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Tackling loneliness with transport fund: Engaging young people with community rail - Evaluation report (2023)
Report
Ricci, M. (in press). Tackling loneliness with transport fund: Engaging young people with community rail - Evaluation report. Community Rail Network

This report presents the evaluation approach and results of the project Engaging Young People with Community Rail, funded by the Department for Transport’s Tackling Loneliness with Transport Fund . The project engaged with young people aged 15-24... Read More about Tackling loneliness with transport fund: Engaging young people with community rail - Evaluation report.

Loneliness: What it is, how it affects young people, how it can be tackled, and the role of transport (2023)
Report
Ricci, M. (2023). Loneliness: What it is, how it affects young people, how it can be tackled, and the role of transport. Community Rail Network

This report is a summary of the evidence on loneliness, looking in particular at how loneliness can be defined, how it affects the population and specifically children and young people, what type of interventions can successfully tackle loneliness an... Read More about Loneliness: What it is, how it affects young people, how it can be tackled, and the role of transport.

Design development of side road crossings for pedestrians and cyclists: Final Report v2.1 (2023)
Report
Flower, J., Ricci, M., & Parkin, J. (2023). Design development of side road crossings for pedestrians and cyclists: Final Report v2.1. Road Safety Trust

The Road Safety Trust awarded the Centre for Transport and Society at the University of the West of England, Bristol a grant to undertake research relating to the provision of Marked Priority for people walking and cycling across the side road at giv... Read More about Design development of side road crossings for pedestrians and cyclists: Final Report v2.1.

How should automated vehicles (AVs) interpret the rules of the road? A critical analysis of public expectations of interactions between AVs and road users (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Ricci, M., Shergold, I., & Parkhurst, G. (2021, July). How should automated vehicles (AVs) interpret the rules of the road? A critical analysis of public expectations of interactions between AVs and road users. Paper presented at Universities’ Transport Study Group (UTSG) Annual Conference 2021

Debates on how automated vehicles (AVs) would navigate the environment and behave while mixing with traffic have so far focused on technological capabilities and remained confined in expert circles, with very little dialogue with the public about the... Read More about How should automated vehicles (AVs) interpret the rules of the road? A critical analysis of public expectations of interactions between AVs and road users.

Public engagement in transport planning (2021)
Book Chapter
Ricci, M. (2021). Public engagement in transport planning. In International Encyclopedia of Transportation (266-271). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-102671-7.10694-3

In the last few decades, public engagement in transport planning has become an increasingly important feature of public policy and governance in most democratic societies across the globe. It is about involving the public and other stakeholders in de... Read More about Public engagement in transport planning.

Urban mobility, social inclusion and participation: A qualitative study in Palermo, Italy (2020)
Book Chapter
Inguglia, C., Di Marco, M., & Ricci, M. (2020). Urban mobility, social inclusion and participation: A qualitative study in Palermo, Italy. In G. Smorto, & I. Vinci (Eds.), The Role of Sharing Mobility in Contemporary Cities (51-68). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57725-4_4

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss the connection between social inclusion and urban mobility, focusing on the role of sharing mobility and to what extent it might be a favourable tool for social inclusion, particularly for disadvantaged group... Read More about Urban mobility, social inclusion and participation: A qualitative study in Palermo, Italy.

The Role of Transport in Supporting a Healthy Future for Young People (2019)
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Chatterjee, K., Ricci, M., Cope, A., & Corner, D. (2019). The Role of Transport in Supporting a Healthy Future for Young People. The Health Foundation

The Health Foundation commissioned Sustrans and the University of the West of England to ‘assess the role of transport in supporting young people to develop and transition to an independent healthy future’. This report focuses on the transport availa... Read More about The Role of Transport in Supporting a Healthy Future for Young People.

