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Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and Ride and city centre car park usage in Bath, UK (2014)
Journal Article
Clayton, W., Ben-Elia, E., Parkhurst, G., & Ricci, M. (2014). Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and Ride and city centre car park usage in Bath, UK. Journal of Transport Geography, 36, 124-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.03.011

Integrating car parking facilities with public transport in Park and Ride (P&R) facilities has the potential to shorten car trips, contributing to more sustainable mobility. There is an ongoing debate about the actual effects of P&R on the transport... Read More about Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and Ride and city centre car park usage in Bath, UK.

The effectiveness of park-and-ride as a policy measure for more sustainable mobility (2014)
Journal Article
Parkhurst, G., & Meek, S. (2014). The effectiveness of park-and-ride as a policy measure for more sustainable mobility. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2044-994120140000005020

© 2014 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited All rights of reproduction in any form reserved. Purpose-The chapter provides a general review of the policy debate around the provision of formal Park-and-Ride (P&R) facilities and the empirical research ev... Read More about The effectiveness of park-and-ride as a policy measure for more sustainable mobility.

Qualitative insights into the effect on travel behavior of joining a carshare (2013)
Journal Article
Andrews, G., Chatterjee, K., Andrews, G., Ricci, M., & Parkhurst, G. (2013). Qualitative insights into the effect on travel behavior of joining a carshare. Transportation Research Record, 2359(2359), 76-84. https://doi.org/10.3141/2359-10

Carsharing organizations (carshares) provide collectively available vehicles that can be booked for exclusive use on a pay-as-you-go basis. Previous research has shown that two groups join carshares: (a) accessors, who do not have a car when they joi... Read More about Qualitative insights into the effect on travel behavior of joining a carshare.

Potential for carfree development in the UK (2013)
Journal Article
Melia, S., Melia, S., Barton, H., & Parkhurst, G. (2013). Potential for carfree development in the UK. Proceedings of the ICE - Urban Design and Planning, 166(2), 136-145. https://doi.org/10.1680/udap.10.00048

Carfree residential areas have been developed in a number of cities in Europe, with clear social and environmental benefits, but the concept has not been widely adopted in the UK. This paper aims to assess the potential consumer demand for housing in... Read More about Potential for carfree development in the UK.

A continuum for understanding the mobility of older people (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Parkhurst, G., Galvin, K., Musselwhite, C., Shergold, I., & Todres, L. (2013, January). A continuum for understanding the mobility of older people. Paper presented at 45th Universities’ Transport Study Group conference, St Anne’s College, Oxford, UK

Socially-progressive transport policies have traditionally focussed on identifying accessibility deficits and enhancing access to services defined as essential, notably related to physical health. Physiological and economic needs are important, but a... Read More about A continuum for understanding the mobility of older people.

Assessing the local sustainable transport fund submissions in relation to disruption (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, D., Chatterton, T., & Parkhurst, G. (2013, January). Assessing the local sustainable transport fund submissions in relation to disruption. Paper presented at Universities' Transport Study Group (UTSG) 2013, Oxford University

The Local Sustainable Transport Fund (LSTF) is a £560m investment by the UK Government in local authority transport schemes in England (excluding London). The fund will be matched by local authorities’ own investments from their transport budgets, me... Read More about Assessing the local sustainable transport fund submissions in relation to disruption.

Using disruption as an opportunity to change travel practices (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Williams, D., Chatterton, T., & Parkhurst, G. (2012, November). Using disruption as an opportunity to change travel practices. Paper presented at 1st International Conference on Urban Sustainability and Resilience, University College London

Disruption has negative connotations in society, yet it can provide the opportunity for change to reduce our reliance on high carbon travel practices. Using local authorities in England as the unit of enquiry the paper discusses how local authorities... Read More about Using disruption as an opportunity to change travel practices.

Bristol to Bath Railway Path User Survey: Walking Route to Whitehall Primary School (2012)
Report
Andrews, G., & Parkhurst, G. (2012). Bristol to Bath Railway Path User Survey: Walking Route to Whitehall Primary School

Whitehall Primary School in Easton, Bristol has recently benefitted from improvements to its walking routes as part of the Sustrans Links to Schools Project. One particular aspect of these improvements and a focus of this report are a new informal ze... Read More about Bristol to Bath Railway Path User Survey: Walking Route to Whitehall Primary School.

The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities (2012)
Journal Article
Hayes, E., Olowoporoku, D., Olowoporoku, A., Hayes, E. T., Longhurst, J., & Parkhurst, G. (2012). The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities. Journal of Environmental Management, 101, 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.01.017

Regardless of its intent and purposes, the first decade of the Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) framework had little or no effect in reducing traffic-related air pollution in the UK. Apart from the impact of increased traffic volumes, the major fa... Read More about The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities.

