Glenn Lyons' Outputs (225)

Paying for driving: Is doing nothing an option? (2024)
Report

‘Road pricing’ is one of the most talked about non-starter policies in the transport sector. Debate on changing how we pay for driving reaches back over half a century. The transition to electric vehicles may now suggest winds of change. Yet there ar... Read More about Paying for driving: Is doing nothing an option?.

Practitioner views on transport planning's evolution – A Sisyphean task still ahead? (2024)
Journal Article

Transport planning as a formalised profession is relatively young and there is no doubt it has evolved over time. In Europe, Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans reflect a change in emphasis from keeping traffic moving to place-based, people-centric plan... Read More about Practitioner views on transport planning's evolution – A Sisyphean task still ahead?.

Development and demonstration of a “SWOT in a Box” card game to help socialise Triple Access Planning (2024)
Journal Article

In a changing world, not being able to simply carry on doing what we have always done and getting what we have always got gives rise to an appetite for alternative approaches. Yet an alternative approach must contend with established practice and the... Read More about Development and demonstration of a “SWOT in a Box” card game to help socialise Triple Access Planning.

Triple Access Planning - a diffusing innovation that reflects our new look world (2024)
Journal Article

Transport planning must evolve to match the new context of a changing world in which mobility is just one element of how we connect with the things we need and want to have, and to do, says Professor Glenn Lyons. Here he explains the origins and deve... Read More about Triple Access Planning - a diffusing innovation that reflects our new look world.

Triple access planning for uncertain futures - A handbook for practitioners (2024)
Report

Planning for the future continues to evolve in the face of a changing world. What we did in the past will not work for the future. Even the recent shift, with greater interest in transport planning being vision-led and focused on people rather than t... Read More about Triple access planning for uncertain futures - A handbook for practitioners.

Uncertainty and triple access planning in European sustainable urban mobility plans: A long way to go yet? (2024)
Journal Article

Triple Access Planning (TAP) is the idea that accessibility can be delivered through physical mobility, digital connectivity, and spatial proximity. There is great uncertainty as to how far one of these three elements will substitute for or complemen... Read More about Uncertainty and triple access planning in European sustainable urban mobility plans: A long way to go yet?.

Foresight through developing shared mental models: The case of Triple Access Planning (2023)
Journal Article

Planning for the future involves making sense of the present and examining possible changes in key factors that can influence the future. Actors rely upon mental models of the system that planning addresses: their simplified interpretations of the ma... Read More about Foresight through developing shared mental models: The case of Triple Access Planning.

I’m 95.4% confident you’ll like this (2023)
Journal Article

This short viewpoint article draws attention to, and expresses frustration over, the phenomenon of false precision. False precision abounds within (and beyond) the transport sector. It seems many find it irresistable to present numbers with far more... Read More about I’m 95.4% confident you’ll like this.

Future of mobility (2023)
Journal Article

This article offers a personal perspective on the future of mobility, drawing upon the author's 30-year career in the transport sector.

Key questions for road investment and spending (2023)
Report

This report has been produced by the Road Investment Scrutiny Panel – an assembled group of senior professionals supported by funding from the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund.

Roads are the arteries of economic and social prosperity. They also come at a c... Read More about Key questions for road investment and spending.

Seeing the road ahead (2023)
Journal Article

This article considers the changing place of roads in supporting society and the future prospects for roadspace in the context of rethinking connectivity and accessibility in society. It stems from the author's role as a member of the Wales Roads Rev... Read More about Seeing the road ahead.

Freight: The final frontier (2022)
Journal Article

On 14 July 2022 the 13th event in the PTRC Fireside Chat Series took place. With a panel of experts, this addressed the future of freight. This short article is the author's abridged writeup of that event.

It’s time to act on pavement misuse (2022)
Journal Article

This short commentary article offers a critical assessment of the mistreatment of pavements (walkways) in the UK in the face of continued (ab)use of the pavement for parking motorised vehicles.

The driverless cars emulsion: Using participatory foresight and constructive conflict to address transport’s wicked problems (2022)
Journal Article

This paper introduces a novel methodology to the transport sector to foster dialogue between actors holding different perspectives on issues pertinent to the future of mobility that might be termed ‘wicked’. The case of driverless cars is considered.... Read More about The driverless cars emulsion: Using participatory foresight and constructive conflict to address transport’s wicked problems.

The future of work beyond the pandemic (2021)
Journal Article

On 21 October 2021 the PTRC Fireside Chat Series returned after a summer break. Continuing with its overall focus upon the transport implications of the pandemic, attention turned to consider whether or not we should be expecting a ‘big return’ to th... Read More about The future of work beyond the pandemic.

This is beyond a joke (2021)
Journal Article

This opinon piece reflects a critical assessment of the (ab)use of pavements (walkways) by owners of motorised vehicles.

The transport decarbonisation puzzle (2021)
Journal Article

This article is an abridged version of the author's assessment of the UK Government's Transport Decarbonisation Plan

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.

Scenario planning for transport practitioners (2021)
Journal Article

Scenario planning helps in contemplating how the future may develop and can be especially important when needing to make sense of uncertainty – something now pertinent to the transport sector. Accordingly, scenario planning is moving from the periphe... Read More about Scenario planning for transport practitioners.

Reviewing transport in light of the pandemic (2021)
Journal Article

Between April 2020 and May 2021, a series of ten online panel discussions took place known as Fireside Chats to examine the transport implications of the pandemic. A wide ranging set of topics and a diversity of perspectives have made for a rich sour... Read More about Reviewing transport in light of the pandemic.

