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Variable message signs: are they effective TDM measures? (2009)
Book Chapter
Saleh, W., Walker, C., & Pai, C. W. (2009). Variable message signs: are they effective TDM measures?. In Travel Demand Management and Road User Pricing: Success, Failure and Feasibility (135-150). Ashgate Publishing

This chapter investigates impacts of Variable Message Signs (VMS) on accidents rates and severities on Scottish trunk roads. A before and after analysis of accidents at 14 selected VMS sites in central and north-east Scotland is presented.

Travel demand management and road user pricing : success, failure and feasibility (2009)
Book
Saleh, W., & Sammer, G. (Eds.). (2009). Travel demand management and road user pricing : success, failure and feasibility. Ashgate Publishing

Throughout the world, traffic levels are increasing and, in urban areas, these increasing levels have led to pressures on the road networks which are causing serious economic, environmental and social problems. This book examines the full range of 'p... Read More about Travel demand management and road user pricing : success, failure and feasibility.

Weighting the competitiveness factors for container ports under conflicting interests (2009)
Journal Article
Yeo, G. T., Song, D., Dinwoodie, J., & Roe, M. (2009). Weighting the competitiveness factors for container ports under conflicting interests. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 61, 1249-1257. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2009.88

Generally, an evaluation of container port competitiveness is regarded as a multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem which involves various stakeholders with conflicting interests. To solve MCDM problems, the analytic hierarchy process (AHP)... Read More about Weighting the competitiveness factors for container ports under conflicting interests.

An evaluation of the transport to employment (T2E) scheme in Highland Scotland using social return on investment (SROI) (2009)
Journal Article
Wright, S., Nelson, J. D., Cooper, J. M., & Murphy, S. (2009). An evaluation of the transport to employment (T2E) scheme in Highland Scotland using social return on investment (SROI). Journal of Transport Geography, 17, 457-467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.10.006

This paper presents findings from an evaluation of transport to employment (T2E) in rural Highland Scotland. T2E is a centrally co-ordinated shared transport service which provides access to workplace, training and childcare where no alternative tran... Read More about An evaluation of the transport to employment (T2E) scheme in Highland Scotland using social return on investment (SROI).

Transport and surveillance aspects of location based services (2009)
Journal Article
Wigan, M., & Clarke, R. A. (2009). Transport and surveillance aspects of location based services. Transportation research record, 2105, 92-99. https://doi.org/10.3141/2105-12

Transport is a series of movements between locations, and considerable efforts are spent to secure details of such movements for planning and modeling purposes. This paper considers the issues raised when such information is secured too well, as well... Read More about Transport and surveillance aspects of location based services.

Real world driving cycle for motorcycles in Edinburgh (2009)
Journal Article
Saleh, W., Kumar, R., Kirby, H., & Kumar, P. (2009). Real world driving cycle for motorcycles in Edinburgh. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 14, 326-333. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2009.03.003

Knowledge of the driving cycle is an important requirement in the evaluation of exhaust emissions. Data were collected from trips performed on five routes between the home addresses in the surrounding areas and place of work at Napier University in E... Read More about Real world driving cycle for motorcycles in Edinburgh.

Port integration in global supply chains: measures and implications for maritime logistics (2009)
Journal Article
Panayides, P., & Song, D. (2009). Port integration in global supply chains: measures and implications for maritime logistics. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 12, 133-145. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675560902749407

The aim of this article is to define and empirically develop measures of seaport integration in global supply chains and to infer implications for maritime logistics. A literature review identified four key parameters hypothesised to be part of the h... Read More about Port integration in global supply chains: measures and implications for maritime logistics.

Delivering infrastructure and land use transport integration policy: examining good governance issues in Melbourne and Perth. (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Legacy, C., Sturup, S., Curtis, C., & Wigan, M. (2009). Delivering infrastructure and land use transport integration policy: examining good governance issues in Melbourne and Perth.

Governance is a difficult topic to address in the often controversial area of transport and planning. Good governance allows issues associated with balancing different interests, objectives and pressures, to be addressed and solved - but its absence... Read More about Delivering infrastructure and land use transport integration policy: examining good governance issues in Melbourne and Perth..

