Browsing TØI Vitenarkiv by Author "Böcker, Lars"
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Bike sharing use in conjunction to public transport: Exploring spatiotemporal, age and gender dimensions in Oslo, Norway
Böcker, Lars; Anderson, Ellinor Ragnhild; Priya Uteng, Tanu; Throndsen, Torstein S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-27)Bike sharing could provide a key role in a transition towards a less car dependent and more sustainable, healthy and socially inclusive urban transport future. This paper investigates two important prerequisites for bike ... -
Exploring changes in residential preference during COVID-19: Implications to contemporary urban planning
Wolday, Fitwi; Böcker, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-23)The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdown has reshuffled our daily routines and activity spaces. The home and its immediate environment have attained a critical role in coping with the confinement ... -
Integrated weather effects on e-cycling in daily commuting: A longitudinal evaluation of weather effects on e-cycling in the Netherlands
de Kruijf, Joost; van der Waerden, Peter; Tao, Feng; Böcker, Lars; van Lierop, Dea; Ettema, Dick; Dijst, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-20)While in many regions the conventional bicycle has already been regarded as an environmentally friendly and healthy alternative to the car for daily commuting, societal and policy agendas are also increasingly promoting ... -
Interest-adoption discrepancies, mechanisms of mediation and socio-spatial inclusiveness in bike-sharing: The case of nine urban regions in Norway
Böcker, Lars; Anderson, Ellinor Ragnhild (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09-10)Bike sharing systems are increasingly promoted as a quick, accessible, affordable, and healthy transport alternative in a less car-dependent urban mobility system. The objective of this article is to elucidate the social ... -
Intraurban geographies of car sharing supply and demand in Greater Oslo, Norway
Hjorteset, Mari Andrine; Böcker, Lars; Røe, Per Gunnar; Wessel, Terje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper examines urban patterns of car sharing supply and demand at neighbourhood level. By using literature on spatial inequality and unequal mobility access, we provide new insights into the urban geographies of car ... -
Pandemic impacts on public transport safety and stress perceptions in Nordic cities
Böcker, Lars; Olsson, Lars E.; Priya Uteng, Tanu; Friman, Margareta (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-12-22)COVID-19 has brought severe disruption and demand suppression to mobility, especially to public transport (PT). A key challenge now is to restore trust that PT is safe again. This paper investigates pandemic impacts on PT ... -
Road infrastructures, spatial surroundings, and the demand and route choices for cycling: Evidence from a GPS-based mode detection study from Oslo, Norway
de Jong, Tineke; Böcker, Lars; Weber, Christian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-28)To achieve a higher cycling uptake, it is essential for planners to know what kind of cycling infrastructure to plan and where, that is, through which types of urban environments. In this paper, we provide a deeper ... -
Weather and daily mobility in international perspective: A cross-comparison of Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish city regions
Böcker, Lars; Priya Uteng, Tanu; Liu, Chengxi; Dijst, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-24)With climate change, weather has emerged as an important theme in transport research and planning. Although recent studies demonstrate profound weather effects on mobility in single case study areas, international ...