Professor Graham Parkhurst's Outputs (12)

Will the ‘smart mobility’ revolution matter? (2019)
Book Chapter

Powerful claims are being made about revolution in the transport sector, with digital technology seen as underpinning a new ‘ecosystem’ of more efficient, more pleasant, but less environmentally-damaging mobility. The chapter examines how far the cla... Read More about Will the ‘smart mobility’ revolution matter?.

New opportunities for on-demand shared-ride services to deliver modal shift and inclusive travel (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

On-demand shared-ride services promise new opportunities for modal shift and inclusive travel. This paper draws on evidence from the industrial-collaborative project ‘Mobility on Demand Laboratory Environment’ (MODLE) which has piloted a range of suc... Read More about New opportunities for on-demand shared-ride services to deliver modal shift and inclusive travel.

Autonomous vehicles: Who will use them, and will they share? (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The advent of road transport automation has been identified as one of four key technological transitions that could eventually amount to a major transformation in mobility practices (Parkhurst and Seedhouse, 2019). Specifically, fully Automated Vehic... Read More about Autonomous vehicles: Who will use them, and will they share?.

Business models being trialled in the shared-ride on-demand niche, and challenges and barriers encountered (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper evaluates the growing range of business models being applied within on-demand shared-ride road transport niches. Whilst examples of such services are long-standing; arguably as old as road passenger transport, new technologies have opened... Read More about Business models being trialled in the shared-ride on-demand niche, and challenges and barriers encountered.

The (in)justice of Clean Air Zones (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The paper considers the historic context of policy failure in respect of reducing the noxious emissions from road transport. It then turns to consider the policy debate around the fairness of Clean Air Zone (CAZ) proposals for UK cities and towns whi... Read More about The (in)justice of Clean Air Zones.

Practice ecology of sustainable travel: The importance of institutional policy-making processes beyond the traveller (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019 The Authors Changing mobility behaviour towards activities and actions that have a less detrimental impact on the environment, public health and society is an objective of transport policy jurisdictions globally. In line with a burgeoning body... Read More about Practice ecology of sustainable travel: The importance of institutional policy-making processes beyond the traveller.

New Technology and Automation in Freight Transport and Handling Systems (2019)
Other

This is an evidence review that examines the trends in manufacturing and global supply chains, looking at the international trade, technology and users, and how these may change between now and 2040. The review has been commissioned by the Government... Read More about New Technology and Automation in Freight Transport and Handling Systems.

Feasibility trial evaluation of a peer volunteering active aging intervention: ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged) (2019)
Journal Article

© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. BACKGROUND: ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged) is a theory-informed, pragmatic intervention using peer volunteering support to promote active... Read More about Feasibility trial evaluation of a peer volunteering active aging intervention: ACE (Active, Connected, Engaged).

An assessment of voluntary travel behaviour change delivery in England as an alternative to highway construction (2019)
Journal Article

There is a growing body of international evidence available that shows highway construction fails to solve issues of congestion and improvements to the local economy. There is also evidence that due to changes of land use and expectations of being ab... Read More about An assessment of voluntary travel behaviour change delivery in England as an alternative to highway construction.

What do we mean by mobility as a service? A working note of the MultiCAV project (2019)
Preprint / Working Paper

The term Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is in growing use by professional associations, research and governmental organisations, and in academic publications. However, it is clear that the use of the term shows considerable variation across the transpo... Read More about What do we mean by mobility as a service? A working note of the MultiCAV project.

Affective experiences of built environments and the promotion of urban walking (2019)
Journal Article

According to psychological theories of environmental affect, the physical environment moderates the walking experience and its psychological wellbeing benefits. The present paper further demonstrates that affective experiences also influence intentio... Read More about Affective experiences of built environments and the promotion of urban walking.

User decision-making in transitions to electrified, autonomous, shared or reduced mobility (2019)
Journal Article

Mobility affords a range of benefits, but there are environmental, social and economic problems associated with current transport systems. Innovations to address these issues include novel technologies (e.g., electric and autonomous vehicles; EVs, AV... Read More about User decision-making in transitions to electrified, autonomous, shared or reduced mobility.