Chatting round the fireside - transport tales from the pandemic (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

On 23 April 2020, one month after the UK Prime Minister announced a national lockdown in response to COVID-19, PTRC hosted an online Fireside Chat to address the implications for transport of the pandemic. At a point when working (full-time) from hom... Read More about Chatting round the fireside - transport tales from the pandemic.

After the revolution? (2021)
Digital Artefact

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Glenn Lyons has jointly organised and has chaired a Fireside Chat series of events with PTRC, examining the transport implications of the pandemic. Fireside Chat #10 on 27 May 2021 was titled "International perspectives... Read More about After the revolution?.

Technology and travel (2021)
Book Chapter

This book chapter explores our undertanding of the complex relationship between technology and travel and the digital age continues to unfold.

Will the pandemic help us change course in time? (2021)
Digital Artefact

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Glenn Lyons has jointly organised and has chaired a Fireside Chat series of events with PTRC, examining the transport implications of the pandemic. Fireside Chat #8 on 25 February 2021 was titled "COVID-19: Friend or foe... Read More about Will the pandemic help us change course in time?.

Combo Travel - Active and motorised modes working better together (2021)
Preprint / Working Paper

This paper considers the concept of Combo Travel: human-powered mobility in combination with a motorised mode as an enabler of healthier lifestyles and lower carbon journeys.

Most journeys by motorised modes ( bus, train, tube, car, van etc.) also... Read More about Combo Travel - Active and motorised modes working better together.

Discovering ‘the sweet spot’ (2021)
Journal Article

Travel demand is derived from a need or desire to access people, jobs, goods, services and opportunities. It is fundamentally access, not transport per se, that underpins economic prosperity and social wellbeing.

We live in the 'Triple Access Syst... Read More about Discovering ‘the sweet spot’.

Public transport and the future of mobility (2021)
Book Chapter

Across the chapters in this Handbook, the breadth and diversity encompassed under the label ‘public transport’ is apparent. The book’s contents also reflect a number of significant dynamics. The future of public transport may well be characterised ve... Read More about Public transport and the future of mobility.

Decarbonising UK transport - Final report and technology roadmaps (2021)
Report

This report informs the UK Government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan. It considers what needs to be achieved over the next 30 years, in terms of technological solutions, to reduce and remove direct emissions from the UK’s domestic transport sector... Read More about Decarbonising UK transport - Final report and technology roadmaps.

Don't forget walking: Taking steps out of the pandemic (2020)
Digital Artefact

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Glenn Lyons has jointly organised and has chaired a Fireside Chat series of events with PTRC, examining the transport implications of the pandemic. Fireside Chat #5 on 17 September 2020 was titled "And don't forget walki... Read More about Don't forget walking: Taking steps out of the pandemic.

Putting users at the centre of MaaS (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The rapid emergence of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) into the transport sector’s lexicon has brought with it an air of expectation that suggests a future mobility revolution. The authors take an action-oriented approach putting MaaS theory into practi... Read More about Putting users at the centre of MaaS.

Public transport: Social distancing without socially excluding (2020)
Digital Artefact

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Glenn Lyons has jointly organised and has chaired a Fireside Chat series of events with PTRC examining the transport implications of the pandemic. Fireside Chat #2 on 18 June 2020 was titled "Social distancing – the deat... Read More about Public transport: Social distancing without socially excluding.

A constructive role for social science in the development of automated vehicles (2020)
Journal Article

Automated vehicles (AVs) have the potential to cause profound shifts across a wide range of areas of human life, including economic structures, land use, lifestyles and personal well-being. Most current social science on AVs is narrowly framed. Resea... Read More about A constructive role for social science in the development of automated vehicles.

We need transport planners with superpowers: How can transport cope with the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic? (2020)
Digital Artefact

Amidst the UK lockdown in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, an online panel discussion was organised by PTRC and chaired by Glenn Lyons, titled "The global shock of COVID-19 – will it jolt the transport sector into significant change?" Nearly... Read More about We need transport planners with superpowers: How can transport cope with the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic?.

Walking as a service – Does it have legs? (2020)
Journal Article

Amidst the hype and prospects offered by technological innovation for shaping the future of mobility, it can be easy to overlook the humble and enduring place and potential of walking as a means of movement in our mobility system. Yet walking may alr... Read More about Walking as a service – Does it have legs?.

Driverless cars – a great opportunity for society? Final report of the Driverless Cars Emulsion initiative (2020)
Report

Driverless cars (DCs) have in recent years been the subject of substantial investment and anticipation, as well as hype and exasperation. Governments have been drawn into a race for the gold at the end of the DC rainbow. But not everyone shares this... Read More about Driverless cars – a great opportunity for society? Final report of the Driverless Cars Emulsion initiative.

Opening out and closing down: The treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, The Author(s). Since the 1960s, development of the transport system has been framed by the notion of forecasting future demand. Yet the past decade or more appears to signal some significant changes to the role of travel in society which are... Read More about Opening out and closing down: The treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm.

Reasonable travel time – the traveller’s perspective (2019)
Book Chapter

David Banister, Yannick Cornet, Moshe Givoni and Glenn Lyons critique the commodification of travel time savings in transport planning and project appraisal. They ask for less focus on travel time and, instead, that consideration should be given to t... Read More about Reasonable travel time – the traveller’s perspective.

Future Mobility (2019)
Book Chapter

The wicked problem of travel time use and the effects of ICTs (2019)
Book Chapter

Travel time matters. It is part of many people’s everyday lives. Saving of travel time and the value attributed to it remain a principal justification for investment in the transport system which in turn shapes that system, its use and in turn influe... Read More about The wicked problem of travel time use and the effects of ICTs.

