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Walking & Cycling

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Urban areas require well-connected multimodal transport systems for smart and clean mobility and growth. Many cities and regions areas are committed to meeting sustainable transport targets, including for air quality emissions and increased use of sustainable transport modes. Uptake cycling and walking can play a key role in meeting these targets, with large co-benefits for citizen physical activity levels and health.

One of our research focus is understanding how people of all ages change behaviors towards an active mobility.

Planning of the infrastructure needed to change mobility patterns requires high quality evidence. Data and models are needed to ensure cost-effective investment, enabling new infrastructure to be planned where it is most needed.

Behaviour change towards walking and cycling,
at all ages

Data acquisition and profiling of pedestrians and cyclists

Benefits from changing mobility patterns

Related projects

Projecto Ricardo Sobral (capa)
Evaluation of the impact of bicycle skills training programs in increasing cycling levels
Imagem da capa do projecto da estudante de PhD Rosa Felix
Barriers and motivators to bicycle in low cycling maturity cities: Lisbon case study
Imagem da capa do projecto do estudante de PhD Mateus Humberto
Promoting mobility capabilities from childhood onwards: Impact of interventions in preschools of São Paulo (Brazil) with focus on active mobility and voluntary behavioral change
Projecto Sadegh
Dynamic optimization of vehicle balance in bike-sharing systems through movable stations
Projecto Paulo Cambra (capa)
If you build it who will come? The effects of changing the built environment in the walking behavior of pedestrian type
Projecto Miguel Costa
The Difference Between Thoughts and Facts: Automatic Sensorial Mapping of Cyclable Paths for the Identification of Observed and Perceived Risk
Projecto Gabriel Valença
DARE - Dynamic Allocation of Road Space in the Urban Built Environment
MG_1091-2
Systematic annual counts of cyclists and their vehicles at 60 locations in Lisbon
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Bike Rider: Sensory mapping of cyclable events from inertial data captured from a smartphone
Step Home: Pedestrian routing system for the elderly and for those suffering from dementia
GIRA_emel
GIRA: Sustainability report, social and environmental impacts of Lisbon bike sharing system 2018
Walkbot: Sidewalk accessibility automatic evaluation based on computer vision and key features
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Publications

Journals

6.Paulo Cambra and Filipe Moura. How does walkability change relate to walking behavior change? Effects of a street improvement in pedestrian volumes and walking experience. Journal of Transport & Health, 16: 100797, March 2020.
5.Rosa Félix, Filipe Moura and Kelly J. Clifton. Maturing urban cycling: Comparing barriers and motivators to bicycle of cyclists and non-cyclists in Lisbon, Portugal. Journal of Transport & Health, 15: 100628, December 2019.
4.Mateus Humberto, Rodrigo Laboissière, Mariana Giannotti, Cláudio Luiz Marte, Daniel Agostini Cruz, Henrique Primon. Walking and walkability: do built environment measures correspond with pedestrian activity? . Ambiente Construído, 29(4):23-36, October 2019.
3.Mateus Humberto, Bruna Pizzol, Mariana Giannotti, Filipe Moura. O acesso das crianças às escolas em São Paulo Avaliação quantitativa de creches e pré-escolas com foco na mobilidade a pé. Revista dos Transportes Públicos, 41(3):55-60, December 2018.
2.Filipe Moura, Paulo Cambra and Alexandre Gonçalves. Measuring walkability for distinct pedestrian groups with a participatory assessment method: A case study in Lisbon. Landscape and Urban Planning, 157:282-296, January 2017.
1.Rosa Félix, Filipe Moura and Kelly J. Clifton. Typologies of Urban Cyclists: Review of Market Segmentation Methods for Planning Practice. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2662:125-133, January 2017.

Conferences (with procedia)

8.Miguel Costa, Paulo Cambra, Filipe Moura and Manuel Marques. WalkBot: A Portable System to Scan Sidewalks. IEEE International Smart Cities Conference, Casablanca, Morocco, October 2019
7.Paulo Cambra, Miguel Costa, Manuel Marques and Filipe Moura. WalkBot – Desenvolvimento de um Equipamento de Avaliação da Qualidade da Infra-estrutura Pedonal com Recurso a Processamento de Imagem Tridimensional. 9º Congresso Rodoviário Português, Lisboa, Portugal, May 2019
6.Angélica Magrini Rigo, Filipe Moura and Teresa V. Heitor. Avaliação das Condições de Caminhabilidade: Contribuições da Metodologia da Sintaxe Espacial. 9º Congresso Rodoviário Português, Lisboa, May 2019.
5.Filipe Moura, Rosa Félix and Carlos Roque. Avaliação do impacte potencial do Programa U-Bike nos padrões de mobilidade da comunidade do Instituto Superior Técnico. 9º Congresso Rodoviário Português, Lisboa, May 2019.
4.Rosa Félix, Filipe Moura and Kelly Clifton. Comparação de barreiras e motivadores para a adoção da bicicleta em Lisboa. 9º Congresso Rodoviário Português, Lisboa, May 2019.
3.Mohammad Sadegh Bahadori, Alexandre Bacelar Gonçalves, Filipe Moura. Fatores Críticos na Operação de Sistemas de Bicicletas Partilhadas: Revisão do Estado da Arte. 9º Congresso Rodoviário Português, Lisboa, May 2019.
2.Adriana Cristina Souza, Mateus Humberto, and Lua Bittencourt. Brazilian Women Walkability Index: Participatory Construction of a Nationwide Index to Promote Women Pedestrian Policy in a Developing Country. Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. (USA), January 2018.
1.M. Costa, B. Quintino Ferreira and M. Marques. A Context Aware and Video-Based Risk Descriptor for Cyclists. IEEE 20th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation, Yokohama, Japan, October 2017

