), Janssen, W. (Supervisor 2), van Hooff, T. (Supervisor 2), Albers, R. (External person) (External coach) & Timmermans, H. (Supervisor 2)

Student thesis: Master

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