The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into local transport planning process (2012)
Journal Article
Olowoporoku, A., Hayes, E. T., Longhurst, J., & Parkhurst, G. (2012). The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into local transport planning process. Journal of Environmental Management, 101(30), 23-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.01.017

Regardless of its intent and purposes, the first decade of the Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) framework had little or no effect in reducing traffic-related air pollution in the UK. Apart from the impact of increased traffic volumes, the major fa... Read More about The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into local transport planning process.

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

Transport-related social exclusion amongst older people in rural Southwest England and Wales (2012)
Journal Article
Shergold, I., & Parkhurst, G. (2012). Transport-related social exclusion amongst older people in rural Southwest England and Wales. Journal of Rural Studies, 28(4), 412-421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.01.010

Rural dwelling and older age are both associated with a higher risk of social exclusion, with accessibility identified as having an important facilitating role. The interactions between transport-related exclusion and older age, particularly in a rur... Read More about Transport-related social exclusion amongst older people in rural Southwest England and Wales.

The grey escape: Investigating older people's use of the free bus pass (2012)
Journal Article
Susilo, Y. O., Andrews, G., Parkhurst, G., & Shaw, J. (2012). The grey escape: Investigating older people's use of the free bus pass. Transportation Planning and Technology, 35(1), 3-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2012.635413

Since 2008 most older people in England have benefited from unlimited area-wide free travel by bus after the morning peak period. The official policy rhetoric supporting implementation of the measure drew significantly on the need to reduce social ex... Read More about The grey escape: Investigating older people's use of the free bus pass.

Rural car dependence: An emerging barrier to community activity for older people (2012)
Journal Article
Shergold, I., Parkhurst, G., & Musselwhite, C. (2012). Rural car dependence: An emerging barrier to community activity for older people. Transportation Planning and Technology, 35(1), 69-85. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2012.635417

Community activity is a key contributor to quality of life for many older people. It also plays a role in the well-being of the communities they live in. Mobility, though, is central to such activity, and thus a conceptual link is proposed between 'm... Read More about Rural car dependence: An emerging barrier to community activity for older people.

Conceptualizing age-friendly communities (2011)
Journal Article
Menec, V. H., Means, R., Keating, N., Parkhurst, G., & Eales, J. (2011). Conceptualizing age-friendly communities. Canadian Journal on Aging / Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 30(3), 479-493. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0714980811000237

On the political and policy front, interest has increased in making communities more "age-friendly", an ongoing trend since the World Health Organization launched its global Age-Friendly Cities project. We conceptualize age-friendly communities by bu... Read More about Conceptualizing age-friendly communities.

Improving road transport-related air quality in England through joint working between Environmental Health Officers and Transport Planners (2011)
Journal Article
Olowoporoku, D., Hayes, E., Longhurst, J., & Parkhurst, G. (2011). Improving road transport-related air quality in England through joint working between Environmental Health Officers and Transport Planners. Local Environment, 16(7), 603-618. https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2011.582859

In this paper the necessity for effective joint working arrangements between Environmental Health Officers and Transport Planners is demonstrated as a fundamental prerequisite for successful management of traffic-related air quality in English local... Read More about Improving road transport-related air quality in England through joint working between Environmental Health Officers and Transport Planners.

Practices and motivations of travellers making rail-cycle trips (2011)
Journal Article
Sherwin, H., Parkhurst, G., Robbins, D., & Walker, I. (2011). Practices and motivations of travellers making rail-cycle trips. Proceedings of the ICE - Transport, 164(3), 189-197. https://doi.org/10.1680/tran.2011.164.3.189

Currently only 2% of British rail passengers choose to cycle to the station, in contrast to 40% in the Netherlands, but the combination of cycling with rail use presents a potentially attractive alternative to car use with carbon reduction and health... Read More about Practices and motivations of travellers making rail-cycle trips.

Older people's attitudes to road charging: Are they distinctive and what are the implications for policy? (2011)
Journal Article
Nikitas, A., Avineri, E., & Parkhurst, G. (2011). Older people's attitudes to road charging: Are they distinctive and what are the implications for policy?. Transportation Planning and Technology, 34(1), 87-108. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2011.530831

In an ageing society older people have a growing influence on politics in general, and potentially on the acceptability of road charging in particular. They face specific types of risk of transport-related social exclusion which may influence their v... Read More about Older people's attitudes to road charging: Are they distinctive and what are the implications for policy?.