Common_Access Consortium
Collaboration for common good
The COMMON_ACCESS consortium is a dynamic collaboration of 18 partners from five European countries, bringing together a diverse mix of research organisations, development and innovation actors, and urban stakeholders.
The consortium comprises both academic and non-academic partners, including local authorities, SMEs, and NGOs. Each member brings a unique expertise to the project, fostering a balanced approach to researching commoning accessibility practices and bridging the gap between research and practice.
With a strong emphasis on transdisciplinary approaches, the consortium combines a proven track record in co-creative methods and advanced research methodologies. This collective expertise positions the team to lead impactful, practice-oriented accessibility research in the understudied context of urban peripheries.
Enrica Papa
Professor
University of Westminster
London, United Kingdom
Enrica Papa is a Professor of Transport Planning and is the coordinator of the COMMON_ACCESS project.
Holding a PhD in Transport Network and City Planning, Enrica has taught, researched, and consulted on mobility planning for over 15 years, working in different international contexts in Belgium, the Netherlands, and Italy. Enrica's research concerns the intersection of urban, mobility, and economic geography; specialising in sustainable accessibility planning, inclusive mobility and reducing urban carbon emissions, her work has made a significant national and international impact in accessibility and sustainable mobility.
Luca Bertolini
Professor of Urban Planning
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Luca Bertolini is professor of urban planning at the University of Amsterdam. His research and teaching focus on the integration of transport and urban planning for humane, sustainable and just cities and towns, concepts and practices to enable transformative urban and mobility change, and ways of enhancing collaboration across different academic disciplines and between academia and society.
Benjamin Büttner
Professor
TUM
Munich, Germany
Benjamin Büttner has worked at the Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning since July 2010. He received his PhD in engineering after having completed a German Diploma in geography. He currently works in the fields of accessibility planning and decision and policy making. Urban and transport planning, as well as governance, are the foci of his professional skills. He led multiple research projects ranging from regional to European level. Currently Benjamin Büttner is heading a research group on accessibility planning and has been designated co-chair of the NECTAR Accessibility.
Derek Halden
Director
DHC
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Derek founded transport system design business DHC in 1996, expanding technology system supply through the Loop Connections subsidiary from 2011. He has helped to design and apply accessibility planning approaches for UK Government Departments and internationally and to establish community based smart transport systems. He is former Chair of the Scottish branch of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Giovanni Lanza
Research Fellow
Politecnico di Milano (DAStU)
Genoa, Italy
Giovanni Lanza, PhD in Urban Planning, is a research fellow and adjunct professor at Politecnico di Milano (DAStU). His research centers on analyzing the socio-spatial implications of (im)mobility and accessibility in diverse territorial and social contexts. Through his doctoral studies and ongoing involvement in international research projects, as well as consulting for public administrations, he has developed and tested various methods for analyzing and measuring (im)mobility practices and accessibility levels.
Bartosz McCormick
Research Associate
TUM
Munich, Germany
Bartosz is a research associate at the TUM Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning. He holds a bachelor's in civil engineering from the University of Connecticut and a master’s in Transportation Systems from TUM. His research focuses on network design and accessibility modelling, emphasizing cycling and public transport.
Annemiek Prins
Postdoctoral Researcher University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Annemiek Prins works as a postdoctoral researcher in Urban Planning at the University of Amsterdam. She holds a PhD in Social Anthropology and is specialized in informal transport and the unequal distribution of mobility, connectivity, and circulation. Some of her previous work focused on cycle-rickshaw mobilities and infrastructural mega-projects in Dhaka, Bangladesh. As part of Common_Access, Annemiek conducts research into the policy dimensions that shape commoning accessibility practices in suburban and rural localities.
pAOLA pucci
Professor in Urban Planning
Politecnico di Milano (DAStU)
Milan, Italy
Paola Pucci (MS Arch and PhD in Territorial Planning) is a Full Professor in Urban planning at Politecnico di Milano. She teaches in both thematic courses and Design Studio at the Master and PhD levels being the supervisor of several PhD theses. Her research focuses on urban mobility and accessibility, transport justice, and transport policy. Among the latest research: RECAP_ Reducing car dependency through tailored policies; EXTRA_Project.
Lennert Verhulst
PhD Researcher
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Lennert Verhulst has a Master’s degree in Social and Economic Geography. He is currently doing his PhD at Ghent University at the Social and Economic Geography research group. Previously, he contributed to two EIT Urban Mobility projects, SET and CLEAR, studying urban street experiments. In the Common_Access project, Lennert will study the travel behavioural impacts of commoning accessibility practices, focusing on the social dimension of accessibility and mobility.
Frank Witlox
Professor
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Frank Witlox obtained his Ph.D. in urban planning from Eindhoven University of Technology. Currently, he serves as the Head of the Department and holds the position of Senior Full Professor of Economic Geography. His primary research focuses on travel behavior analysis and modeling. He is the current Editor-in-Chief of European Transport Research Review and a founding co-editor-in-chief of Journal of Urban Mobility. He holds two honorary doctorates from Tartu and Odesa, is a member of the Academia Europaea (MAE), and is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).
Maria-Jose Zuniga
Research Associate
TUM
Munich, Germany
Maria José Zúñiga is an Architect & Urban Planner working as a research associate at the TUM Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning. She has worked in the private and public sectors and later jumped into the international environment at the UN-HABITAT. Her research focuses on gender and mobility equity, using intersectionality as an analysis approach.
