Life Transitions and Travel Behaviour
Lead Research Organisation:
University of the West of England
Department Name: Faculty of Environment and Technology
Abstract
The aim of the project is to assess how life transitions influence travel behaviour and to identify opportunities from this for policy interventions to achieve desirable transport outcomes. Life transitions (major changes in personal circumstances) are associated with life events such as joining the labour force, moving home, having children or retiring. Emerging research has established that significant changes in travel behaviour are often associated with life events. However, there remains much to learn about the extent to which different life events trigger behavioural change and the conditions under which life events are more likely to trigger change. It is of interest to policy makers to better understand this so that policies can be formulated to influence travel behaviour and achieve objectives such as tackling congestion and carbon emissions from transport.
The Understanding Society (US) survey offers a previously unavailable opportunity to investigate interactions between life events and travel behaviour for a large, representative sample of the UK population (40,000 households and 100,000 individuals). We know that about 10% of the sample move home each year with about 700 births per year and a similar number of retirements. Data from the first three waves of US will be available during the project. Information collected on travel behaviour includes household car ownership (number of cars owned) and commuting behaviour (mode, distance and time of travel) as well as information on housing mobility, changes in employment and other key life events. British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) respondents have been incorporated into US since wave 2 and it will also be possible to create a longer data history for these respondents. In addition, the project will be innovative in linking the survey data to local spatial data drawn from Office for National Statistics (ONS) sources such as the census and Department for Transport (DfT) accessibility indicators. This data will allow new insights into the effect of the spatial context on changes to travel behaviour associated with life events.
The project will start by creating the required bespoke data sets drawn from US/BHPS and ONS data. The first stage of data analysis will identify the prevalence of life events amongst different population groups and the relative importance of different life events for changes being made to car ownership level and commuting behaviour. It will then be analysed under what circumstances life events are more likely to result in changes in these types of travel behaviour. Consideration will be given to individual, household and geographical circumstances and statistical models will be used to quantify the relative importance of different factors. The final part of the analysis will assess the stability of car ownership and commuting behaviour and whether people whose behaviour has been stable are less likely to change their behaviour when life events occur.
The project team comprises travel behaviour experts from Centre for Transport & Society, University of the West of England (UWE), longitudinal data experts from Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex, and policy researchers from DfT. The project will extend the skills base in the analysis of large and complex data sets to the field of transport. DfT will be involved in all stages of the research to ensure there is a close link with policy and practice needs. The research co-investigator from DfT will chair an Advisory Group that also includes representatives from transport practice and academia. UWE will manage a website for the project, including a researcher forum, and will draw on their existing networks in academic and policy circles to promote engagement with the research. ISER will contribute media communications support and disseminate findings from the research through the ISER website and US communications team at ESRC.
The Understanding Society (US) survey offers a previously unavailable opportunity to investigate interactions between life events and travel behaviour for a large, representative sample of the UK population (40,000 households and 100,000 individuals). We know that about 10% of the sample move home each year with about 700 births per year and a similar number of retirements. Data from the first three waves of US will be available during the project. Information collected on travel behaviour includes household car ownership (number of cars owned) and commuting behaviour (mode, distance and time of travel) as well as information on housing mobility, changes in employment and other key life events. British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) respondents have been incorporated into US since wave 2 and it will also be possible to create a longer data history for these respondents. In addition, the project will be innovative in linking the survey data to local spatial data drawn from Office for National Statistics (ONS) sources such as the census and Department for Transport (DfT) accessibility indicators. This data will allow new insights into the effect of the spatial context on changes to travel behaviour associated with life events.
The project will start by creating the required bespoke data sets drawn from US/BHPS and ONS data. The first stage of data analysis will identify the prevalence of life events amongst different population groups and the relative importance of different life events for changes being made to car ownership level and commuting behaviour. It will then be analysed under what circumstances life events are more likely to result in changes in these types of travel behaviour. Consideration will be given to individual, household and geographical circumstances and statistical models will be used to quantify the relative importance of different factors. The final part of the analysis will assess the stability of car ownership and commuting behaviour and whether people whose behaviour has been stable are less likely to change their behaviour when life events occur.
