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Technology and travel (2021)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G. (2021). Technology and travel. In Why Travel? Understanding the Need to Move and How it Shapes Our Lives (231-251). Bristol University Press

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

Public transport and the future of mobility (2021)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G. (2021). Public transport and the future of mobility. In C. Mulley, J. Nelson, & S. Ison (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook for Public Transport (583-593). Routledge

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.

Reasonable travel time – the traveller’s perspective (2019)
Book Chapter
Banister, D., Cornet, Y., Givoni, M., & Lyons, G. (2019). Reasonable travel time – the traveller’s perspective. In R. Hickman, B. M. Lira, M. Givoni, & K. Geurs (Eds.), A Companion to Transport, Space and Equity (197-208). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788119825.00023

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
Lyons, G. (2019). Future Mobility. In I. Docherty, & J. Shaw (Eds.), Transport Matters. , (381-400). Policy Press

The wicked problem of travel time use and the effects of ICTs (2019)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G. (in press). The wicked problem of travel time use and the effects of ICTs. In E. Ben-Elia (Ed.), The Evolving Impact of ICT on Activities and Travel Behaviour. Elsevier

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.

Towards a theory of the dynamics of household car ownership: Insights from a mobility biographies approach (2015)
Book Chapter
Clark, B., Chatterjee, K., & Lyons, G. (2015). Towards a theory of the dynamics of household car ownership: Insights from a mobility biographies approach. In J. Scheiner, & C. Holz-Rau (Eds.), Mobility Biographies and Mobility Socialisation (97-144). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-07546-0_6

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 emergent role of user innovation in reshaping traveler information services (2012)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G., Jain, J., Mitchell, V., & May, A. (2012). The emergent role of user innovation in reshaping traveler information services. In F. Geels, R. Kemp, G. Dudley, & G. Lyons (Eds.), Automobility in Transition? A Socio-Technical Analysis of Sustainable Transport (268-285). New York: Routledge

Intermodal personal mobility: A niche caught between two regimes (2012)
Book Chapter
Parkhurst, G., Kemp, R., Dijk, M., & Sherwin, H. (2012). Intermodal personal mobility: A niche caught between two regimes. In F. Geels, R. Kemp, G. Dudley, & G. Lyons (Eds.), Automobility in Transition?: A Socio-Technical Analysis of Sustainable Transport. Routledge

Technology fix versus behaviour change (2011)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G. (2011). Technology fix versus behaviour change. In M. Grieco, & J. Urry (Eds.), Mobilities: New perspectives on transport and society (159-177). Ashgate

Travel remedy kit (2010)
Book Chapter
Watts, L., & Lyons, G. (2010). Travel remedy kit. In M. Bűsher, J. Urry, & K. Witchger (Eds.), Mobile Methods (189-213). Routledge

The substitution of communications for travel? (2008)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G., Farag, S., & Haddad, H. (2008). The substitution of communications for travel?. In S. Ison, & T. Rye (Eds.), The Implementation and Effectiveness of Transport Demand Management Measures: An International Perspective (211-232). Ashgate

The business of train travel: A matter of time use (2008)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G., Holley, D., & Jain, J. (2008). The business of train travel: A matter of time use. In D. Hislop (Ed.), Mobility and Technology in the Workplace (74-86). London: Routledge

Learning from the past: Matters of cause and effect (2008)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G. (2008). Learning from the past: Matters of cause and effect. In J. Masters (Ed.), With the Advantage of Hindsight (4-7). Tunbridge Wells, Kent: Institution of Highways and Transportation

Transport directions to the future (2008)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G., & Loo, B. (2008). Transport directions to the future. In R. Knowles, J. Shaw, & I. Docherty (Eds.), Transport Geographies: Mobilities, Flows and Spaces (215-226). Wiley Blackwell

Delivering our urban future (2004)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G. (2004). Delivering our urban future. In G. Lyons (Ed.), Planning for an Urban Future - Charging or What? (5-10). Cambridge: CICC Publications

Integrated traveller information - Transport Direct (2003)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G., Harman, R., Austin, J., & Duff, A. (2003). Integrated traveller information - Transport Direct. In J. Hine, & J. Preston (Eds.), Integrated Futures and Transport Choices: UK Transport Policy Beyond the 1998 White Paper and Transport Acts (68-89). Aldergate: Ashgate