Events in the Centre for Transport and Society (CTS)

Putting mobility in its place: Neighbourhood interventions and experiences in Greater Manchester, 30 January 2024
Speaker: Dr Graeme Sherriff, Reader, School of Health and Society, University of Salford
Dr Sherriff provided important insights into residents' views on low-carbon initiatives in Manchester based on his four years of qualitative research conducted in collaboration with Transport for Greater Manchester. 

Low traffic neighbourhoods in London: A mixed-methods study of benefits, harms and experiences, 27 February 2024
Speakers: Dr Ersilia Verlinghieri and Dr Jamie Furlong, Active Travel Academy, University of Westminster
Dr Verlinghieri and Dr Furlong presented the preliminary results of a 2.5-year project investigating the potential benefits and harms of LTN schemes in London, outlining recommendations for policymakers.

Discourses and sustainable urban mobility: Understanding the opposition to low traffic neighbourhoods, 26 March 2024
Speaker: Dr Robin Hickman, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Based on in-depth interviews with residents, Dr Hickman explored the adverse reactions to LTNs in London and proposed stronger participatory and deliberative processes to overcome the challenges related to societal norms toward low-carbon initiatives.  

AI and transport decarbonisation, 5 June 2024
Speaker: Jon Parker, Visiting Professor, CTS UWE Bristol & Jon Parker Consultancy
Based on a recent CIHT report on the role of data and AI in achieving transport decarbonisation, Jon Parker examined the extent to which the transport sector may benefit from new advancements in AI, including the creation of reliable databases, reduced congestion and the maintenance of low-carbon infrastructure.  

Housing and public transport in Melbourne, 25 June 2024
Speaker: Dr Chris De Gruyter, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Honorary Research Associate at the Transport Studies Unit at Oxford
Dr De Gruyter shared the findings of his research on the relationship between high-density housing growth and transit services in Melbourne over 19 years, using a ‘needs-gap’ analysis to evaluate fairness.

Social justice perspectives on the transition to urban electric mobility, 5 November 2024
Speaker: Dr Hannah Budnitz, Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford
Dr Budnitz discussed the impacts of EVs on decarbonising transport from a just transitions perspective, presenting key findings from an international research project focusing on the cities of Bristol, Oslo, Poznań, and Utrecht.

The aspirational shift: Challenges of urban mobility transitions in India, 21 November 2024
Speaker: Dr Rutul Joshi, CEPT University
In this seminar, Dr Joshi argued the aspirational aspects of transport infrastructure that guide funding and implementation, often disregarding the accessibility and affordability concerns based on his research across different Indian cities. 

Infrastructure, (im)mobility and social equity on and around U.S. trains and buses, 19 December 2024
Speaker: Professor Julie Cidell 
Professor Cidell discussed the social equity impacts resulting from the removal of transportation services in both high-income and low-income areas in the US. She explored how these alterations affect users and non-users from various ethnic groups and social classes.

Themes: 

• January-March 2024: Mobility and placemaking at the neighbourhood scale
• October-December 2024: Mobility justice and transport inequalities