Thomas Kjær Rasmussen

Thomas Kjær Rasmussen is an Associate Professor and Head of the Transportation Systems Modelling section at the Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). His research lies at the intersection of transportation science, behavioral modeling, and urban mobility, with a strong emphasis on sustainable transport systems.

His research interests include transportation systems modelling, route choice behavior, cyclist and pedestrian safety, stochastic user equilibrium, and the application of crowdsourced data to model near-crashes and travel behavior. He actively contributes to advancing choice modeling techniques, particularly in integrating behavioral realism into dynamic traffic assignment.

The recent publications highlight a consistent focus on improving the behavioral realism of route choice models, addressing route overlap, and leveraging novel data sources such as bicycle airbag helmet sensors. These works span methodological advances in equilibrium modeling and empirical applications in urban networks like Copenhagen.

Scientific Awards:

• The International Choice Modeling Conference (ICMC) award for the Most innovative application of choice modelling (2022)

Advising and Grants: Rasmussen is actively involved in supervising multiple PhD projects, serving as main supervisor or co-supervisor in areas such as human energy expenditure in mobility, dynamic traffic assignment, bicyclist behavior, and next-generation route choice models. These projects reflect sustained research funding and institutional support for advanced transportation research at DTU.

Labs and Research Teams: He is a key member of a vibrant research group in transportation modeling at DTU, collaborating closely with Prof. Otto Anker Nielsen and other researchers such as Luke C. Duncan, David P. Watling, and Marie Paulsen. The team focuses on behavioral realism in transport models and leverages large-scale datasets for empirical validation.