Conferences

3.Mohammad Sadegh Bahadori, Alexandre Bacelar Gonçalves, Filipe Moura. What are Mixed e-Bike Sharing Systems?. XVI Congresso Ibérico “A Bicicleta e a Cidade” Para além da Mobilidade” - Mobilidade Inteligente, Mobilidade Sustentável, Casa das Histórias Paula Rego, Cascais, Portugal, May 2019.
2.Rosa Félix, Jorge Baptista e Silva and Alexandre Bacelar Gonçalves. Conhecer os utilizadores para planear as infra-estruturas cicláveis em meio urbano. XI Congresso Ibérico “A Bicicleta e a Cidade” - Mobilidade Inteligente, Mobilidade Sustentável, Lisboa, May 2014.
1.Rosa Félix, Alexandre Bacelar Gonçalves and Jorge Baptista e Silva. A web and GIS-based tool (SIRCuL) for a better cycling network planning and mobility management - interfacing bicycle users data and local administration policies. CITTA 6th Annual Conference on Planning Research, Coimbra, May 2013.

PhD Thesis

6.Miguel Costa. Sensorial Mapping of cyclable paths for the automatic identification of exposure to risk. Supervisor: Filipe Moura (IST); Co-Supervisor: Manuel Marques (IST).
(on going)
5.Mohammad Sadegh Bahadori. Dynamic optimization of vehicle balance in bike-sharing systems through movable stations. Supervisor: Filipe Moura (IST); Co-Supervisor: Alexandre Bacelar Gonçalves(IST).
(ongoing)
4.Ricardo Sobral. Evaluation of the impact of bicycle skills training programs in increasing cycling levels. Supervisor: Filipe Moura (IST); Co-Supervisor: Ana Isabel Afonso (FCSH-UNL).
(ongoing)
3.Mateus Humberto. Promoting mobility capabilities from childhood onwards: Impact of interventions in preschools of São Paulo (Brazil) with focus on active mobility and voluntary behavioral change. Supervisor: Filipe Moura (IST); Co-Supervisor: Mariana Giannoti (Universidade de São Paulo).
(ongoing)
2.Paulo Cambra. If you build it who will come? The effects of changing the built environment in the walking behavior of pedestrian types. Supervisor: Filipe Moura (IST).
(ongoing)
1.Rosa Félix. Barriers and motivators to bicycle in cities with low cycling maturity: Lisbon case study. Supervisor: Filipe Moura (IST); Co-Supervisor: Kelly Clifton (Portland State University).
November 2019

MSc Thesis

6.Angélica Rigo. Assessing Walkability Conditions: Contributions of the Space Syntax methodology. MSc in Urbanism and Spatial Planning, Instituto Superior Técnico, December, 2018. Supervisor: Filipe Moura; Co-Supervisor: Teresa Heitor.
5.Miguel Costa. Video-Based Risk Assessment for Cyclists. MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, May 2017. Supervisor: Manuel Marques, Co-supervisor: João Paulo Costeira.
4.Patrícia Carrajola. Mapeamento da percepção de risco rodoviário em ambiente urbano. MSc in Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, 2017. Supervisor: Filipe Moura; Co-Supervisor: Manuel Marques.
3.Joana Magalhães Silva. Avaliação do potencial de rede ciclável para viagens utilitárias em Lisboa. MSc in Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, 2014. Supervisor: Filipe Moura; Co-Supervisor: Luís Picado Santos.
2.Paulo Cambra. Pedestrian Accessibility and Attractiveness Indicators for Walkability Assessment. MSc in Urbanism and Spatial Planning, Instituto Superior Técnico, November 2012. Supervisor: Filipe Moura; Co-Supervisor: Alexandre Gonçalves.
1.Rosa Félix. Gestão da Mobilidade em Bicicleta. Necessidades, factores de preferência e ferramentas de suporte ao planeamento e gestão de redes. O caso de Lisboa. MSc in Territorial Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, November 2012. Supervisor: Jorge Batista e Silva; Co-Supervisor: Alexandre Gonçalves.

Book Chapters

3.Rosa Félix and Filipe Moura (in press 2020). Sistema de bicicletas partilhadas de Lisboa - GIRA. in: Andrade, V., De Castro, J. (Eds.), Bicicletas Compartilhadas. LABMOB, Rio de Janeiro.
2.Mariana Giannoti, Mateus Andrade, Marina Kohler Harkot, Paula Freire Santoro (2017). Gênero e andar a pé: A qualidade do ambiente construído incentiva igualmente mulheres e homens a caminhar? in: Andrade, V., Cunha Linke, C. (Eds.), Cidades para pedestres: a caminhabilidade no Brasil e no mundo. Babilonia Cultura Editorial, Rio de Janeiro. ISBN: 9788566317183.
1.Rosa Félix (2013). Preface of A Gloriosa Bicicleta: Compêndio de costumes, emoções e desvarios em duas rodas. Alves, L., & Carvalho, P. Texto Editores, Lisbon, pp. 11–12. ISBN: 9789724746555.

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