Scottish cycling infrastructure and public health: a study of cyclist hand-arm vibration exposure (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Taylor, M. (2018, November). Scottish cycling infrastructure and public health: a study of cyclist hand-arm vibration exposure. Paper presented at 1st Annual Cycling Research Board Meeting, Amsterdam, Netherlands

The management of pavement surfaces for walking and cycling is currently a labour intensive task and relies upon user reporting defects and direct visual inspection. Local authorities are being pressed to cut budgets and reduce annual expenditure.... Read More about Scottish cycling infrastructure and public health: a study of cyclist hand-arm vibration exposure.

Identifying Barriers To The Implementation Of Bus Policy At A Local Level In Great Britain Using A Decision Support Framework (2018)
Thesis
McTigue, C. Identifying Barriers To The Implementation Of Bus Policy At A Local Level In Great Britain Using A Decision Support Framework. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1516301

The current debate on transport policy in the UK is focused on the need for a sustainable transport system. Buses play a vital role in achieving this, as they are the most frequently used and most accessible mode of public transport. However, the lit... Read More about Identifying Barriers To The Implementation Of Bus Policy At A Local Level In Great Britain Using A Decision Support Framework.

Impact of Ubiquitous Real-Time Information on Bus Passenger Route Choice (2018)
Thesis
Islam, M. F. Impact of Ubiquitous Real-Time Information on Bus Passenger Route Choice. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1508471

Over the last decade, Ubiquitous Real-time Passenger Information (URTPI) has become popular among public transport passengers. The effectiveness of URTPI and hence the value of the investments into the necessary systems can be increased with a clear... Read More about Impact of Ubiquitous Real-Time Information on Bus Passenger Route Choice.

Scottish cycling pavement assessment using hand-arm vibration exposure (2018)
Journal Article
Taylor, M. D., Edgar, A., & Raine, M. (2019). Scottish cycling pavement assessment using hand-arm vibration exposure. Infrastructure Asset Management, 6(2), 86-101. https://doi.org/10.1680/jinam.17.00014

A defective pavement surface discourages cyclists from selecting certain routes, and vibration exposure is a noticeable consequence of reduced path surface quality. Current asset management practice includes walkover surveys and cyclists reporting... Read More about Scottish cycling pavement assessment using hand-arm vibration exposure.

Institutional Influences on the Development of Urban Freight Transport Policies by Local Authorities (2018)
Book Chapter
Akgün, E. Z., & Monios, J. (2018). Institutional Influences on the Development of Urban Freight Transport Policies by Local Authorities. In Y. Shiftan, & M. Kamargianni (Eds.), Preparing for the New Era of Transport Policies: Learning from Experience (169-195). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.atpp.2018.07.004

Urban freight transport (UFT) provides the last mile delivery of goods, return of unwanted or recyclable goods and the removal of waste. Despite such benefits, freight vehicles often cause adverse impacts on the economy, environment and society such... Read More about Institutional Influences on the Development of Urban Freight Transport Policies by Local Authorities.

Collaboration in public transport planning – Why, how and what? (2018)
Journal Article
Paulsson, A., Isaksson, K., Sørensen, C. H., Hrelja, R., Rye, T., & Scholten, C. (2018). Collaboration in public transport planning – Why, how and what?. Research in Transportation Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2018.06.013

This paper is about collaboration in public transport governance. Drawing upon the emerging literature that views collaboration through the lens of networks, we explore why and how regional public transport authorities collaborate with both municipal... Read More about Collaboration in public transport planning – Why, how and what?.

Creating optimised employee travel plans (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Urquhart, N., & Hart, E. (2019). Creating optimised employee travel plans. In Advances in Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control in Engineering and Sciences (489-502). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89988-6_29

The routing of employees who provide services such as home health or social care is a complex problem. When sending an employee between two addresses , there may exist more than one travel option, e.g. public transport or car. In this paper we examin... Read More about Creating optimised employee travel plans.

Partnerships between operators and public transport authorities. Working practices in relational contracting and collaborative partnerships (2018)
Journal Article
Hrelja, R., Rye, T., & Mullen, C. (2018). Partnerships between operators and public transport authorities. Working practices in relational contracting and collaborative partnerships. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 116, 327-338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.06.032

Recent research on public transport has seen increasing focus on issues like coordination, collaboration and steering in complex governance settings. One of the themes in this field of research is related to partnership approaches, as one way of stim... Read More about Partnerships between operators and public transport authorities. Working practices in relational contracting and collaborative partnerships.

The Role of Technical Efficiency & Productivity Evolution in Port Development: An application to Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) ports (2018)
Thesis
Julien Brown, S. The Role of Technical Efficiency & Productivity Evolution in Port Development: An application to Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) ports. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1255373

Economic growth has continually remained an objective of every nation, particularly for lesser-developed countries such as the Small Island Developing States (SIDS). According to an UNCTAD (2014) report on “Small island developing States: Challenges... Read More about The Role of Technical Efficiency & Productivity Evolution in Port Development: An application to Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) ports.

The development of a numerical temperature algorithm to predict the indoor temperature of an electric vehicle's cabin space. (2018)
Thesis
Doyle, A. The development of a numerical temperature algorithm to predict the indoor temperature of an electric vehicle's cabin space. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1254444

Climate change is a significant issue in today’s society as countries work towards decarbonising the economic sectors that contribute to significant greenhouse gas emissions. The electric vehicle (EV) is proposed as a solution to reduce the level of... Read More about The development of a numerical temperature algorithm to predict the indoor temperature of an electric vehicle's cabin space..

