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The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts (2015)
Other
Barnes, J., Crawshaw, S., Parkhurst, G., Toy, J., Robinson, B., Ricci, M., …Davis, A. (2015). The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts. Bristol

THE BRISTOL METHOD The Bristol Method is a knowledge-transfer programme aimed at helping people in other cities understand and apply the lessons that Bristol has learned in becoming a more sustainable city, not just in 2015 but in the last decade.... Read More about The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts.

Urban Transport Without the Hot Air, Volume 1: Sustainable Solutions for UK cities (2015)
Book
Melia, S. (2015). Urban Transport Without the Hot Air, Volume 1: Sustainable Solutions for UK cities. Cambridge: UIT Cambridge

Everyone is a transport user, and most of us live in towns or cities, but how much of what we take for granted about transport is true? This book begins with ten questions, revealing some of the myths that have influenced politicians and transport pl... Read More about Urban Transport Without the Hot Air, Volume 1: Sustainable Solutions for UK cities.

Randomised Controlled Trials, Evidence Hierarchies and Smarter Choices (2015)
Journal Article
Melia, S. (2015). Randomised Controlled Trials, Evidence Hierarchies and Smarter Choices. World Transport Policy and Practice, 21(2), 64-71

A growing body of literature aimed at policymakers as well as researchers criticises the quality of much transport research and advocates a methodological hierarchy with randomised controlled trials at the top as the solution. This article critically... Read More about Randomised Controlled Trials, Evidence Hierarchies and Smarter Choices.

Changes in level of household car ownership: The role of life events and spatial context (2015)
Journal Article
Clark, B., Chatterjee, K., & Melia, S. (2016). Changes in level of household car ownership: The role of life events and spatial context. Transportation, 43(4), 565-599. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-015-9589-y

Recent longitudinal studies of household car ownership have examined factors associated with increases and decreases in car ownership level. The contribution of this panel data analysis is to identify the predictors of different types of car ownershi... Read More about Changes in level of household car ownership: The role of life events and spatial context.

Do randomised control trials offer a solution to 'low quality' transport research? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Melia, S. (2015, January). Do randomised control trials offer a solution to 'low quality' transport research?. Paper presented at 47th Annual UTSG Conference, London, UK

This article responds to Graham-Rowe et al. (2011), which categorised 77 evaluations of transport interventions into 5 levels of ‘quality’. This article focuses on Graham-Rowe et al.’s treatment of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and their recom... Read More about Do randomised control trials offer a solution to 'low quality' transport research?.