The project team comprises travel behaviour experts from Centre for Transport & Society, University of the West of England (UWE), longitudinal data experts from Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex, and policy researchers from DfT. The project will extend the skills base in the analysis of large and complex data sets to the field of transport. DfT will be involved in all stages of the research to ensure there is a close link with policy and practice needs. The research co-investigator from DfT will chair an Advisory Group that also includes representatives from transport practice and academia. UWE will manage a website for the project, including a researcher forum, and will draw on their existing networks in academic and policy circles to promote engagement with the research. ISER will contribute media communications support and disseminate findings from the research through the ISER website and US communications team at ESRC.
Planned Impact
We envisage a number of outputs and have identified how to maximize the impact of the study in policy circles as detailed in the Pathways to Impact section.
First will be the involvement of Ben Savage from DfT and other relevant policy makers at all stages of the research process. He will chair a project Advisory Group made up of members of the project team and representatives from transport practice and academia. This will enable a close link with wider research, policy and practice throughout the research process and enable the results of the research to be quickly disseminated to relevant audiences. The DfT is excited by the prospect of this study as it feeds directly into their key policy concerns. We will also engage with the Living with Environmental Change cross-council research programme and invite a member of their Directorate to join the Advisory Group to maximise research links between ESRC and other research council investments.
There will be a focussed two day training event at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex, for DfT researchers, PhD students and other policy researchers interested in using Understanding Society for transport related research. This will use a data set derived from Understanding Society and prepared for use by transport analysts which forms one of the outputs from the research. We will consult with DfT to ensure the course is tailored to meet their requirements. The course will take place at ISER towards the end of the project.
As part of the capacity building aspect of the research programme, UWE researchers will be hosted at ISER for a research visit to familiarise themselves with the data and gain from interactions with researchers conducting longitudinal analysis at ISER.
Other outputs will include a full report for DfT on the inter-relationship between life transitions and travel behavior. Alongside this we will produce a series of short summary policy briefing documents designed for policy makers. We will organize at least one policy briefing meeting in London and disseminate the research findings widely to relevant government departments and other interested policy makers. UWE will manage a website for the project, including a researcher forum, and will draw on their existing networks in academic and policy circles to promote the findings from the research. ISER will contribute communications support for media and other activities and disseminate findings from the research through the ISER website and through regular e-bulletins and other reports which ISER circulates to the user community and policy circles. ISER's Communications Manager will work closely with the Understanding Society communications team at the ESRC to ensure the study has maximum impact.
Finally, we will aim to produce at least two academic journal papers and present the research at appropriate academic conferences.
First will be the involvement of Ben Savage from DfT and other relevant policy makers at all stages of the research process. He will chair a project Advisory Group made up of members of the project team and representatives from transport practice and academia. This will enable a close link with wider research, policy and practice throughout the research process and enable the results of the research to be quickly disseminated to relevant audiences. The DfT is excited by the prospect of this study as it feeds directly into their key policy concerns. We will also engage with the Living with Environmental Change cross-council research programme and invite a member of their Directorate to join the Advisory Group to maximise research links between ESRC and other research council investments.
There will be a focussed two day training event at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), University of Essex, for DfT researchers, PhD students and other policy researchers interested in using Understanding Society for transport related research. This will use a data set derived from Understanding Society and prepared for use by transport analysts which forms one of the outputs from the research. We will consult with DfT to ensure the course is tailored to meet their requirements. The course will take place at ISER towards the end of the project.
As part of the capacity building aspect of the research programme, UWE researchers will be hosted at ISER for a research visit to familiarise themselves with the data and gain from interactions with researchers conducting longitudinal analysis at ISER.
Other outputs will include a full report for DfT on the inter-relationship between life transitions and travel behavior. Alongside this we will produce a series of short summary policy briefing documents designed for policy makers. We will organize at least one policy briefing meeting in London and disseminate the research findings widely to relevant government departments and other interested policy makers. UWE will manage a website for the project, including a researcher forum, and will draw on their existing networks in academic and policy circles to promote the findings from the research. ISER will contribute communications support for media and other activities and disseminate findings from the research through the ISER website and through regular e-bulletins and other reports which ISER circulates to the user community and policy circles. ISER's Communications Manager will work closely with the Understanding Society communications team at the ESRC to ensure the study has maximum impact.
