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It represents the work I have done during the foregoing sevenmonthsin cooperation with the TU Delft and Advier. I have already been following the world around mobility hubs since I started with my master’s programme. Mobility hubs combine many interesting domains, such as mobility (obviously), urban development, social cohesion, and many others. That’s why I wanted to do more research into mobility hubs.
When I first came across Advier, it was immediately clear that they are one of the most prominent companies in the Netherlands regarding mobility hubs and shared mobility. A good match! Their question focused specifically on the allocation of amenities to a grid of neighbourhood hubs.
When I started at Advier, it became clear very quickly that there are a lot of unknowns regarding neighbourhood hubs. Obviously, in the early stages of my graduation trajectory I wanted to do way too much, which resulted in a very extensive research proposal. I think this is the most common issue among graduation students. As the thesis progresses, you realize that you cannot answer all questions related to neighbourhood hubs over the course of a few months... scoping, scoping, and scoping-that’s the motto.
Fast-forwarding to today, I am grateful that I have been able to contribute to the domain of neighbourhood hubs in both a practical and scientific way.I feel very fortunate that I have been given to opportunity to spend my last time asa student at Advier. Despite a large part of my graduation trajectory fell right within the Corona pandemic, my colleagues at Advier did everything to involve me into the activities of the company as well as possible. I would like to express my gratitude to my supervisors from Advier, Riëtte Zonnenberg, Jordi Spruit, and Minze Walvius, and all my other colleagues for their help and positive support.Moreover, I would like to thank my daily supervisors from the TU Delft, Jan Anne Annema andNiels van Oort for their valuable guidance, feedback, and time. I was even given the chance to promote my work on TV. It is great that students get such opportunities. I am also very grateful that Bert van Wee was willing to chair my committee, and provide such detailed feedback during the official supervision meetings. Finally, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to the support I received from family, friends, and fellow students during my thesis. I really enjoyed all the good conversations and fun times! And of course, I will keep following the developments around hubs, and I am very curious for what the future holds!
Vianen, J.C. (Jarco)Rijnsburg, April 2022