Outputs (22)

Cycling infrastructure: Planning cycle networks (2022)
Book Chapter

Significant developments in cycle infrastructure practice and guidance have taken place since the turn of the millennium.this chapter discusses infrastructure in the following order. First the basis for planning cycle networks is discussed. This is f... Read More about Cycling infrastructure: Planning cycle networks.

The electrification of automobility (2022)
Book Chapter

Observations worldwide suggest that climate heating has moved from the stage of being a conceptual future threat to being widely recognisable as having a tangible and present impact in the 2020s. The promotion of the electric car, as a key feature of... Read More about The electrification of automobility.

Becoming an electric car owner – User experience and the EV community (2022)
Book Chapter

This chapter is a review and discussion of the experience of becoming an Electric Vehicle (EV) owner, with a focus on the importance of online EV communities on social media platforms in providing informal support to new owners during the transition... Read More about Becoming an electric car owner – User experience and the EV community.

Electrifying Mobility: Realising a Sustainable Future for the Car (2022)
Book

Transport is responsible for a growing share of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, emerging as an economic sector for which technical solutions have shown limited benefits and a shift to electric mobility is seen as an essential... Read More about Electrifying Mobility: Realising a Sustainable Future for the Car.

The electric car as a component of future sustainable mobility (2022)
Book Chapter

The chapter draws on the key findings from across the previous chapters in this book with a view to reaching a synthesis which responds to the key question that motivated the book: ‘to what extent does a shift to electric automobility suggest a susta... Read More about The electric car as a component of future sustainable mobility.

Freight: The final frontier (2022)
Journal Article

On 14 July 2022 the 13th event in the PTRC Fireside Chat Series took place. With a panel of experts, this addressed the future of freight. This short article is the author's abridged writeup of that event.

Behind the scenes of glamour: A systematic literature review of the business aviation sector (2022)
Journal Article

Unlike the other air transport business models, air cargo and business aviation proved resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic setting the fundamentals for further growth in the post-pandemic business environment. In contrast to air cargo, however, bu... Read More about Behind the scenes of glamour: A systematic literature review of the business aviation sector.

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.

Fair bus fares for young people: A policy briefing assessing bus fare support for young people across the UK (2022)
Report

Between the ages of 16 and 24, young people experience a succession of life changes. During this time, transport plays an important role in helping young people to connect to new experiences, to become independent and to develop their identify. Howev... Read More about Fair bus fares for young people: A policy briefing assessing bus fare support for young people across the UK.

Cyclist and pedestrian trust in automated vehicles: An on-road and simulator trial (2022)
Journal Article

Automated vehicles (AVs) need to be trusted by cyclists and pedestrians where they will share the road. To test trust, cyclists and pedestrians, and a comparison cohort of drivers, observed trials of both a road and simulator AV undertaking three com... Read More about Cyclist and pedestrian trust in automated vehicles: An on-road and simulator trial.

Cycling tourism in Italy: Multimodal transport behaviours in a latent class analysis (2022)
Journal Article

In the last years, sustainability has become an important issue in tourism debate, and more, cycling tourism as an alternative and green way of travel during holidays has gained popularity. However, the choice of other transport means, complementary... Read More about Cycling tourism in Italy: Multimodal transport behaviours in a latent class analysis.

A disaggregate analysis of ‘excess’ car travel and its role in decarbonisation (2022)
Journal Article

This paper measures ‘excess’ car travel for its role in decarbonisation. On average, each English adult travels around 5,680 miles a year and emits 1,006 kg of CO2. However, the top 5% ‘excess’ car users travel 4.8 times and emit 5.7 times the nation... Read More about A disaggregate analysis of ‘excess’ car travel and its role in decarbonisation.

CoDe ZERO - development of a co-designed zero-carbon urban freight system - Final report (2022)
Report

This report presents the results of CoDe ZERO, a six-month project funded by the Decarbon8 network through the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The aim of the project was to understand challenges and opportunities of freigh... Read More about CoDe ZERO - development of a co-designed zero-carbon urban freight system - Final report.

Editorial: Longer Distance Cycling: Roles, Requirements and Impacts (2022)
Journal Article

This Editorial summarises and comments on the five papers in the themed issue on longer distance cycling. In relation to infrastructure, there are contentions which emerge in relation to either the need to simply join together already existing shorte... Read More about Editorial: Longer Distance Cycling: Roles, Requirements and Impacts.

Tools and processes for practitioners (2022)
Book Chapter

The purpose of this chapter is to discuss guidance and tools for decision-making and planning. The discussion starts with methods to assess policy, strategy and program level development. This is followed by the technical processes that include mode... Read More about Tools and processes for practitioners.

The future of last-mile deliveries: Understanding the local perspective (2022)
Report

The Local Government Association commissioned Dr Daniela Paddeu of the Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England, to carry out independent research to explore the role of local authorities in co-designing and implementing su... Read More about The future of last-mile deliveries: Understanding the local perspective.

Exploring the user experience of the Milton Park Bike-share Scheme: Final report (2022)
Report

This report presents the findings of a study to explore the role of bike-share services (including both unassisted and electric motor-assisted ‘e-bikes’) as part of a multi-modal transport offer to encourage sustainable travel to, and within, the Mil... Read More about Exploring the user experience of the Milton Park Bike-share Scheme: Final report.

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.

Curbing excess: High energy consumption and the fair energy transition (2022)
Report

The Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) is a research programme dedicated to understanding the role of reduced energy demand in the UK’s transition to a net-zero carbon society.

This research project investigated the household... Read More about Curbing excess: High energy consumption and the fair energy transition.

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.