Finally, we will aim to produce at least two academic journal papers and present the research at appropriate academic conferences.
Publications
Chatterjee K
(2015)
The facts are clear - life events change travel behaviour. Policy-makers please take note.
in Local Transport Today
Clark B
(2016)
Changes to commute mode: The role of life events, spatial context and environmental attitude
in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Clark B
(2015)
Changes in level of household car ownership: the role of life events and spatial context
in Transportation
Clark B
(2014)
Life Events and Travel Behavior Exploring the Interrelationship Using UK Household Longitudinal Study Data
in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
Description | There remains much to learn about the extent to which different life events trigger change in transport behaviours and the conditions under which life events are more likely to trigger change. The UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS), otherwise known as Understanding Society, offered a previously unavailable opportunity to investigate this for a large, representative sample of the UK population. A bespoke data set was produced for the project, derived from the first two waves of UKHLS for 2009/10 and 2010/11. The information available from UKHLS was supplemented by spatial variables which were derived from other secondary data sources and linked to UKHLS data. The project has obtained results on the factors that predict changes in household car ownership and changes in commuting mode using multiple regression modelling. Across the sample of 19,545 households in England included in our analysis, 18% changed car ownership level - 9% of households gained at least one car, while 9% lost at least one car. The analysis of car ownership has separately identified the predictors of different types of car ownership level change (zero to one car, one to two cars and vice versa) and demonstrated that these are quite different in nature. Changes to composition of households (adults and children arriving and leaving) and to driving licence availability are the strongest predictors of car ownership level changes, followed by employment status and income changes. Households were found to be more likely to relinquish cars in association with an income reduction than they were to acquire cars in association with an income gain. This may be attributed to the economic recession of the time. The effect of childbirth differs according to car ownership state with it increasing the probability of acquiring a car for non-car owners and increasing the probability of relinquishing a car for two car owners. Sensitivity to spatial context is demonstrated by poorer access to public transport predicting higher probability of a non-car owning household acquiring a car and vica versa. This suggests good public transport provision to jobs can restrain demand for car ownership. 20% of the sample of residents of England employed both in 2009/10 and 2010/11 (N=15,200) changed commuting mode between waves with car commuting more stable than non-car commuting. Changes in commute mode are found to be most strongly predicted by changes in distance to work which occur in association with moving home and changing jobs. The distance relationship is asymmetric with increases in distance being far more likely to prompt switches to car commuting than reductions in distance are to prompt switches to non-car commuting. The job change and move home life events are also found to have an effect in their own right, indicating that people reconsider commuting behaviours at these times. Land use plays a mediating role with home moves to mixed land uses found to encourage walking and cycling to work, while moves to areas with shorter journey times to employment by public transport are found to encourage non-car commuting. A follow up grant application 'Commuting and Wellbeing', which builds on the research findings and extends them to look at how commuting behaviour influences wellbeing over time, was submitted to ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative Phase 3 and was awarded funding. The project (ES/N012429/1) commenced on 1 February 2016. |
Exploitation Route | The partnership with DfT and involvement of a project advisor from local government has enabled project findings to be produced in a form amenable to use by transport policy makers and practitioners (e.g. evidence summaries and slide pack). This can be expected to lead to better informed policy that assists with achieving transport objectives (e.g. reduced congestion) which will benefit the economy and society in general. The project findings support the notion that there is high potential for behavioural change to occur if targeting is made of people experiencing life events and indicates which population groups and contextual conditions are candidiates for targeting. This knowledge can be used to inform the approaches used in transport behavioural change programmes. We are actively working with partners in the West of England (with whom we have collaborative arrangements) to generate practical actions based on the research findings. A half-day workshop will take place on 11 September 2014 with practitioners from the West of England Local Sustainable Transport Fund delivery team to identify how the research findings can be used to shape current and future programmes. We will disseminate the outcomes of this collaboration to other transport authorities/organisations via national practitioner conferences . The partnership with DfT in the project (including two-day training event) has increased the capacity of DfT to use longitudinal data in policy analysis and this can be expected to lead to better informed policy which will benefit the economy and society in general. |
Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy Environment Transport |
URL | http://travelbehaviour.com/lttb-project-summary/ |
