Department of the Built Environment

Urban Planning and Transportation

Urban Planning and Transportation concerns decision about the best location and distribution of urban land use, which is strongly connected to the transportation systems. The quality of plans and policies depends on the impact it has on economic, social, environmental, psychological and societal aspects. The focus of the research of the group is on developing models and integrating these into decision support systems for urban planning design and policy decisions.

Specific research areas are Transportation, Retail, Leisure and Housing. Recently, most research projects concern smart cities and smart mobility

Meet some of our Researchers

Research project: TERTS

TERTS stimuleert duurzaam energiegebruik in de tertiaire sector door innovatieve energietechnieken te demonstreren en door KMO/MKB’s te begeleiden. Lokale besturen krijgen een centrale rol in de energietransitie van hun horeca, detailhandelaars en kleine zelfstandigen.

Projects

Simurgh

Predicting travel demand is a core activity of transportation planning. The current models are becoming increasingly less relevant due to developments such as shared cars and mobility-as-a-service, enabled by ICT. This project aims at developing a prototype of the next generation of travel demand models that incorporates these new developments.

Recent Publications

Our most recent peer reviewed publications

Events

  • 31 Aug
    02 Sep
    KU Leuven.AI

    Leuven.AI Conference

    A historic gathering of renowned AI pioneers, celebrating 70 years of Artificial Intelligence & 600 years of KU Leuven.

  • 01 Sep
    [Translate to English:]

    Opening Academic Year 2025-2026

    September 1, 2025 3:00 PM / Blauwe Zaal Auditorium

  • 03 Sep
    kolibri

    EAISI Masterclass (1) of visiting Professor Francis Bordeleau

    Masterclass (1) about Leveraging AI/ML and DT to solve complex problems in different applications domains

  • 03 Sep
    04 Sep

    4TU Energy Transition in Building | Hackathon & Workshop

    An exciting two-day hackathon and workshop on Building energy Responsive Integration of supply and Demand engaGEment (BRIDGE)—a…

  • 04 Sep
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    Information Session 04-09-2025 - Data Science & AI for Professionals

    September 4, 2025 6:30 PM / EAISI, Neuron Building - ¹û¶³´«Ã½

  • 04 Sep
    kolibri

    EAISI Masterclass (2) of visiting Professor Francis Bordeleau

    Masterclass (1) about Leveraging AI/ML and DT to solve complex problems in different applications domains

  • 05 Sep
    06 Sep

    Opening party Meteor Community Cafe

    September 5, 2025 8:00 PM - September 6, 2025 / ¹û¶³´«Ã½ Campus

  • 10 Sep
    12 Sep

    Challenge Week 040

    September 10, 2025 8:30 AM - September 12, 2025 / ¹û¶³´«Ã½ campus, Eindhoven

  • 11 Sep
    ALT lunch session

    The value of hybrid coaches in CBL projects, unfolded

    Join this lunch session to explore the ¹û¶³´«Ã½ innovation Space Coaching Pool — a growing network of hybrid coaches with industry experience…

  • 16 Sep
    kolibri

    EAISI lecture of visiting Professor Xavier Boix

    A lecture about: Towards Self-Improving Machine Learning

  • 18 Sep

    Responsible Research Conversations

    September 18, 2025 9:00 AM / To be confirmed

  • 23 Sep
    kolibri

    EAISI lecture of visiting Professor You-Jin Park

    A lecture about Perspective Taking, Partner Models and User Behaviour in Conversational Interface Interaction

  • Contact

    • Visiting address

      Vertigo
      Groene Loper 6
      Eindhoven
      Netherlands
    • Visiting address

      Vertigo
      Groene Loper 6
      Eindhoven
      Netherlands
    • Postal address

      Depatment of the Built Environment
      P.O. Box 513
      5600 MB Eindhoven
      Netherlands
    • Postal address

      Depatment of the Built Environment
      P.O. Box 513
      5600 MB Eindhoven
      Netherlands