Alain L'Hostis

University titles : PhD and habilitation in planning

PhD thesis: « Synthetic Images for planning : the deformation of space caused by the high speed transport networks », U. of Tours, 1997.

Habilitation thesis: “Detour, break and optimality, essay on distances and its contribution to transport and urbanism”, U. Paris-Est, 2014

Present position

Researcher director (Directeur de Recherche) in the Laboratoire Ville-Mobilité-Transport (LVMT) of the Université Gustave Eiffel

Main researches contributions

The theme of my contribution is distances, in and between cities, with the aim to link transport and urbanism and regional planning. This theme involves three issues:

1 Distances in the shriveled space, where fast transport modes deform geographical surface, a work on cartography and on the theory of geographical distances

Article in KN in 2023

Article in ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information in 2021

Article in Journal of Transport Geography in 2009 and 2022

Article in Geographical Analysis in 2020

Article in Environment and Planning B: Planning and design in 2016

Articles in Cybergeo in 2020 and 2016

2 Distances between cities with an emphasis on accessibility analysis, and especially on contact potential approaches

Article in Cybergeo in 2017

Article in Belgeo in 2017

Coordination of the European Spatial Perspective Observation Network (ESPON) project 121 on transport infrastructures and service and cohesion with a contribution on accessibility of rail and air networks (2004-2007)

Future Orientations for Cities an ESPON project on competitiveness indicators on transport accessibility (2009-2011)

New accessibility indicators, a review for the French Ministry of transport (2012)

3 Distances in cities produced by Transit Oriented Development

Article in Transport Research Procedia in 2022

Article in Environmental Economics and Policy Studies in 2022

Article in IJUPSC in 2020

Article in Transport policy in 2020

Article in Applied acoustics in 2020

Article in Transportation Research in 2020

Scientific coordination of the action-research program Bahn.Ville 2 for a rail orientated urbanism in the urban regions of St-Etienne (F) and Frankfurt (D) financed by national and local institutions in both countries 2007-2010

Co-organisation of the first international scientific conference on the domain of TOD (Transit Oriented Development) called BUFTOD held in 2012 in Marne-la-Vallée

Main contributions:

Refereed articles

Moser Johannes; Fabian Wenner, Alain L’Hostis, « Visualisierungen geografischer Zeit-Raum-Transformationen durch Transportsysteme am Beispiel Deutschlands 1990–2020 / Visualising Transformations of Geographical Time-Space by Transport Systems. The Case of Germany, 1990-2020 », KN – Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information, (10.1007/s42489-023-00151-9)

Hached, Wassim, Alain L’Hostis, et Albert Gragera. « Exploring the concept of “mobility hubs” and assessing their impacts in two European cities ». Transportation Research Procedia, TRA Lisbon 2022 Conference Proceedings Transport Research Arena (TRA Lisbon 2022), 14th-17th November 2022, Lisboa, Portugal, 72 (1 janvier 2023): 3497‑3504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2023.11.763.

Moinse Dylan, Matthieu Goudeau, Alain L’Hostis, Thomas Leysens, 2022, “Intermodal Use of (E-)Scooters with Train in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region: Towards Extended Train Stations Areas?”, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2022 ⟨10.1007/s10018-022-00349-7⟩

Amini Pishro Ahad, Alain L’Hostis, Dong Chen, Mojdeh Amini Pishro, Zhengrui Zhang, Jun Li, Yuandi Zhao, Lili Zhang, 2023, “The integrated ANN-NPRT-HUB algorithm for rail-transit networks of smart cities: A TOD case study in Chengdu », Buildings, Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate. (10.3390/buildings13081944)

Moser Johannes; Fabian Wenner; Alain L’Hostis, « Visualising Transformations of Geographical Time-Space by Transport Systems. The Case of Germany, 1990-2020 », KN – Journal of Cartography and Geographic Information,

L’Hostis Alain, Hachette Maxime, 2022, “Rockets Shriveling the World”, Journal of Transport Geography ⟨10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2022.103423⟩

Moinse Dylan, Matthieu Goudeau, Alain L’Hostis, Thomas Leysens, 2022, “Intermodal Use of (E-)Scooters with Train in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Region: Towards Extended Train Stations Areas?”, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, 2022 ⟨10.1007/s10018-022-00349-7⟩

L’Hostis Alain, Farouk Abdou, 2021, “What is the Shape of Geographical Time-Space? A Three Dimensional Model made of Curves and Cones”, ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, n° 10 (5), p. 340, (10.3390/ijgi10050340)

Tollis Claire, Alain L’Hostis, Redha Boubakour, 2020, “Low Appetite for High Tech: When the Indifference of Inhabitants to Digital Mobilities Impedes a Smart Suburbs Project”, International Journal of Urban Planning and Smart Cities (IJUPSC), 2020, 1 (1), pp45-57. ⟨10.4018/IJUPSC.2020010104⟩. ⟨hal-02418163⟩

Goletz Mirko, Sonia Haustein, Christina Wolking, Alain L’Hostis, 2020, “Intermodality in European metropolises: The current state of the art, and the results of an expert survey covering Berlin, Copenhagen, Hamburg and Paris”, Transport Policy, (10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.011)

L’Hostis Alain, 2020, « All geographical distances are optimal », Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography http://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/35048 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01140069

Can Arnaud, Alain L’Hostis, Pierre Aumond, Dick Botteldooren, Margarida Coelho, Claudio Guarnaccia, Jian Kang, 2020, The future of urban sound environments: Impacting mobility trends and insights for noise assessment and mitigation, Applied Acoustics, n° 170, (10.1016/j.apacoust.2020.107518)

L’Hostis Alain, Benoît Kloeckner, Thomas Richard, 2020, “Contextual Metrics a Mathematical Definition for a Comprehensive Approach of Geographical Distances”, Geographical Analysis.

