All Outputs (118)

West of England e-scooter trial evaluation final report (2023)
Report

The e-scooter rental trial in the West of England started in October 2020 and is part of an England-wide programme of e-scooter trials in cities and towns overseen by the Department for Transport (DfT). There are two operating areas in the West of En... Read More about West of England e-scooter trial evaluation final report.

Introduction to the special issue - Electric micromobility futures (2023)
Journal Article

This introduction to the Special Issue on Electric Micromobility Futures highlights the phenomenal growth of availability and use of small vehicles with electrical power assistance such as electric scooters and electric bikes. It highlights the need... Read More about Introduction to the special issue - Electric micromobility futures.

Fair bus fares for young people: A policy briefing assessing bus fare support for young people across the UK (2022)
Report

Between the ages of 16 and 24, young people experience a succession of life changes. During this time, transport plays an important role in helping young people to connect to new experiences, to become independent and to develop their identify. Howev... Read More about Fair bus fares for young people: A policy briefing assessing bus fare support for young people across the UK.

Changing work and work-related travel and the impact of Covid-19 (2021)
Journal Article

The nature of work was undergoing dramatic change before the pandemic as the digital age continued to transform all sectors of society. In this paper we describe pre-pandemic trends in types of work, the workforce and working arrangements in the UK.... Read More about Changing work and work-related travel and the impact of Covid-19.

Literature review on the impacts of infrastructure on quality of life (2021)
Report

Travel transitions: How transport planners and policy makers can respond to shifting mobility trends (2021)
Report

Travel behaviour has evolved in unexpected ways in urbanised areas in the early 21st century. This report examines how significant breaks with past trends happened - and why these shifts were not foreseen. The Covid-19 pandemic adds to uncertainty ab... Read More about Travel transitions: How transport planners and policy makers can respond to shifting mobility trends.

Turning points in car ownership over the life course: Contributions from biographical interviews and panel data (2020)
Book Chapter

There is still much to learn about why people make major changes to their personal mobility. It is challenging to identify the points in time when people make major changes in their personal mobility and the circumstances in which such changes take p... Read More about Turning points in car ownership over the life course: Contributions from biographical interviews and panel data.

Anticipating urban travel transitions and new mobility behaviours. Discussion Paper prepared for ITF Working Group on Urban Travel Transitions in light of Covid-19 (2020)
Preprint / Working Paper

There have been large discrepancies between forecasts of travel demand and outcomes in industrialised countries in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. The paper identifies how we can better anticipate travel transitions to inform expe... Read More about Anticipating urban travel transitions and new mobility behaviours. Discussion Paper prepared for ITF Working Group on Urban Travel Transitions in light of Covid-19.

Changing patterns of commuting (2019)
Journal Article

Cities across the globe are reinventing themselves, driven by a variety of forces (Lyons metabolism). At the same time, technological change is dramatically altering the nature of employment and transport systems are on the cusp of radical change wit... Read More about Changing patterns of commuting.

Access to transport and life opportunities (2019)
Report

This report presents the findings from a study conducted by NatCen and the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), commissioned by the Department for Transport (DfT) to investigate how access to transport affects the life opportunities and w... Read More about Access to transport and life opportunities.

The Role of Transport in Supporting a Healthy Future for Young People (2019)
Report

The Health Foundation commissioned Sustrans and the University of the West of England to ‘assess the role of transport in supporting young people to develop and transition to an independent healthy future’. This report focuses on the transport availa... Read More about The Role of Transport in Supporting a Healthy Future for Young People.

Changing demographics (2019)
Book Chapter

Older people are travelling more than previous generations, especially by private vehicle. By contrast there has been a decline in car use among the younger population. We highlight how many of the reasons for these trends lie outside the transport s... Read More about Changing demographics.

Commuting and wellbeing: A critical overview of the literature with implications for policy and future research (2019)
Journal Article

© 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.

When urban environments meet pedestrian’s thoughts: implications for pedestrian affect (2019)
Journal Article

© 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)
Journal Article

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.

How commuting affects subjective wellbeing (2019)
Journal Article

Commuting between home and work is routinely performed by workers and any wellbeing impacts of commuting will consequently affect a large proportion of the population. This paper presents findings from analyses of the impact of commuting (time and mo... Read More about How commuting affects subjective wellbeing.

Is the urbanisation of young adults reducing their driving? (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd In recent decades, in many developed countries, licence-holding, car ownership and driving, amongst young adults have declined. One of the explanations advanced for these declines is the urbanisation of young adults, their growing... Read More about Is the urbanisation of young adults reducing their driving?.

Local sustainable transport fund case study evaluation: Strategic employment sites and business parks summary report (2018)
Report

In 2013 the UK Department for Transport commissioned a number of ‘Case Study evaluations’ of the impacts of Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) investment. One of these was an evaluation of LSTF impacts on Strategic Employment Sites and Business... Read More about Local sustainable transport fund case study evaluation: Strategic employment sites and business parks summary report.

Local sustainable transport fund case study evaluation: Strategic employment sites and business parks West of England final report (2018)
Report

In 2013 the UK Department for Transport commissioned a number of ‘Case Study evaluations’ of the impacts of Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) investment. One of these was an evaluation of LSTF impacts on Strategic Employment Sites and Business... Read More about Local sustainable transport fund case study evaluation: Strategic employment sites and business parks West of England final report.

Local sustainable transport fund case study evaluation: Strategic employment sites and business parks West of England summary report (2018)
Report

In 2013 the UK Department for Transport commissioned a number of ‘Case Study evaluations’ of the impacts of Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) investment. One of these was an evaluation of LSTF impacts on Strategic Employment Sites and Business... Read More about Local sustainable transport fund case study evaluation: Strategic employment sites and business parks West of England summary report.