Description | The project generated compelling new evidence that life events are important drivers of behaviour change and indicate there are opportunities for behavioural change interventions to be targeted at population groups experiencing life events. The project website (http://travelbehaviour.com/) has been used to disseminate the outputs from the project (evidence summaries, slide packs, presentations, papers) and to provide regular updates on events and news related to the project. An end of project policy briefing was held at the Department for Transport (DfT) on 16 June 2014 where project findings were presented to about 30 DfT staff. See write-up at http://travelbehaviour.com/2014/10/10/reflections-on-our-end-of-project-seminar/. In addition, two evidence summaries and two slide packs have been co-produced with DfT. See http://travelbehaviour.com/project-outputs/. Both of these are aimed for use by DfT but are also relevant to other policy makers. DfT referred to our project findings on pages 66-68 of its report ' Understanding the drivers of road travel: current trends in and factors behind roads use' published in January 2015. It uses our findings to explain the recent trend of lower car use among young people. The DfT report has informed its forecasts of future travel demand and its development of policies. We have been actively working with partners in the West of England (with whom we have collaborative arrangements) to generate practical actions based on the research findings. The West of England local authorities asked us to run a workshop in September 2014, presenting our findings and facilitating discussion of how they can be used to shape their behavioural change programmes. See http://travelbehaviour.com/2014/11/14/working-with-practitioners-to-identify-policy-implications/#more-478. Ideas generated at the workshop have been incorporated into their Local Sustainable Transport Fund programme for 2015/16 (funded by DfT) which includes intervention measures under the theme of 'Transitions' aimed at children changing schools, youth entering employment and adults changing jobs and moving homes. South Gloucestershire Council commissioned us in February 2015 to produce an evidence briefing on 'Moving home as an opportunity for travel behaviour change'. This has been used as the basis for specifying a behavioural change intervention project aimed at home movers. The outcomes of the collaboration with the West of England local authorities (on the role of life transitions in travel behaviour change programmes) have been disseminated to other transport authorities/organisations via a presentation at the UK Smarter Travel Conference on 6 February 2015. A two-day data training event 'Understanding Society for Transport Analysis: A hands-on workshop using Stata' took place at University of Essex on 28-29 April 2014. The event was attended by eight staff from the Department for Transport (DfT) as well as other employees in the transport industry. The training event has expanded the capacity of policy analysts in transport to use longitudinal data for generating evidence. Data from the project has been deposited with the UK Data Service for use under special licence. The data links DfT accessibility indicators 2009 (as used in the project) to UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS). The data deposit enables longitudinal analysis among transport analysts. |
First Year Of Impact | 2014 |
Sector | Government, Democracy and Justice,Transport |
Impact Types | Societal Economic |
Description | Research cited in 'Understanding the drivers of road travel: current trends in and factors behind roads use' |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/understanding-the-drivers-of-road-travel-current-trends-i... |
Description | Preparation of briefing note on 'Moving Home and Travelling Sustainably' |
Amount | £1,500 (GBP) |
Organisation | South Gloucestershire Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2014 |
End | 11/2014 |
Description | Secondary Data Analysis Initiative Phase 3 |
Amount | £159,557 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ES/N012429/1 |
Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 02/2016 |
End | 07/2017 |
Title | The UKHLS-Accessibility Data File |
Description | The Understanding Society: Waves 1-3, 2009-2012: Special Licence Access, Geographical Accessibility (UKHLS-accessibility) dataset is the output of a research project that linked information from the Department for Transport's (DfT) Accessibility Statistics with information from the first three waves of Understanding Society. It provides user-friendly access to information about the areas in which study members live, taken from more than 20 published tables describing small areas (Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) levels in England in terms of more than 600 unique data items relating to access to eight domains of public service (i.e., Employment Centres, Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Further Education, General Practitioners, Hospitals, Food Stores, and Town Centres). |
Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
Year Produced | 2014 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | The data has been made available to research community via UK Data Service. |
URL | http://discover.ukdataservice.ac.uk/catalogue?sn=7533 |
Description | 'Lifecourse Transitions: Opportunities for Sustainable Lifestyles?' workshop at University of Surrey |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Presentation sparked questions and discussion afterwards Made research contacts in different disciplines than own |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | 'What makes us act green? The Distribution and Dynamics of Environmental Attitudes And Implications for Energy Demand' workshop organised by ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation sparked questions and discussion afterwards Other researchers became aware of how Understanding Society data could be used to analyse behavioural change |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
URL | https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/projects/the-distribution-and-dynamics-of-uk-citizens-environm... |
Description | Behavioural Change seminar (UCL, London) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Practitioners discussed how they could apply the research findings in their behavioural change programmes. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Centre for Transport and Society Winter Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation sparked questions and discussion afterwards Local professional practitioners became engaged with project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2015 |
Description | DISRUPTION! EPSRC research project team workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Presentation generated discussion on implications for DISRUPTION! project Invited to be peer reviewer of outputs from DISRUPTION! project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
