"An exploration into the levels of automobile usage and independent mobility for children in Belgium"
This presentation investigates independent mobility and car use among youth in Belgium and how these behaviors are represented at different levels of urbanization. Generalized linear models for automobile share and travel independence were specified using the BELDAM and MONITOR national travel behavior surveys, focusing on age groups representing the transition from chaperoned travel as a young child, at 6 years old, up to independent travel as potentially licensed driver at 18 years old. The resulting discussion suggests a supplementary, and perhaps often overlooked, consideration to automobile usage and living in a suburban area, which is the level of independence a child attains in personal mobility.
Kandice Kreamer Fults has studied gendered transportation behavior in a variety of locations and she continues this focus in Belgium at Cosmopolis. Her past research in Sweden includes gendered value of commuting time models based on subjective life satisfaction and the changes in a variety of transportation behaviors, based on gender, over time. She is particularly interested in exploring innovative econometric methods to describe the observational changes in gendered travel behavior. She has a background in both mechanical and civil (transportation) engineering and has worked for a non-profit organization on a variety of US Department of Transportation research deliverables.