Professor Graham Parkhurst's Outputs (204)

Barriers to a better Bristol: Diagnosing city strategic sustainability challenges using systems, co-production and interdisciplinary approaches (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As European Green Capital 2015 and one of the Rockefeller 100 Resilient Cities, Bristol can legitimately claim to be on the “frontline” of urban sustainability, continually challenging itself to transform into a place where citizens and organisations... Read More about Barriers to a better Bristol: Diagnosing city strategic sustainability challenges using systems, co-production and interdisciplinary approaches.

Barriers to a better Bristol: Diagnosing city strategic challenges using systems, co-production and interdisciplinary approaches (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As European Green Capital 2015 and one of the Rockefeller 100 Resilient Cities, Bristol can legitimately claim to be on the “frontline” of urban sustainability, continually challenging itself to transform into a place where citizens and organisations... Read More about Barriers to a better Bristol: Diagnosing city strategic challenges using systems, co-production and interdisciplinary approaches.

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.

Appendix A: White Paper - Decarbonizing transport for a sustainable future: Mitigating impacts of the changing climate (2017)
Book Chapter

Mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is essential to preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. The recent Paris Agreement reaffirmed the long-standing view of scientists that it is critical to keep the increase bel... Read More about Appendix A: White Paper - Decarbonizing transport for a sustainable future: Mitigating impacts of the changing climate.

Walking and cycling on shared-use paths: The user perspective (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016, ICE Publishing: All rights reserved. Shared-use paths are those used by pedestrians and cyclists, either designed for them to mix freely within the space (unsegregated) or with the space allocated to each group by surface markings and signage... Read More about Walking and cycling on shared-use paths: The user perspective.

The mobility of older people, and the future role of Connected Autonomous Vehicles (2016)
Report

This report was produced in the ‘Flourish’ Project, a successful participant in Innovate UK’s Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Collaboration Research & Development competition. Flourish set out to identify innovative solutions that address two disti... Read More about The mobility of older people, and the future role of Connected Autonomous Vehicles.

The air pollution-transport divide: Why after two decades of statutory obligations is road transport derived air pollution not declining? (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Road transport is the principal cause of air pollution in over 95% of legally designated “Air Quality Management Areas” in the UK. Current estimates are that over 50,000 deaths a year can be attributed to air pollution in this country – between 15 a... Read More about The air pollution-transport divide: Why after two decades of statutory obligations is road transport derived air pollution not declining?.

The EVIDENCE project: Origins, review findings and prospects for enhanced urban transport appraisal and evaluation in the future (2016)
Journal Article

The EVIDENCE project1 sets out to provide objective, robust information to support local and European policy initiatives seeking a substantial change in the flow of funding towards sustainable urban transport investments. In particular it has focusse... Read More about The EVIDENCE project: Origins, review findings and prospects for enhanced urban transport appraisal and evaluation in the future.

Towards transit-oriented development in city-regions (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Why are the principles of integrated, transit-oriented development important beyond urban boundaries, and how can we apply them?

An ideal journey: Making bus travel desirable (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper explores the ways in which people use their travel-time on local buses, and explains how this knowledge can assist with efforts in many ‘auto-centric’ societies to make bus tr... Read More about An ideal journey: Making bus travel desirable.

Road pricing and older people: An in-depth study of attitudes, pro-social values and social norms (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Understanding the socio-psychological mechanisms that determine the public acceptability of road pricing could be a key for its implementation in urban environments where this is a viable scenario. Studying the attitudes of older people is of particu... Read More about Road pricing and older people: An in-depth study of attitudes, pro-social values and social norms.

The potential impact of autonomous vehicles on transport systems and society: A review and future prospects (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are generating high-profile policy interest due to the potential for ‘disruptive’ influence on transport systems and wider society. The paper places AV technology in a historical context, through an annotated timeline of dev... Read More about The potential impact of autonomous vehicles on transport systems and society: A review and future prospects.

Affective appraisals of urban walking: The role of heritage environments (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). Affective experiences can also have major implications on travel behaviours with; investigation... Read More about Affective appraisals of urban walking: The role of heritage environments.

Flood resilience on the railways – solutions, appraisal and decision-making (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The welfare costs of weather related disruption on the transport network have been estimated to be between £100m and £520m per day of disruption in England. This paper presents a case study of a mainline railway cutting and tunnel, which is situated... Read More about Flood resilience on the railways – solutions, appraisal and decision-making.

Transport policy and social inclusion (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 by the authors; licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). ‘Transport-related Social inclusion’ is a specific naming of the complex set of interrelationships within which accessibility plays an important role in whether a citizen achieves the leve... Read More about Transport policy and social inclusion.

Understanding interactions between autonomous vehicles and other road users: A literature review (2016)
Report

This review draws on literature relating to the interactions of vehicles with other vehicles, interactions between vehicles and infrastructure, and interactions between autonomous vehicles and cyclists and autonomous vehicles and pedestrians. The ava... Read More about Understanding interactions between autonomous vehicles and other road users: A literature review.

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.

Understanding the socioeconomic adoption scenarios for autonomous vehicles: A literature review (2016)
Report

There is great and growing interest in autonomous vehicles (AVs), both in relation to rapid technological developments and the trialling of these developments, and the potential for their far reaching impacts on transport systems and society. The pre... Read More about Understanding the socioeconomic adoption scenarios for autonomous vehicles: A literature review.

Where to park? A behavioral comparison of bus Park & Ride and city center car park usage in Bath, UK (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Integrating car parking facilities with public transport in Park and Ride (P&R) facilities has the potential to shorten car trips, contributing to more sustainable mobility. There is an on-going debate about the actual effects of P&R on the transport... Read More about Where to park? A behavioral comparison of bus Park & Ride and city center car park usage in Bath, UK.