Centre for Transport and Society news

• Enhanced junction designs “make it clear to drivers that they need to give way”

  31/05/2023

  A recently completed research project has identified two side road crossing designs that encourage drivers to give way to people crossing and waiting to cross – as required by the Highway Code since January 2022.

• UWE Bristol joins First Bus and partners to launch UK's first zero emission autonomous bus service

  24/01/2023

  The UK's first-ever zero emission autonomous bus service reached a key milestone with trials starting on public roads in Oxfordshire on Monday 23 January, 2023.

• Unfair bus fares risk holding young people back

  28/07/2022

  Young people aged 16-24 use buses far more than older age groups and have lower access to a car, yet they face a postcode lottery in accessing free and discounted bus fares, new work has revealed.

• UK industry set to miss 2050 net zero without urgent action

  23/09/2021 The majority of UK industry sectors will miss 2050 Net Zero targets unless there are significant further steps taken by the Government, including acceleration of consumer education and behaviour change. This is according to the Journey to Net Zero report, undertaken by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and commissioned by insurer Zurich UK.

• Study finds some road closures cause less congestion

  19/08/2021 Two researchers from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) have published a study shedding new light on why traffic is sometimes reduced when certain city roads are closed by the Council. Dr Steve Melia and Dr Tom Calvert from UWE Bristol's Centre for Transport and Society found that if main or 'strategic' roads were closed, some drivers decided to stop using their cars and instead used different forms of transport, or changed their travel habits.

• Funding granted for innovative clean air project to learn how Bristol travel changed during pandemic

  13/05/2021

  Dr Fiona Crawford, Research Fellow in Transport Studies, has been awarded funding for a new innovative clean air project, looking at how car and van travel has changed across Bristol during different stages of the pandemic.

• New project aims to tackle transport-related exclusion for young people

  12/05/2021

  UWE Bristol has teamed up with walking and cycling charity, Sustrans, to launch a new research project which aims to address transport-related barriers faced by young people aged 12-24 years in the UK. 

• UWE Bristol receives grant to research road safety

  06/02/2020

  The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) has received £117,000 from the Road Safety Trust to undertake research to assist in the design development of side road crossings.

• Shoppers given the chance to experience autonomous vehicles at The Mall, Cribbs Causeway

  22/01/2020

  Researchers from the Centre for Transport and Society, University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), and Bristol Robotics Laboratory are participating in the testing of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) at a trial at The Mall shopping centre, Cribbs Causeway.

• Access to car or good public transport essential to leading fuller life, study finds

  07/11/2019

  Good transport connections are essential for improving opportunities for work, socialising and wellbeing, new research by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) with NatCen for the Department of Transport has found.

• Extend free and discounted bus travel for under 18s to rest of UK, say experts

  17/10/2019

  Free and discounted bus travel for under 18s should be extended to the whole of the UK, suggests a report on the impact of transport on the future health of young people.

• Academics play role in public trial of driverless pods at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

  18/09/2019

  Driverless pods transported members of the public around London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with visitors able to test out an innovative mobility service. The trial was part of a research project involving UWE Bristol robotics and transport experts that will pave the way for the use of connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) transport services at public transport hubs and around private estates, including tourist and shopping centres, hospitals, business parks and airports.

• People taking fewer flights for environmental reasons want leadership to 'come out of closet', researchers find

  16/09/2019

• New research shows why the commute should be counted as part of the working day

  30/08/2018

  A new study presented today (30/08/18) at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference, shows that commuters use free Wi-Fi provision on their journey to and from work to 'catch up' with work emails, paving the way for the commute to be counted as work.

• 20mph speed limits are effective, study finds

  13/02/2018

  A new study published today, The Bristol Twenty Miles Per Hour Limit Evaluation (BRITE) Study by the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), has found that 20mph speed limits lead to important reductions in average traffic speeds, and are associated with very promising improvements in road safety.

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