R.J.H. (Renate) van der Knaap MSc
R.J.H. (Renate) van der Knaap MSc
Profiel
Renate’s PhD topic is flexible railway timetabling with demand-driven train service variations. Passenger flow patterns are different throughout the day and week. For example, in the morning peak there are more travellers going to work or school, while in the off-peak period and weekend there are more people travelling for leisure. As work, school and leisure are often not situated at the same locations, different demand patterns arise for different days and parts of the day.
The main objective of Renate’s research is to develop models to compute railway timetables that are flexible to these variations in travel demand patterns. She carries out her research in the Digital Rail Traffic Lab and the Smart Public Transport Lab at the TU Delft, in close cooperation with NS.
Academische achtergrond
Renate van der Knaap is a PhD candidate within the Transport and Planning department at Delft University of Technology, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Rob Goverde and Dr. ir. Niels van Oort. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics and her Master’s degree in Business Analytics and Operations Research from Tilburg University. As part of her Master studies, Renate did a graduation internship at the Netherlands Railways (NS), which is the principle passenger railway operator in the Netherlands.
Expertise
Publicaties
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2024
Clustering railway passenger demand patterns from large-scale origin–destination data
Renate J.H. van der Knaap / Menno de Bruyn / Niels van Oort / Dennis Huisman / Rob M.P. Goverde
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2023
Extracting Railway Passenger Demand Patterns from Origin-Destination Data for Developing Demand-Oriented Service Plans
Renate J.H. van der Knaap / Menno de Bruyn / Niels van Oort / Dennis Huisman / Rob M.P. Goverde
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2022
Change in train travelling behaviour during and after Covid-19 due to anxiety
Gudrun Bira Hafsteinsdottir / R.J.H. van der Knaap / N. van Oort / Menno de Bruyn / Mark van Hagen
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Media
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2024-08-26
Renate van der Knaap in the media 2024
Verscheen in: NOS Met het Oog op Morgen
Nevenwerkzaamheden
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2023-09-01 - 2025-09-01