Dick Ettema
Biographic Data
| ID | 266956 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dick Ettema |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dick |
| FAMILY NAME | Ettema |
| SIGNATURE | ETTEMA D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utrecht University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8404-5510 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 64 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 247 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 64 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Flying the gap: Evaluating the impact of aerial cable car on accessibility to discretionary activities: The case of TransMiCable in Bogotá
Transport equity is a fundamental policy goal that seeks to fairly distribute its benefits among the population segments in greatest need. This article quantifies the accessibility effects on transport equity brought by TransMiCable, an Aerial cable car (ACC) in Bogotá, Colombia. We consider the spatial and individual distribution of benefits, using location-based (potential accessibility and cumulative opportunity) and person-based accessibility…
Health, built environmental, and environmental perceptions in relation to non-commute walking among middle-aged adults
Promoting walking is a public health priority for enhancing health and well-being. However, the influence of people's health on environment-walking associations and its possible moderating role remains uncertain. Our aim was to 1) examine how selected health-related indicators, specifically body mass index (BMI) and self-perceived health, together with objective and perceived environmental features were associated with non-commute walking behavio…
Shared micromobility, perceived accessibility, and social capital
While the impacts of shared micromobility (SMM) on the environment and transport systems are being extensively researched, its societal implications and the influence of the social environment on the use of SMM remain largely unexplored. In this research, we investigate the interrelationships between the use of SMM, perceived overall accessibility, and social capital. We focus on two types of SMM – shared bikes and shared e-scooters – in three Eu…
Car energy efficiency and emissions in the built environment
To mitigate climate change and safeguard energy security, it is necessary to limit car dependence, reduce car weights, and shift to alternative car powertrains. This study therefore looked into the real-world specific energy consumption and $$\hbox {CO}_{{2}}$$ CO 2 emissions of cars in the Netherlands. Next, it analyzed how sociodemographic and built environment variables influence energy-relevant car type choices with a multilevel discrete choi…
Travel contexts for different forms of multimodality in the new urban mobility landscape: A latent class analysis
Multimodality has been recognised as a sustainable way of travel, triggering transport policies to seek solutions that facilitate multimodality. However, although emerging mobility services and transport options in the new urban mobility landscape unlock new possibilities for multimodality, little is known about their roles in different forms of multimodal travel. Therefore, this study investigated the forms of multimodality and their relationshi…
The role of parental involvement and gender on travel mode decisions to School in Bali, Indonesia
Adolescence is marked by exploratory, risk-taking behaviours and gender-specific challenges that often involve parental involvement in travel decisions. This study examines the interplay between parental influence, gender, and travel mode choice in shaping school travel behaviours by analysing data from 2402 adolescents aged 12–18 in Bali, Indonesia. Explanatory factor analysis (EFA) was used to identify underlying latent constructs related to tr…
Activity participation among disadvantaged communities and the impact of an aerial cable car: The case of TransMiCable, Bogotá
Gender difference in space-time fixity from household structure in urban China: A case study of Beijing
Space-time constraints caused by employment and family responsibilities may lead to greater gender differences in behavioural possibilities. However, only a few studies have directly investigated the effect of household structure on gender differences. This study uses a dataset of activity diaries collected in Beijing to investigate how family structure affects space-time constraints across genders. As a follow-up study, it also investigates the …
Green commutes: Assessing the associations between green space exposure along GPS-track commuting routes and adults’ self-perceived stress
Habitual commutes through green space may be associated with health promotion, including stress alleviation. However, few studies have assessed green space exposure during commuting with stress levels, and none have tracked commuters’ actual routes. To assess 1) the association between commuting through green space and people's self-perceived stress, 2) whether the association is moderated by the transport mode, and 3) whether the association dep…
The effect of Covid-19: To what extent does food delivery substitute eating out trips in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
The study aims to assess the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on travel and out-of-home activity by analyzing primary data collected from ride-hailing app users in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia. The data was analyzed using a random effect ordered logistic panel model. The results indicate a complementary relationship between food delivery and eating out. Individuals who frequently use food delivery services are more likel…
Gender differences in the dissonance between preferred and actual built environment and its implications on travel behavior: A household-level exploration in Ganyu, China
Perceptions of safety during everyday travel shaping older adults’ mobility in Bengaluru, India
Our findings indicate that the use of public transport needs to be encouraged among older adults by enhancing necessary safety features following the age-friendly cities framework. Furthermore, it can help policymakers develop transport polices, which suit the mobility needs of older adults
