CO2Y the intelligent green solution: minimising carbon emissions by maximising shared travel opportunity. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N. B., McEwan, T., Holden, R., & Vogogias, T. (2009, May). CO2Y the intelligent green solution: minimising carbon emissions by maximising shared travel opportunity. Paper presented at Scottish Transport Applications Research Conference

It is in the interests of everybody that the environment is protected. In view of the recent leaps in environmental awareness it would seem timely and sensible, therefore, for people to pool vehicle resources to minimise the damaging impact of emissi... Read More about CO2Y the intelligent green solution: minimising carbon emissions by maximising shared travel opportunity..

Landlocked countries in South America: transport system challenges. (2009)
Book
Wilmsmeier, G., & Sánchez, R. (2009). Landlocked countries in South America: transport system challenges. ECLAC/ United Nations

This report analyses the current state of the landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) Bolivia and Paraguay. The report analyses the traditional topics (1) infrastructure at national level and connectivity towards adjacent countries; (2) the recent de... Read More about Landlocked countries in South America: transport system challenges..

Applying online fleet driver assessment to help identify, target and reduce occupational road safety risks (2009)
Journal Article
Darby, P., Murray, W., & Raeside, R. (2009). Applying online fleet driver assessment to help identify, target and reduce occupational road safety risks. Safety Science, 47(3), 436-442. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2008.05.004

Many studies have shown that driver attitude and behaviour are important determinants of the likelihood of collision involvement. Knowledge of the Rules of the Road and the perception of hazards are also associated with collision involvement. The aim... Read More about Applying online fleet driver assessment to help identify, target and reduce occupational road safety risks.

A mixed logit analysis of motorists’ right-of-way violation in motorcycle accidents at priority T-junctions. (2009)
Journal Article
Pai, C.-W., Hwang, K. P., & Saleh, W. (2009). A mixed logit analysis of motorists’ right-of-way violation in motorcycle accidents at priority T-junctions. Accident analysis and prevention, 41(3), 565-573. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2009.02.007

Research suggested that motorists’ right-of-way (ROW) violation in automobile–motorcycle gap-acceptance accidents at priority (i.e., stop-/yield-controlled) T-intersections has been a safety concern to motorcyclists. This study examines the character... Read More about A mixed logit analysis of motorists’ right-of-way violation in motorcycle accidents at priority T-junctions..

Attacker-defender models and road network vulnerability (2008)
Journal Article
Bell, M. G. H., Kanturska, U., Schmocker, J. D., & Fonzone, A. (2008). Attacker-defender models and road network vulnerability. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 366, 1893-1906. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2008.0019

The reliability of road networks depends directly on their vulnerability to disruptive incidents, ranging in severity from minor disruptions to terrorist attacks. This paper presents a game theoretic approach to the analysis of road network vulnerabi... Read More about Attacker-defender models and road network vulnerability.

Visual gaze behaviour of adults and older adults at a pedestrian crossing. (2008)
Journal Article
Egan, C. D., Willis, A., Ness, H., & Stradling, S. G. (2008). Visual gaze behaviour of adults and older adults at a pedestrian crossing. Perception, 37, 149

Underdeveloped visual search strategies may be a contributing factor to children's involvement in pedestrian accidents. Although laboratory-based research suggests that the ability to detect targets in a cluttered scene may be less efficient in child... Read More about Visual gaze behaviour of adults and older adults at a pedestrian crossing..

Visual gaze behaviour of children and adult pedestrians at a signalized road crossings. (2008)
Journal Article
Egan, C. D., Willis, A., Ness, H., & Stradling, S. G. (2008). Visual gaze behaviour of children and adult pedestrians at a signalized road crossings. Perception, 37, 149

Underdeveloped visual search strategies may be a contributing factor to children's involvement in pedestrian accidents. Although laboratory-based research suggests that the ability to detect targets in a cluttered scene may be less efficient in child... Read More about Visual gaze behaviour of children and adult pedestrians at a signalized road crossings..

Exploring motorcyclist injury severity in approach-turn collisions at T-junctions: Focusing on the effects of driver's failure to yield and junction control measures (2008)
Journal Article
Pai, C.-W., & Saleh, W. (2008). Exploring motorcyclist injury severity in approach-turn collisions at T-junctions: Focusing on the effects of driver's failure to yield and junction control measures. Accident analysis and prevention, 40, 479-486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2007.08.003

Research has suggested that motorcyclists involved in approach-turn crashes were much more injurious than any other crash-type. This paper investigates the determinants of motorcyclist injury severity resulting from such crash types that occurred at... Read More about Exploring motorcyclist injury severity in approach-turn collisions at T-junctions: Focusing on the effects of driver's failure to yield and junction control measures.