Young people’s travel – What’s changed and why? Review and analysis (2018)
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Chatterjee, K., Goodwin, P., Schwanen, T., Clark, B., Jain, J., Melia, S., …Stokes, G. (2018). Young people’s travel – What’s changed and why? Review and analysis. Bristol: Department for Transport

Young adults in Great Britain and other countries are driving less now than young adults did in the early 1990s. The Department for Transport (DfT) commissioned the Centre for Transport and Society (UWE, Bristol) and the Transport Studies Unit (Unive... Read More about Young people’s travel – What’s changed and why? Review and analysis.

Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation (2018)
Journal Article
Paddeu, D., Parkhurst, G., Fadda, P., Fancello, G., & Ricci, M. (2018). Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation. Transport, 33(4), 913-929. https://doi.org/10.3846/transport.2018.6593

© 2018 The Author(s). Published by VGTU Press. Due to the motivations of climate change, the health impacts of poor air quality, and the importance of cities for economic growth, transport policy at all levels of governance places emphasis on reducin... Read More about Multi-stakeholder collaboration in urban freight consolidation schemes: Drivers and barriers to implementation.

Autonomous vehicle interactions in the urban street environment: A research agenda (2017)
Journal Article
Parkin, J., Clark, B., Clayton, W., Ricci, M., & Parkhurst, G. (2018). Autonomous vehicle interactions in the urban street environment: A research agenda. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 171(1), 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmuen.16.00062

© ICE Publishing 2018. All rights reserved. The Venturer project is trialling an autonomous vehicle (AV) in the context of use on urban roads. This paper summarises a literature review undertaken to assist in developing a research agenda for the tria... Read More about Autonomous vehicle interactions in the urban street environment: A research agenda.

Young age, mobility and social inclusion in a disadvantaged urban periphery in England (2016)
Book Chapter
Ricci, M. (2016). Young age, mobility and social inclusion in a disadvantaged urban periphery in England. In L. Murray, & S. Robertson (Eds.), Intergenerational Mobilities: Relationality, Age and the Lifecourse. Routledge

With this chapter I seek to address this gap and enhance the academic literature on young people’s and young adults’ physical mobility, with particular reference to the transport and social inclusion debate and from an intergenerational and lifecours... Read More about Young age, mobility and social inclusion in a disadvantaged urban periphery in England.

Unfamiliar fuel: How the UK public views the infrastructure required to supply hydrogen for road transport (2016)
Journal Article
Bellaby, P., Upham, P., Flynn, R., & Ricci, M. (2016). Unfamiliar fuel: How the UK public views the infrastructure required to supply hydrogen for road transport. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 41(15), 6534-6543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.03.024

Copyright © 2016, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. In 2007, under contract to the UK Department for Transport, we engaged with the public about the infrastructure to supply hydrogen for transport. We combined a quota-sample survey of 1003 across th... Read More about Unfamiliar fuel: How the UK public views the infrastructure required to supply hydrogen for road transport.

The potential impact of autonomous vehicles on transport systems and society: A review and future prospects (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Clark, B., Parkhurst, G., & Ricci, M. (2016, January). The potential impact of autonomous vehicles on transport systems and society: A review and future prospects. Paper presented at 48th Universities' Transport Studies Group Conference, Bristol, UK

Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are generating high-profile policy interest due to the potential for ‘disruptive’ influence on transport systems and wider society. The paper places AV technology in a historical context, through an annotated timeline of dev... Read More about The potential impact of autonomous vehicles on transport systems and society: A review and future prospects.

Understanding interactions between autonomous vehicles and other road users: A literature review (2016)
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Parkin, J., Clark, B., Clayton, W., Ricci, M., & Parkhurst, G. (2016). Understanding interactions between autonomous vehicles and other road users: A literature review

This review draws on literature relating to the interactions of vehicles with other vehicles, interactions between vehicles and infrastructure, and interactions between autonomous vehicles and cyclists and autonomous vehicles and pedestrians. The ava... Read More about Understanding interactions between autonomous vehicles and other road users: A literature review.

