Gaining Public Support for Congestion Charging: Lessons from Referendum in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Journal Article
Gaunt, M., Rye, T., & Ison, S. (2006)
Gaining Public Support for Congestion Charging: Lessons from Referendum in Edinburgh, Scotland. Transportation research record, 1960, 87-93. https://doi.org/10.3141/1960-11
Until February 25, 2005, the City of Edinburgh in Scotland, United Kingdom, had advanced plans for a congestion charging scheme. However, these plans were abandoned because of...
Implementing Road User Charging: The Lessons Learnt from Hong Kong, Cambridge and Central London
Journal Article
Ison, S. G., & Rye, T. (2005)
Implementing Road User Charging: The Lessons Learnt from Hong Kong, Cambridge and Central London. Transport Reviews, 25(4), 451-465. https://doi.org/10.1080/0144164042000335788
Road user charging has long been advocated as a means of dealing with congestion in urban areas. Numerous schemes have been proposed but have advanced little beyond the drawin...
Overcoming barriers to the implementation of car parking charges at UK workplaces.
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Rye, T., & Ison, S. G. (2005)
Overcoming barriers to the implementation of car parking charges at UK workplaces. Transport Policy, 12, 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2004.11.002
Charging employees to park at their places of work is a transport policy measure advocated by the UK government as a means of reducing car commuting and hence achieving the tw...
The factors influencing future concessionary bus patronage in Scotland and their implications for elsewhere
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Rye, T., & Scotney, D. (2004)
The factors influencing future concessionary bus patronage in Scotland and their implications for elsewhere. Transport Policy, 11(2), 133-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2003.09.005
Recent changes in UK transport policy have seen the introduction of more generous concessionary travel for elderly people on local buses. However, the increase in patronage th...
The role of marketing in quality bus corridor promotion
Journal Article
Rye, T., & Enoch, M. (2004)
The role of marketing in quality bus corridor promotion. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer, 157(1), 61-66. https://doi.org/10.1680/muen.2004.157.1.61
Quality bus corridors (QBCs) are being implemented in towns and cities throughout the British Isles in order to improve the image of the bus and to boost patronage, with a vie...
Lessons from travel planning and road user charging for policy-making: through imperfection to implementation
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Ison, S., & Rye, T. (2003)
Lessons from travel planning and road user charging for policy-making: through imperfection to implementation. Transport Policy, 10(3), 223-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-070X%2803%2900023-4
In 1978 Gunn published a seminal paper which explained why implementation of policy is so difficult. The paper set out 10 conditions, which should be satisfied if perfect impl...
Travel plans: do they work?
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Rye, T. (2002)
Travel plans: do they work?. Transport Policy, 9, 287-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-070X%2802%2900004-5
This paper reviews the evidence that travel plans have their intended effect, which is to reduce the number of employees commuting alone by car to their place of work. It firs...
Employer transport plans-a case for regulation?
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Rye, T. (1999)
Employer transport plans-a case for regulation?. Transport Reviews, 19(1), 13-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/014416499295655
Employer transport plans (ETPs) are increasingly seen by transport planners as one of potential means to manage the demand for private transport. Such plans seek to reduce tri...
Tax and green transport plans: a survey of UK experience
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Potter, S., Rye, T., & Smith, M. (1999)
Tax and green transport plans: a survey of UK experience. Transport Policy, 6(4), 197-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-070X%2899%2900021-9
The widespread adoption of Green Transport Plans (GTPs) by employers has become an important aim of the {UK} government transport policy as it tries to find ways of reducing t...
Employer attitudes to employer transport plans: a comparison of UK and Dutch experience
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Rye, T. (1999)
Employer attitudes to employer transport plans: a comparison of UK and Dutch experience. Transport Policy, 6(3), 183-196. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-070X%2899%2900020-7
Employer transport plans (ETPs) are implemented by employers to encourage their employees to choose environmentally friendly modes of transport to work. They have been a part ...