My colleagues Anna Goodman, Ersilia Verlinghieri, Irena Itova, Megan Sharkey, and I have been starting to analyse where active travel infrastructure is being built in London. There’s literature on the benefits of these kinds of schemes, but also, articles from a range of contexts (particularly North and Latin America, where … Continue reading
Summary: we are sharing a pre-print of analysis specifically looking at LTNs within Outer London’s mini-Holland schemes. Although the ‘LTN area’ sample size is small (most intervention areas weren’t LTNs) and uncertainty about effect sizes is large, we find consistent evidence about their direction. LTNs have reduced residents’ car ownership … Continue reading
I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog lately: partly due to some exciting news that has also meant lots of stuff to organise! As some may have seen, I’ve recently been awarded over £500,000 over three years by the Quintin Hogg Trust to set up the Active Travel Academy … Continue reading
This is a response to the Transport Select Committee on Road Safety: I’ll submit it tomorrow. Although the deadline has passed, they are still accepting submissions. I am a Reader at the University of Westminster who specialises in active travel. I have published many peer-reviewed papers on issues including road … Continue reading
5th March: presenting with my colleague Georgios Kapousizis on our work on cycling injury risk at the Road Safety Analysts conference 6th March: Propensity to Cycle Tool training workshops 12th March: presenting on gender and cycling for a Sustrans stakeholder workshop event in Edinburgh 15th March: presenting on research impact … Continue reading
A few upcoming talks this month and next… London, Birmingham, Hertford and Madrid! Tuesday 22nd January (tomorrow), a talk to Herts County Council staff on the potential and impacts of transformational change in how we travel. Thursday 24th January, I’m speaking on qualitative research on perceptions of driving and cycling … Continue reading
Based on a soon-to-be-published Journal of Transport and Health paper: to follow. [Now available – free link here will work till Feb 12th] There are various problems with transport appraisal when it comes to walking and cycling schemes. Our scheme appraisal systems developed in the age of the car, hence … Continue reading
There’s a House of Commons Transport Committee Inquiry into Active Travel. While formally it closed last month, they are still accepting written submissions. Here’s mine: I am an academic working in the field of active travel who has published over 25 peer-reviewed journal articles on topics from injuries and near … Continue reading
He escrito este pequeño articulo para #CienciaenelParlamento. Con disculpas por el mal uso del subjuntivo! Estoy aprendiendo… En este resumen hablo principalmente de ‘pedelec’ bicis. La UE define pedelecs como bicicletas con asistencia motorizada (eléctrica) que producen ayuda hasta el ciclista alcanza 25 kph y cuyo motor produce una potencia … Continue reading
This is my first blog post in Spanish. I’ve been learning and wanted to improve my professional Spanish – so thought some occasional short blog posts might be a nice way to do this. Muchas gracias a Gustavo Romanillos por tu ayuda. Recientemente, analicé los datos de una extensa encuesta … Continue reading