Dynamics in residential relocation, car ownership, and carsharing adoption in neighborhoods with a high prevalence of carsharing
Many studies have looked into the private car ownership and residential environment factors that affect current carsharing adoption from a cross-sectional perspective, while very few have focused on dynamic variables related to home relocation and changes in vehicle access. Using survey data collected in eight typical neighborhoods with a high level of carsharing in Utrecht, the Netherlands, this study explored how dynamics in car ownership, resi…
Shared micro-mobility and transport equity: A case study of three European countries
Shared micro-mobility services (e.g., shared bikes/e-bikes/e-scooters) have the potential to facilitate transport equity by offering available travel modes for transport disadvantaged groups. The achievement of this goal requires disadvantaged people to be able to use and benefit from shared micro-mobility equally compared with others. However, while many studies have explored the equity impact of shared micro-mobility from the perspective of its…
Shared micromobility in multimodal travel: Evidence from three European cities
Street view environments are associated with the walking duration of pedestrians: The case of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Different aspects of the built and natural environment appear related to people’s walking behavior. State-of-the-art transport studies typically incorporate built environmental measures (e.g., density, diversity, design). However, street view (SV) environments capturing how pedestrians perceived their surroundings on site are understudied. Therefore, this study examined possibly non-linear associations between multiple SV-derived environmental fe…
Role of the neighborhood environment in psychological resilience
Intra-household decisions and the impact of the built environment on activity-travel behavior: A review of the literature
Featuring the most direct and closest social relationships, the household plays a crucial role in influencing an individual's wants, needs, and behavior. However, the role of intra-household decisions in the connection between the built environment and activity-travel behavior has not been systematically analyzed. This paper adds to the literature by: (1) proposing a conceptual framework explaining how intra-household decisions are related to act…
Exploring residential dissonance from a household perspective: A gendered examination of resident characteristics in a small Chinese city
Age as effect modifier of the associations between the physical environment and adults' neighborhood walking in the Netherlands
Longitudinal associations between the neighborhood social, natural, and built environment and mental health: A systematic review with meta-analyses
How does commuting influence time use and domain and life satisfaction? Evidence from dual-earner couples with school-age children in a small Chinese city
Most evidence about commuting, and how it influences time use, domain satisfaction, and life satisfaction, comes from the individual level; very few studies have investigated this issue within a household. Using survey data collected from couples with school-age children in Ganyu (a small Chinese city), this paper explores how women and men schedule their time use around daily activities—including the commute—and how such time use contributes to …
The Design and Development of a Personalized Leisure Time Physical Activity Application Based on Behavior Change Theories, End-User Perceptions, and Principles From Empirical Data Mining
Introduction: Many adults do not reach the recommended physical activity (PA) guidelines, which can lead to serious health problems. A promising method to increase PA is the use of smartphone PA applications. However, despite the development and evaluation of multiple PA apps, it remains unclear how to develop and design engaging and effective PA apps. Furthermore, little is known on ways to harness the potential of artificial intelligence for de…
Reinforcement Learning to Send Reminders at Right Moments in Smartphone Exercise Application: A Feasibility Study
Just-in-time adaptive intervention (JITAI) has gained attention recently and previous studies have indicated that it is an effective strategy in the field of mobile healthcare intervention. Identifying the right moment for the intervention is a crucial component. In this paper the reinforcement learning (RL) technique has been used in a smartphone exercise application to promote physical activity. This RL model determines the 'right' time to deli…
Spatial and sociodemographic determinants of energy consumption for personal mobility in the Netherlands
We used a combination of logistic and multilinear regression models to analyze how the built environment and people's sociodemographic characteristics are related to energy consumption for personal mobility in the Netherlands. This energy consumption was accurately and comprehensively quantified based on distances travelled with a large number of modes, distances travelled with different types of cars, the occupancy of cars, and the probability o…
Changing travel behaviour and attitudes following a residential relocation
Happiness and Satisfaction with Work Commute
Research suggests that for many people happiness is being able to make the routines of everyday life work, such that positive feelings dominate over negative feelings resulting from daily hassles. In line with this, a survey of work commuters in the three largest urban areas of Sweden show that satisfaction with the work commute contributes to overall happiness. It is also found that feelings during the commutes are predominantly positive or neut…
Multi-faceted tourist travel decisions: A constraint-based conceptual framework to describe tourists' sequential choices of travel components
Walking, places and wellbeing
While there is a substantial body of research on the health implications of walking, the physical, emotional and social outcomes of walking have received limited attention. This paper explores the wellbeing effects of walking and how the walking environment fosters or hinders such wellbeing effects. This is done using a novel mobile data collection technique, allowing for in situ recording of walking experiences, combined with focus groups. The r…