Modelling motorcyclist injury severity by various crash types at T-junctions in the UK (2008)
Journal Article
Pai, C.-W., & Saleh, W. (2008). Modelling motorcyclist injury severity by various crash types at T-junctions in the UK. Safety Science, 46, 1234-1247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2007.07.005

Motorcyclists tend to be more vulnerable to injuries than those using other motorised vehicles and this may act synergistically with the complexity of conflicting movements between vehicles and motorcycles to increase injury severity in a junction-ty... Read More about Modelling motorcyclist injury severity by various crash types at T-junctions in the UK.

Traffic and road sign recognition (2008)
Thesis
Fleyeh, H. Traffic and road sign recognition. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9466

This thesis presents a system to recognise and classify road and traffic signs for the purpose of developing an inventory of them which could assist the highway engineers' tasks of updating and maintaining them. It uses images taken by a camera from... Read More about Traffic and road sign recognition.

An analysis of the city centre car parking market:The supply side point of view (2008)
Thesis
Ferilli, G. An analysis of the city centre car parking market:The supply side point of view. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3050

Parking plays an important role in mobility, access and the economic development of cities; at the same time, it is a profitable business for both the private and public sectors. The city centre car parking market is a sector of the economy that has... Read More about An analysis of the city centre car parking market:The supply side point of view.

A report on the GAMUT public forum on good governance for transport infrastructure. (Position paper) (2008)
Preprint / Working Paper
Curtis, C., Glover, L., Legacy, C., & Wigan, M. A report on the GAMUT public forum on good governance for transport infrastructure. (Position paper)

Deciding when or if transport survey data should be updated. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, N. C., & Wigan, M. (2008, January). Deciding when or if transport survey data should be updated. Presented at Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

Transport data managers within government and non-government agencies face increasing demands on resources for data management systems to process extremely large data sets collected by automated systems and for surveys to collect new types of data. T... Read More about Deciding when or if transport survey data should be updated..

Movements of goods, services and people: entanglements with sustainability implications. (2008)
Book Chapter
Southworth, F., & Wigan, M. (2008). Movements of goods, services and people: entanglements with sustainability implications. In V. Himanen, M. Lee-Gosselin, & A. Perrels (Eds.), Building blocks for sustainable transport: obstacles, trends, solutions (157-173). Emerald Press

Barriers to modelling sustainable transport. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wigan, M. (2008, October). Barriers to modelling sustainable transport. Presented at European Transport Conference 2008

Sustainable transport is a malleable and changing concept which needs addressing before the questions of shortfalls in current modelling practice in addressing these issues can reasonably be assessed. It is tempting to take one of the simplest defini... Read More about Barriers to modelling sustainable transport..

Contestable evidence based policy-the role of information sharing. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wigan, M. (2008, May). Contestable evidence based policy-the role of information sharing

There are three elements required for public policy to be both credible and effective. These
are not necessarily the factors that all parties would agree to, but provide a common ground
on which constructive disagreements can be founded.
The first... Read More about Contestable evidence based policy-the role of information sharing..

Response to the Victorian East-West study. (2008)
Preprint / Working Paper
Wigan, M. Response to the Victorian East-West study

Improving access to transportation documents: the roles of repositories, thesauri, metadata and automated keyword generation. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wigan, M., & Kukla, R. (2008, January). Improving access to transportation documents: the roles of repositories, thesauri, metadata and automated keyword generation. Presented at 87th Annual General Meeting Transportation Research Board

Concessionary bus fares for older people in Scotland – are they achieving their objectives? (2008)
Journal Article
Rye, T., & Mykura, W. (2009). Concessionary bus fares for older people in Scotland – are they achieving their objectives?. Journal of Transport Geography, 17(6), 451-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.08.003

A concessionary fare (hereafter referred to as a “concession”) is offered to defined groups of people to travel at a reduced fare on public transport. This paper discusses concessions that are arranged by the government for social policy reasons, and... Read More about Concessionary bus fares for older people in Scotland – are they achieving their objectives?.

The role of market research and consultation in developing parking policy (2008)
Journal Article
Rye, T., Hunton, K., Ison, S., & Kocak, N. (2008). The role of market research and consultation in developing parking policy. Transport Policy, 15(6), 387-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2008.12.005

There is a demonstrable link between parking availability, price and mode choice, and parking policy has been shown to be a powerful demand management tool. Parking however is clearly an area of policy conflict since using it to manage demand may red... Read More about The role of market research and consultation in developing parking policy.