Understanding the socioeconomic adoption scenarios for autonomous vehicles: A literature review (2016)
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Clark, B., Parkhurst, G., & Ricci, M. (2016). Understanding the socioeconomic adoption scenarios for autonomous vehicles: A literature review

There is great and growing interest in autonomous vehicles (AVs), both in relation to rapid technological developments and the trialling of these developments, and the potential for their far reaching impacts on transport systems and society. The pre... Read More about Understanding the socioeconomic adoption scenarios for autonomous vehicles: A literature review.

Transport policy and social inclusion (2016)
Journal Article
Ricci, M., Parkhurst, G., & Jain, J. (2016). Transport policy and social inclusion. Social Inclusion, 4(3), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v4i3.668

© 2016 by the authors; licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). ‘Transport-related Social inclusion’ is a specific naming of the complex set of interrelationships within which accessibility plays an important role in whether a citizen achieves the leve... Read More about Transport policy and social inclusion.

The Bristol method: How to reduce traffic and its impacts (2015)
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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.

Where to park? A behavioral comparison of bus Park & Ride and city center car park usage in Bath, UK (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Clayton, W., Parkhurst, G., Ben-Elia, E., & Ricci, M. (2015, September). Where to park? A behavioral comparison of bus Park & Ride and city center car park usage in Bath, UK. Paper presented at 17th European Parking Association Congress, Berlin, Germany

Integrating car parking facilities with public transport in Park and Ride (P&R) facilities has the potential to shorten car trips, contributing to more sustainable mobility. There is an on-going debate about the actual effects of P&R on the transport... Read More about Where to park? A behavioral comparison of bus Park & Ride and city center car park usage in Bath, UK.

Bike sharing: A review of evidence on impacts and processes of implementation and operation (2015)
Journal Article
Ricci, M. (2015). Bike sharing: A review of evidence on impacts and processes of implementation and operation. Research in Transportation Business and Management, 15, 28-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2015.03.003

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Despite the popularity of bike sharing, there is a lack of evidence on existing schemes and whether they achieved their objectives. This paper is concerned with identifying and critically interpreting the available evidence on bi... Read More about Bike sharing: A review of evidence on impacts and processes of implementation and operation.

Reduced Urban traffic and emissions within Urban consolidation centre schemes: The case of Bristol (2014)
Journal Article
Paddeu, D., Fadda, P., Fancello, G., Parkhurst, G., & Ricci, M. (2014). Reduced Urban traffic and emissions within Urban consolidation centre schemes: The case of Bristol. Transportation Research Procedia, 3, 508-517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trpro.2014.10.032

© 2014 The Authors. Urban freight consolidation centres (UFCCs) can provide a significant contribution to reducing the negative impacts of freight transport to city centres whilst at the same time providing a more seamless, higher-value logistics exp... Read More about Reduced Urban traffic and emissions within Urban consolidation centre schemes: The case of Bristol.

Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and Ride and city centre car park usage in Bath, UK (2014)
Journal Article
Clayton, W., Ben-Elia, E., Parkhurst, G., & Ricci, M. (2014). Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and Ride and city centre car park usage in Bath, UK. Journal of Transport Geography, 36, 124-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.03.011

Integrating car parking facilities with public transport in Park and Ride (P&R) facilities has the potential to shorten car trips, contributing to more sustainable mobility. There is an ongoing debate about the actual effects of P&R on the transport... Read More about Where to park? A behavioural comparison of bus Park and Ride and city centre car park usage in Bath, UK.

Qualitative insights into the effect on travel behavior of joining a carshare (2013)
Journal Article
Andrews, G., Chatterjee, K., Andrews, G., Ricci, M., & Parkhurst, G. (2013). Qualitative insights into the effect on travel behavior of joining a carshare. Transportation Research Record, 2359(2359), 76-84. https://doi.org/10.3141/2359-10

Carsharing organizations (carshares) provide collectively available vehicles that can be booked for exclusive use on a pay-as-you-go basis. Previous research has shown that two groups join carshares: (a) accessors, who do not have a car when they joi... Read More about Qualitative insights into the effect on travel behavior of joining a carshare.

