Scope & Objectives

The main subjects pursued by the Transport Analysis and Planning (TAP) Group consist of airline and airport planning, urban transport planning, traffic-related air pollution analysis, and facility location, using advanced optimization and/or simulation approaches.

• The topics where the group’s airline research is concentrated at present are strategic network and fleet planning and crew planning. With respect to airports, the focus is currently placed on slot allocation problems.
• The planning and management problems raised by the setup and operation of new urban transport modes/technologies, such as electric vehicles, car- and bike-sharing, and automated vehicles, are among the top research priorities of the group.
• The development of an integrated modeling framework to analyze the impacts of road traffic on pollutant emissions, air quality and human (and building) health is another of the group’s main research topics.
• The facility location problems dealt with in the group concern both public facilities (e.g., emergency shelters and fire stations) and intermodal terminals.

Research Team

• Integrated Members with PhD -  António Pais Antunes (coordinator), Álvaro Costa, Daniela Dias, Gonçalo Santos, João Teixeira, João Bigotte, Oxana Tchepel, Susana Freiria
• Integrated Members without PhD -  Adriana Tavares, Anna Ibraeva, Anne Patrício, Filipe Cruz, João Pedro Martins, Kiana Sanajou, Melissa Gama, Micael Sousa, Noela de Pina

Financial Support

• Foundation for Science and Technology/ Fundação Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT)

Laboratory Facilities

• Planning Laboratory - GIS Unit

Current Research Projects

• 3.46 - TRAPHIC - Traffic Related Air Pollution Impacts on Historic City Centres: An Integrated Approach
• 3.48 - ISY-AIR – An Integrated System for Urban Scale Air Quality Assessment and Forecast (MIT-EXPL/IRA/0023/2017)
• 3.49 - WSMART ROUTE – Waste Collection based on a Real Time Route Planning System (MITEXPL/SUS/0132/2017)
• 3.50 - ASAP – Airport Slot Allocation Processes: Advances in Current Guidelines and Practices (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029725)
• 3.51 - Driving2Driverless: Urban and Regional Transport Management under a Scenario of Shared Electric Fully Automated Mobility (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-31923)

Previous Research Projects

• 3.1 - Techical Assistance on the Development of New Projects in Transport
• 3.2 - Research Agreement FEUP/TAP – Air Portugal
• 3.3 - Research Agreement FEUP/TAP and FEUP/SPdH
• 3.4 - Research Agreement FEUP/STCP
• 3.5 - Management and Performance Evolution on Urban Public Transport Enterprises (FCT)
• 3.6 - Air Transport
• 3.7 - Public Transport Management and Operations
• 3.8 - City Logistics
• 3.9 - Handling Operations Management
• 3.10 - InTrSim - Model to Simulate Transport Interfaces
• 3.11 - Cost of Noise
• 3.12 - Air Transportation for Effective and Efficient Service to Small More Remote Communities: Policy Options Under Regulatory Reform
• 3.45 - SoMoMUT: Soft Mode Modeling in Urban Trip

Current PhD Projects

• 3.47 - Airline Fleet Composition: Analysis and Planning
• 3.75 - Mobilidade Turística no Ambiente Urbano
• 3.76 - Airline Strategic Planning
• 3.77 - Transit-Oriented Development
• 3.78 - Planejamento de Transportes Públicos Coletivos Urbanos com Recurso a Técnicas de Otimização: Aplicações à Cidade e à Região Metropolitana do Natal/RN
• 3.79 - Integrated Scheduling Recovery: A Multi-Agent Approach
• 3.80 - Strategic Planning of a Network of Intermodal Platforms
• 3.81 - Active Learning Metamodels for Scenario Discovery in Land-Use/ Transportation Simulators
• 3.82 - Mobility as a Service (MaaS) in Developing Countries
• 3.83 - Flood Emergency Logistics Management
• 3.84 - Analysis of Traffic Related Atmospheric Aerosol Particles in an Urban Environment
• 3.85 - Airport Capacity Management - Towards a Slot Allocation Modelling Approach Compliant with IATA Rules

Previous PhD Projects

• 3.52 - As Infra-estruturas Rodoviárias e o Desenvolvimento Regional
• 3.53 - Road Network Planning under Efficiency, Robustness and Equity Criteria
• 3.54 - Towards a Location Modeling Approach to Urban Hierarchy Planning
• 3.55 - Evaluation of Urban Goods Distribution Initiatives towards Mobility and Sustainability: Indicators, Stakeholders and Assessment Tools
• 3.56 - Evaluating Aircraft Turnaround Process in the Framework of Airport Design and Airline Behaviour
• 3.57 - Optimal Location of Access Points in Controlled Entry Transportation Networks
• 3.58 - Planeamento de Equipamentos Educativos em Cabo Verde
• 3.59 - Optimum Design of Aviation Networks - The Cases of Airport Congestion and Low Demand
• 3.60 - Public Facility Planning Models with Single and Multiple Services: Models, Solution Methods and Applications
• 3.61 - Optimization Models for the Expansion of Airport Networks
• 3.62 - Exposure Modelling to Traffic-Related Air Toxic Pollutants
• 3.63 - Optimization and Simulation of One-way Carsharing Operations
• 3.64 - Estimation and Prediction of Road Traffic Status with Information from Multiple Sources
• 3.65 - Traffic Signal Control in Congested Urban Networks: Simulation-based Optimization Approach
• 3.66 - Optimization Approach to Land-Use/Transportation Policy-Making
• 3.67 - Planning and Scheduling Models Towards a More Efficient Heavy Maintenance of the Railway Track
• 3.68 - Multi-scale Integrated Cellular Modeling for the Study of Urban Change Phenomena
• 3.69 - Managerial Decisions and Performance in European Urban Public Transport – A Comparative Analysis”, PhD Thesis, University of Porto, 2016
• 3.70 - Análise Estratégica da Expansão de Infra-estruturas Urbanísticas
• 3.71 - Study of natural atmospheric aerosols in Portugal: integrated analysis using air quality modelling and satellite data
• 3.72 - Desert Dust Contribution to the Atmospheric Aerosol in Cape Verde and in Portugal
• 3.73 - Airline Fleet Composition: Analysis and Planning
• 3.74 - Integrated Transit-Parking Policy Making