How in-vehicle activities affect work commuters’ satisfaction with public transport
Residential self-selection and travel behaviour: What are the effects of attitudes, reasons for location choice and the built environment
A relational approach to analysing leisure travel
If You Pick up the Children, I'll Do the Groceries: Spatial Differences in between-Partner Interactions in out-of-Home Household Activities
While many studies have been conducted about the allocation of household duties within households, little is known about the impact of land use and accessibility on the distribution of out-of-home household tasks between spouses and about men's participation in such activities. This paper addresses this impact, while controlling for the impact of household structure, life cycle, employment status and hours, access to transport systems, and intera…
Fragmentation of work activity as a multi-dimensional construct and its association with ICT, employment and sociodemographic characteristics
Telecommuting and residential locational preferences: A case study of the Netherlands
Traditionally, along with stages of the life cycle and changes in people’s financial status and their household composition, the commute distance has been identified as one of the main explanatory factors for residential locational preferences and subsequent migration flows. In the Netherlands, telecommuting is rapidly becoming popular and is expected to affect residential locational preferences. A hypothesis that can be raised is that telecommut…
What is ‘neighborhood walkability’? How the built environment differently correlates with walking for different purposes and with walking on weekdays and weekends
How do type and size of natural environments relate to physical activity behavior
Natural environments (NE) are promoted as places that support physical activity (PA), but evidence on PA distribution across various types and sizes of NE is lacking. Accelerometers and GPS-devices measured PA of Dutch general population adults aged 45-65 years (N=279). Five NE types were distinguished: 'parks', 'recreational area', 'agricultural green', 'forest & moorland', and 'blue space', and four categories of size: 0-3, 3-7, 7-27, and ≥27 h…
How does commuting influence time use and domain and life satisfaction? Evidence from dual-earner couples with school-age children in a small Chinese city
Most evidence about commuting, and how it influences time use, domain satisfaction, and life satisfaction, comes from the individual level; very few studies have investigated this issue within a household. Using survey data collected from couples with school-age children in Ganyu (a small Chinese city), this paper explores how women and men schedule their time use around daily activities—including the commute—and how such time use contributes to …
Wayfinding for cycle highways: Assessing e-bike users' experiences with wayfinding along a cycle highway in the Netherlands
In many regions, governments are motivating increased bicycle ridership by designing new and improving existing bicycle infrastructure. Cycle highways are an effective and cost-efficient type of bicycle-specific infrastructure that are designed to provide a functional connection between places where people work, go to school and live. One important element of developing high quality cycle highways is the development of an effective wayfinding sys…
Shared micro-mobility and transport equity: A case study of three European countries
Shared micro-mobility services (e.g., shared bikes/e-bikes/e-scooters) have the potential to facilitate transport equity by offering available travel modes for transport disadvantaged groups. The achievement of this goal requires disadvantaged people to be able to use and benefit from shared micro-mobility equally compared with others. However, while many studies have explored the equity impact of shared micro-mobility from the perspective of its…
Age as effect modifier of the associations between the physical environment and adults' neighborhood walking in the Netherlands
The effects of neighbours on sport club membership
Neighbours have been found to influence each other’s behaviour (contagion effect). However, little is known about the influence on sport club membership. This while increasing interest has risen for the social role of sport clubs. Sport clubs could bring people from different backgrounds together. A mixed composition is a key element in this social role. Individual characteristics are strong predictors of sport club membership. Western high educa…
Road Pricing and Relocation Decisions of Dutch Households
Using stated preference data collected among Dutch respondents, this paper explores the effects of kilometre and cordon charges on the decision to move house or change jobs. About 5 per cent of the respondents indicated a reasonably high probability of moving house if a road pricing measure were to be implemented; with respect to job change, this was about 13.5 per cent. On the basis of an ordered probit analysis, it was possible to identify seve…
Multi-faceted tourist travel decisions: A constraint-based conceptual framework to describe tourists' sequential choices of travel components
Special issue on activity-travel decision processes
The effect of location, mobility and socio-demographic factors on task and time allocation of households
This paper investigates the role of location factors in task and time allocation at the household level. It is hypothesized that, if time constraints are less binding as a result of living in an urban area or owning more cars, spouses engage more often and longer in out-of-home activities and schedule their activities more independently. The hypotheses are tested with logistic and Cox regression models of activity participation and time allocatio…
Telecommuting and residential locational preferences: A case study of the Netherlands
Traditionally, along with stages of the life cycle and changes in people’s financial status and their household composition, the commute distance has been identified as one of the main explanatory factors for residential locational preferences and subsequent migration flows. In the Netherlands, telecommuting is rapidly becoming popular and is expected to affect residential locational preferences. A hypothesis that can be raised is that telecommut…
