All Outputs (6)

Transport to thrive: Why we shouldn’t ignore the transport needs of young people (2023)
Report
Collings, S., Chatterjee, K., Cope, A., Burns, T., & Adeel, M. (2023). Transport to thrive: Why we shouldn’t ignore the transport needs of young people. Bristol: UWE Bristol

In the UK many disadvantaged groups lack transport choices, including young people aged 16-24. There has been little research to identify and understand the transport issues and barriers experienced by young people. This report is the first of its ki... Read More about Transport to thrive: Why we shouldn’t ignore the transport needs of young people.

‘School Streets’ and the adaptation of London’s state-led tactical urbanism during Covid-19 (2023)
Book Chapter
Thomas, A. (2024). ‘School Streets’ and the adaptation of London’s state-led tactical urbanism during Covid-19. In N. Ortar, & P. Rérat (Eds.), Cycling Through the Pandemic (19-43). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45308-3_2

During the Covid-19 pandemic, London rapidly expanded its scheme of temporary School Streets closures. This represented an acceleration of pre-existing tendencies in the city towards using the methods of ‘Tactical Urbanism.’ Through a document review... Read More about ‘School Streets’ and the adaptation of London’s state-led tactical urbanism during Covid-19.

Changes in motor traffic in London's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and boundary roads (2022)
Journal Article
Thomas, A., & Aldred, R. (2024). Changes in motor traffic in London's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and boundary roads. Case Studies on Transport Policy, 15, Article 101124. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2023.101124

This paper meta-analyses traffic data extracted from monitoring reports for 46 Low Traffic Neighbourhood schemes in 11 London boroughs introduced between May 2020 and May 2021. Schemes are controversial with still limited academic evidence on impacts... Read More about Changes in motor traffic in London's Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and boundary roads.

Equity in temporary street closures: The case of London's Covid-19 ‘School Streets’ schemes (2022)
Journal Article
Thomas, A., Furlong, J., & Aldred, R. (2022). Equity in temporary street closures: The case of London's Covid-19 ‘School Streets’ schemes. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 110, Article 103402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2022.103402

School Streets are a street space reallocation scheme that has proliferated since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, reducing motor traffic on streets outside many schools. Utilising a minimum-standards approach to equity, this paper e... Read More about Equity in temporary street closures: The case of London's Covid-19 ‘School Streets’ schemes.

The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK (2021)
Journal Article
Goodman, A., Laverty, A. A., Thomas, A., & Aldred, R. (2021). The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK. Findings, https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.23568

Between March and September 2020, 72 ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhoods’ (LTNs) were implemented in London. We examined the impact on fire brigade emergency response times in October 2020-February 2021 (‘post’), as compared to the same months in the previou... Read More about The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK.

Impacts of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods in London on road traffic injuries (2021)
Journal Article
Goodman, A., Furlong, J., Laverty, A. A., Thomas, A., & Aldred, R. (2021). Impacts of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods in London on road traffic injuries. Findings, https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.25633

We assessed the impacts of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) implemented in 2020 on road traffic injuries. We used police data from October-December 2018/2019 (pre) compared with the same period in 2020 (post). We found absolute numbers of injuries i... Read More about Impacts of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods in London on road traffic injuries.