All Outputs (10)

Business travel - The social practices surrounding meetings (2013)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2013). Business travel - The social practices surrounding meetings. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 9, 50-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2013.03.001

A considerable amount of travel domestically and internationally is undertaken by 'briefcase travellers' in the pursuit of business meetings. Such business travel is deemed costly to the economy. This paper examines the potential factors at work in t... Read More about Business travel - The social practices surrounding meetings.

Comparing Rail Passengers' Travel Time Use in Great Britain Between 2004 and 2010 (2013)
Journal Article
Atkins, S., Lyons, G., Jain, J., Susilo, Y., & Atkins, S. (2013). Comparing Rail Passengers' Travel Time Use in Great Britain Between 2004 and 2010. Mobilities, 8(4), 560-579. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2012.743221

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.

Understanding strategic road network users’ experiences and needs - Wave 1 (2013)
Report
experiences and needs - Wave 1

In 2011, the Government called for an independent review to assess whether they were taking the right approach to managing, operating and enhancing the Strategic Road Network (SRN), which resulted in the Cook Report ‘A Fresh Start for the Strategic R... Read More about Understanding strategic road network users’ experiences and needs - Wave 1.

New technologies for the old: Potential implications of living in later life for travel demand (2013)
Journal Article
Hubers, C., & Lyons, G. (2013). New technologies for the old: Potential implications of living in later life for travel demand. Transport Policy, 30, 220-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2013.08.005

Assistive technologies for older people, such as personal tracking devices and community alarms, can facilitate living independently for longer. Where and how older people live will affect patterns of travel associated with their lifestyles and needs... Read More about New technologies for the old: Potential implications of living in later life for travel demand.

Valuation of travel time savings for business travellers (2013)
Report
Wardman, M., Batley, R., Laird, J., Mackie, P., Fowkes, T., Lyons, G., …Eliasson, J. (2013). Valuation of travel time savings for business travellers

The motor age and the information age collide (2013)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2013). The motor age and the information age collide

Its hard to be visionary. Its easy to be too far-fetched in looking to the future. Its even easier to lack imagination. “Computers in the future may weigh no more than one and a half tons” – so goes the popularised version of the quote from Popular M... Read More about The motor age and the information age collide.

Assessing future travel demand: A need to account for non-transport technologies? (2013)
Journal Article
Hubers, C., & Lyons, G. (2013). Assessing future travel demand: A need to account for non-transport technologies?. Foresight, 15(3), 211-227. https://doi.org/10.1108/fs-10-2011-0043

Purpose: Travel is usually not valued in and of itself, but for the activities it allows people to partake in. Therefore, if change occurs in either the activities people perform, or in the means they use to perform them, the demand for travel is lik... Read More about Assessing future travel demand: A need to account for non-transport technologies?.

Future mobility in an ageing society: Where are we heading? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Shergold, I., Lyons, G., & Hubers, C. (2013, January). Future mobility in an ageing society: Where are we heading?. Paper presented at 45th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, Oxford

Should Wikipedia be embraced by the transport profession as an influential source of information on transport issues? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Clark, B., Lyons, G., & Miller, P. (2013, January). Should Wikipedia be embraced by the transport profession as an influential source of information on transport issues?. Paper presented at 45th Universities' Transport Studies Group Conference, University of Oxford

Like it or not, Wikipedia has become an influential source of information for the public and for professionals on many subjects, including transport. Enter either ‘high speed 2’ or ‘peak car’ (a debate of increasing academic interest) into Google and... Read More about Should Wikipedia be embraced by the transport profession as an influential source of information on transport issues?.

Dyslexia and mobility-related social exclusion: The role of travel information provision (2013)
Journal Article
Lamont, D., Kenyon, S., & Lyons, G. (2013). Dyslexia and mobility-related social exclusion: The role of travel information provision. Journal of Transport Geography, 26, 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.08.013

Transport is increasingly recognised as having a significant impact upon quality of life for people with disabilities. The ability to access opportunities, services, social networks and other goods is highly dependent upon the ability to access priva... Read More about Dyslexia and mobility-related social exclusion: The role of travel information provision.