Universities
University of Westminster
The University of Westminster hosts an internationally recognized centre of excellence in research in transport planning. Since 1971, the University of Westminster has established a prominent reputation for carrying out a wide range of academic and applied transport research.
Universiteit Van Amsterdam
The University of Amsterdam is a research university with a leading reputation worldwide. The Centre for Urban Studies (CUS) is a university research priority area supporting interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaborative projects on urban issues.
Politecnico di Milano
Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) is a public scientific-technological university that trains engineers, architects, urban and territorial planners, and designers, ranked among the top universities in the world by the QS World University Rankings by Subject (in 2024 Ranking 7th in Architecture). The Department of Architecture and Urban Studies is one of Italy's most important interdisciplinary research structures in urban and territorial studies.
Universiteit Gent
Ghent University is one of the leading Belgian universities with a strong international profile and focus on innovation and knowledge transfer. UGent employs around 8,400 research staff and attracts about 50,000 students. It invests over 420 million Euros (number for 2020) in research projects on behalf of public and private partners.
London School of Economics and Political Science
The London School of Economics and Political Science is a world-class university, consistently ranked in the top five global institutions for the social sciences. Over the last decade, LSE Cities has developed a wide range of research and engagement projects focused on urban data and governance analytics and applied urban research led by Dr Philipp Rode and Dr Nuno da Cruz.
Technische Universitaet München
TUM has a strong international reputation and was among the best 60 universities worldwide in the Shanghai Ranking 2019. The Chair of Urban Structure and Transport Planning (CUSTP) is part of the TUM Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering. The interdisciplinary team has a rich experience in development, assessment and governance of innovative urban mobility solutions and is a leading member of EIT Urban Mobility.
Local Authorities
Provincia di Pavia
Provincia di Pavia is an autonomous local public body with its statute and regulations; its main task is to look after the local community's interests and promote and coordinate its development. Provincia di Pavia takes the role of "cooperation partner" in the COMMON_ACCESS project and is available to get involved in the project for supporting the construction of inter-municipal processes, facilitating the participation of several municipalities, potentially involved in the test-bed
Gemeente Amsterdam
The Department of Spatial Planning and Sustainability is the largest design agency in Europe, with 600 employees with different experiences for keeping the city of Amsterdam fit in the future.
Muncher Verkehrs - und Tarifverbund
The Munich Transport and Tariff Association (MVV GmbH) is the transit authority of Munich and eight surrounding districts, with around three million inhabitants. The MVV is responsible for the organisation, planning and promoting of local public transport in its network area. The association's shareholders are the Free State of Bavaria, the City of Munich and the eight surrounding districts.
Provincia di Bergamo
Provincia di Bergamo is a territorial authority with competences in urban and transport planning and policy covering an area of 2.723 sqkm with 243 municipalities and 1,1 million inhabitants. The Provincial territory is composed of different settlement systems featuring a highly industrialized flat area, important pre-Alpine valleys that constitute linear urban and productive systems, and mountainous areas with low population density.
Oxfordshire County Council
Oxfordshire County Council (OCC) serves 725,000 residents living in both the countryside and in cities and towns. OCC has 5,500 employees and a budget of £1bn to deliver services and projects covering areas including transport, walking and cycling, education, social care, fire, libraries, climate action, and public health. OCC work closely with our five district councils to deliver our council's ambition to create a greener, fairer and healthier county.
Provincie Oost-Vlaaderen
The Province of East Flanders is a regional government institution in the Flemish region of Belgium. Its main role is to oversee the administration and management of the province, which includes providing public services, managing the infrastructure and public spaces, promoting economic and social development, and supporting cultural and environmental initiatives.
LEs
ESRI UK & Ireland
Esri is the world’s leading consultancy for spatial analysis. Esri UK distributes Esri software and solutions to over 10,000 customers in the UK and Ireland and is linked to the global Esri community, with over 1 million users worldwide. Esri UK is committed to supporting education from K12 to Universities. Esri UK is committed to helping improve society and the environment by supporting customers to analyse data spatially.
Goudappel Coffeng BV
Goudappel has been the leading consulting firm in integrated mobility planning in The Netherlands for over fifty-five years. Founded in 1963, the firm currently employs more than 250 professionals in five locations in The Netherlands. The transport system in the Netherlands is recognized around the world for its high share of active modes, cost-effective and attractive transit systems and one of the lowest rates of traffic casualties.
SMEs
Derek Halden Consultancy LTD
DHC was set up in 1996 to provide planning and design services for user focused and collaborative transport planning approaches. DHC has helped national government departments in the UK and globally define new accessibility planning frameworks for land use, transport and community planning including advising on the implementation of these within developing land use and community planning legislation including helping to draft the rules and guidance that frame the growing discipline of accessibility planning across the world.
NGOs
Living Streets
Living Streets LS is the UK charity for everyday walking. Living Streets aim at creating a nation where walking is the natural choice for every day, local journeys; free from congested roads and pollution, reducing the risk of preventable illnesses and social isolation. We want to achieve a better walking environment and to inspire people of all generations to enjoy the benefits the simple act of walking brings. For over 90 years LS has been a beacon for walking.
Collaborative Mobility UK
CoMoUK is the national charity for the public benefit of shared transport. Founded in 1999, CoMoUK enters its third decade with expertise in car clubs and bike share. It has now broadened into other areas of shared mobility, including the e-scooter trials and, most recently, digital demand responsive transport (DDRT/DRT). Other fields are increasingly becoming part of CoMoUK’s awareness, for example, e-cargo bike operations and mobility as a service.
COMMON_ACCESS is funded by DUT Driving Urban Transition
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