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.

The importance of user perspective in the evolution of MaaS (2019)
Journal Article

The rapid emergence of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) into the transport sector’s lexicon has brought with it an air of expectation that suggests a future mobility revolution. This paper focusses on the user perspective and offers a deepening of socio-... Read More about The importance of user perspective in the evolution of MaaS.

Planning for connected autonomous vehicles (2019)
Report

Connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) are increasingly in the news, and speculation about their role in a future mobility system is widespread. Transport authorities face the task of determining what part they should play in this unfolding story.

T... Read More about Planning for connected autonomous vehicles.

Handling uncertainty in transport planning and decision making - Report of a roundtable discussion held in London on 20 July 2018 (2018)
Report

In the 1700s, the French philosopher Voltaire reportedly said “Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.” The transport sector is becoming increasingly alive to how uncertain the future is. There is significant (or ‘de... Read More about Handling uncertainty in transport planning and decision making - Report of a roundtable discussion held in London on 20 July 2018.

The many assumptions about self‐driving cars – Where are we heading and who is in the driving seat? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Will our future be filled with self-driving cars? If so, when are they due to hit our streets, will they have steering wheels, and will people own them or hail them? There is, we suggest, an ‘emotive enthusiasm’ amongst policymakers and industry play... Read More about The many assumptions about self‐driving cars – Where are we heading and who is in the driving seat?.

10‐year review of  the competencies expected of  transport planning professionals (2018)
Report

2018 marks 10 years since the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification was launched. Since then over 200 transport planners have secured TPP status with many more on their journey towards being qualified. A lot has changed in those 10 year... Read More about 10‐year review of  the competencies expected of  transport planning professionals.

Is transport planning fit for purpose? (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Transport planning to those outside the profession may be invisible or misconstrued, yet for those on the inside we see its significance to each and every person in society. Transport planning is about developing the transport system and its use in a... Read More about Is transport planning fit for purpose?.

Epilogue: the new frontiers of behavioral research on the interrelationships between ICT, activities, time use and mobility (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature. This special issue is a product of the international symposium on “ICT, Activities, Time Use and Travel” that was hosted by Nanjing University from 16 to 18 July 2016. The symposi... Read More about Epilogue: the new frontiers of behavioral research on the interrelationships between ICT, activities, time use and mobility.

Exploring urban metabolism—Towards an interdisciplinary perspective (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s) The discussion on urban metabolism has been long dominated by natural scientists focussing on natural forces shaping the energy and material flows in urban systems. However, in the anthropocene human forces such as industrializat... Read More about Exploring urban metabolism—Towards an interdisciplinary perspective.

The dynamics of urban metabolism in the face of digitalization and changing lifestyles: Understanding and influencing our cities (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. The world's population continues to grow. With a trend of urbanisation apparent, increasing attention is now being given to understanding and shaping our cities to support an evolving society. Urban metabolism concerns the flows... Read More about The dynamics of urban metabolism in the face of digitalization and changing lifestyles: Understanding and influencing our cities.

Getting smart about urban mobility – Aligning the paradigms of smart and sustainable (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd The digital age continues its advance, bringing with it remarkable technological possibilities. Such possibilities are founded upon an increasingly fine-grained electronic connectivity of people, places and objects allied to power... Read More about Getting smart about urban mobility – Aligning the paradigms of smart and sustainable.

Changing times – A decade of empirical insight into the experience of rail passengers in Great Britain (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd In the last decade the number of rail passenger journeys in Great Britain has increased by half and car trips per person are down by a tenth. Meanwhile there has been significant growth in internet use and ownership of smartphones... Read More about Changing times – A decade of empirical insight into the experience of rail passengers in Great Britain.

Transport analysis in an uncertain world (2016)
Journal Article

This short article reflects upon the task of informing policymaking and investment decisions in times of deep uncertainty, in the face of problems that are more 'wicked' than 'tame' and in the context of ever present biases.

Understanding the process that gives rise to household car ownership level changes (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 The Authors Quantitative studies have revealed that changes to the number of cars owned by households are more likely to occur at the time of life events. However, causal explanations of such relationships are either absent or lacking evidence... Read More about Understanding the process that gives rise to household car ownership level changes.

Guidance for transport planning and policymaking in the face of an uncertain future (2016)
Journal Article

Uncertainty of outcome is widely recognised as a concern facing decision-makers and their advisors. In a number of spheres of policy, it appears uncertainty has intensified in the face of globalisation, economic instability, climate change, technolog... Read More about Guidance for transport planning and policymaking in the face of an uncertain future.

Uncertainty ahead: Which way forward for transport? (2016)
Report

This is the final report from the CIHT FUTURES initiative. CIHT FUTURES involved a series of 11 workshops across the UK in 2015/16 in which over 200 CIHT members participated. The workshops explored members' reactions to uncertainty over the future a... Read More about Uncertainty ahead: Which way forward for transport?.

Towards a theory of the dynamics of household car ownership: Insights from a mobility biographies approach (2015)
Book Chapter

Household car ownership has arguably been one of the most widely studied areas within the field of transport research. Recently, studies in this area have moved to a focus on understanding the dynamic (time varying) nature of household car ownership.... Read More about Towards a theory of the dynamics of household car ownership: Insights from a mobility biographies approach.

