All Outputs (21)

When urban environments meet pedestrian’s thoughts: implications for pedestrian affect (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This UK-based study explores the ways in which urban environments and pedestrians’ thoughts interact. Such interactions have implications for hedonic well-being and affect. Analy... Read More about When urban environments meet pedestrian’s thoughts: implications for pedestrian affect.

The ‘digital glimpse’ as imagining home (2018)
Journal Article

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper proposes the concept of the ‘digital glimpse’, which develops the existing framing of imaginative travel. Here it articulates the experiences of mobile workers digitally conne... Read More about The ‘digital glimpse’ as imagining home.

Present whilst absent: Home and the business tourist gaze (2017)
Journal Article

© 2016 This paper reflects on business travel as a contemporary form of mobility and how it relates to family life. Through qualitative research with business travellers, insights are gained into the role digital technology plays in enabling connecti... Read More about Present whilst absent: Home and the business tourist gaze.

Changing times – A decade of empirical insight into the experience of rail passengers in Great Britain (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd In the last decade the number of rail passenger journeys in Great Britain has increased by half and car trips per person are down by a tenth. Meanwhile there has been significant growth in internet use and ownership of smartphones... Read More about Changing times – A decade of empirical insight into the experience of rail passengers in Great Britain.

Business travellers' connections to home: ICTs supporting work-life balance (2016)
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This paper examines the role of information communication technology in enabling connections to home for work related travellers. Although digital connectivity for work related tasks are well researched, the use of digital technology for home communi... Read More about Business travellers' connections to home: ICTs supporting work-life balance.

The EVIDENCE project: Measure no.19 - Walking (2016)
Journal Article

One of twenty two reviews of the economic benefits of different types of sustainable mobility intervention produced for the EU-funded EVIDENCE research project. This review, No19, focusses on the possible economic benefits of walking schemes.

An ideal journey: Making bus travel desirable (2016)
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© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper explores the ways in which people use their travel-time on local buses, and explains how this knowledge can assist with efforts in many ‘auto-centric’ societies to make bus tr... Read More about An ideal journey: Making bus travel desirable.

An exploration of the importance of social influence in the decision to start bicycling in England (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. The purpose of this paper is to gain a better understanding, through qualitative exploration, of the ways in which social influence affects the decision to start bicycling in England. 'Social influence' is defined as the process... Read More about An exploration of the importance of social influence in the decision to start bicycling in England.

Comparing Rail Passengers' Travel Time Use in Great Britain Between 2004 and 2010 (2013)
Journal Article

This paper provides a unique insight into aspects of stability and change regarding the travel time use of rail passengers in Great Britain between 2004 and 2010. Empirical evidence is presented on how rail passengers spend their time, how worthwhile... Read More about Comparing Rail Passengers' Travel Time Use in Great Britain Between 2004 and 2010.

Triggers for changes in cycling: The role of life events and modifications to the external environment (2013)
Journal Article

There is surprising little research that directly investigates the reasons why people change their cycling behaviour. This paper presents findings from in-depth interviews that sought to understand the circumstances and factors that influenced people... Read More about Triggers for changes in cycling: The role of life events and modifications to the external environment.

Rail passengers' time use and utility assessment (2012)
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This paper uses data from Great Britain's National Passenger Survey 2010 to examine the travel time use of rail passengers and their indicative assessment of the utility of that time use. The paper explores the impacts of individuals' sociodemographi... Read More about Rail passengers' time use and utility assessment.

Conceptual model to explain turning points in travel behavior: Application to bicycle use (2012)
Journal Article

Existing knowledge on cycling behavior, as with travel behavior in general, is based mainly on cross-sectional studies. It is questionable how much can be learned about the reasons for behavioral change from such studies. A major investment program t... Read More about Conceptual model to explain turning points in travel behavior: Application to bicycle use.

A troublesome transport challenge? Working round the school run (2011)
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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.

The role of ICTs in everyday mobile lives (2011)
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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.

The classy coach commute (2011)
Journal Article

This paper considers a corporate vision for a coach service between Oxford and London in relation to the experiences and observations made by the author through a series of journeys on the same service. The journey is presented as a whole narrative t... Read More about The classy coach commute.

Grounded: Impacts of and insights from the volcanic ash cloud disruption (2011)
Journal Article

This paper presents the preliminary findings of a survey of over 500 people whose travel was affected. Stranded passengers used various support networks and means of contact. While travel providers were most likely to be able to help, they were less... Read More about Grounded: Impacts of and insights from the volcanic ash cloud disruption.

The gift of travel time (2008)
Journal Article

The interpretation of travel time in economic terms has played a fundamental part in shaping our transport systems. The time consumed in order to travel to a destination has been seen as the price paid for fulfilling the purpose of reaching that dest... Read More about The gift of travel time.

Understanding Business Travel Time and Its Place in the Working Day (2008)
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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.

The use of travel time by rail passengers in Great Britain (2007)
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In the face of a society that exhibits an increasing dependence on motorised mobility, the response of transport policy is one that remains grounded in the pursuit of quicker journey times. Less time spent travelling is assumed to convert 'unproducti... Read More about The use of travel time by rail passengers in Great Britain.

Examining the experiences of sight-impaired travellers: The next station stop? (2006)
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In acknowledging and reflecting upon the infrastructure barriers faced by blind and partially sighted travellers at UK train stations, this article focuses on the unique interplay between infrastructure and experience, and how the opportunities and l... Read More about Examining the experiences of sight-impaired travellers: The next station stop?.