All Outputs (8)

The future of work beyond the pandemic (2021)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2021). The future of work beyond the pandemic. Logistics and Transport Focus, 42-44

On 21 October 2021 the PTRC Fireside Chat Series returned after a summer break. Continuing with its overall focus upon the transport implications of the pandemic, attention turned to consider whether or not we should be expecting a ‘big return’ to th... Read More about The future of work beyond the pandemic.

Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle (2021)
Journal Article
Fitton, S., & Moncaster, A. (2022). Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 175(4), 194-201. https://doi.org/10.1680/jensu.21.00030

Infrastructure is critical for the economic and social prosperity of society. Some large infrastructure projects are also critical for the future of society due to their intergenerational nature and long lifespan. Understanding the social value of in... Read More about Social value, infrastructure and stakeholder engagement: a complex triangle.

Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours (2021)
Journal Article
Wise, F., Jones, D., & Moncaster, A. (2021). Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours. Journal of Architectural Conservation, 27(1-2), 117-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/13556207.2021.1933342

Significant energy and carbon originate in the existing built environment and retrofit is therefore a key carbon reduction strategy. However heritage buildings -comprising around 20% of UK buildings- are challenging to retrofit appropriately due to t... Read More about Reducing carbon from heritage buildings: The importance of residents’ views, values and behaviours.

Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings (2021)
Journal Article
Wise, F., Moncaster, A., & Jones, D. (2021). Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings. Buildings & Cities, 2(1), 495-517. https://doi.org/10.5334/bc.94

What are the opportunities and challenges for upscaling the energy retrofit of heritage buildings? Heritage buildings comprise approximately 20% of the UK building stock and are challenging to retrofit sensitively because of their heritage values and... Read More about Rethinking retrofit of residential heritage buildings.

The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK (2021)
Journal Article
Goodman, A., Laverty, A. A., Thomas, A., & Aldred, R. (2021). The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK. Findings, https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.23568

Between March and September 2020, 72 ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhoods’ (LTNs) were implemented in London. We examined the impact on fire brigade emergency response times in October 2020-February 2021 (‘post’), as compared to the same months in the previou... Read More about The impact of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods on fire service emergency response times, in London, UK.

Can transit investments in low-income neighbourhoods increase transit use? Exploring the nexus of income, car-ownership, and transit accessibility in Toronto (2021)
Journal Article
Yousefzadeh Barri, E., Farber, S., Kramer, A., Jahanshahi, H., Allen, J., & Beyazit, E. (2021). Can transit investments in low-income neighbourhoods increase transit use? Exploring the nexus of income, car-ownership, and transit accessibility in Toronto. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 95, Article 102849. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2021.102849

Transportation equity advocates recommend improving public transit in low-income neighbourhoods to alleviate socio-spatial inequalities and increase quality of life. However, transportation planners often overlook transit investments in neighbourhood... Read More about Can transit investments in low-income neighbourhoods increase transit use? Exploring the nexus of income, car-ownership, and transit accessibility in Toronto.

Photo-actuation stress of ultra-drawn, chain-extended polyethylene (2021)
Journal Article
Bhatti, M. R. A., Bilotti, E., Peijs, T., & Bastiaansen, C. W. (2021). Photo-actuation stress of ultra-drawn, chain-extended polyethylene. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 3(4), 2211-2217. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c00268

The influence of solid-state drawing on the photo-actuation stress of oriented semi-crystalline polymers is explored experimentally and theoretically. Photo-responsive and ultra-drawn linear polyethylenes (PEs) containing a commercial benzotriazole d... Read More about Photo-actuation stress of ultra-drawn, chain-extended polyethylene.

Impacts of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods in London on road traffic injuries (2021)
Journal Article
Goodman, A., Furlong, J., Laverty, A. A., Thomas, A., & Aldred, R. (2021). Impacts of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods in London on road traffic injuries. Findings, https://doi.org/10.32866/001c.25633

We assessed the impacts of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) implemented in 2020 on road traffic injuries. We used police data from October-December 2018/2019 (pre) compared with the same period in 2020 (post). We found absolute numbers of injuries i... Read More about Impacts of 2020 low traffic neighbourhoods in London on road traffic injuries.