Modelling motorcycles driving cycles and emissions in Edinburgh (2009)
Thesis
Kumar, R. Modelling motorcycles driving cycles and emissions in Edinburgh. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3047

The level of ownership and use of motorcycling has increased rapidly in Edinburgh and the UK in the last ten years. In this study, motorcycle driving cycles (rural and urban) were developed for Edinburgh (Edinburgh Motorcycle Driving cycle-EMDC). The... Read More about Modelling motorcycles driving cycles and emissions in Edinburgh.

The design of a CCTV system for use in a hazardous atmosphere (2009)
Thesis
Gordon, C. The design of a CCTV system for use in a hazardous atmosphere. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6693

The aim of the project was to develop a new Pan, Tilt and Zoom (PTZ) camera station that could be used in the petrochemical industry. The petrochemical industry presents a number of unique environmental restrictions that impact new product design. Th... Read More about The design of a CCTV system for use in a hazardous atmosphere.

Impact of speed change on estimated journey time: Failure of drivers to appreciate relevance of initial speed. (2009)
Journal Article
Fuller, R., Gormley, M., Stradling, S., Broughton, P., Kinnear, N., O'Dolan, C., & Hannigan, B. (2009). Impact of speed change on estimated journey time: Failure of drivers to appreciate relevance of initial speed. Accident analysis and prevention, 41, 10-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2008.07.013

Higher speeds are associated with increases in the probability of crashing and the severity of the outcome. Logically drivers speed to save time, and research evidence supports this assertion. It is therefore important to investigate drivers’ underst... Read More about Impact of speed change on estimated journey time: Failure of drivers to appreciate relevance of initial speed..

The effects of a distractor on the visual gaze behaviour of children at signalized road crossings (2009)
Journal Article
Egan, C. D., Willis, A., & Wincenciak, J. (2009). The effects of a distractor on the visual gaze behaviour of children at signalized road crossings. Journal of Vision, 9(8), https://doi.org/10.1167/9.8.371

Children are over-represented in pedestrian injuries. This may be explained, at least in part, by poorer attentional mechanisms at the roadside compared with skilled adults. We have recently shown that children are more likely to attend to task-irrel... Read More about The effects of a distractor on the visual gaze behaviour of children at signalized road crossings.

A capacity-based measure of container port accessibility (2009)
Journal Article
Cullinane, K., & Wang, Y. (2009). A capacity-based measure of container port accessibility. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 12, 103-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675560902749340

Exacerbated by a global trend towards greater market concentration in shipping and port operation, competition between container ports has intensified. In evaluating port competitiveness, minimal consideration has been given to the accessibility of i... Read More about A capacity-based measure of container port accessibility.

Typology of long-term port efficiency Improvement paths: malmquist total factor productivity for world container ports. (2009)
Journal Article
Cheon, S., Dowall, D. E., & Song, D. (2009). Typology of long-term port efficiency Improvement paths: malmquist total factor productivity for world container ports. Journal of Infrastructure Systems, 15, 340-350. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%291076-0342%282009%2915%3A4%28340%29

The global seaport sector made huge efforts in relation to port reform and technological development since the 1990s. This study attempts to systematically estimate the impacts of these efforts on world ports’ efficiency changes between 1991 and 2004... Read More about Typology of long-term port efficiency Improvement paths: malmquist total factor productivity for world container ports..

Conditions for speeding behaviour: A comparison of car drivers and powered two wheeled riders. (2009)
Journal Article
Broughton, P. S., Fuller, R., Stradling, S., Gormley, M., Kinnear, N., O'Dolan, C., & Hannigan, B. (2009). Conditions for speeding behaviour: A comparison of car drivers and powered two wheeled riders. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 12, 417-427. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2009.07.001

Against a UK background of decreases in collisions involving car drivers, motorcycle collisions are on the increase. To throw light on this process, this paper explores differences between motorcyclists and car drivers in the conditions for speeding... Read More about Conditions for speeding behaviour: A comparison of car drivers and powered two wheeled riders..

The governance of transport and climate change (2009)
Journal Article
Marsden, G., & Rye, T. (2010). The governance of transport and climate change. Journal of Transport Geography, 18(6), 669-678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.09.014

Climate change is one of the key global policy issues of our time. Transport is the sector from which it has been hardest to cut emissions and, to make substantial progress in the future, action will be required at all levels of government from inter... Read More about The governance of transport and climate change.