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Between abundance and constraints: The natural resource equation of Asia’s diverging, higher-income city models (2020)
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Rode, P., Gomes, A., Adeel, M., Sajjad, F., Koch, A., & Murshed, S. M. (2020). Between abundance and constraints: The natural resource equation of Asia’s diverging, higher-income city models. Land, 9(11), 426. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9110426

This paper investigates how natural resource conditions impact the physical development of cities and how, once built, the urban spatial structure leads to different patterns of resource use. The point of departure for this research is the common “re... Read More about Between abundance and constraints: The natural resource equation of Asia’s diverging, higher-income city models.

Mobility impact and well-being in later life: A multidisciplinary systematic review (2020)
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Pantelaki, E., Maggi, E., & Crotti, D. (2021). Mobility impact and well-being in later life: A multidisciplinary systematic review. Research in Transportation Economics, 86, 100975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2020.100975

In modern societies, the understanding of how active mobility affects the elderly's psycho-physical well-being is crucial to design ageing-friendly transport measures. From a multidisciplinary perspective, this systematic review points out the mobili... Read More about Mobility impact and well-being in later life: A multidisciplinary systematic review.

A qualitative study of the accessibility of a typical UK town cycle network to disabled cyclists (2020)
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Cox, B., & Bartle, C. (2020). A qualitative study of the accessibility of a typical UK town cycle network to disabled cyclists. Journal of Transport and Health, 19, Article 100954. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2020.100954

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Introduction: Cycling offers significant benefits for disabled people in the form of independent mobility and improved management of chronic health conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes and obesity through increased physical... Read More about A qualitative study of the accessibility of a typical UK town cycle network to disabled cyclists.

Open access transport models: A leverage point in sustainable transport planning (2020)
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Lovelace, R., Parkin, J., & Cohen, T. (2020). Open access transport models: A leverage point in sustainable transport planning. Transport Policy, 97, 47-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.06.015

A large and growing body of evidence suggests fundamental changes are needed in transport systems, to tackle issues such as air pollution, physical inactivity and climate change. Transport models can play a major role in tackling these issues through... Read More about Open access transport models: A leverage point in sustainable transport planning.

Segmenting travellers based on day-to-day variability in work-related travel behaviour (2020)
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Crawford, F. (2020). Segmenting travellers based on day-to-day variability in work-related travel behaviour. Journal of Transport Geography, 86, Article 102765. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102765

Travel needs for commute and business trips are complex and choices are not made based on the characteristics of individual trips, but instead based on the needs over weeks and months. For example, the cost per trip of commuting by bus varies dependi... Read More about Segmenting travellers based on day-to-day variability in work-related travel behaviour.

A constructive role for social science in the development of automated vehicles (2020)
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Cohen, T., Stilgoe, J., Stares, S., Akyelken, N., Cavoli, C., Day, J., …Wigley, E. (2020). A constructive role for social science in the development of automated vehicles. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 6, Article 100133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2020.100133

Automated vehicles (AVs) have the potential to cause profound shifts across a wide range of areas of human life, including economic structures, land use, lifestyles and personal well-being. Most current social science on AVs is narrowly framed. Resea... Read More about A constructive role for social science in the development of automated vehicles.

Walking as a service – Does it have legs? (2020)
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Lyons, G. (2020). Walking as a service – Does it have legs?. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 137, 271-284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2020.05.015

Amidst the hype and prospects offered by technological innovation for shaping the future of mobility, it can be easy to overlook the humble and enduring place and potential of walking as a means of movement in our mobility system. Yet walking may alr... Read More about Walking as a service – Does it have legs?.

Autonomous vehicles: Who will use them, and will they share? (2020)
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Clayton, W., Paddeu, D., Parkhurst, G., & Parkin, J. (2020). Autonomous vehicles: Who will use them, and will they share?. Transportation Planning and Technology, 43(4), 343-364. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2020.1747200

The advent of road transport automation is suggested to be one of four key technological transitions that could amount to a major transformation in mobility practices. Specifically, fully Automated Vehicles (AVs) might replace the current private car... Read More about Autonomous vehicles: Who will use them, and will they share?.

Urban expansion, road building and loss of countryside - a non-linear relationship (2020)
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Melia, S. (2020). Urban expansion, road building and loss of countryside - a non-linear relationship. World Transport Policy and Practice, 26(2), 44 - 51

This study conducted a secondary analysis of data from a previous study of the geographical distribution of ‘undisturbed’ countryside in England. It juxtaposes the proportion of undisturbed countryside in each local authority area against the total... Read More about Urban expansion, road building and loss of countryside - a non-linear relationship.

Shaping urban freight systems via a participatory approach to inform policy-making (2020)
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Paddeu, D., & Aditjandra, P. (2020). Shaping urban freight systems via a participatory approach to inform policy-making. Sustainability, 12(1), Article 441. https://doi.org/10.3390/SU12010441

© 2020 by the authors. In the upcoming era of new technologies, a transport system is expected to be 'more sustainable,' 'safer,' and 'more efficient.' However, to what extent is this true? Based on the results of a series of stakeholder engagement w... Read More about Shaping urban freight systems via a participatory approach to inform policy-making.