If You Pick up the Children, I'll Do the Groceries: Spatial Differences in between-Partner Interactions in out-of-Home Household Activities
While many studies have been conducted about the allocation of household duties within households, little is known about the impact of land use and accessibility on the distribution of out-of-home household tasks between spouses and about men's participation in such activities. This paper addresses this impact, while controlling for the impact of household structure, life cycle, employment status and hours, access to transport systems, and intera…
Weekly rhythms in task and time allocation of households
Analysis of household activity scheduling has to date been limited to one-day periods. This paper extends the study of household task allocation to a one-week period. Using a one-week time use survey held under couples in The Netherlands in 2003, the paper proposes indicators for measuring task allocation on a daily and weekly scale and investigates to what extent role expectations, work status and indicators of time pressure influence task alloc…
Fragmentation of work activity as a multi-dimensional construct and its association with ICT, employment and sociodemographic characteristics
Out-of-home activities, daily travel, and subjective well-being
Working from 9 to 6? An analysis of in-home and out-of-home working schedules
The widespread adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT) and flexible work arrangements have enabled people to schedule their work activities in more flexible ways. New forms of working have already emerged. However, research about flexible work schedules is still scarce. The aim of this study is to determine the factors impacting the propensity to adopt a flexible work schedule, and establish how and to what extent the timing …
Road Pricing and Relocation Decisions of Dutch Households
Using stated preference data collected among Dutch respondents, this paper explores the effects of kilometre and cordon charges on the decision to move house or change jobs. About 5 per cent of the respondents indicated a reasonably high probability of moving house if a road pricing measure were to be implemented; with respect to job change, this was about 13.5 per cent. On the basis of an ordered probit analysis, it was possible to identify seve…
Satisfaction with travel and subjective well-being: Development and test of a measurement tool
Subjective well-being related to satisfaction with daily travel
Subjective well-being related to satisfaction with daily travel
Modelling the Emergence of Spatial Patterns of Economic Activity
This paper describes a simulation model of the spatial development of economic activities over time. The key principle addressed is how spatial patterns of economic activity emerge from decisions of individual firms, which are in turn influenced by the existing spatial configuration. A stylized simulation is presented, in which two types of firms grow at different rates, giving rise to split offs and spatial relocations. The influence of the spat…
A relational approach to analysing leisure travel
How in-vehicle activities affect work commuters’ satisfaction with public transport
The structure of joint leisure trips: Analyzing two-person leisure trips of Dutch students
Happiness and Satisfaction with Work Commute
Research suggests that for many people happiness is being able to make the routines of everyday life work, such that positive feelings dominate over negative feelings resulting from daily hassles. In line with this, a survey of work commuters in the three largest urban areas of Sweden show that satisfaction with the work commute contributes to overall happiness. It is also found that feelings during the commutes are predominantly positive or neut…
Changing household car ownership level and life cycle events: An action in anticipation or an action on occurrence
Rules for aggregated satisfaction with work commutes
Car ownership motivations among undergraduate students in China, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Taiwan, and USA
Walking, places and wellbeing
While there is a substantial body of research on the health implications of walking, the physical, emotional and social outcomes of walking have received limited attention. This paper explores the wellbeing effects of walking and how the walking environment fosters or hinders such wellbeing effects. This is done using a novel mobile data collection technique, allowing for in situ recording of walking experiences, combined with focus groups. The r…
How do spatial characteristics influence well-being and mental health? Comparing the effect of objective and subjective characteristics at different spatial scales
Sports Facilities, Shopping Centers or Homes: What Locations are Important for Adults’ Physical Activity? A Cross-Sectional Study
Physical activity (PA) is influenced by the built environment. However, little is known about the types of built environment where adults spend their time, and at what levels of PA they engage in those environments. Understanding the effect of the built environment on PA requires insight into PA behavior at different types of locations (e.g., home, work, shopping centers, and sports facilities). Therefore, this study describes where adults aged 4…
Do objective neighbourhood characteristics relate to residents’ preferences for certain sports locations? A cross-sectional study using a discrete choice modelling approach
Those with more green space, blue space or sports facilities in their residential neighbourhood were more likely to participate in sports, but these factors did not affect their preference for a certain sports location. Longitudinal study designs are necessary to assess causality: do active people choose to live in sports-facilitating neighbourhoods, or do neighbourhood characteristics affect sports participation
Urban Transport and Accessibility (52 works) · Psychology (38 works) · Geography (33 works) · Engineering (30 works) · Computer Science (26 works) · Economics (25 works) · Business (22 works) · Transport engineering (21 works) · Social Psychology (19 works) · Sociology (17 works)