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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
Farag, S., & Lyons, G. (2012). 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. Transport Policy, 20, 82-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2011.03.007

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.

Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions (2012)
Journal Article
Line, T., Chatterjee, K., & Lyons, G. (2012). Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 17(3), 270-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2011.12.004

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.

The role of ICTs in everyday mobile lives (2011)
Journal Article
Line, T., Jain, J., & Lyons, G. (2011). The role of ICTs in everyday mobile lives. Journal of Transport Geography, 19(6), 1490-1499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.07.002

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.

A troublesome transport challenge? Working round the school run (2011)
Journal Article
Jain, J., Line, T., & Lyons, G. (2011). A troublesome transport challenge? Working round the school run. Journal of Transport Geography, 19(6), 1608-1615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.04.007

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.

Lost in translation: Problems in interpreting business attitudes to transport (2011)
Journal Article
Dudley, G., Goodwin, P., Lyons, G., Musselwhite, C., & Wiltshire, P. (2011). Lost in translation: Problems in interpreting business attitudes to transport. Transportation Planning and Technology, 34(1), 35-50. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2011.530828

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.

Explaining public transport information use when a car is available: Attitude theory empirically investigated (2010)
Journal Article
Farag, S., & Lyons, G. (2010). Explaining public transport information use when a car is available: Attitude theory empirically investigated. Transportation, 37(6), 897-913. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-010-9265-1

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
Line, T., Chatterjee, K., & Lyons, G. (2010). The travel behaviour intentions of young people in the context of climate change. Journal of Transport Geography, 18(2), 238-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.05.001

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.

Public attitudes to transport: Interpreting the evidence (2010)
Journal Article
Goodwin, P., & Lyons, G. (2010). Public attitudes to transport: Interpreting the evidence. Transportation Planning and Technology, 33(1), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060903429264

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.

An examination of determinants influencing the desire for and frequency of part-day and whole-day homeworking (2009)
Journal Article
Haddad, H., Lyons, G., & Chatterjee, K. (2009). An examination of determinants influencing the desire for and frequency of part-day and whole-day homeworking. Journal of Transport Geography, 17(2), 124-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.11.008

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 how transport choices are affected by the environment and health: Views expressed in a study on the use of carbon calculators (2009)
Journal Article
Chatterton, T., Coulter, A., Musselwhite, C., Lyons, G., & Clegg, S. (2009). Understanding how transport choices are affected by the environment and health: Views expressed in a study on the use of carbon calculators. Public Health, 123(1), 45-49. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2008.10.022

Objectives: To examine the influence that the provision of environmental information might be able to make on personal travel behaviour through analysis of the views of members of the public expressed in a study for the UK Department for Transport on... Read More about Understanding how transport choices are affected by the environment and health: Views expressed in a study on the use of carbon calculators.

What affects use of pretrip public transport information?: Empirical results of a qualitative study (2008)
Journal Article
Farag, S., & Lyons, G. (2008). What affects use of pretrip public transport information?: Empirical results of a qualitative study. Transportation Research Record, 2069(2069), 85-92. https://doi.org/10.3141/2069-11

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
Lyons, G., & Haddad, H. (2008). Commute replacement and commute displacement the rise of part-day home working. Transportation Research Record, 2082(2082), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.3141/2082-01

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.

A human perspective on the daily commute: Costs, benefits and trade-offs (2008)
Journal Article
Lyons, G., & Chatterjee, K. (2008). A human perspective on the daily commute: Costs, benefits and trade-offs. Transport Reviews, 28(2), 181-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441640701559484

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.

Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day (2008)
Journal Article
Holley, D., Jain, J., & Lyons, G. (2008). Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day. Time and Society, 17(1), 27-46. https://doi.org/10.1177/0961463X07086308

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.