Glenn Lyons' Outputs (226)

Scenario planning for transport practitioners (2021)
Journal Article

Scenario planning helps in contemplating how the future may develop and can be especially important when needing to make sense of uncertainty – something now pertinent to the transport sector. Accordingly, scenario planning is moving from the periphe... Read More about Scenario planning for transport practitioners.

Reviewing transport in light of the pandemic (2021)
Journal Article

Between April 2020 and May 2021, a series of ten online panel discussions took place known as Fireside Chats to examine the transport implications of the pandemic. A wide ranging set of topics and a diversity of perspectives have made for a rich sour... Read More about Reviewing transport in light of the pandemic.

Chatting round the fireside - transport tales from the pandemic (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

On 23 April 2020, one month after the UK Prime Minister announced a national lockdown in response to COVID-19, PTRC hosted an online Fireside Chat to address the implications for transport of the pandemic. At a point when working (full-time) from hom... Read More about Chatting round the fireside - transport tales from the pandemic.

Technology and travel (2021)
Book Chapter

This book chapter explores our undertanding of the complex relationship between technology and travel and the digital age continues to unfold.

After the revolution? (2021)
Digital Artefact

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Glenn Lyons has jointly organised and has chaired a Fireside Chat series of events with PTRC, examining the transport implications of the pandemic. Fireside Chat #10 on 27 May 2021 was titled "International perspectives... Read More about After the revolution?.

Will the pandemic help us change course in time? (2021)
Digital Artefact

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Glenn Lyons has jointly organised and has chaired a Fireside Chat series of events with PTRC, examining the transport implications of the pandemic. Fireside Chat #8 on 25 February 2021 was titled "COVID-19: Friend or foe... Read More about Will the pandemic help us change course in time?.

Discovering ‘the sweet spot’ (2021)
Journal Article

Travel demand is derived from a need or desire to access people, jobs, goods, services and opportunities. It is fundamentally access, not transport per se, that underpins economic prosperity and social wellbeing.

We live in the 'Triple Access Syst... Read More about Discovering ‘the sweet spot’.

Public transport and the future of mobility (2021)
Book Chapter

Across the chapters in this Handbook, the breadth and diversity encompassed under the label ‘public transport’ is apparent. The book’s contents also reflect a number of significant dynamics. The future of public transport may well be characterised ve... Read More about Public transport and the future of mobility.

Decarbonising UK transport - Final report and technology roadmaps (2021)
Report

This report informs the UK Government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan. It considers what needs to be achieved over the next 30 years, in terms of technological solutions, to reduce and remove direct emissions from the UK’s domestic transport sector... Read More about Decarbonising UK transport - Final report and technology roadmaps.

Don't forget walking: Taking steps out of the pandemic (2020)
Digital Artefact

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Glenn Lyons has jointly organised and has chaired a Fireside Chat series of events with PTRC, examining the transport implications of the pandemic. Fireside Chat #5 on 17 September 2020 was titled "And don't forget walki... Read More about Don't forget walking: Taking steps out of the pandemic.

Putting users at the centre of MaaS (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The rapid emergence of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) into the transport sector’s lexicon has brought with it an air of expectation that suggests a future mobility revolution. The authors take an action-oriented approach putting MaaS theory into practi... Read More about Putting users at the centre of MaaS.

Public transport: Social distancing without socially excluding (2020)
Digital Artefact

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Glenn Lyons has jointly organised and has chaired a Fireside Chat series of events with PTRC examining the transport implications of the pandemic. Fireside Chat #2 on 18 June 2020 was titled "Social distancing – the deat... Read More about Public transport: Social distancing without socially excluding.

A constructive role for social science in the development of automated vehicles (2020)
Journal Article

Automated vehicles (AVs) have the potential to cause profound shifts across a wide range of areas of human life, including economic structures, land use, lifestyles and personal well-being. Most current social science on AVs is narrowly framed. Resea... Read More about A constructive role for social science in the development of automated vehicles.

We need transport planners with superpowers: How can transport cope with the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic? (2020)
Digital Artefact

Amidst the UK lockdown in response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, an online panel discussion was organised by PTRC and chaired by Glenn Lyons, titled "The global shock of COVID-19 – will it jolt the transport sector into significant change?" Nearly... Read More about We need transport planners with superpowers: How can transport cope with the pressures of the coronavirus pandemic?.

Walking as a service – Does it have legs? (2020)
Journal Article

Amidst the hype and prospects offered by technological innovation for shaping the future of mobility, it can be easy to overlook the humble and enduring place and potential of walking as a means of movement in our mobility system. Yet walking may alr... Read More about Walking as a service – Does it have legs?.

Driverless cars – a great opportunity for society? Final report of the Driverless Cars Emulsion initiative (2020)
Report

Driverless cars (DCs) have in recent years been the subject of substantial investment and anticipation, as well as hype and exasperation. Governments have been drawn into a race for the gold at the end of the DC rainbow. But not everyone shares this... Read More about Driverless cars – a great opportunity for society? Final report of the Driverless Cars Emulsion initiative.

Opening out and closing down: The treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm (2019)
Journal Article

© 2019, The Author(s). Since the 1960s, development of the transport system has been framed by the notion of forecasting future demand. Yet the past decade or more appears to signal some significant changes to the role of travel in society which are... Read More about Opening out and closing down: The treatment of uncertainty in transport planning’s forecasting paradigm.

Reasonable travel time – the traveller’s perspective (2019)
Book Chapter

David Banister, Yannick Cornet, Moshe Givoni and Glenn Lyons critique the commodification of travel time savings in transport planning and project appraisal. They ask for less focus on travel time and, instead, that consideration should be given to t... Read More about Reasonable travel time – the traveller’s perspective.

Future Mobility (2019)
Book Chapter

The wicked problem of travel time use and the effects of ICTs (2019)
Book Chapter

Travel time matters. It is part of many people’s everyday lives. Saving of travel time and the value attributed to it remain a principal justification for investment in the transport system which in turn shapes that system, its use and in turn influe... Read More about The wicked problem of travel time use and the effects of ICTs.