Bike sharing: A contribution to sustainable mobility or a luxury we can’t afford? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Ricci, M. (2013, August). Bike sharing: A contribution to sustainable mobility or a luxury we can’t afford?. Paper presented at RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2013: New paradigms in conceptualising shared mobility, Royal Geographical Society, London

The paper focuses on a particular form of ‘shared mobility’ that has become increasingly popular in recent years: bike sharing. The term ‘bike sharing’ refers to unattended short-term cycle hire offering residents and visitors a non-motorised, active... Read More about Bike sharing: A contribution to sustainable mobility or a luxury we can’t afford?.

Deliberation over new hydrogen energy technologies: Evidence from two Citizens Panels in the UK (2013)
Journal Article
Flynn, R., Flynn, R., Ricci, M., & Bellaby, P. (2013). Deliberation over new hydrogen energy technologies: Evidence from two Citizens Panels in the UK. Journal of Risk Research, 16(3-4), 379-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2012.743160

Hydrogen energy and hydrogen energy technologies are still largely at the experimental and demonstration project stages. If the hydrogen is produced sustainably from renewable sources, it may be a potential means of reducing carbon dioxide emissions... Read More about Deliberation over new hydrogen energy technologies: Evidence from two Citizens Panels in the UK.

Rapidly diffusing innovation: Whether the history of the Internet points the way for hydrogen energy (2012)
Journal Article
Bellaby, P., Flynn, R., & Ricci, M. (2012). Rapidly diffusing innovation: Whether the history of the Internet points the way for hydrogen energy. Innovation / Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 25(3), 322-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2012.685381

This paper identifies conditions for the rapid diffusion of what may be part of the solution for global sustainable energy - hydrogen - by drawing a comparison with the contemporary history of the Internet. The Cold War drove the take-off of the Inte... Read More about Rapidly diffusing innovation: Whether the history of the Internet points the way for hydrogen energy.

Ambiguity, complexity and uncertainty surrounding the hazards of hydrogen and public views of emergent risks (2012)
Journal Article
Flynn, R., Ricci, M., & Bellaby, P. (2012). Ambiguity, complexity and uncertainty surrounding the hazards of hydrogen and public views of emergent risks. Journal of Risk Research, 15(4), 373-387. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2011.634517

New technologies and emergent risks pose special problems for risk governance and regulation. This paper outlines some of the uncertainties about the hazards of hydrogen energy and examines qualitative evidence from recent deliberative Citizens Panel... Read More about Ambiguity, complexity and uncertainty surrounding the hazards of hydrogen and public views of emergent risks.

Public perceptions and acceptance of hydrogen energy (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Ricci, M. (2011, October). Public perceptions and acceptance of hydrogen energy. Paper presented at Environmental Trade Show, UWE Exhibition and Conference Centre (ECC), Bristol, UK

The Mirage of Citizen Engagement in Uncertain Science: Public attitudes towards hydrogen energy (2011)
Journal Article
Flynn, R., Ricci, M., & Bellaby, P. (2011). The Mirage of Citizen Engagement in Uncertain Science: Public attitudes towards hydrogen energy. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 1(2), 97-114. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2011.585810

© 2011, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This paper addresses some of the debates about citizen involvement in decisions about science and technological innovation. It describes some of the claims and scientific uncertainties surrounding hydr... Read More about The Mirage of Citizen Engagement in Uncertain Science: Public attitudes towards hydrogen energy.

