6/14 (Wednesday)

Multimodal Systems

Tying walking, biking, transit, and driving together!

Reading 1

Reading 2

Reading 3 (in Dutch)

Morning

Guest Lecture - Paul Roncken of Utrecht Province (Utrecht Central Station) (52.090552, 5.111222)

9:00-12:00

Meet outside and to the right of the western entrance to the Hoog Catharijne The Mall. This is right across from the northeast entrance of the Utrecht Central Station.

Afternoon

Multimodal Connections (Utrecht Central Station) (52.090552, 5.111222)

1:30-2:00

Meet outside and to the right of the western entrance to the Hoog Catharijne The Mall. This is right across from the northeast entrance of the Utrecht Central Station. (Same place as the morning session).

Bike parking under Central Station (Utrecht Central Station)

1:30-2:00

Discuss the free bike parking at the station.

BRT and light rail connections at Central Station (Utrecht Central Station) 

2:00-2:30

Discuss bus rapid transit (BRT) and light rail connections at the Utrecht Central Station.

Spoorwegmuseum (Utrecht) (52.088017, 5.130939)

3:00-5:00

Meet in front of the Spoorwegmuseum. The Spoorwegmuseum is an interactive museum set in a restored 19th-century station, tracing the history of rail travel. Write in your journal how transportation, and specifically rail, guided the development of modern Netherlands (in terms of everyday life, commerce, and politics).