Tollis Claire, Alain L’Hostis, Redha Boubakour, 2019, “Quand la participation des habitants retoque le projet d’un périurbain intelligent, Enseignements d’un programme de recherche-action sur les mobilités durables à Loos-en-Gohelle (62) », Urbanités, 11p. ⟨hal-02320024⟩

Koning Martin, Nathan Bounie, François Adoue, Alain L’Hostis, 2019, “What value do travelers put on connectivity to mobile phone and Internet networks in public transport? Empirical evidence from the Paris region”. Transportation Research : Part A, Policy and Practice, 2019, 130, pp158-177. ⟨10.1016/j.tra.2019.09.006⟩. ⟨hal-02299150⟩

L’Hostis Alain, Leysens Thomas, Liu LIU, 2018, « Contribution de la future ligne ferroviaire à grande vitesse Tours-Bordeaux au développement des réseaux des villes, une évaluation par le potentiel de contact », Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography 〈http://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/29365〉.

L’Hostis Alain, Leysens Thomas, Liu LIU, 2017 « Contact potential measures for analysing future intercity links made possible by Tours–Bordeaux High-Speed Rail line », BelGéo, .

JACQUOT-GUIMBAL, Hélène, KOVARIK, Jean-Bernard, OUKHELLOU, Latifa, L’HOSTIS, Alain, USTER, Guillaume, 2017, « Réussir les transitions que nous sommes en train de vivre. Point de vue de la directrice de l’Institut Francais des Sciences et Technologies des Transports, de l’Aménagement et des Réseaux – Ifsttar », TEC Transport Environnement Circulation, 232, Association pour le Développement des Techniques de Transport, d’Environnement et de Circulation – ATEC, 2p.

L’Hostis Alain, 2016, « Detour and break optimising distance, a new perspective on transport and urbanism », Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design. Article first published online: March 28, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1177/0265813516638849. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01164585

L’Hostis Alain, 2016, « Misunderstanding geographical distances: three errors of interpretation of violations of the triangle inequality », Cybergeo: European Journal of Geography. http://cybergeo.revues.org/27810 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01134273

L’Hostis Alain, Claude Soulas, Bogdan Vulturescu, 2016, « A Multicriteria approach for a new public transport system linked to urban development, method developed for a tram-train in Saint-Étienne », Recherche-Transports-Sécurité, N° 1-2, p 17-25.

LIU Liu, L’Hostis Alain, 2014, « Transport and Land use interaction: a French case of suburban development in the Lille Metropolitan Area (LMA) », Transport Research Procedia (2014), p 120-139. https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01103795

L’Hostis Alain, 2011, « Le foncier des environs de gare, enjeu d’un développement urbain orienté vers le rail, BahnVille 2 un projet franco-allemand », Études Foncières, n°150, p. 57.

Vulturescu Bogdan, L’Hostis Alain, Soulas Claude, 2011, « Simulation des temps de parcours du transport ferroviaire régional du bassin de vie stéphanois dans le cadre du projet Bahn.Ville », Recherche-Transports-Sécurité vol 27 issue 4, pp 283-297. http://hal-enpc.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00835225

L’Hostis Alain, 2011, « El predial en el entorno de una estación ferroviaria Implicación de un desarrollo urbano orientado hacia el riel », Transporte y ciudad, foro de la movilidad (2011) p 40-42 – http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00619118

L’Hostis Alain, 2009, “The shrivelled USA: Representing time-space in the context of metropolisation and the development high speeds” accepted for publication in Journal of Transport Geography. http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00506574

Wulfhorst Gebhard, L’Hostis Alain, Puccio Benjamin, 2007, « Urbanisme et transport dans les régions urbaines : enjeux enseignements du projet Bahn.Ville et perspectives » Recherche-Transports-Sécurité, n° 94, p 11-26. http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00145400

Bozzani Sandra, L’Hostis Alain, 2006, « Lille, une métropole sans aéroport international ? Analyse de la performance territoriale du nœud air-fer à grande vitesse de Roissy Charles de Gaulle dans l’accessibilité lilloise » Recherche-Transports-Sécurité n°46. http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00145667

L’Hostis Alain, Baptiste Hervé, 2006, « A Transport network for a City network: Analysing the quality of the public transport service in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region», European Journal of Spatial Development, 18 p., article n° 20 (http://www.nordregio.se/EJSD/refereed20.pdf). http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00145683

Menerault Philippe, L’Hostis Alain, 2003 « Projets de grande vitesse ferroviaire en Grande-Bretagne : lignes ou réseau ? », Hommes et Terres du Nord, n° 3, p. 43-54. http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00278853

L’Hostis Alain, 2003, « De l’Espace contracté à l’espace chiffonné, apports de l’animation à cartographie en relief d’espace-temps », Revue Internationale de Géomatique, n° 13, p. 69-80 + animations sur http://mapnod.free.fr. http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00180915