Description | ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative Two Day Networking Event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Poster and oral presentation generated interest from researchers Invited to present project at 'What makes us act green? The Distribution and Dynamics of Environmental Attitudes And Implications for Energy Demand' workshop organised by ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change, 17 December 2013 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | End of project research seminar at Department for Transport |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Seminar presentations sparked questions and discussion Policy implications and further research ideas generated. Department for Transport requested production of slide packs summarising project findings. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Mobility Biographies and Mobility Socialisation workshop at TU Dortmund University |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Presentation sparked questions and discussion Collaborated with Dr Joachim Scheiner (TU Dortmund) on two research funding proposals |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Presentation at the US Transportation Research Board Conference 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | A presentation to the international US Transportation Research Board conference 2014. The main outcome was strengthening the international network of researchers with shared interests in longitudinal methods and travel behavior change. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Presentation of paper 'Understanding changing travel behaviour over the life course: Contributions from biographical research' at Universities' Transport Study Group Conference in Bristol |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The presentation was aimed at making researchers aware of the contribution and future potential of biographical research in understanding travel behavior. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Presentation of paper on 'Understanding changing travel behaviour over the life course: Contributions from biographical research' at the Centre for Transport & Society Winter Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The presentation was intended to make transport professionals aware of the importance of considering life change moments as an opportunity for behavioural change. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Presentation of resource paper 'Understanding changing travel behaviour over the life course: Contributions from biographical research' at the 14th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The resource paper gave an account of the contribution of biographical research in travel behavior and its further potential. This was aimed at encouraging interest of others in pursuing this type of research. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Presentation to the US Transportation Research Board Conference 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | This involved a lectern presentation at the 2015 international US Transportation Research Board conference on the relationship between life events and commute mode changes. The presentation brought together a range of international academics with shared interests in travel behavior change and longitudinal methods. It led to being invited to publish a further paper in a special issue of the European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research entitled "Modelling activity-travel behaviour dynamics with panel data:The state-of-the-art". |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Presentation to the Universities' Transport Studies Group Conference 2014 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The presentation prompted debate amongst an audience of academics with shared interests around the determinants of travel behavior change |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Research seminar at Department for Transport |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation sparked questions and discussion Audience raised issues and made suggestions which informed the project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | The British Psychological Society Social Psychology Conference: Symposium on habits and habit disruption at the University of Cardiff |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | This was a presentation to an academic audience with research interests in habitual behavior and behavior change. The group of presentations provoked a lively discussion around the behavior change research agenda and strengthened the network of researchers with shared interests in this area. In particular the workshop was valuable in bringing together researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds including psychology and transportation. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.bps.org.uk/events/conferences/social-psychology-section-annual-conference-0/programme |
Description | Transport Statistics User Group and Transport Economists Group 'Changing Factors that Affect Transport Demand' seminar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation sparked questions and discussion Other researchers interested in future collaboration |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Understanding Society: Training course for transport analysts |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Training course enabled participants to use Understanding Society for transport analysis Participants have approached us to discuss collaborating on using Understanding Society for analysis |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | University seminar at UWE, Bristol |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | Presentation sparked questions and discussion afterwards Audience raised issues and made suggestions that informed project |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013,2014 |
Description | Workshop with practitioners from West of England Local Sustainable Transport Fund team |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation was used as basis for facilitated group work on policy and practice ideas Funded by South Gloucestershire Council to write briefing note on 'moving home and travel behaviour' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |