Professor Graham Parkhurst's Outputs (204)

When policy recommendations get lost in translation: An examination of the express coach ‘niche’ as a missed sustainable mobility opportunity in the dominant inter-city travel regime (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Public express coach services potentially offer a solution to many inter-urban transport problems, providing additional capacity at a comparatively low financial and environmental cost, and deliverable in a much quicker timescale than the alternative... Read More about When policy recommendations get lost in translation: An examination of the express coach ‘niche’ as a missed sustainable mobility opportunity in the dominant inter-city travel regime.

Decision-making in sustainable uban mobility planning: Common practice and future directions (2015)
Journal Article

This paper highlights the challenges for cities in selecting sustainable and cost-effective transport and mobility measures. Thereby it shall provoke thought on the implications for decision-making resulting from Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. Fir... Read More about Decision-making in sustainable uban mobility planning: Common practice and future directions.

The Bristol Method: How to increase public transport use (2015)
Other

THE BRISTOL METHOD
The Bristol Method is a knowledge-transfer programme aimed at helping people in other cities understand and apply the lessons that Bristol has learned in becoming a more sustainable city, not just in 2015 but in the last decade.... Read More about The Bristol Method: How to increase public transport use.

Understanding strategic road network users’ experiences and need – Wave 2 (2014)
Report

In 2011, the Government called for an independent review, to assess whether they were taking the right approach to managing, operating and enhancing the Strategic Road Network (SRN), which resulted in the Cook Report ‘A Fresh Start for the Strategic... Read More about Understanding strategic road network users’ experiences and need – Wave 2.

Beyond transport: Understanding the role of mobilities in connecting rural elders in civic society (2014)
Book Chapter

Understanding the mobility-transformative qualities of urban park and ride polices in the UK and the Netherlands (2014)
Journal Article

Copyright © 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. Park and Ride (P+R) has emerged as a key element of the sustainable mobility packages of many urban areas in Europe. The present article explores the impact of the introduction of P+R on urban car mobili... Read More about Understanding the mobility-transformative qualities of urban park and ride polices in the UK and the Netherlands.

Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and Ride and city centre car park usage in Bath, UK (2014)
Journal Article

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 ongoing debate about the actual effects of P&R on the transport... Read More about Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and Ride and city centre car park usage in Bath, UK.

Reduced Urban traffic and emissions within Urban consolidation centre schemes: The case of Bristol (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2014 The Authors. Urban freight consolidation centres (UFCCs) can provide a significant contribution to reducing the negative impacts of freight transport to city centres whilst at the same time providing a more seamless, higher-value logistics exp... Read More about Reduced Urban traffic and emissions within Urban consolidation centre schemes: The case of Bristol.

The effectiveness of park-and-ride as a policy measure for more sustainable mobility (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited All rights of reproduction in any form reserved. Purpose-The chapter provides a general review of the policy debate around the provision of formal Park-and-Ride (P&R) facilities and the empirical research ev... Read More about The effectiveness of park-and-ride as a policy measure for more sustainable mobility.

Understanding strategic road network users’ experiences and needs - Wave 1 (2013)
Report

In 2011, the Government called for an independent review to assess whether they were taking the right approach to managing, operating and enhancing the Strategic Road Network (SRN), which resulted in the Cook Report ‘A Fresh Start for the Strategic R... Read More about Understanding strategic road network users’ experiences and needs - Wave 1.

Qualitative insights into the effect on travel behavior of joining a carshare (2013)
Journal Article

Carsharing organizations (carshares) provide collectively available vehicles that can be booked for exclusive use on a pay-as-you-go basis. Previous research has shown that two groups join carshares: (a) accessors, who do not have a car when they joi... Read More about Qualitative insights into the effect on travel behavior of joining a carshare.

Potential for carfree development in the UK (2013)
Journal Article

Carfree residential areas have been developed in a number of cities in Europe, with clear social and environmental benefits, but the concept has not been widely adopted in the UK. This paper aims to assess the potential consumer demand for housing in... Read More about Potential for carfree development in the UK.

A continuum for understanding the mobility of older people (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Socially-progressive transport policies have traditionally focussed on identifying accessibility deficits and enhancing access to services defined as essential, notably related to physical health. Physiological and economic needs are important, but a... Read More about A continuum for understanding the mobility of older people.

Assessing the local sustainable transport fund submissions in relation to disruption (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) is a £560m investment by the UK Government in local authority transport schemes in England (excluding London). The fund will be matched by local authorities’ own investments from their transport budgets, me... Read More about Assessing the local sustainable transport fund submissions in relation to disruption.

Using disruption as an opportunity to change travel practices (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Disruption has negative connotations in society, yet it can provide the opportunity for change to reduce our reliance on high carbon travel practices. Using local authorities in England as the unit of enquiry the paper discusses how local authorities... Read More about Using disruption as an opportunity to change travel practices.

Bristol to Bath Railway Path User Survey: Walking Route to Whitehall Primary School (2012)
Report

Whitehall Primary School in Easton, Bristol has recently benefitted from improvements to its walking routes as part of the Sustrans Links to Schools Project. One particular aspect of these improvements and a focus of this report are a new informal ze... Read More about Bristol to Bath Railway Path User Survey: Walking Route to Whitehall Primary School.

The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into local transport planning process (2012)
Journal Article

Regardless of its intent and purposes, the first decade of the Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) framework had little or no effect in reducing traffic-related air pollution in the UK. Apart from the impact of increased traffic volumes, the major fa... Read More about The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into local transport planning process.

The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities (2012)
Journal Article

Regardless of its intent and purposes, the first decade of the Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) framework had little or no effect in reducing traffic-related air pollution in the UK. Apart from the impact of increased traffic volumes, the major fa... Read More about The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities.

Intermodal personal mobility: A niche caught between two regimes (2012)
Book Chapter

Transport-related social exclusion amongst older people in rural Southwest England and Wales (2012)
Journal Article

Rural dwelling and older age are both associated with a higher risk of social exclusion, with accessibility identified as having an important facilitating role. The interactions between transport-related exclusion and older age, particularly in a rur... Read More about Transport-related social exclusion amongst older people in rural Southwest England and Wales.