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Evaluating the impact of innovative cycling measures in EU cycling cities.

Presentation / Conference
O'Dolan, C., Stewart, K., & Tricker, R. (2014, May)
Evaluating the impact of innovative cycling measures in EU cycling cities. Paper presented at 10th Annual Scottish Transport Research and Applications Conference, Glasgow
The impact of “softer” measures to improve cycling mode share are often difficult to quantify and assess. The CHAMP project is an Intelligent Energy Europe funded project whic...

Reregulating the deregulated, a case study of the Scottish Bus market.

Presentation / Conference
Cowie, J. (2014, January)
Reregulating the deregulated, a case study of the Scottish Bus market. Paper presented at 46th Universities Transport Studies Group Conference, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Much research surrounds the move from publicly owned and operated bus markets to publicly controlled and privately operated markets, or in the case of Great Britain, a fully d...

Cycle lanes: their effect on driver passing distances in urban areas.

Presentation / Conference
McHale, A., & Stewart, K. (2013, January)
Cycle lanes: their effect on driver passing distances in urban areas. Paper presented at 45th Annual Conference of the University Transport Study Group
The current literature in the field of cycle lanes has shown often contradictory evidence as to the benefits and risks of cycle lanes and previous work has specifically shown ...

Retail logistics in the UK.

Presentation / Conference
Monios, J. (2012, June)
Retail logistics in the UK. Paper presented at The 9th International Conference on Logistics and Sustainable Transport, Celje, Slovenia

Persuading people to purchase low-emission cars: The potential role of green policy measures.

Presentation / Conference
Borthwick, S., & Carreno, M. (2012, January)
Persuading people to purchase low-emission cars: The potential role of green policy measures. Paper presented at International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies, Changsha, China
This paper begins by providing a brief review of the different types of ‘green’ policy taxation measures introduced by various governments to incentivise the purchase of lower...

Improving the safety of school travel via bus warning signage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Presentation / Conference
Fraser, R., & Carreno, M. (2011, October)
Improving the safety of school travel via bus warning signage in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Paper presented at European Transport Conference 2011, Glasgow
Following two fatal accidents involving local school children who were alighting school buses in September 2008, Aberdeenshires local authority has progressed a number of demo...

Dry ports, port centric logistics and offshore logistics hubs: strategies to overcome double peripherality.

Presentation / Conference
Monios, J., & Wilmsmeier, G. (2011, April)
Dry ports, port centric logistics and offshore logistics hubs: strategies to overcome double peripherality. Paper presented at Associationof American Georaphers Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA
Scotland's low accessibility is reflected in the limited share of Scottish unitised freight traffic coming through Scottish ports. This paper will consider site development st...

Time-dependent Hyperstar algorithm for robust vehicle navigation in time-dependent stochastic road networks.

Presentation / Conference
Bell, M. G. H., Trozzi, V., Hosseinloo, S. H., Gentile, G., & Fonzone, A. (2010, July)
Time-dependent Hyperstar algorithm for robust vehicle navigation in time-dependent stochastic road networks. Paper presented at 4th International Symposium on Transportation Network Reliability
The vehicle navigation problem studied in Bell (2009) is revisited and a time-dependent reverse Hyperstar algorithm is presented. This minimises the expected time of arrival a...

How best to evaluate mobility management projects: can psychological theory help?

Presentation / Conference
Carreno, M., Bamberg, S., Welsch, J., & Rye, T. (2010, July)
How best to evaluate mobility management projects: can psychological theory help?. Paper presented at the XVI Pan-American Conference of Traffic and Transportation Engineering and Logistics, Lisbon

Sustainable urban transport in Central America - a future without the car?

Presentation / Conference
Schreffler, E., Umana, N. U., Garcia Moreno, P. S., Mattsson, C., Rye, T., & Carreno, M. (2010, July)
Sustainable urban transport in Central America - a future without the car?. Paper presented at World Association of Transportation Research (WCTR
Is it conceivable to contemplate a future without the car as the center of an urban transportation system? Can emerging economies grow without concomitant growth in car usage?...