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Effect of side road junction design enhancements and flows on priority for crossing pedestrians and cyclists (2024)
Journal Article

Enhancements to designs or carriageway markings are increasingly used by engineers to reinforce pedestrians’ and cyclists’ priority when crossing side roads at their junctions with main roads. Yielding behaviour in 13,402 interactions was collected a... Read More about Effect of side road junction design enhancements and flows on priority for crossing pedestrians and cyclists.

Replication of a local record keeping method for collecting road crash data in low resource settings: lessons from Bangladesh and Nepal (2024)
Journal Article

Background. Police road crash and injury data in low- and middle-income countries are known to under-report crashes, fatalities and injuries, especially for vulnerable road users. Local record keepers, who are members of the public, can be engaged to... Read More about Replication of a local record keeping method for collecting road crash data in low resource settings: lessons from Bangladesh and Nepal.

Maintenance of action: A qualitative study of cycle commuting adoption resulting from a cycle loan scheme (2023)
Journal Article

Introduction: Cycling has multiple health benefits, but its share of commuting mode remains low in the UK. Little is known about barriers and determinants for new sustained recruits to commuting, and few studies have examined new recruits for a suffi... Read More about Maintenance of action: A qualitative study of cycle commuting adoption resulting from a cycle loan scheme.

Perceived accessibility of employment sites by jobseekers and the potential relevance of employer-subsidised demand responsive transport to enhance the commute (2022)
Journal Article

The constraints placed by the transport options available to job-seekers are key factors for the accessibility of employment locations and therefore social inclusion. The present paper investigates the importance of these constraints and the potentia... Read More about Perceived accessibility of employment sites by jobseekers and the potential relevance of employer-subsidised demand responsive transport to enhance the commute.

Experience of living near a highway in Nepal: Community perceptions of road dangers in Makwanpur district (2022)
Journal Article

Introduction: Road traffic injuries are a major but neglected global challenge. There are high and rising rates of road traffic injuries in Nepal. Most of the studies reporting these injuries in Nepal have used quantitative methods to describe the in... Read More about Experience of living near a highway in Nepal: Community perceptions of road dangers in Makwanpur district.

Completeness of police reporting of traffic crashes in Nepal: Evaluation using a community crash recording system (2022)
Journal Article

Objective: Accurate road crash reporting is essential for evaluating road safety interventions and plans. Under-reporting of road traffic crashes, injuries, and fatalities in police records has been widely described. The aim of this study was to appl... Read More about Completeness of police reporting of traffic crashes in Nepal: Evaluation using a community crash recording system.

Views of professional stakeholders on readiness for a safe road system in Nepal; an exploratory qualitative study (2021)
Journal Article

Road traffic injuries in Nepal are increasing despite being largely preventable. Little evidence exists regarding the barriers and facilitators to a safer road system. This study aimed to explore the perspectives of professionals whose jobs had the p... Read More about Views of professional stakeholders on readiness for a safe road system in Nepal; an exploratory qualitative study.

The potential for personalised public transport solutions to enhance job seekers' access to employment sites. (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper examines the importance of the accessibility of employment locations to job-seekers’ perceived work options. It investigates the potential of an employment site-oriented Personalised Collective Transport Service (PCTS) to help solve the li... Read More about The potential for personalised public transport solutions to enhance job seekers' access to employment sites..

Trust in an autonomously driven simulator and vehicle performing maneuvers at a T-junction with and without other vehicles (2018)
Book Chapter

Autonomous vehicle (AV) technology is developing rapidly. Level 3 automation assumes the user might need to respond to requests to retake control. Levels 4 (high automation) and 5 (full automation) do not require human monitoring of the driving task... Read More about Trust in an autonomously driven simulator and vehicle performing maneuvers at a T-junction with and without other vehicles.

Development of a Combined Heat and Power sizing model for higher education buildings in the United Kingdom (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. The four Higher Education Funding Councils in the United Kingdom want all universities to reduce CO2 emissions by 34% by 2020 compared to a 2005 base. Universities that have installed Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology are... Read More about Development of a Combined Heat and Power sizing model for higher education buildings in the United Kingdom.

The mortality impact of bicycle paths and lanes related to physical activity, air pollution exposure and road safety (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Objective: Guidelines for bicycle infrastructure design tend to consider safety issues but not wider health issues. This paper explores the overall health impact of bicycle infrastructure provision, including not just road safety... Read More about The mortality impact of bicycle paths and lanes related to physical activity, air pollution exposure and road safety.

Rees Jeffreys Road Fund study: Major roads for the future - Identifying network users and their characteristics (2015)
Report

The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund (RJRF) has commissioned an ambitious two-year study of major roads in England with a horizon of 2040. There are seven topics of interest, and the first topic of interest has two tasks, one of which (Task 1B) is to identify... Read More about Rees Jeffreys Road Fund study: Major roads for the future - Identifying network users and their characteristics.

Planning for cycling (2014)
Other

Cycling is an important part of urban transport. However, for many years its role has been neglected in the UK, with the focus mainly on the needs of motor traffic. Cycling is one of the most sustainable forms of transport, and increasing its use has... Read More about Planning for cycling.

Influence of road markings, lane widths and driver behaviour on proximity and speed of vehicles overtaking cyclists (2014)
Journal Article

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. The proximity and speed of motor traffic passing cyclists in non-separated conditions may be so close and so great as to cause discomfort. A variety of road design and driver behaviour factors may affect over... Read More about Influence of road markings, lane widths and driver behaviour on proximity and speed of vehicles overtaking cyclists.

The effects of cycle lanes, vehicle to kerb distance and vehicle type on cyclists' attention allocation during junction negotiation (2014)
Journal Article

Increased frequency of cycle journeys has led to an escalation in collisions between cyclists and vehicles, particularly at shared junctions. Risks associated with passing decisions have been shown to influence cyclists' behavioural intentions. The c... Read More about The effects of cycle lanes, vehicle to kerb distance and vehicle type on cyclists' attention allocation during junction negotiation.

Design speeds and acceleration characteristics of bicycle traffic for use in planning, design and appraisal (2010)
Journal Article

This paper reports the results of a study of a cohort of cyclists to determine their speed and acceleration characteristics relative to gradient and other influencing factors in order to supply data for planners, designers and appraisers of cycle inf... Read More about Design speeds and acceleration characteristics of bicycle traffic for use in planning, design and appraisal.

West of England Sustainable Travel (WEST) baseline and years one and two (to 2013/14) annual outcomes monitoring report
Report

The Local Sustainable Transport Fund was launched in January 2011 with the four West of England unitary authorities (Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Councils) being awarded nearly £30 million by th... Read More about West of England Sustainable Travel (WEST) baseline and years one and two (to 2013/14) annual outcomes monitoring report.

Potential challenges facing persons-in-charge of automated buses, and means of recruiting, testing, and training them: An evidence review
Report

Whilst promising many benefits, widespread private automated vehicles also hold potential to increase traffic flows, worsen congestion, worsen public health, and reduce public transport use (Ainsalu et al., 2018). At the same time, there is potential... Read More about Potential challenges facing persons-in-charge of automated buses, and means of recruiting, testing, and training them: An evidence review.

West of England Sustainable Travel (WEST) baseline and years one, two, and three (to 2014/15) annual outcomes monitoring report
Report

The Local Sustainable Transport Fund was launched in January 2011 with the four West of England unitary authorities (Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Councils) being awarded nearly £30 million by th... Read More about West of England Sustainable Travel (WEST) baseline and years one, two, and three (to 2014/15) annual outcomes monitoring report.