Who Contributes Most to Urban Passenger Transport Emissions?: A Data-Driven Typology of Travellers in Three Mid-Sized Swedish Municipalities
2024 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (Two Years)), 20 credits / 30 HE credits
Student thesisAlternative title
Vem bidrar mest till transportutsläppen i kommunerna? : En datadriven typologi av resenärer i tre medelstora svenska kommuner (Swedish)
Abstract [en]
Given Sweden’s ambitious national-level goals to reduce greenhouse gasemissions from transportation, various policies must be designed andimplemented in many different municipalities. To do this effectively, it ishelpful to understand the various travel patterns that contribute most toeveryday passenger transport emissions in these places. This thesiscontributes to this understanding by developing two typologies of travelbehaviour from app-based, GPS-tracked travel diary survey data.Via k-means cluster analysis, the trips, trip chains, activity spaces, andmode choices of travellers in Umeå, Sweden were segmented into 6 weekdayclusters and 7 weekend clusters, interpreted with the help of original visualtools. Via HBEFA emissions factors, the transport emissions of travellerswere computed and assigned to their clusters, and the weighted emissionscontribution of each cluster was assessed. To verify the cross-contextualvalidity of the typologies, random forest classifiers were used to extractclusters in both Skellefteå and Gävle, Sweden, revealing similar segmentswith similar relative emissions contributions. Although segments in Umeåwere less emissive in absolute terms and larger sections of their populationbelonged to relatively sustainable behaviour segments.Of the 6 weekday segments, Busy Car-Oriented Workers, Non-Workers,and On-the-Job Travellers contributed the majority of weekday passengertransport emissions and a minority of the population in each municipality.With the exception of Skellefteå, where they constituted 52% of thepopulation. Of the 7 weekend segments, All-Round Car Drivers, Otherers,All-Round Car Passengers, and Busy Visitors contributed the majority ofweekend emissions and a minority of the population in each location. Themost emissive overlaps between weekday/weekend segments were alsoidentified. Additionally, 11-17% of each population, despite relativelysustainable weekday behaviour, produced emissions at overall rates thatmay be considered unsustainable when measured against 2030 nationalemissions targets.In all, these typologies may be used to target, inform, and justify policyinterventions aimed at reducing transport emissions at the municipal level.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2024.
Series
TRITA-ABE-MBT ; 24672
Keywords [en]
travel behaviour segmentation, transport emissions, k-means, cluster interpretation, trip chaining, Umeå, Skellefteå, Gävle
Keywords [sv]
resebeteendesegmentering, transportutsläpp, k-means, klustertolkning, resekedja, Umeå, Skellefteå, Gävle
National Category
Transport Systems and Logistics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-352313OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-352313DiVA, id: diva2:1892793
External cooperation
Trivector Traffic AB
Presentation
2024-08-09, 00:00 (English)
Supervisors
Examiners
2024-08-272024-08-272024-08-27Bibliographically approved