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Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation (2018)
Journal Article
Paddeu, D., Parkhurst, G., Fadda, P., Fancello, G., & Ricci, M. (2018). Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation. Transport, 33(4), 913-929. https://doi.org/10.3846/transport.2018.6593

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by VGTU Press. Due to the motivations of climate change, the health impacts of poor air quality, and the importance of cities for economic growth, transport policy at all levels of governance places emphasis on reducin... Read More about Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation.

Autonomous vehicle interactions in the urban street environment: A research agenda (2017)
Journal Article
Parkin, J., Clark, B., Clayton, W., Ricci, M., & Parkhurst, G. (2018). Autonomous vehicle interactions in the urban street environment: A research agenda. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 171(1), 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.16.00062

© ICE Publishing 2018. All rights reserved. The Venturer project is trialling an autonomous vehicle (AV) in the context of use on urban roads. This paper summarises a literature review undertaken to assist in developing a research agenda for the tria... Read More about Autonomous vehicle interactions in the urban street environment: A research agenda.

Unfamiliar fuel: How the UK public views the infrastructure required to supply hydrogen for road transport (2016)
Journal Article
Bellaby, P., Upham, P., Flynn, R., & Ricci, M. (2016). Unfamiliar fuel: How the UK public views the infrastructure required to supply hydrogen for road transport. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(15), 6534-6543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.03.024

Copyright © 2016, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. In 2007, under contract to the UK Department for Transport, we engaged with the public about the infrastructure to supply hydrogen for transport. We combined a quota-sample survey of 1003 across th... Read More about Unfamiliar fuel: How the UK public views the infrastructure required to supply hydrogen for road transport.

Bike sharing: A review of evidence on impacts and processes of implementation and operation (2015)
Journal Article
Ricci, M. (2015). Bike sharing: A review of evidence on impacts and processes of implementation and operation. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 15, 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2015.03.003

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Despite the popularity of bike sharing, there is a lack of evidence on existing schemes and whether they achieved their objectives. This paper is concerned with identifying and critically interpreting the available evidence on bi... Read More about Bike sharing: A review of evidence on impacts and processes of implementation and operation.

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.

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.

Deliberation over new hydrogen energy technologies: Evidence from two Citizens Panels in the UK (2013)
Journal Article
Flynn, R., Flynn, R., Ricci, M., & Bellaby, P. (2013). Deliberation over new hydrogen energy technologies: Evidence from two Citizens Panels in the UK. Journal of Risk Research, 16(3-4), 379-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2012.743160

Hydrogen energy and hydrogen energy technologies are still largely at the experimental and demonstration project stages. If the hydrogen is produced sustainably from renewable sources, it may be a potential means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions... Read More about Deliberation over new hydrogen energy technologies: Evidence from two Citizens Panels in the UK.

Rapidly diffusing innovation: Whether the history of the Internet points the way for hydrogen energy (2012)
Journal Article
Bellaby, P., Flynn, R., & Ricci, M. (2012). Rapidly diffusing innovation: Whether the history of the Internet points the way for hydrogen energy. Innovation / Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 25(3), 322-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2012.685381

This paper identifies conditions for the rapid diffusion of what may be part of the solution for global sustainable energy - hydrogen - by drawing a comparison with the contemporary history of the Internet. The Cold War drove the take-off of the Inte... Read More about Rapidly diffusing innovation: Whether the history of the Internet points the way for hydrogen energy.

Ambiguity, complexity and uncertainty surrounding the hazards of hydrogen and public views of emergent risks (2012)
Journal Article
Flynn, R., Ricci, M., & Bellaby, P. (2012). Ambiguity, complexity and uncertainty surrounding the hazards of hydrogen and public views of emergent risks. Journal of Risk Research, 15(4), 373-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2011.634517

New technologies and emergent risks pose special problems for risk governance and regulation. This paper outlines some of the uncertainties about the hazards of hydrogen energy and examines qualitative evidence from recent deliberative Citizens Panel... Read More about Ambiguity, complexity and uncertainty surrounding the hazards of hydrogen and public views of emergent risks.

The Mirage of Citizen Engagement in Uncertain Science: Public attitudes towards hydrogen energy (2011)
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Flynn, R., Ricci, M., & Bellaby, P. (2011). The Mirage of Citizen Engagement in Uncertain Science: Public attitudes towards hydrogen energy. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 1(2), 97-114. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2011.585810

© 2011, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This paper addresses some of the debates about citizen involvement in decisions about science and technological innovation. It describes some of the claims and scientific uncertainties surrounding hydr... Read More about The Mirage of Citizen Engagement in Uncertain Science: Public attitudes towards hydrogen energy.

Substituting 'H2 for C' and reducing global inequalities in health (2011)
Journal Article
Bellaby, P., Flynn, R., & Ricci, M. (2011). Substituting 'H2 for C' and reducing global inequalities in health. Journal of Global Ethics, 7(1), 91-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2011.556659

Life expectancy and health differ greatly between emerging and developed countries and within countries. Global dependence on fossil fuels contributes to health inequalities through air pollution, the geopolitics of scarce resources and probable clim... Read More about Substituting 'H2 for C' and reducing global inequalities in health.

Towards sustainable energy: Are there lessons from the history of the early factory system? (2010)
Journal Article
Bellaby, P., Flynn, R., & Ricci, M. (2010). Towards sustainable energy: Are there lessons from the history of the early factory system?. Innovation / Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 23(4), 333-348. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2010.545276

Development of sustainable energy has been slow. We compare it with a historical example of rapid innovation - the first factory system. The first factory system in the English Derwent Valley mills in the eighteenth century was based not on new techn... Read More about Towards sustainable energy: Are there lessons from the history of the early factory system?.

Engaging the public on paths to sustainable energy: Who has to trust whom? (2010)
Journal Article
Ricci, M., Bellaby, P., & Flynn, R. (2010). Engaging the public on paths to sustainable energy: Who has to trust whom?. Energy Policy, 38(6), 2633-2640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.038

The aim is to observe how hydrogen, in its wider meaning as a 'system innovation', is understood by a cross section of the general public in three regions of the UK that have embryonic developments: Teesside, South West Wales and London.Focus groups... Read More about Engaging the public on paths to sustainable energy: Who has to trust whom?.

Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies (2008)
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Flynn, R., Bellaby, P., & Ricci, M. (2008). Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies. Environmental Politics, 17(5), 766-783. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644010802421539

Some of the principal arguments in the debate about environmental citizenship are examined with reference to the development of hydrogen energy systems. In particular, qualitative evidence is drawn from a study of public attitudes towards hydrogen en... Read More about Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies.

What do we know about public perceptions and acceptance of hydrogen? A critical review and new case study evidence (2008)
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Ricci, M., Bellaby, P., & Flynn, R. (2008). What do we know about public perceptions and acceptance of hydrogen? A critical review and new case study evidence. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33(21), 5868-5880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.07.106

Interest in hydrogen as a fuel and energy carrier has significantly grown internationally as a response to increasing concerns with environmental and energy security issues, and massive investments in research and demonstration programmes are being m... Read More about What do we know about public perceptions and acceptance of hydrogen? A critical review and new case study evidence.