Outputs (1099)

Looking for the light in a dark age (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine

Professor Glenn Lyons shares his pessimism at the emergence of a new ‘Dark Age’ in which steps towards more sustainable and thoughtful transport policies are being frustrated. He tries to find a way of approaching this situation positively.

What’s going on inside that head? Embracing the wonders of neurodiversity in our sector (2024)
Report

It is estimated that 1 in 7 or 1 in 5 people in society's neurodiverse population are neurodivergent, as opposed to neurotypical. In a neurotypically designed society, being neurodivergent can be challenging. But neurodivergent people also have talen... Read More about What’s going on inside that head? Embracing the wonders of neurodiversity in our sector.

The pedestrian pound (3rd edition) (2024)
Report

Making our outdoor public spaces more accessible, attractive, comfortable and safe for people walking or wheeling can help to increase pedestrian footfall and revitalise high streets, district, town and city centres. This report updates the evidence... Read More about The pedestrian pound (3rd edition).

Evaluation briefing. Pedestrian pound update (3rd Edition) (2024)
Report

This briefing on the evaluation of public realm interventions is part of the research for The Pedestrian Pound (third edition). The evidence for greater investment in walkable high streets can be found in the main report. Public realm investment sits... Read More about Evaluation briefing. Pedestrian pound update (3rd Edition).

Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation: Social research appendices (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one. The appendices present the full results of social research conducted for the evaluation, alongside... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation: Social research appendices.

Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one.

The main evaluation report reveals that:

- the pilot was successful in attracting interest f... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot evaluation.

Cornwall e-cycle pilot: Learning for practitioners (2024)
Report

These reports present findings from the Cornwall e-cycle pilot, a scheme which gave people a chance to try using an e-cycle without having to buy one. The learning for practitioners report outlines 15 lessons learned from the pilot, to help inform th... Read More about Cornwall e-cycle pilot: Learning for practitioners.

Behavioural impacts of e-cycle trials: A rapid evidence assessment (2024)
Report

The report collated information from 18 trials, pilots or research programmes considering e-cycle interventions. In particular, the review looked for evidence of behavioural changes related to the chance to try an e-cycle without having to purchase o... Read More about Behavioural impacts of e-cycle trials: A rapid evidence assessment.

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?.

Sub-national transport bodies: Evaluation of initiatives to support local authority capacity and capability (2024)
Report

During 2021/22 the Department for Transport (DfT) made additional funding available to Sub-national Transport Bodies (STBs). The funding was to enable STBs to support their local authorities (LAs) in delivering transport policies in four priority are... Read More about Sub-national transport bodies: Evaluation of initiatives to support local authority capacity and capability.

Baseline synthesis: Transforming cities fund national evaluation (2024)
Report

Between 2018/19 and 2022/23, the Department for Transport allocated the £2.45bn Transforming Cities Fund across 18 English city regions – to support delivery of sustainable transport improvements which would enhance intra-city connectivity and boost... Read More about Baseline synthesis: Transforming cities fund national evaluation.

The transformation of mobility in Europe: Technological change and social conditionings (2024)
Journal Article

The mobility of persons is changing due to technological innovation linked to autonomous and electric vehicles or to connectivity and data communication technologies. Furthermore, it is being conditioned by social behaviours. Qualitative research bas... Read More about The transformation of mobility in Europe: Technological change and social conditionings.

Cycling in the West of England: Nature, sustainability and wellbeing (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cycling and nature offer individuals health and wellbeing benefits, as well as the potential to contribute to local, national and global sustainability goals. Sometimes cycling and nature coincide, e.g., cycling through natural landscapes or on urban... Read More about Cycling in the West of England: Nature, sustainability and wellbeing.

Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This presentation reports on a mixed methods study investigating the on-board passenger experience of one of the world’s first autonomous bus trials open to the general public. The MultiCAV project – branded publicly as Mi-Link – was an autonomous bu... Read More about Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project.

Peak complexity – Why nothing works any more (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper

How many times have system failures – technical, human or both – caused you loss, frustration or wasted time? Have you ever dealt with customer services or technical support who seemed powerless to fix the problem? Could these growing frustrations of... Read More about Peak complexity – Why nothing works any more.

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.

Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper reports on a mixed methods study investigating the on-board passenger experience of one of the world’s first autonomous bus trials open to the general public. The MultiCAV project – branded publicly as Mi-Link – was an autonomous bus trial... Read More about Passenger experiences of an Autonomous Bus service: The MultiCAV project.

Nature connection and cycling (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Background
Both cycling and nature connectedness offer benefits to human and planetary wellbeing. A mixed methods MSc research project has explored the ways in which nature in general, and connectedness in particular, interacts with cycling practice... Read More about Nature connection and cycling.

Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship (2024)
Book Chapter

Rapid technological change in the transport sector is leading to a growing range of potential and actual ‘business models’ deployable for the movement of goods and people. Two key uncertainties arise from this proliferation: first, concerning which o... Read More about Viable business or vital environment? Deconstructing the sustainability concept in future mobility entrepreneurship.