The digital revolution and worthwhile use of travel time: implications for appraisal and forecasting (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Savings in travel time and more specifically their monetary value typically constitute the main benefit to justify major investment in transport schemes. However, worthwhile use of travel time is an i... Read More about The digital revolution and worthwhile use of travel time: implications for appraisal and forecasting.

The road investment strategy is a victory for ‘predict and provide’ over transport planning (2015)
Journal Article

Future mobility in an ageing society - Where are we heading? (2015)
Journal Article

The demographic profile of UK society is changing as people live longer. Maintaining the wellbeing and quality of life of an ageing society is set to be extremely challenging. To what extent can the state afford to meet a potentially burgeoning deman... Read More about Future mobility in an ageing society - Where are we heading?.

The future of transport (2015)
Journal Article

This document was prepared for Future Agenda 2.0. Future Agenda is billed as the world's largest open foresight initiative (www.futureagenda.org). Future Agenda 2.0, running throughout 2015, encompasses 20 topics looking at key changes in the world b... Read More about The future of transport.

Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future? (2014)
Report

New Zealand’s land transport programme has a current expenditure target for the next ten years of $38.7bn including $10bn to change the shape of the road network and improve its quality and capacity. Yet such investment plans are in the face of a cou... Read More about Future demand: How could or should our transport system evolve in order to support mobility in the future?.

Future demand: Summary report (2014)
Report

New Zealanders are driving nearly 30 billion kilometres each year in their cars, vans, utes and SUVs. The road network also carries 70 percent of all of our freight. As a nation we have built and continue to maintain a network of roads to allow us to... Read More about Future demand: Summary report.

Transport's digital age transition (2014)
Journal Article

2014 marks the 25th birthday of the World Wide Web. We have seen some remarkable developments as part of the digital age revolution in the last quarter of a century. These have taken place concurrently with a motor age that is possibly past its prime... Read More about Transport's digital age transition.

All change for next generation transport (2014)
Journal Article

We are in transition between the motor age and the digital age and heading for a very different world.

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.

Business travel - The social practices surrounding meetings (2013)
Journal Article

A considerable amount of travel domestically and internationally is undertaken by 'briefcase travellers' in the pursuit of business meetings. Such business travel is deemed costly to the economy. This paper examines the potential factors at work in t... Read More about Business travel - The social practices surrounding meetings.

New technologies for the old: Potential implications of living in later life for travel demand (2013)
Journal Article

Assistive technologies for older people, such as personal tracking devices and community alarms, can facilitate living independently for longer. Where and how older people live will affect patterns of travel associated with their lifestyles and needs... Read More about New technologies for the old: Potential implications of living in later life for travel demand.

Comparing Rail Passengers' Travel Time Use in Great Britain Between 2004 and 2010 (2013)
Journal Article

This paper provides a unique insight into aspects of stability and change regarding the travel time use of rail passengers in Great Britain between 2004 and 2010. Empirical evidence is presented on how rail passengers spend their time, how worthwhile... Read More about Comparing Rail Passengers' Travel Time Use in Great Britain Between 2004 and 2010.

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.

Valuation of travel time savings for business travellers (2013)
Report

The motor age and the information age collide (2013)
Journal Article

Its hard to be visionary. Its easy to be too far-fetched in looking to the future. Its even easier to lack imagination. “Computers in the future may weigh no more than one and a half tons” – so goes the popularised version of the quote from Popular M... Read More about The motor age and the information age collide.

Assessing future travel demand: A need to account for non-transport technologies? (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose: Travel is usually not valued in and of itself, but for the activities it allows people to partake in. Therefore, if change occurs in either the activities people perform, or in the means they use to perform them, the demand for travel is lik... Read More about Assessing future travel demand: A need to account for non-transport technologies?.

Future mobility in an ageing society: Where are we heading? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Should Wikipedia be embraced by the transport profession as an influential source of information on transport issues? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Like it or not, Wikipedia has become an influential source of information for the public and for professionals on many subjects, including transport. Enter either ‘high speed 2’ or ‘peak car’ (a debate of increasing academic interest) into Google and... Read More about Should Wikipedia be embraced by the transport profession as an influential source of information on transport issues?.

Dyslexia and mobility-related social exclusion: The role of travel information provision (2013)
Journal Article

Transport is increasingly recognised as having a significant impact upon quality of life for people with disabilities. The ability to access opportunities, services, social networks and other goods is highly dependent upon the ability to access priva... Read More about Dyslexia and mobility-related social exclusion: The role of travel information provision.

The emergent role of user innovation in reshaping traveler information services (2012)
Book Chapter

Rail passengers' time use and utility assessment (2012)
Journal Article

This paper uses data from Great Britain's National Passenger Survey 2010 to examine the travel time use of rail passengers and their indicative assessment of the utility of that time use. The paper explores the impacts of individuals' sociodemographi... Read More about Rail passengers' time use and utility assessment.

Chapter 12: The role of information in reducing the impacts of climate change for transport applications (2012)
Book Chapter

Care miles - Scenarios workshop report: Examination of future scenarios for the ESRC project 'Technologies and Travel' (2012)
Report

Transport and society: 10 insights for the Renaissance (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

To use or not to use? An empirical study of pre-trip public transport information for business and leisure trips and comparison with car travel (2012)
Journal Article

This quantitative study provides more insight into the relative strength of various factors affecting the use and non-use of pre-trip Public Transport (PT) information for business and leisure trips. It also illuminates comparing car with public tran... Read More about To use or not to use? An empirical study of pre-trip public transport information for business and leisure trips and comparison with car travel.

