An exploration of the importance of social influence in the decisions to start bicycling in England. Travel behaviour research: Current foundations, future prospects
(2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
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Transportation carbon emission information: the effect of format on behavioural intention (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Climate change is a global problem and transportation contributes to it. In response, CO2 information on transport is being provided to the public to aid with informed decision-making. Including CO2 mass in choice experiments has found that it could... Read More about Transportation carbon emission information: the effect of format on behavioural intention.
Alternatives to private car use by mobile NHS professionals (2012)
Report
From 2009, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust (AWP) introduced a pioneering scheme (Golow) offering electric bicycles and pool cars to employees based in Bristol. One team (the ‘Zero Petrol Team’) now travels almost entirely by electric bike. T... Read More about Alternatives to private car use by mobile NHS professionals.
Evaluation of the cycling city and towns programme: Qualitative research with residents (2012)
Report
Between 2008 and 2011, the Department for Transport , Cycling England and the Department of Health invested over £43m (plus local match funding) to create the twelve Cycling City and Towns (CCTs): Greater Bristol, Blackpool, Cambridge, Chester, Colch... Read More about Evaluation of the cycling city and towns programme: Qualitative research with residents.
Cycle Mapping in the UK and the ‘London Cycle Map’ (2012)
Report
This scoping report explores issues around cycle mapping and the use of maps by cyclists, potential cyclists and organisations seeking to promote cycling, including particularly, local authorities. It also seeks to evaluate the experience of an indi... Read More about Cycle Mapping in the UK and the ‘London Cycle Map’.
On the use and potential of behavioural economics from the perspective of transport and climate change (2012)
Journal Article
It can be argued that the main thinking in transport planning and policy making stem from neoclassical economics in which individuals are largely assumed to make rational, consistent, and efficient choices, and apply cognitive processes of decision m... Read More about On the use and potential of behavioural economics from the perspective of transport and climate change.
Network planning and infrastructure design (2012)
Book Chapter
© 2012 by Emerald Group Publishing Limited All rights of reproduction in any form reserved. Purpose – This chapter reviews planning and design approaches for cycle traffic in order to direct future thinking towards the critical aspects of network des... Read More about Network planning and infrastructure design.
Filtered and unfiltered permeability: The European and Anglo-Saxon approaches (2012)
Journal Article
Unfiltered permeability refers to road layouts which provide equal permeability for all modes. Filtered permeability means separating the sustainable modes from private motor traffic in order to give them an advantage in terms of speed, distance and... Read More about Filtered and unfiltered permeability: The European and Anglo-Saxon approaches.
Rapidly diffusing innovation: Whether the history of the Internet points the way for hydrogen energy (2012)
Journal Article
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.
Sharing or separation: Which way for streets of the future? (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This debate will be of particular interest to transport planners, spatial planners, urban designers and anyone interested in the future of our streets and our towns and cities. The ‘shared space’ approach to street design has become very influenti... Read More about Sharing or separation: Which way for streets of the future?.
Evaluating cycle mapping styles (2012)
Report
Applying behavioural theories to studying the influence of climate change on young people's future travel intentions (2012)
Journal Article
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.
Cycling and sustainability (2012)
Book
Testing sustainable mobility policies: Lessons learnt in the evaluation of the CIVITAS Renaissance project in Bath (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The effects of energy drink in combination with alcohol on performance and subjective awareness (2012)
Journal Article
Rationale This study investigated the coadministration of an energy drink with alcohol to study the effects on subjective intoxication and objective performance. Objectives This study aims to evaluate the objective and subjective effects of alcohol v... Read More about The effects of energy drink in combination with alcohol on performance and subjective awareness.
Just the ticket? Exploring the contribution of free bus fares policy to quality of later life
Thesis
Increasing longevity and the rapidly ageing UK population present policy makers with the considerable challenge of providing suitable mobility options that facilitate the maintenance of an acceptable quality of life in older age. Since April 2008, UK... Read More about Just the ticket? Exploring the contribution of free bus fares policy to quality of later life.
Understanding how household car ownership changes over time (2012)
Thesis
The PhD study presented in this thesis sets out to address the question: How and why does household car ownership change over time? This question is justified on the basis that the study of car ownership has traditionally been dominated by cross-sect... Read More about Understanding how household car ownership changes over time.
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
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.
Energy drinks mixed with alcohol: Misconceptions, myths, and facts (2012)
Journal Article
Background: Whilst energy drinks improve performance and feelings of alertness, recent articles suggest that energy drink consumption combined with alcohol may reduce perception of alcohol intoxication, or lead to increased alcohol or drug use. This... Read More about Energy drinks mixed with alcohol: Misconceptions, myths, and facts.