Outputs (57)

Consider needs of disabled riders when designing routes (2016)
Journal Article

Cycling by Disabled People deserves more attention in transport policy and design guidance. One in five people experiences some form of disability, and just under two thirds of disabled people have a mobility impairment. People with an impairment exp... Read More about Consider needs of disabled riders when designing routes.

Guidance for transport planning and policymaking in the face of an uncertain future (2016)
Journal Article

Uncertainty of outcome is widely recognised as a concern facing decision-makers and their advisors. In a number of spheres of policy, it appears uncertainty has intensified in the face of globalisation, economic instability, climate change, technolog... Read More about Guidance for transport planning and policymaking in the face of an uncertain future.

An ideal journey: Making bus travel desirable (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper explores the ways in which people use their travel-time on local buses, and explains how this knowledge can assist with efforts in many ‘auto-centric’ societies to make bus tr... Read More about An ideal journey: Making bus travel desirable.

An experimental customer satisfaction index to evaluate the performance of city logistics services (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) Press. Freight transport in urban areas entails benefits (i.e. free access to goods when needed), but also negative externalities (environmental, social and transportation impacts). In response to... Read More about An experimental customer satisfaction index to evaluate the performance of city logistics services.

Evaluating the impact of policy: The built environment and travel behaviour (2016)
Book Chapter

This chapter will examine the impact of policies that change the built environment in order to influence travel behaviour. It reviews the contested debate around spatial planning and travel behaviour, focussing on city-wide urban intensification. I... Read More about Evaluating the impact of policy: The built environment and travel behaviour.

Sustainable travel and team dynamics among mobile health professionals (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This study explores the potential for more sustainable patterns of travel by mobile health professionals. It also explores the relationships between their travel for work and their modal choices in commuting and... Read More about Sustainable travel and team dynamics among mobile health professionals.

Public attitudes to road pricing: Exploring the role of older age, pro-sociality, social norms and trust (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Understanding the socio-psychological mechanisms that determine the public acceptability of road pricing could be a key for its implementation in urban environments where this is a viable scenario. Studying the attitudes of older people is of particu... Read More about Public attitudes to road pricing: Exploring the role of older age, pro-sociality, social norms and trust.

Cycling and disability: A review (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

People with a disability have been found to be at increased risk of developing serious health conditions – often linked to obesity as a consequence of a more sedentary life. Cycling has the potential to offer significant health benefits to disabled p... Read More about Cycling and disability: A review.

The potential impact of autonomous vehicles on transport systems and society: A review and future prospects (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.

Road pricing and older people: An in-depth study of attitudes, pro-social values and social norms (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Understanding the socio-psychological mechanisms that determine the public acceptability of road pricing could be a key for its implementation in urban environments where this is a viable scenario. Studying the attitudes of older people is of particu... Read More about Road pricing and older people: An in-depth study of attitudes, pro-social values and social norms.

Flood resilience on the railways – solutions, appraisal and decision-making (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The welfare costs of weather related disruption on the transport network have been estimated to be between £100m and £520m per day of disruption in England. This paper presents a case study of a mainline railway cutting and tunnel, which is situated... Read More about Flood resilience on the railways – solutions, appraisal and decision-making.

Pedestrianisation and politics: Evidence gaps and a case study of Brighton’s Old Town (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper draws on two projects: a pan-European meta-study and a before-and-after evaluation of the partial pedestrianisation of Brighton’s Old Town. The EVIDENCE Project reviewed and evaluated academic literature and other international sources on... Read More about Pedestrianisation and politics: Evidence gaps and a case study of Brighton’s Old Town.

Understanding the socioeconomic adoption scenarios for autonomous vehicles: A literature review (2016)
Report

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.

Understanding interactions between autonomous vehicles and other road users: A literature review (2016)
Report

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.

Car clubs in new developments (2016)
Report

This report provides a review of good practice and the experiences of key local authorities in implementing car free and low car developments over the ten-year period 2003-2014. It found that car clubs are more likely to be successfully established... Read More about Car clubs in new developments.

Uncertainty ahead: Which way forward for transport? (2016)
Report

This is the final report from the CIHT FUTURES initiative. CIHT FUTURES involved a series of 11 workshops across the UK in 2015/16 in which over 200 CIHT members participated. The workshops explored members' reactions to uncertainty over the future a... Read More about Uncertainty ahead: Which way forward for transport?.

Transport policy and social inclusion (2016)
Journal Article

© 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.