Exploring the interactions between life events, neighbourhood choice and car ownership transitions: Insights from a retrospective longitudinal survey (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A great deal has been written about the factors associated with cross-sectional variations in household car ownership. For example, observing that car ownership levels tend to increase with increasing distance from urban centres. However, much less h... Read More about Exploring the interactions between life events, neighbourhood choice and car ownership transitions: Insights from a retrospective longitudinal survey.

Travelling in a changing world: Key findings report from the project ‘Ideas in Transit’ (2012)
Report

Visions for the future and the need for a transport in society perspective (2012)
Book Chapter

Comparing rail passengers’ travel time use in Great Britain between 2004 and 2010 (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions (2012)
Journal Article

Transport policy in the UK is seeking to promote the development of low carbon transport technology and to encourage people to choose to use low carbon travel options. This paper draws on existing behavioural theories to study young people's travel b... Read More about Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions.

Automobility in transition?: A socio-technical analysis of sustainable transport (2011)
Book

Private cars have become the dominant mode of passenger road transport in developed countries. This book examines the past evolution towards car-based forms of transport: problems associated with it, the success of past and current efforts to deal wi... Read More about Automobility in transition?: A socio-technical analysis of sustainable transport.

New technologies for the old: Potential implications for independent living and travel demand (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A troublesome transport challenge? Working round the school run (2011)
Journal Article

Transport policy and practice could be challenged by the future of women's mobility if it means an increasing reliance on the car. The paper examines the contextual relationship between the journey to school/childcare and the journey to work undertak... Read More about A troublesome transport challenge? Working round the school run.

The role of ICTs in everyday mobile lives (2011)
Journal Article

Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are permeating modern lifestyles, shaping and colouring the undertaking of activities and travel. This article reports on a qualitative diary and interview study that explored the ways in which ICTs... Read More about The role of ICTs in everyday mobile lives.

Lost in translation: Problems in interpreting business attitudes to transport (2011)
Journal Article

This paper reviews available UK evidence on (private sector) business attitudes to transport. It follows a 2008 review of public attitudes to transport, and provides an important frame of reference for considering business attitudes. Accordingly the... Read More about Lost in translation: Problems in interpreting business attitudes to transport.

The unusual suspects: The impact of non-transport technologies on social practices and travel demand (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Despite cases in which travel is undertaken purely for its own sake, travel is usually considered to be derived from a need or desire to participate in a wide range of activities – accessing people, goods, services and opportunities. People’s schedul... Read More about The unusual suspects: The impact of non-transport technologies on social practices and travel demand.

Providing road capacity for automobility: The continuing transition (2011)
Book Chapter

Technology fix versus behaviour change (2011)
Book Chapter

Travel remedy kit (2010)
Book Chapter

Explaining public transport information use when a car is available: Attitude theory empirically investigated (2010)
Journal Article

Despite recent investments in and growing availability of various public transport information services, levels of apparent non-use (of particular information services) across the population remain high. Policymakers and information service providers... Read More about Explaining public transport information use when a car is available: Attitude theory empirically investigated.

The travel behaviour intentions of young people in the context of climate change (2010)
Journal Article

This article examines the factors influencing the future travel behaviour intentions of young people (aged 11-18), with specific attention given to how climate change considerations affect these. Overall it is found that the participants' travel beha... Read More about The travel behaviour intentions of young people in the context of climate change.

TDP demonstrations project report: Road users (2010)
Report

TDP Demonstrations Project Report - Road Users. Report for Department for Transport

Public attitudes to transport: Interpreting the evidence (2010)
Journal Article

Public attitudes to transport are complex. This paper summarises selected themes from a large scale evidence review of over 300 studies, with a focus on attitudes to important (and sometimes controversial) aspects of transport policy, namely assessme... Read More about Public attitudes to transport: Interpreting the evidence.

Lost in translation: Problems in intepreting business attitudes to transport (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Opportunities and options for transport policy (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Business travel: The social practices surrounding meetings (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Public transport information (non-)use empirically investigated for different trip types (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The reshaping of activities and mobility through new technologies (2009)
Journal Article

An examination of determinants influencing the desire for and frequency of part-day and whole-day homeworking (2009)
Journal Article

This paper presents findings and analysis based upon the third wave of a national longitudinal survey in the UK which is examining part-day homeworking and comparing it with whole-day homeworking. Survey results confirm earlier findings that there is... Read More about An examination of determinants influencing the desire for and frequency of part-day and whole-day homeworking.

Understanding the dynamics of car ownership: Some unanswered questions (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This discussion paper arises from the first year of a PhD study into household car ownership decisions. It begins by summarising explanations for the past (aggregate) increases in car ownership, reviewing research from the fields of economics, urban... Read More about Understanding the dynamics of car ownership: Some unanswered questions.

Explaining public transport information use through attitude theory (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Public attitudes to transport: Scrutinising the evidence (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Exploring the public acceptability of road pricing (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports on a major study for the UK Department for Transport that has involved deliberative research to explore how public attitudes (and motivations for such attitudes) towards road pricing influence public acceptability. The research inv... Read More about Exploring the public acceptability of road pricing.

The climate committee’s report has given a misleading message to transport practitioners. Viewpoint (2009)
Journal Article

Are travel information services realising their potential? (2009)
Journal Article

Business attitudes to transport: Knowledge review of existing evidence (2009)
Report

A comment on 'The Myth of Travel Time Saving' (2008)
Journal Article

The substitution of communications for travel? (2008)
Book Chapter

What affects use of pretrip public transport information?: Empirical results of a qualitative study (2008)
Journal Article

With the rise of the Internet and mobile phone, various forms of public transport information services have emerged that enable people to make better informed travel choices. Nevertheless, many people are unaware of these information services, and on... Read More about What affects use of pretrip public transport information?: Empirical results of a qualitative study.

