Conclusion: Towards a revolution in cycling
(2012)
Book Chapter
Outputs (392)
Understanding walking and cycling using a life course perspective (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
UK transport statistics suggest there was a marked decline in levels of walking and cycling in the second half of the twentieth century, yet what this looks like in the life course patterns of walking and cycling of individuals and cohorts alive at t... Read More about Understanding walking and cycling using a life course perspective.
Transport and society: 10 insights for the Renaissance (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Visions for the future and the need for a transport in society perspective (2012)
Book Chapter
Comparing rail passengers’ travel time use in Great Britain between 2004 and 2010 (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities (2012)
Journal Article
Regardless of its intent and purposes, the first decade of the Local Air Quality Management (LAQM) framework had little or no effect in reducing traffic-related air pollution in the UK. Apart from the impact of increased traffic volumes, the major fa... Read More about The rhetoric and realities of integrating air quality into the local transport planning process in English local authorities.
Framing air pollution as a major health risk in Lagos, Nigeria (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This paper provides an overview of the emergent public health risks attributable to air pollution in Lagos and solutions to reduce them. Growing evidence has substantiated a causal relationship between air pollution and mortality, hospital admissions... Read More about Framing air pollution as a major health risk in Lagos, Nigeria.
Rural car dependence: An emerging barrier to community activity for older people (2012)
Journal Article
Community activity is a key contributor to quality of life for many older people. It also plays a role in the well-being of the communities they live in. Mobility, though, is central to such activity, and thus a conceptual link is proposed between 'm... Read More about Rural car dependence: An emerging barrier to community activity for older people.
Rail passengers' time use and utility assessment (2012)
Journal Article
This paper uses data from Great Britain's National Passenger Survey 2010 to examine the travel time use of rail passengers and their indicative assessment of the utility of that time use. The paper explores the impacts of individuals' sociodemographi... Read More about Rail passengers' time use and utility assessment.
Automobility in transition?: A socio-technical analysis of sustainable transport (2011)
Book
Private cars have become the dominant mode of passenger road transport in developed countries. This book examines the past evolution towards car-based forms of transport: problems associated with it, the success of past and current efforts to deal wi... Read More about Automobility in transition?: A socio-technical analysis of sustainable transport.
Successfully giving up driving for older people (2011)
Preprint / Working Paper
Older people as a cohort are more healthy and active than ever before and as such are also more mobile. They are more likely than ever before to be car users and be driving more miles. Nevertheless, many older people, for one reason or another often... Read More about Successfully giving up driving for older people.
The use of ‘formal’ travel information pertaining to costs, routes, journey times, or real-time transport disruptions, and its role in travel behaviour (for example, choice of mode, route or departure time) has been widely studied, but little is know... Read More about Spreading the word: A social-psychological exploration of word-of-mouth traveller information in the digital age.
A troublesome transport challenge? Working round the school run (2011)
Journal Article
Transport policy and practice could be challenged by the future of women's mobility if it means an increasing reliance on the car. The paper examines the contextual relationship between the journey to school/childcare and the journey to work undertak... Read More about A troublesome transport challenge? Working round the school run.
The role of ICTs in everyday mobile lives (2011)
Journal Article
Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are permeating modern lifestyles, shaping and colouring the undertaking of activities and travel. This article reports on a qualitative diary and interview study that explored the ways in which ICTs... Read More about The role of ICTs in everyday mobile lives.
Public attitudes towards motorcyclists' safety: A qualitative study from the United Kingdom (2012)
Journal Article
The aim of the reported research was to examine the perceptions of road user safety amongst different road users and examine the link between attitudes, empathy and skill in motorcycle safety behaviour. Motorcyclists were perceived by the study parti... Read More about Public attitudes towards motorcyclists' safety: A qualitative study from the United Kingdom.
Public perceptions and acceptance of hydrogen energy (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Creating built environments that promote walking and health: Assessing the current state of knowledge (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The principle that the built environment should be supportive of walking is generally accepted and a wide range of interventions have been carried out in recent years with the aim of increasing walking. This paper presents the findings from a study c... Read More about Creating built environments that promote walking and health: Assessing the current state of knowledge.