I’m 95.4% confident you’ll like this (2023)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2023). I’m 95.4% confident you’ll like this. Highways Magazine, 1-12

This short viewpoint article draws attention to, and expresses frustration over, the phenomenon of false precision. False precision abounds within (and beyond) the transport sector. It seems many find it irresistable to present numbers with far more... Read More about I’m 95.4% confident you’ll like this.

Future of mobility (2023)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2023). Future of mobility. ITS International, 24-28

This article offers a personal perspective on the future of mobility, drawing upon the author's 30-year career in the transport sector.

Freight: The final frontier (2022)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (in press). Freight: The final frontier. Logistics and Transport Focus, 29-30

On 14 July 2022 the 13th event in the PTRC Fireside Chat Series took place. With a panel of experts, this addressed the future of freight. This short article is the author's abridged writeup of that event.

It’s time to act on pavement misuse (2022)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2022). It’s time to act on pavement misuse. Local Transport Today, 23-25

This short commentary article offers a critical assessment of the mistreatment of pavements (walkways) in the UK in the face of continued (ab)use of the pavement for parking motorised vehicles.

This is beyond a joke (2021)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2021). This is beyond a joke. Parking Review, 24-26

This opinon piece reflects a critical assessment of the (ab)use of pavements (walkways) by owners of motorised vehicles.

The future of work beyond the pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2021). The future of work beyond the pandemic. Logistics and Transport Focus, 42-44

On 21 October 2021 the PTRC Fireside Chat Series returned after a summer break. Continuing with its overall focus upon the transport implications of the pandemic, attention turned to consider whether or not we should be expecting a ‘big return’ to th... Read More about The future of work beyond the pandemic.

Technology and travel (2021)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G. (2021). Technology and travel. In Why Travel? Understanding the Need to Move and How it Shapes Our Lives (231-251). Bristol University Press

This book chapter explores our undertanding of the complex relationship between technology and travel and the digital age continues to unfold.

Public transport and the future of mobility (2021)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G. (2021). Public transport and the future of mobility. In C. Mulley, J. Nelson, & S. Ison (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook for Public Transport (583-593). Routledge

Across the chapters in this Handbook, the breadth and diversity encompassed under the label ‘public transport’ is apparent. The book’s contents also reflect a number of significant dynamics. The future of public transport may well be characterised ve... Read More about Public transport and the future of mobility.

What do we mean by mobility as a service? A working note of the MultiCAV project (2019)
Working Paper
Bartle, C., Calvert, T., Lyons, G., & Parkhurst, G. What do we mean by mobility as a service? A working note of the MultiCAV project

The term Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is in growing use by professional associations, research and governmental organisations, and in academic publications. However, it is clear that the use of the term shows considerable variation across the transpo... Read More about What do we mean by mobility as a service? A working note of the MultiCAV project.

Planning for connected autonomous vehicles (2019)
Report
Alkhanizi, J., Forrester, E., Lyons, G., & Mackay, K. (2019). Planning for connected autonomous vehicles. Mott MacDonald

Connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) are increasingly in the news, and speculation about their role in a future mobility system is widespread. Transport authorities face the task of determining what part they should play in this unfolding story. T... Read More about Planning for connected autonomous vehicles.

Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Lyons, G., Cragg, S., & Neil, M. (2018). Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future.

A growing number of transport bodies are trying to make sense of how to inform and shape policymaking and investment in the face of deep uncertainty. Potentially disruptive transport technologies are only part of a more complex picture of societal ch... Read More about Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future.