Commute replacement and commute displacement the rise of part-day home working (2008)
Journal Article

Working by telecommunication has been the subject of research attention in transportation studies for many years. Particular consideration has been given to occasional working from home (home working) by (full-time, paid) employees who represent a ta... Read More about Commute replacement and commute displacement the rise of part-day home working.

Assessing the demand for travel information: Do we really want to know? (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Briefcase travelling: Time use and value. Inaugural Learned Society Lecture of the Institution of Highways & Transportation (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The business of train travel: A matter of time use (2008)
Book Chapter

Public attitudes to transport: Knowledge review of existing evidence (2008)
Report

Report for Department for Transport

Public acceptability of road pricing (2008)
Report

Final report, Department for Transport

An exploration of demographic, work, home and commute aspects of part-day and whole-day homeworking (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The gift of travel time (2008)
Journal Article

The interpretation of travel time in economic terms has played a fundamental part in shaping our transport systems. The time consumed in order to travel to a destination has been seen as the price paid for fulfilling the purpose of reaching that dest... Read More about The gift of travel time.

A human perspective on the daily commute: Costs, benefits and trade-offs (2008)
Journal Article

The average worker in Britain spends 139 h/year commuting - the equivalent of 19 standard working days. While the average distance and time taken for journeys to work has been steadily increasing, the average number of journeys has been decreasing at... Read More about A human perspective on the daily commute: Costs, benefits and trade-offs.

What affects pre-trip public transport information use? Empirical results of a qualitative study (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Wayfinding in unfamiliar urban environments (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Learning from the past: Matters of cause and effect (2008)
Book Chapter

Traveline market research: Scoping study (2008)
Report

Report to Traveline Marketing Group, London

Transport directions to the future (2008)
Book Chapter

Exploring public attitudes to person carbon dioxide emissions information (2008)
Report

Direction of travel (2008)
Journal Article

Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day (2008)
Journal Article

This article argues that there is a need to understand business travel time in the context of the wider organization of work time. It considers why travel time use is potentially changing with the use of mobile technologies by the increasing number o... Read More about Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day.

Exploring public attitudes to personal carbon dioxide emission information (2007)
Report

Final Report

Strategic review of travel information research (2007)
Report

Report to The Department for Transport, London, UK

Conceptualising barriers to travel information use (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A human perspective on the daily commute: Costs, benefits and trade-offs (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Reflections on the past year in transport (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Introducing multitasking to the study of travel and ICT: Examining its extent and assessing its potential importance (2007)
Journal Article

Personal travel is undertaken principally as a means of access. The Internet now provides an additional form of access, enabling many activities to be reached without recourse to physical mobility by the individual undertaking the activity. However,... Read More about Introducing multitasking to the study of travel and ICT: Examining its extent and assessing its potential importance.

Road pricing and the social dimension of sustainability (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The use of travel time by rail passengers in Great Britain (2007)
Journal Article

In the face of a society that exhibits an increasing dependence on motorised mobility, the response of transport policy is one that remains grounded in the pursuit of quicker journey times. Less time spent travelling is assumed to convert 'unproducti... Read More about The use of travel time by rail passengers in Great Britain.

Understanding and addressing dyslexia in travel information provision (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Rapid evidence assessment: Understanding the distributional impacts of road pricing (2007)
Report

The role of information in decision-making with regard to travel (2006)
Journal Article

The decision-making of individuals lies at the heart of individual and collective travel behaviour and gives rise to the patterns of mobility that place their demands upon our transport systems. This paper aims to examine the role of information in d... Read More about The role of information in decision-making with regard to travel.

Introducing consideration of varied-spatiotemporal workers to the study of teleworking (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Travel behaviour considerations during the process of residential relocation (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Foresight: The place of social science in examining the future of transport (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Towards an understanding of the use and value of business travel time (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The role of information in decision making for transport (2006)
Report

Commissioned science review for the DTI Foresight Initiative

The attitudes of young people towards sustainable transport (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper considers that a fuller understanding of the public’s attitudes towards and perceptions of transport is essential in the development of successful campaigns and policies aiming to encourage more sustainable transport behaviour. The paper... Read More about The attitudes of young people towards sustainable transport.

Travel time use: Developing a research agenda (2006)
Report

The daily commute (2006)
Report

Report prepared for Merk

Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology (2005)
Book

PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS NOT THE FULL BOOK TEXT - PUBLISHER POLICY ONLY ALLOWS ACCESS TO AN EXTRACT OF THIS BOOK IN THE UWE BRISTOL RESEARCH REPOSITORY

In many international settings, regional economies are declining resulting in lowered opportunities... Read More about Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology.

Travel time: Gift or burden? (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Travel time use in the information age (2005)
Journal Article

This paper, focused primarily on UK data and debates, considers the potential significance of travel time use within past, present and future patterns of mobility. In transport scheme appraisal, savings in travel time typically represent a substantia... Read More about Travel time use in the information age.

Gathering empirical evidence on the impacts of ICTs: Using 'accessibility diaries' to investigate the changing nature of internet use, personal travel and participation in activities (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Transport and society (2004)
Journal Article

In 1963, the Buchanan Report in the UK advocated a combination of new road capacity, improved public transport and traffic restraint as a means to tackle congestion. Forty years on, and the advice from many transport experts remains the same. However... Read More about Transport and society.

