Presentation for Transport Planning Society in Birmingham

Tim will be leading a workshop for the Transport Planning Society in Birmingham on Thursday 30^th July on Flexi-mobility – Re-thinking Everyday Travel Patterns.

 

The work stems from the EPSRC/Energy Programme funded Disruption project.

http://www.tps.org.uk/westmidlands/events/id/0808/

 

 

 

 

Tim at 14th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research

This week Tim will be representing the Disruption project, the MOT project and the EPSRC Travel Behaviours Network at the 14th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research in Windsor (19th-23rd July).

He will be giving a presentation on 'New geographies of motoring: Variations in car type, size, usage, emissions and energy use in the UK' 

http://www.iatbr2015.org.uk/index.php/iatbr/iatbr2015/paper/view/516

UWE represented at National Air Quality Symposium, Beijing

Professor Martin Bigg and a small team of academics and environmental leaders were invited by the Consultative Committee to the State Council, China, to advise on air quality matters, and the drafting of Chinese air quality legislation.

 

During the visit (22^nd – 27^th June), Professor Bigg presented at the National Air Quality Symposium in Beijing and subsequently visited Shandong Province, Jining and Taian, where he met with national and regional leaders. During the visit, air quality management expertise developed in the UK, particularly in reference to the challenges within cities, was discussed. The recent developments and plans for the City of Bristol and the roles of both Universities and regulators in understanding and addressing air quality challenges was also highlighted.

 

There was a great deal of interest from the Chinese delegates in the UK’s experience and expertise on air quality questions, and a desire to explore further how this might be made available to them. To this end, we look forward to hearing from our colleagues in the Chinese air quality soon!

 

Travel Behaviours at the Transport Catapult

As part of the final engagement activities of the Travel Behaviour Network (http://www.travelbehaviours.net/) Tim helped organise an event on 23rd June at the Transport Catapult in Milton Keynes, and presented work from the Disruption and MOT projects there as well as running workshop sessions on them.

 

 

 

 

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Dr Tim Chatterton

Senior Research Fellow
Air Quality Management Resource Centre
Faculty of Environment and Technology
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Bristol
BS16 1QY

Tel: 0117 328 2929
Fax: 0117 328 3360
Email: Tim.Chatterton@uwe.ac.uk

 

 

MOT and Disruption at the Future Cities Catapult

As part of the final engagement activities of the Travel Behaviour Network (http://www.travelbehaviours.net/) Tim helped organise an event on 15^th June at the Future Cities Catapult, and presented work from the Disruption and MOT projects there.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

 

_________________________________________
Dr Tim Chatterton

Senior Research Fellow
Air Quality Management Resource Centre
Faculty of Environment and Technology
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Bristol
BS16 1QY

Tel: 0117 328 2929
Fax: 0117 328 3360
Email: Tim.Chatterton@uwe.ac.uk

 

 

Tim running workshop at LSx and Client Earth event

On Tuesday 7^th July, Tim will be running a workshop session on transport behaviour based around the work of the Disruption project at the London Sustainability Exchange and Client Earth event “Taking a Deep Breath: Cleaning Up London’s Air”

http://www.lsx.org.uk/news/events.aspx?id=3640

 

 

 

Disruption project 'takeover' at Annual Transport Pratitioners Meeting

On Wednesday 1^st July, Tim organised a co-ordinated set of 4 presentations and a workshop around the Disruptio project (www.disruptionproject.net) at the PTRC 2015 Annual Transport Practitioners Meeting.

The presentations consisted of:

·         David Williams on his PhD work on “Defining and delivering sustainable transport: who has the power to change the way we travel?”

·         Jillian Anable and Tom Budd’s work from Aberdeen University(presented by Tim) on “Responses and adaptability to disrupted travel patterns – a questionnaire study”

·         Noel Cass and James Faulconbridge’s work from Lancaster University on “Spatial, temporal and social factors in everyday mobility and modal choice – 3 years of ethnographic studies”
and

·         Greg Marsden and Jeremy Shires from Leeds University on “Disruption as it happens - a selection of responsive case studies”.

 

Tim, Caroline Mullen and Greg also ran a workshop on “‘Flexi-mobility’ – Re-thinking Everyday Travel Patterns” (see www.fleximobility.solutions)

_________________________________________
Dr Tim Chatterton

Senior Research Fellow
Air Quality Management Resource Centre
Faculty of Environment and Technology
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Bristol
BS16 1QY

Tel: 0117 328 2929
Fax: 0117 328 3360
Email: Tim.Chatterton@uwe.ac.uk

 

 

Jo interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol

Jo was interviewed alongside Julie Girling MEP on BBC Radio Bristol on 18th June. Topics included the visit of Karmenu Vella, the EU Commissioner for the Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries to the Bristol-Bath region, sources of air pollution in the area and some strategies for reducing air pollution.

To listen again follow this link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02st2kv#auto and listen from 37-45 mins

Jim, Jo and Ben at the 52nd International Making Cities Livable Conference on Achieving Green, Healthy Cities

The 52nd International Making Cities Livable Conference on Achieving Green, Healthy Cities, co-sponsored by The University of Bristol and the University of the West of England, is in Bristol this week, and the AQMRC's Jim, Jo and Ben will be ensuring that air quality features prominently. Jim will be presenting under the 'Air Pollution, Urban Noise and Health' session on Thursday afternoon delivering a talk entitled Urban Air Quality in Historical Perspective - or why we fail to learn the lessons of history, in which he will expound on the need to learn from past mistakes in order to address modern air pollution problems in urban areas. Jo and Ben will be presenting in the poster session on the same afternoon, both on the theme of 'Learning from Bristol'. Jo's poster captures research undertaken to evaluate the effectiveness of local air quality action planning using Bristol as a case study, while Ben will present the findings of the Bristol European Green Capital Air Quality Masterclass that we were invited to organize by Bristol City Council on behalf of the outgoing European Green Capital City, Copenhagen.