All Outputs (10)

Decarbonising last-mile deliveries: When the national strategy fails to meet local needs and expectations (2025)
Journal Article

This paper explores views and perceptions of 35 local authorities towards potential solutions to decarbonise last-mile deliveries in England and presents their perspectives towards potential challenges and drivers to their implementation. The methodo... Read More about Decarbonising last-mile deliveries: When the national strategy fails to meet local needs and expectations.

Practitioner views on transport planning's evolution – A Sisyphean task still ahead? (2024)
Journal Article

Transport planning as a formalised profession is relatively young and there is no doubt it has evolved over time. In Europe, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans reflect a change in emphasis from keeping traffic moving to place-based, people-centric plan... Read More about Practitioner views on transport planning's evolution – A Sisyphean task still ahead?.

Development and demonstration of a “SWOT in a Box” card game to help socialise Triple Access Planning (2024)
Journal Article

In a changing world, not being able to simply carry on doing what we have always done and getting what we have always got gives rise to an appetite for alternative approaches. Yet an alternative approach must contend with established practice and the... Read More about Development and demonstration of a “SWOT in a Box” card game to help socialise Triple Access Planning.

Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship (2024)
Book Chapter

Rapid technological change in the transport sector is leading to a growing range of potential and actual ‘business models’ deployable for the movement of goods and people. Two key uncertainties arise from this proliferation: first, concerning which o... Read More about Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship.

Understanding industry perceptions and experiences of seventeen of the measures to reduce the HGV driver shortage (2024)
Report

In response to an acute shortage of Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) drivers, the UK Government introduced 33 measures to support the road haulage sector. The measures addressed supply chain efficiency, driver training, capacity of testing and licencing pro... Read More about Understanding industry perceptions and experiences of seventeen of the measures to reduce the HGV driver shortage.

Promoting sustainable urban freight through stakeholder engagement to co-create decarbonisation pathways in the UK (2024)
Journal Article

The contribution of greenhouse gas emissions from UK urban freight is growing in absolute terms, but the existence of alternative technology options means the urban part of the freight system has potential for relatively early decarbonisation. Howeve... Read More about Promoting sustainable urban freight through stakeholder engagement to co-create decarbonisation pathways in the UK.

Triple access planning for uncertain futures - A handbook for practitioners (2024)
Report

Planning for the future continues to evolve in the face of a changing world. What we did in the past will not work for the future. Even the recent shift, with greater interest in transport planning being vision-led and focused on people rather than t... Read More about Triple access planning for uncertain futures - A handbook for practitioners.

Foresight through developing shared mental models: The case of Triple Access Planning (2023)
Journal Article

Planning for the future involves making sense of the present and examining possible changes in key factors that can influence the future. Actors rely upon mental models of the system that planning addresses: their simplified interpretations of the ma... Read More about Foresight through developing shared mental models: The case of Triple Access Planning.

What will the Urban freight System look like in 2040? Innovative and Co-Design Solutions to Shape Freight Transport Systems of the Future: a Participatory Process (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In the upcoming era of new technologies, the 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 workshops, the paper ex... Read More about What will the Urban freight System look like in 2040? Innovative and Co-Design Solutions to Shape Freight Transport Systems of the Future: a Participatory Process.

Net Zero: The future of Bristol's transport system - Reporting on FUTURES relay workshop undertaken with Bristolians
Report

Transport planning is a discipline in transition, where traditional techno-rational approaches coexist with an emerging practice contributing address the environmental, social, and economic crises. While there is a growing recognition of the need for... Read More about Net Zero: The future of Bristol's transport system - Reporting on FUTURES relay workshop undertaken with Bristolians.