Delivering our urban future (2004)
Book Chapter

Planning for an Urban Future - Charging or What? (2004)
Book

Evidence-based review: Attitudes to road pricing (2004)
Report

Local strategic partnerships, transport and accessibility. Issues paper (2004)
Report

Report to Department for Transport

Evidence based review: Attitudes to road pricing (2004)
Report

Final Report to the Department for Transport

Integrated traveller information - Transport Direct (2003)
Book Chapter

Social participation, personal travel and internet use (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Social exclusion and transport in the UK: A role for virtual accessibility in the alleviation of mobility-related social exclusion? (2003)
Journal Article

This paper reports findings from research into the possibility that mobility-related social exclusion could be affected by an increase in access to virtual mobility - access to opportunities, services and social networks, via the Internet - amongst p... Read More about Social exclusion and transport in the UK: A role for virtual accessibility in the alleviation of mobility-related social exclusion?.

Future mobility: It's about time (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Short term skills shortages in delivering local transport responsibilities (2003)
Report

Britain's transport crisis (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Transport Direct market research programme: Findings and implications from phase 1 (2003)
Report

Department of Transport report

Transport's future: The glass is half full (2003)
Book Chapter

The introduction of social exclusion into the field of travel behaviour (2003)
Journal Article

The value of integrated multimodal traveller information and its potential contribution to modal change (2003)
Journal Article

This paper reports on research that introduced the concept of integrated multimodal traveller information to mixed mode and mixed socio-demographic groups of travellers. Travellers were shown information about travel by car, coach and train for a jou... Read More about The value of integrated multimodal traveller information and its potential contribution to modal change.

Transport visions network - Report 7 - Freight and logistics (2003)
Report

This is the seventh in a series of reports to be produced by the Transport Visions Network. The Network is a novel venture to project the views of young professionals into the debate concerning the future of transport and its role in society. It is c... Read More about Transport visions network - Report 7 - Freight and logistics.

Transport visions network - Report 8 - Economy, finance and equity (2003)
Report

This is the eighth in a series of reports to be produced by the Transport Visions Network. The Network is a novel venture to project the views of young professionals into the debate concerning the future of transport and its role in society. It is co... Read More about Transport visions network - Report 8 - Economy, finance and equity.

Internet: Investigating new technology's evolving role, nature and effects on transport (2002)
Journal Article

In the space of only a few years the Internet has emerged as a mainstream communications medium providing a growing proportion of the population with virtual access to goods, people, opportunities and services. Against a backdrop of highlighting how... Read More about Internet: Investigating new technology's evolving role, nature and effects on transport.

Transport and social exclusion: Investigating the possibility of promoting inclusion through virtual mobility (2002)
Journal Article

This paper introduces a mobility dimension to social exclusion, suggesting a strong correlation between a lack of access to adequate mobility and lack of access to opportunities, social networks, goods and services. This correlation exists as both a... Read More about Transport and social exclusion: Investigating the possibility of promoting inclusion through virtual mobility.

Internet: Investigating new technology's evolving role, nature and effects on transport (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Determinants of travel demand-Exploring the future of society and lifestyles in the UK (2002)
Journal Article

This paper considers how changes in the fabric of society and its values, a subject usually considered to be outside the conventional scope of the transport profession, can have a profound impact on travel demand. The paper stems from the Transport V... Read More about Determinants of travel demand-Exploring the future of society and lifestyles in the UK.

Travel behaviour of car users during the UK fuel crisis and insights into car dependence (2002)
Book Chapter

Fuel tax protests and fuel rationing: An historical perspective (2002)
Book Chapter

Experiences and lessons from conducting an emergency survey of motorists during the UK fuel crisis (2002)
Book Chapter

The integration of highway and public transport information (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Transport, social exclusion and the internet: Could virtual mobility help to alleviate social exclusion? (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The UK public transport industry and provision of multi-modal traveller information (2002)
Journal Article

In recent years significant developments in transport policy have taken place in the UK. Public transport is considered key to the policy objectives of achieving an integrated and sustainable transport system. Improvements to public transport operati... Read More about The UK public transport industry and provision of multi-modal traveller information.

Transport lessons from the fuel tax protests of 2000 (2002)
Book

Transport visions network - Report 5 - Local travel (2002)
Report

This is the second in a series of reports to be produced by the Transport Visions Network. The Network is a novel venture to project the views of young professionals into the debate concerning the future of transport and its role in society. It is co... Read More about Transport visions network - Report 5 - Local travel.

Transport visions network - Report 4 - Vehicles and infrastructure (2002)
Report

This is the fourth in a series of reports to be produced by the Transport Visions Network. The Network is a novel venture to project the views of young professionals into the debate concerning the future of transport and its role in society. It is co... Read More about Transport visions network - Report 4 - Vehicles and infrastructure.

Guiding principles for future developments in transport (2002)
Journal Article

Transport policy in the UK has been the focus of much deliberation and reformulation in recent years. While a ten year £180 billion spending plan is now in place this does not, nor should it, preclude the ongoing debate over transport's future and th... Read More about Guiding principles for future developments in transport.

From advanced towards effective traveller information systems (2001)
Book Chapter

Coping with a crisis: Lessons from the events of a year ago (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Traveller information systems research: A review and recommendations for transport direct (2001)
Report

Understanding mobility exclusion and investigating the possibility of promoting inclusion through virtual mobility (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

From laughing stock into rolling stock: Can rail passenger information help make a difference? (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Determinants of travel demand: Exploring the future of society and lifestyles (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Neural network model for enhanced operation of midblock signalled pedestrian crossings (2001)
Journal Article

UK transport policy has shifted dramatically in recent years. The new policy direction to promote walking as an alternative to car for short trips. Midblock signalled pedestrian crossings are a common method of resolving the conflict between pedestri... Read More about Neural network model for enhanced operation of midblock signalled pedestrian crossings.

