Outputs (15)

Triple Access Planning - a diffusing innovation that reflects our new look world (2024)
Journal Article

Transport planning must evolve to match the new context of a changing world in which mobility is just one element of how we connect with the things we need and want to have, and to do, says Professor Glenn Lyons. Here he explains the origins and deve... Read More about Triple Access Planning - a diffusing innovation that reflects our new look world.

I’m 95.4% confident you’ll like this (2023)
Journal Article

This short viewpoint article draws attention to, and expresses frustration over, the phenomenon of false precision. False precision abounds within (and beyond) the transport sector. It seems many find it irresistable to present numbers with far more... Read More about I’m 95.4% confident you’ll like this.

Future of mobility (2023)
Journal Article

This article offers a personal perspective on the future of mobility, drawing upon the author's 30-year career in the transport sector.

Seeing the road ahead (2023)
Journal Article

This article considers the changing place of roads in supporting society and the future prospects for roadspace in the context of rethinking connectivity and accessibility in society. It stems from the author's role as a member of the Wales Roads Rev... Read More about Seeing the road ahead.

It’s time to act on pavement misuse (2022)
Journal Article

This short commentary article offers a critical assessment of the mistreatment of pavements (walkways) in the UK in the face of continued (ab)use of the pavement for parking motorised vehicles.

The future of work beyond the pandemic (2021)
Journal Article

On 21 October 2021 the PTRC Fireside Chat Series returned after a summer break. Continuing with its overall focus upon the transport implications of the pandemic, attention turned to consider whether or not we should be expecting a ‘big return’ to th... Read More about The future of work beyond the pandemic.

This is beyond a joke (2021)
Journal Article

This opinon piece reflects a critical assessment of the (ab)use of pavements (walkways) by owners of motorised vehicles.

Travel transitions: How transport planners and policy makers can respond to shifting mobility trends (2021)
Report

Travel behaviour has evolved in unexpected ways in urbanised areas in the early 21st century. This report examines how significant breaks with past trends happened - and why these shifts were not foreseen. The Covid-19 pandemic adds to uncertainty ab... Read More about Travel transitions: How transport planners and policy makers can respond to shifting mobility trends.

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.

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.

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.

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.

What do we mean by mobility as a service? A working note of the MultiCAV project (2019)
Preprint / Working Paper

The term Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is in growing use by professional associations, research and governmental organisations, and in academic publications. However, it is clear that the use of the term shows considerable variation across the transpo... Read More about What do we mean by mobility as a service? A working note of the MultiCAV project.

Planning for connected autonomous vehicles (2019)
Report

Connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) are increasingly in the news, and speculation about their role in a future mobility system is widespread. Transport authorities face the task of determining what part they should play in this unfolding story.

T... Read More about Planning for connected autonomous vehicles.

Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A growing number of transport bodies are trying to make sense of how to inform and shape policymaking and investment in the face of deep uncertainty. Potentially disruptive transport technologies are only part of a more complex picture of societal ch... Read More about Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future.