Substituting 'H2 for C' and reducing global inequalities in health (2011)
Journal Article
Bellaby, P., Flynn, R., & Ricci, M. (2011). Substituting 'H2 for C' and reducing global inequalities in health. Journal of Global Ethics, 7(1), 91-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449626.2011.556659

Life expectancy and health differ greatly between emerging and developed countries and within countries. Global dependence on fossil fuels contributes to health inequalities through air pollution, the geopolitics of scarce resources and probable clim... Read More about Substituting 'H2 for C' and reducing global inequalities in health.

Towards sustainable energy: Are there lessons from the history of the early factory system? (2010)
Journal Article
Bellaby, P., Flynn, R., & Ricci, M. (2010). Towards sustainable energy: Are there lessons from the history of the early factory system?. Innovation / Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 23(4), 333-348. https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2010.545276

Development of sustainable energy has been slow. We compare it with a historical example of rapid innovation - the first factory system. The first factory system in the English Derwent Valley mills in the eighteenth century was based not on new techn... Read More about Towards sustainable energy: Are there lessons from the history of the early factory system?.

Engaging the public on paths to sustainable energy: Who has to trust whom? (2010)
Journal Article
Ricci, M., Bellaby, P., & Flynn, R. (2010). Engaging the public on paths to sustainable energy: Who has to trust whom?. Energy Policy, 38(6), 2633-2640. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.038

The aim is to observe how hydrogen, in its wider meaning as a 'system innovation', is understood by a cross section of the general public in three regions of the UK that have embryonic developments: Teesside, South West Wales and London.Focus groups... Read More about Engaging the public on paths to sustainable energy: Who has to trust whom?.

Public attitudes to hydrogen (2010)
Book Chapter
Ricci, M., Bellaby, P., Flynn, R., Dresner, S., & Tomei, J. (2010). Public attitudes to hydrogen. In P. Ekins (Ed.), Hydrogen Energy: Economic and Social Challenges (241-264). London: Earthscan

Bottom-up, social innovation for addressing climate change (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Bergman, N., Markusson, N., Connor, P., Middlemiss, L., & Ricci, M. (2010, February). Bottom-up, social innovation for addressing climate change. Paper presented at Energy transitions in an interdependent world: what and where are the future social science research agendas, Sussex, UK

Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies (2008)
Journal Article
Flynn, R., Bellaby, P., & Ricci, M. (2008). Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies. Environmental Politics, 17(5), 766-783. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644010802421539

Some of the principal arguments in the debate about environmental citizenship are examined with reference to the development of hydrogen energy systems. In particular, qualitative evidence is drawn from a study of public attitudes towards hydrogen en... Read More about Environmental citizenship and public attitudes to hydrogen energy technologies.

What do we know about public perceptions and acceptance of hydrogen? A critical review and new case study evidence (2008)
Journal Article
Ricci, M., Bellaby, P., & Flynn, R. (2008). What do we know about public perceptions and acceptance of hydrogen? A critical review and new case study evidence. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 33(21), 5868-5880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.07.106

Interest in hydrogen as a fuel and energy carrier has significantly grown internationally as a response to increasing concerns with environmental and energy security issues, and massive investments in research and demonstration programmes are being m... Read More about What do we know about public perceptions and acceptance of hydrogen? A critical review and new case study evidence.

West of England Sustainable Travel (WEST): Final annual outcomes monitoring report
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Bartle, C., Chatterjee, K., Clayton, W., Parkin, J., & Ricci, M. West of England Sustainable Travel (WEST): Final annual outcomes monitoring 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): Final annual outcomes monitoring report.

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

West of England Sustainable Travel (WEST) baseline and year one (2012/13) annual outcomes monitoring report
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annual outcomes monitoring 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 year one (2012/13) annual outcomes monitoring report.

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

UWE Continuous side road study
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Flower, J., Ricci, M., & Parkin, J. UWE Continuous side road study. Sustrans

This report summarises research undertaken by the Centre for Transport and Society at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE) in relation to the provision of continuous footways across side road junctions as a means for providing enhance... Read More about UWE Continuous side road study.