Modelling and simulation of car following driving behaviour (2018)
Thesis
Appiah, J. Modelling and simulation of car following driving behaviour. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1253614

Driver behaviour has become an important aspect of transport research and over the years a considerable number of car following models have been developed. However, many of these models do not accurately simulate actual driving behaviour due to a lac... Read More about Modelling and simulation of car following driving behaviour.

The bus industry in Scotland – just a bunch of profiteering opportunists? (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Cowie, J. (2018, May). The bus industry in Scotland – just a bunch of profiteering opportunists?. Paper presented at Scottish Transport Applications and Research (STAR) 2018

The Transport Act 1985 privatised and deregulated the bus industry in Great Britain outside of London, with the intention of creating a competitive industry that would compete for patronage through the economic principles of contestability and consum... Read More about The bus industry in Scotland – just a bunch of profiteering opportunists?.

Helmet non-use by users of bikeshare programs, electric bicycles, racing bicycles, and personal bicycles: An observational study in Taipei, Taiwan. (2018)
Journal Article
Chi, C., Chen, P., Saleh, W., Tsai, S., & Pai, C. (2018). Helmet non-use by users of bikeshare programs, electric bicycles, racing bicycles, and personal bicycles: An observational study in Taipei, Taiwan. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 13(2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2018.1441470

The bikeshare program in Taipei City and New Taipei City, called U-bike, was launched in August 2012 and has more than 7500 bicycles operating out of 769 stations. Research has suggested that bicycle helmet use is a means of reducing morbidity and mo... Read More about Helmet non-use by users of bikeshare programs, electric bicycles, racing bicycles, and personal bicycles: An observational study in Taipei, Taiwan..

Meta-surface wall suppression of mutual coupling between microstrip patch antenna arrays for THz-band applications (2018)
Journal Article
Alibakhshikenari, M., Virdee, B., Shukla, P., See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Falcone, F., & Limiti, E. (2018). Meta-surface wall suppression of mutual coupling between microstrip patch antenna arrays for THz-band applications. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, 75, 105-111. https://doi.org/10.2528/pierl18021908

This paper presents a novel 2D meta-surface wall to increase the isolation between microstrip patch radiators in an antenna array that is operating in the teraherz (THz) band of 139-141 GHz for applications including communications, medical and secur... Read More about Meta-surface wall suppression of mutual coupling between microstrip patch antenna arrays for THz-band applications.

The relationship between formal and informal institutions for governance of public transport (2018)
Journal Article
Rye, T., Monios, J., Hrelja, R., & Isaksson, K. (2018). The relationship between formal and informal institutions for governance of public transport. Journal of Transport Geography, 69, 196-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.04.025

The purpose of this paper is to understand the relationship between the formal (governance established in law) and informal institutions (governance not established in law) that underpin the planning, operation and improvement of local and regional p... Read More about The relationship between formal and informal institutions for governance of public transport.

Smart Cities: Metrics for a Future Internet-based Governance of Urban and Regional innovation Systems (2018)
Journal Article
Deakin, M. (2018). Smart Cities: Metrics for a Future Internet-based Governance of Urban and Regional innovation Systems. Scienze Regionali-The Italian Journal of Regional Science, 17(1), 39-56. https://doi.org/10.14650/88816

This paper summarizes the outcomes of a literature review on smart cities and goes on to provide an overview of the critical insights it offers. Bypassing mainstream academic readings of the subject and offering a critique of the Smart City Ranking,... Read More about Smart Cities: Metrics for a Future Internet-based Governance of Urban and Regional innovation Systems.

Pokemon gaming causes pedestrians to run a red light: An observational study of crossing behaviours at a signalised intersection in Taipei City (2018)
Journal Article
Chen, P., Saleh, W., & Pai, C. (2018). Pokemon gaming causes pedestrians to run a red light: An observational study of crossing behaviours at a signalised intersection in Taipei City. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 55, 380-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2018.03.011

Since the launch of the smartphone game “Pokemon Go”, the worldwide craze has led to numerous traffic crashes and injuries resulting from falling or tripping. This paper investigates the effects of several smartphone distracting activities (gaming, t... Read More about Pokemon gaming causes pedestrians to run a red light: An observational study of crossing behaviours at a signalised intersection in Taipei City.

Recovery time and propagation effects of passenger transport disruptions (2018)
Journal Article
Malandri, C., Malandria, C., Fonzone, A., & Cats, O. (2018). Recovery time and propagation effects of passenger transport disruptions. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 505, 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2018.03.028

We propose a method to evaluate public transport network vulnerability. We study the evolution of the passenger Volume Over Capacity (VOC) ratio throughout the network to measure the spatial and temporal extent of the impacts caused by an unplanned s... Read More about Recovery time and propagation effects of passenger transport disruptions.

Long term productivity gains in the privatised British passenger rail industry – A case study of Malmquist productivity index measurements (2018)
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2018). Long term productivity gains in the privatised British passenger rail industry – A case study of Malmquist productivity index measurements. Research in Transportation Business and Management, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rtbm.2018.01.001

This paper assesses long term productivity in the privatised British passenger rail industry using a Malmquist productivity index (MPI) generated using three different efficiency assessment methods, namely data envelopment analysis (DEA), corrected o... Read More about Long term productivity gains in the privatised British passenger rail industry – A case study of Malmquist productivity index measurements.

Britain’s railways were nationalised 70 years ago – let’s not do it again (2018)
Other
Cowie, J. (2018). Britain’s railways were nationalised 70 years ago – let’s not do it again

It is 70 years since the era of public rail ownership began in Great Britain. The British Transport Commission formally took control of the operation and planning of the whole network, having been brought into existence by Clement Attlee’s Labour gov... Read More about Britain’s railways were nationalised 70 years ago – let’s not do it again.