Opening out and closing down: The treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm (2019)
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Lyons, G., & Marsden, G. (2021). Opening out and closing down: The treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm. Transportation, 48, 595–616. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-019-10067-x

© 2019, The Author(s). Since the 1960s, development of the transport system has been framed by the notion of forecasting future demand. Yet the past decade or more appears to signal some significant changes to the role of travel in society which are... Read More about Opening out and closing down: The treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm.

Equestrian road collisions: An analysis of the collision record, riding behaviours and experiences (2019)
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Trump, D., & Parkin, J. (2020). Equestrian road collisions: An analysis of the collision record, riding behaviours and experiences. Safety Science, 123, Article 104523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2019.104523

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd In 2017, 78 equestrians were involved in road collisions involving personal injury in Great Britain, with 22 people being seriously injured and 61 being slightly injured. While the absolute numbers of collisions and injuries relat... Read More about Equestrian road collisions: An analysis of the collision record, riding behaviours and experiences.

Commuting and wellbeing: A critical overview of the literature with implications for policy and future research (2019)
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Chatterjee, K., Chng, S., Clark, B., Davis, A., De Vos, J., Ettema, D., …Reardon, L. (2020). Commuting and wellbeing: A critical overview of the literature with implications for policy and future research. Transport Reviews, 40(1), 5-34. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2019.1649317

© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This review provides a critical overview of what has been learnt about commuting’s impact on subjective wellbeing (SWB). It is structured around a con... Read More about Commuting and wellbeing: A critical overview of the literature with implications for policy and future research.

Who is Flying Less for Environmental Reasons (2019)
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Purnell, P., & Melia, S. (2019). Who is Flying Less for Environmental Reasons. World Transport Policy and Practice, 25(3), 197-209

Many previous studies have shown how people with pro-environmental attitudes tend to fly more than the general population. This study examines the minority who have reduced their flying for environmental reasons. It used an online questionnaire dis... Read More about Who is Flying Less for Environmental Reasons.

Why did UK governments cut road building in the 1990s and expand it after 2010? (2019)
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Melia, S. (2019). Why did UK governments cut road building in the 1990s and expand it after 2010?. Transport Policy, 81, 242-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.07.006

Why did a Conservative UK government decide to cut back road building during a time of austerity in the 1990s, whereas a Conservative-led Coalition government decided to substantially increase road building during a time of austerity after 2010? This... Read More about Why did UK governments cut road building in the 1990s and expand it after 2010?.

Effects of city-wide 20 mph (30km/hour) speed limits on road injuries in Bristol, UK (2019)
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Bornioli, A., Bray, I., Pilkington, P., & Parkin, J. (2020). Effects of city-wide 20 mph (30km/hour) speed limits on road injuries in Bristol, UK. Injury Prevention, 26(1), 85-88. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043305

Twenty miles per hour (32 km/hour) or 30 km/hour speed limits represent a potential strategy to reduce urban road injuries and are becoming increasingly widespread. However, no study has conducted a robust evaluation of the effects of city-wide 20 mp... Read More about Effects of city-wide 20 mph (30km/hour) speed limits on road injuries in Bristol, UK.

When urban environments meet pedestrian’s thoughts: implications for pedestrian affect (2019)
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Calvert, T., Jain, J., & Chatterjee, K. (2019). When urban environments meet pedestrian’s thoughts: implications for pedestrian affect. Mobilities, 14(5), 545-560. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2019.1613025

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This UK-based study explores the ways in which urban environments and pedestrians’ thoughts interact. Such interactions have implications for hedonic well-being and affect. Analy... Read More about When urban environments meet pedestrian’s thoughts: implications for pedestrian affect.

Employer perceptions of the business benefits of sustainable transport: A case study of peri-urban employment areas in South West England (2019)
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Bartle, C., & Chatterjee, K. (2019). Employer perceptions of the business benefits of sustainable transport: A case study of peri-urban employment areas in South West England. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 126, 297-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2019.04.012

There is considerable interest in the contribution that workplace-based mobility management interventions can make to achieving more sustainable mobility patterns. A number of studies have evaluated the impacts of workplace-based interventions on the... Read More about Employer perceptions of the business benefits of sustainable transport: A case study of peri-urban employment areas in South West England.

New appraisal values of travel time saving and reliability in Great Britain (2019)
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Batley, R., Bates, J., Bliemer, M., Börjesson, M., Bourdon, J., Cabral, M. O., …Worsley, T. (2019). New appraisal values of travel time saving and reliability in Great Britain. Transportation, 46(3), 583-621. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-017-9798-7

© 2017, The Author(s). This paper provides an overview of the study ‘Provision of market research for value of time savings and reliability’ undertaken by the Arup/ITS Leeds/Accent consortium for the UK Department for Transport (DfT). The paper summa... Read More about New appraisal values of travel time saving and reliability in Great Britain.