Outputs (1099)
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.
UWE Our Green City online sustainability course - Public transport
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Our Green City was a six week, free, on-line course run by the University of the West of England, Bristol, during Bristol's year as European Green Capital in 2015.
This lecture series will give you an overview of the current environmental and soc... Read More about UWE Our Green City online sustainability course - Public transport.
User and community expectations of the major road network (MRN)
Report
The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund (RJRF)commissioned an ambitious two-year study of major roads in England with a horizon of 2040. There are seven topics of interest, and the first topic of interest has two tasks, one of which (Task 1C) is to identify user... Read More about User and community expectations of the major road network (MRN).
The commuting and wellbeing study: Understanding the impact of commuting on people’s lives
Report
Subjective wellbeing is about how well people consider their lives are going and is potentially affected by routines of daily life such as commuting. Clear evidence has not been available on the impacts of commuting on subjective wellbeing. This repo... Read More about The commuting and wellbeing study: Understanding the impact of commuting on people’s lives.
Evaluation of Brighton old town street improvements 2013-15
Report
In 2013, Brighton and Hove Borough Council commissioned the Centre for Transport and Society (CTS) at the University of the West of England (UWE) to evaluate the planned Old Town Traffic Improvement Scheme. Following a public consultation and a plan... Read More about Evaluation of Brighton old town street improvements 2013-15.
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.
Mapping Park and Ride use in Bath – Comparisons between users and non-users of the service
Report
Mapping Park and Ride use in Bath – Comparisons between users and non-users of the service.
A supplementary report containing the full set of statistical analyses used in the journal paper 'Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and R... Read More about Mapping Park and Ride use in Bath – Comparisons between users and non-users of the service.
Just the ticket? Exploring the contribution of free bus fares policy to quality of later life
Thesis
Increasing longevity and the rapidly ageing UK population present policy makers with the considerable challenge of providing suitable mobility options that facilitate the maintenance of an acceptable quality of life in older age. Since April 2008, UK... Read More about Just the ticket? Exploring the contribution of free bus fares policy to quality of later life.
Successfully giving up driving for older people
Preprint / Working Paper
Older people as a cohort are more healthy and active than ever before and as such are also more mobile. They are more likely than ever before to be car users and be driving more miles. Nevertheless, many older people, for one reason or another often... Read More about Successfully giving up driving for older people.
The use of ‘formal’ travel information pertaining to costs, routes, journey times, or real-time transport disruptions, and its role in travel behaviour (for example, choice of mode, route or departure time) has been widely studied, but little is know... Read More about Spreading the word: A social-psychological exploration of word-of-mouth traveller information in the digital age.
Information impacts on route choice and learning behavior in a congested network: An experimental approach
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Every individual traveler makes route choices in an inherently uncertain environment, due to random disruptions to the traffic system such as incidents and bad weather, and random behavior of his/her fellow travelers. The premise underlying the devel... Read More about Information impacts on route choice and learning behavior in a congested network: An experimental approach.
Students car use and its effect on environmental attitudes
Preprint / Working Paper
This study concerns the relationship between students’ travel behaviour and their attitudes towards environmental issues. Previous studies have shown car use correlated with attitudes towards climate change, and with attitudes towards various policy... Read More about Students car use and its effect on environmental attitudes.
Understanding the attitudes of older people to road pricing
Thesis
Worldwide the human population shows an ageing demographic structure. Older people often face the danger of social exclusion; arguably more often than other age groups. Nonetheless, at least in the western world, older people are more interested in l... Read More about Understanding the attitudes of older people to road pricing.
Bike-rail integration as one sustainable transport solution to reduce car dependence
Thesis
The level of bike-rail integration (combining cycling with rail) in the UK presents an unrealised sustainable mobility potential: two per cent of rail passengers access the rail network by bicycle, contrasting with 40 per cent in the Netherlands. Cyc... Read More about Bike-rail integration as one sustainable transport solution to reduce car dependence.
Potential for carfree development in the UK
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper aims: to propose a definition and typology of carfree development, to assess the benefits and problems associated with it, to assess the potential demand for ‘European style’ carfree housing in the UK and the circumstances under which it m... Read More about Potential for carfree development in the UK.