Public transport information web sites: How to get it right - A best practice guide (2001)
Book

Transport Visions Network - Report 3 - Land Use Planning (2001)
Report

This is the third in a series of reports to be produced by the Transport Visions Network. The Network is a novel venture to project the views of young professionals into the debate concerning the future of transport and its role in society. It is com... Read More about Transport Visions Network - Report 3 - Land Use Planning.

Towards integrated traveller information (2001)
Journal Article

Traveller information provision has become a key government priority in the UK following the publication of its Transport White Paper in July 1998. Developments are already underway for the integration of information systems across different public t... Read More about Towards integrated traveller information.

Transport visions network - Report 2 - Transportation requirements (2001)
Report

This is the second in a series of reports to be produced by the Transport Visions Network. The Network is a novel venture to project the views of young professionals into the debate concerning the future of transport and its role in society. It is co... Read More about Transport visions network - Report 2 - Transportation requirements.

Transport visions network - Report 1 - Society and lifestyles (2000)
Report

This is the first in a series of reports to be produced by the Transport Visions Network. The Network is a novel venture to project the views of young professionals into the debate concerning the future of transport and its role in society. It is com... Read More about Transport visions network - Report 1 - Society and lifestyles.

The role of information in the UK passenger rail industry (2000)
Journal Article

Infrastructure and transportation in the twenty-first century-ever-increasing circles? (2000)
Journal Article

Understanding and controlling travel demand is one of the great challenges for the twenty-first century. This paper has been prepared in the wake of the first UK Transport White Paper for some 20 years which has sought to reconcile a multitude of req... Read More about Infrastructure and transportation in the twenty-first century-ever-increasing circles?.

Transport visions: A young professionals' perspective (1999)
Journal Article

Traveller information systems: What do end-users really want? (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

UK passenger transport information on the internet: Promoting best practice through accreditation (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A case study of the development of car dependence in teenagers (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Internet traveller information systems: A case study of user response (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Traveller information and the internet (1998)
Journal Article

An assessment of teleworking as a practice for travel demand management (1998)
Journal Article

Provision of additional highway capacity is no longer an acceptable solution to continuing traffic growth. Travel demand management has therefore become an increasingly important alternative solution. This paper considers how, and to what extent, tel... Read More about An assessment of teleworking as a practice for travel demand management.

Enhanced operating strategies to improve pedestrian amenity and safety at midblock signalled pedestrian crossings (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Urban traffic management; the viability of short term congestion forecasting using artificial neural networks (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Urban congestion reduction using variable message signs (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Grow, peak or plateau - the outlook for car travel
Preprint / Working Paper

At the request of the New Zealand Ministry of Transport, a meeting of UK researchers and commentators was convened in London on ‘peak car’, a hypothesis that per capita car use is close to its maximum level, and may stabilise or turn down. In both co... Read More about Grow, peak or plateau - the outlook for car travel.

Local transport – a view from the summit. Contributions and insights from the first and second Local Transport Summits, Oxford 2016 and Manchester 2017
Report

Planning and delivering successful local transport involves making sense of transport system supply and demand, reflecting user needs as necessary and advising on how wider social, economic and environmental considerations can be taken into account.... Read More about Local transport – a view from the summit. Contributions and insights from the first and second Local Transport Summits, Oxford 2016 and Manchester 2017.

Understanding perceptions of the transport planning professional qualification
Report

This report presents the findings from a survey of transport planners conducted in March 2012, which set out to discover how wider uptake of the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification could be encouraged. The survey revealed that: The ma... Read More about Understanding perceptions of the transport planning professional qualification.

The chance for a more inclusive new normal in transport
Other

The article is a writeup of the ninth PTRC Fireside Chat that took place on 15 April 2021. The event, attended by around 200 people, was an opportunity to take a serious look at an issue that should be firmly in the minds of transport professionals a... Read More about The chance for a more inclusive new normal in transport.

TAP-SWOT in a BOX
Digital Artefact

TAP-SWOT in a BOX is a serious game.

Transport planning has traditionally sat within the predict and provide paradigm – focused upon a forecast-led approach to addressing car-centric planning. Triple Access Planning (TAP) sits within the decide an... Read More about TAP-SWOT in a BOX.

Net Zero: The future of Bristol's transport system - Reporting on FUTURES relay workshop undertaken with Bristolians
Report

Transport planning is a discipline in transition, where traditional techno-rational approaches coexist with an emerging practice contributing address the environmental, social, and economic crises. While there is a growing recognition of the need for... Read More about Net Zero: The future of Bristol's transport system - Reporting on FUTURES relay workshop undertaken with Bristolians.

The process of household car ownership change: A qualitative analysis of real world accounts
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Travel behaviour change and residential relocation
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Reshaping patterns of mobility and exclusion? Measuring the impact of virtual mobility on nature and extent of participation amongst key social groups: A methodology
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The truth of the matter
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Transport in society: Planning for the future
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Using technology to fight exclusion: How virtual mobility could help to facilitate access and inclusion
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The nature and scale of teleworking’s travel demand impacts: Insights from a U.K. trial
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A growing number of transport bodies are trying to make sense of how to inform and shape policymaking and investment in the face of deep uncertainty. Potentially disruptive transport technologies are only part of a more complex picture of societal ch... Read More about Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future.