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All change for next generation transport (2014)
Journal Article
Lyons, G. (2014). All change for next generation transport

We are in transition between the motor age and the digital age and heading for a very different world.

Understanding strategic road network users’ experiences and need – Wave 2 (2014)
Report
Toombs, B., Clay, D., Chisholm, T., Parkhurst, G., & Lyons, G. (2014). Understanding strategic road network users’ experiences and need – Wave 2

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... Read More about Understanding strategic road network users’ experiences and need – Wave 2.

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.

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.

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?.

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.

The emergent role of user innovation in reshaping traveler information services (2012)
Book Chapter
Lyons, G., Jain, J., Mitchell, V., & May, A. (2012). The emergent role of user innovation in reshaping traveler information services. In F. Geels, R. Kemp, G. Dudley, & G. Lyons (Eds.), Automobility in Transition? A Socio-Technical Analysis of Sustainable Transport (268-285). New York: Routledge

Rail passengers' time use and utility assessment (2012)
Journal Article
Susilo, Y., Lyons, G., Jain, J., & Atkins, S. (2012). Rail passengers' time use and utility assessment. Transportation Research Record, 2323(2323), 99-109. https://doi.org/10.3141/2323-12

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.

To use or not to use? An empirical study of pre-trip public transport information for business and leisure trips and comparison with car travel (2012)
Journal Article
Farag, S., & Lyons, G. (2012). To use or not to use? An empirical study of pre-trip public transport information for business and leisure trips and comparison with car travel. Transport Policy, 20, 82-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2011.03.007

This quantitative study provides more insight into the relative strength of various factors affecting the use and non-use of pre-trip Public Transport (PT) information for business and leisure trips. It also illuminates comparing car with public tran... Read More about To use or not to use? An empirical study of pre-trip public transport information for business and leisure trips and comparison with car travel.

Intermodal personal mobility: A niche caught between two regimes (2012)
Book Chapter
Parkhurst, G., Kemp, R., Dijk, M., & Sherwin, H. (2012). Intermodal personal mobility: A niche caught between two regimes. In F. Geels, R. Kemp, G. Dudley, & G. Lyons (Eds.), Automobility in Transition?: A Socio-Technical Analysis of Sustainable Transport. Routledge

Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions (2012)
Journal Article
Line, T., Chatterjee, K., & Lyons, G. (2012). Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 17(3), 270-276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2011.12.004

Transport policy in the UK is seeking to promote the development of low carbon transport technology and to encourage people to choose to use low carbon travel options. This paper draws on existing behavioural theories to study young people's travel b... Read More about Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions.