Erik Jenelius

Erik Jenelius is Professor in Public Transport Systems and Head of the Division of Transport Planning within the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering at KTH. Erik has a MSc in Engineering Physics at KTH, received his PhD degree in Infrastructure in 2011 and became Docent in Transport Science in 2017.

Erik is the Deputy Director of KTH Transport Platform, and steering group member of Centre for Traffic Research (CTR) and Strategic Research Area TRENoP (Transport Research Environment with Novel Perspectives). He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems and is on the Editorial Advisory Boards of Transportation (Springer) and Transportation Research Part C (Elsevier).

In October 2023, Erik was ranked among the top 60 scientists internationally (top 1 in Sweden) for yearly citation impact in the field of Logistics and Transportation by Ioannidis (2023).

Current research

During his PhD, Erik analyzed the vulnerability of road networks against disruptions and became interested in quantitative methods for improving transport systems. His research aims to tackle the challenges of congestion, crowding, and environmental impacts in urban transport systems. Research interests include data-driven mobility management, transportation network and resilience analysis, and public transport systems planning and operations.

Projects

Beredskapshänsyn i transportsystemet (BULT) (2022-2027). Funded by Swedish National Transport Administration (Trafikverket) (grant no. TRV ).

AlgoTransit: Algorithms for sustainable and efficient public transport (2023-2025). Funded by Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) (grant no. 2023-01224).

The effect of crowding and comfort in public transport on travel choices: empirical prestudy (2023-2024). Funded by Swedish National Transport Administration (Trafikverket) (grant no. TRV ).

SMART 3 - Simulation and Modeling of Automated Road Transport, Part 3 (2022-2024). Funded by Swedish National Transport Administration (Trafikverket) (grant no. TRV 2022/8287).

Sustainable and Integrated Urban Transport Systems - HITS2024 (2020-2024). Funded by Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) (grant no. ).

Prestudy on establishing a research project on forecasting methodology (2023). Funded by Swedish National Transport Administration (Trafikverket) (grant no. TRV ).

Modelling of Micro-Mobility (M3): Travel patterns, potential and design of shared e-scooter services (2021-2023). Funded by Swedish National Transport Administration (Trafikverket) (grant no. TRV ).

Multimodal Traffic Management (MMTL) (2021-2023). Funded by Swedish National Transport Administration (Trafikverket) (grant no. TRV ).

Smart City Concepts in Curitiba - Low-carbon transport and mobility in a digital society (2020-2023). Funded by Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems (Vinnova) (grant no. ).

Current teaching

Erik is course responsible and main teacher for the Bachelor level course AH1025 Public Transport Systems, Buses and Rail. The course provides a basic knowledge of the condition, design, management and control of a public transportation system. Environmental impact, market, vehicle systems, planning, financing and organization are treated on a general level. He is also course responsible and teacher for the Master level course AH2173 Public Transport, which covers more advanced aspects of public transport planning, operations, analysis and evaluation.

At the PhD level, Erik teaches the courses FAH3460/3462 Topics in Transport Science Part 1/2. The courses help doctoral students to situate themselves in the broad field of transport science and to get exposed to, become visible in, and familiarize themselves with the international research landscape. He also regularly supervises theses at the Bachelor, Master and PhD levels.