Welcome
Welcome to my website. The site keeps you informed about my work in English. My book ‘New Mobility – Beyond the car era’ has been published March 2017. Slides are posted of my lectures on the driving forces behind mobility and how the future of mobility might look like. You can find my study on Europe’s oil dependency, as well as some older publications that might still be of interest. My work focusses on structural developments in mobility, urbanization, infrastructure, energy, climate change and economy. I am intrigued by the power relations that shape our societies, unseen to a large extend, and how we can rewrite the rules which steer our economies.
Recent publications
How to make people travel less by car and plane?
This is the million-dollar question for many advocates of sustainable mobility. T&E - European Federation for Transport & Environment - invited me to present my insights and discuss these during… Read More
Decarbonizing aviation: comparing nine policies
Aviation needs to bring its CO2 emissions down to zero not far beyond 2050. To achieve this, a wide range of technologies and policies is considered. Among these are taxes,… Read More
The Future of Mobility
Which forces lie behind the development of our mobility in the past centuries and will most likely shape the future as well? The desire for speed is important, and so… Read More
Reduce social security contributions for schools, care and police
Employing people is too expensive and polluting the environment too cheap. A green tax shift is needed and is most effective when applied at the production side of the economy.… Read More
Clean energy is the crowbar in the energy transition
The shift towards energy without CO2 is technical feasible and affordable as well. Mandates for clean energy are key for the energy transition. See my slides for some main lines.
Five taboos about mobility
Five topics are kept off the table in the debate about mobility policy. Taboos are very effective in influencing policies. Relevant topics are kept out of publicity and off the… Read More
Tax shift from labour to energy
Already in the early nineties a broad Dutch coalition of unions, consumer organisations, churches and environmental NGO’s, advocated for a tax shift from labour to energy use. In 1996 the… Read More
Let’s talk about power
Power plays an important role in our lives and society. However, we mostly pretend that our organizations and relationships are governed by common sense and democracy. But hierarchical position often… Read More
Car mobility decreases in the Netherlands
Official data show that the average Dutch inhabitant rides now 4% less in cars, than in 2005. See the solid red line in the graph. This reflects the sum of… Read More
The Social Impacts of Road Pricing
The International Transport Forum organized a Round Table, in which I participated as one of the experts. International best practices and new scientific insights have been combined to identify ways… Read More
End of growth in car travel?
Why has the growth in car travel stopped in Western Europe? Read my contribution to the Automotive Megatrends Magazine 2017 Q2. Speed - it's what drives mobility