New opportunities for on-demand shared-ride services to deliver modal shift and inclusive travel (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

On-demand shared-ride services promise new opportunities for modal shift and inclusive travel. This paper draws on evidence from the industrial-collaborative project ‘Mobility on Demand Laboratory Environment’ (MODLE) which has piloted a range of suc... Read More about New opportunities for on-demand shared-ride services to deliver modal shift and inclusive travel.

Business models being trialled in the shared-ride on-demand niche, and challenges and barriers encountered (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper evaluates the growing range of business models being applied within on-demand shared-ride road transport niches. Whilst examples of such services are long-standing; arguably as old as road passenger transport, new technologies have opened... Read More about Business models being trialled in the shared-ride on-demand niche, and challenges and barriers encountered.

Affective experiences of built environments and the promotion of urban walking (2019)
Journal Article

According to psychological theories of environmental affect, the physical environment moderates the walking experience and its psychological wellbeing benefits. The present paper further demonstrates that affective experiences also influence intentio... Read More about Affective experiences of built environments and the promotion of urban walking.

The psychological wellbeing benefits of place engagement during walking in urban environments: A qualitative photo-elicitation study (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd The psychological wellbeing potential of walking in urban environments has received limited attention from scholars, despite the important public health implications of identifying characteristics of urban settings that support we... Read More about The psychological wellbeing benefits of place engagement during walking in urban environments: A qualitative photo-elicitation study.

The influence of city centre environments on the affective walking experience (2018)
Thesis

The current PhD thesis explores the influence of the built environment on the affective walking experience. In fact, while urbanisation trends are increasing, levels of walking in urban settings are decreasing, despite to the important health, social... Read More about The influence of city centre environments on the affective walking experience.

Psychological wellbeing benefits of simulated exposure to five urban settings: An experimental study from the pedestrian's perspective (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd The potential health benefits of walking in attractive, predominantly built-up urban settings have not received much attention from scholars, despite the global need to increase walking levels in cities. The current experimental s... Read More about Psychological wellbeing benefits of simulated exposure to five urban settings: An experimental study from the pedestrian's perspective.

Healthy walking: The role of architecture (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Environmental exposure is increasingly recognised as a predictor of human health and psychological wellbeing. In fact, the benefits of nature exposure on psychological wellbeing have received extensive attention from scholars. However, not much atten... Read More about Healthy walking: The role of architecture.

The influence of city centre environments on the affective and restorative walking experience: PhD thesis extended abstract (2018)
Journal Article

PhD thesis extended abstract

Residential through traffic: Quantitative evidence from participant observation (2017)
Journal Article

Concerns about the effects of traffic levels on the life of neighbourhoods are very common. This paper uses participant observation to show how one community was able to organise and administer traffic surveys to obtain quantitative evidence of their... Read More about Residential through traffic: Quantitative evidence from participant observation.

The influence of urban built environments and place perceptions on psychological wellbeing and cognition during walking (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Scholars have identified several elements related to the physical surroundings that positively contribute to psychological wellbeing during walking. Among these, the benefits of natural elements have received extensive attention in the literature. Ho... Read More about The influence of urban built environments and place perceptions on psychological wellbeing and cognition during walking.

Manual takeover and handover of a simulated fully autonomous vehicle within urban and extra urban settings (2017)
Book Chapter

Relatively little is known about human behavior and performance when retaking control of highly autonomous vehicles (AVs) at different speeds and under varied driving conditions. Past research has tended to focus on long periods of high-speed extra-u... Read More about Manual takeover and handover of a simulated fully autonomous vehicle within urban and extra urban settings.

Restorative outcomes of walking in different urban settings (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A recent “affective turn” in the social sciences has given new emphasis to the role of affect and emotions in influencing human behaviours (Damasio 2006). According to extensive research, walking in some settings can promote positive affect, includin... Read More about Restorative outcomes of walking in different urban settings.

Handover issues in autonomous driving: A literature review (2016)
Report

The present review was undertaken to inform a workpackage of the Venturer Project undertaking studies into the handover of control between a human driver and an autonomous road vehicle. The ‘handover problem’ arises as a feature of the development of... Read More about Handover issues in autonomous driving: A literature review.

The effects of emotive interruptions and distractions on memory recall (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Interruptions divert attention from a task, whereas distractions occur in the background or alongside a task and can be ignored. Both can disrupt working memory (WM). However, little is known about the effects of emotive interruptions and distraction... Read More about The effects of emotive interruptions and distractions on memory recall.

A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Summary
This study reviews ozone concentrations from rural monitoring stations across Europe between 1996 and 2010 across a range of statistics with regard to the various objectives, target values and thresholds established by the 2008 Ambient Air Q... Read More about A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010.

A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Summary
This study reviews ozone concentrations from rural monitoring stations across Europe between 1996 and 2010 across a range of statistics with regard to the various objectives, target values and thresholds established by the 2008 Ambient Air Q... Read More about A study of ozone concentrations and trends across Europe: 1996-2010.

A study of ozone exposure across Europe: 2004–2010 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Summary
This study presents an assessment of exposure to ozone exceedences across Europe using a new methodology based around the Eurostat degree of urbanisation (DEGURBA) classification, which provides the ability to categorise exposure into ‘Urban... Read More about A study of ozone exposure across Europe: 2004–2010.

Variations in car type, size, usage and emissions across Great Britain and relationships with socio-demographic characteristics (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper is an early output from the EPSRC/RCUK Energy Programme project, MOT (Motoring and vehicle Ownership Trends in the UK). The MOT test record dataset recently released by the Department for Transport provides the ability to estimate annual m... Read More about Variations in car type, size, usage and emissions across Great Britain and relationships with socio-demographic characteristics.

Co-managing carbon and air quality: Pros and cons of local sustainability initiatives (2014)
Journal Article

This paper reports the pros and cons of co-management (i.e. concerted actions towards climate change and air quality management) through local sustainability initiatives using three case studies, each encompassing the planning and management issues a... Read More about Co-managing carbon and air quality: Pros and cons of local sustainability initiatives.

The 'Four Dimensions of Behaviour' framework: a tool for characterising behaviours to help design better interventions (2014)
Journal Article

This paper sets out the rationale and structure of a tool for assisting policy-makers and practitioners to understand behavioural challenges and open up thinking on the design of effective 'behaviour change' interventions. The 'Four Dimensions of Beh... Read More about The 'Four Dimensions of Behaviour' framework: a tool for characterising behaviours to help design better interventions.