Associate Professor at Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton. Views expressed are my own.
Joined August 2013
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Simon Blainey retweeted
Very valuable 'Meet the editors' session at UTSG. Useful for all of us, no matter what our career stage.
I'm looking forward to some 'off the record' hints and complaints!
Great to see reps from @JournalTPT @Transport_ELS
ALT Seated panel of 5 men and 2 women. All smartly dressed and all nervous looking. Behind, Alex Nikitas is standing and enthusiastically introducing the panel
Simon Blainey retweeted
🚀 Conference News! 🚀
🚀 UTSG56, 2024, is kicking off today in Huddersfield! Our TRG researchers from @unisouthampton are set to present their transport research. Stay tuned!
#UTSG56 #TransportResearch #TRG #UTSG2024
Simon Blainey retweeted
Our researchers from TRG will be presenting at UTSG56, 2024 in Huddersfield from July 1st to 3rd! 🎉 Stay tuned for more updates on their presentations and insights. #UTSG56 #Research #Transportation #Innovation #TRG #UTSG2024
Paper on the RATIN geospatial data model for active travel infrastructure now published in Journal of Transport Geography sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @uos_trg @MAYoungUK
Simon Blainey retweeted
I presented a short paper at #GIScience2023 in Leeds on Thursday, about using GPS route traces from users of the @OrdnanceSurvey OSMaps app to generate active travel maps and identify unknown active travel pathways. You can read the paper here: drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/vollt…
ALT Cleaned GPS traces from the OSMaps app for the Winchester area
Simon Blainey retweeted
@MAYoungUK presenting on a collaborative research project with @OrdnanceSurvey Research, looking at using volunteered outdoor leisure routes to build up active travel routes to enhance OS Highways Network information. #giscience @GIScience_conf
Night train between Berlin and Paris to return after nine years theguardian.com/world/2023/s…
Targets to boost walking and cycling in England almost certain to be missed theguardian.com/news/2023/ju…
Simon Blainey retweeted
🚗 A new study @JournalTPT challenges #ridepooling assumptions: User preferences & fare reductions key factors. Tolerance for delays and reluctance to share affects service levels. Discounts and subsidies enhance distance reduction & rejection rates. Via: bit.ly/3nLA14j.
Simon Blainey retweeted
Check out the latest issue of @JournalTPT, featuring articles on ridesourcing, connected vehicles, sustainable port location, logistics routing, and travel demand modeling. Access via: bit.ly/3AMLDqv. #transport
Opportunity to join the @JournalTPT team! Transportation Planning and Technology is recruiting for an Associate Editor with a focus on traffic engineering and modelling. Deadline 9 June - more details here: think.taylorandfrancis.com/e… @tandfonline
Simon Blainey retweeted
Special issue on on-demand transport (ODT) in @JournalTPT. Topics include ODT performance, integration, planning & development in rural areas, co-modal solutions, and more. bit.ly/3L812Yw. Abstract by 15 May 2023.
Off to Lund and Brno to take part in two railway research workshops - by rail all the way, of course. Looking forward to a train-filled week! Many thanks to @seatsixtyone for the excellent trip planning guidance.
Simon Blainey retweeted
Join our special issue on 'The role of Human Factors in Transport Systems' @JournalTPT.
📢Call for contributions for a Special Issue for @JournalTPT with Guest Editors @drkatieplant, @edabeyazit and Prof. Nagendra Rao Velaga on 'The role of Human Factors in Transportation Systems'
think.taylorandfrancis.com/s…
Abstract submission deadline: 30 June 2023.
Simon Blainey retweeted
Tradable credits for congestion management are a novel policy concept that is receiving increased interest in transportation research. Is this going to work? Krabbenborg et al in this #Openaccess paper provides an in-depth analysis on this new idea.
doi.org/10.1080/03081060.202…
Excited be presenting at today’s final dissemination event for High Volume Transport projects 043 and 050 - after 2.5 years hard work by the project team @Transport_Links @uos_trg @OPSIS_Oxford
Simon Blainey retweeted
Join us online for the launch of 2 exciting new tools for sustainable #transport in LICs.
One gives recommendations for the design of roads & pavements, the other uses open data to map the impact of #climatechange.
📆 Tues 24th Jan 14:00
Register now
eventbrite.com/e/making-road…
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Last week our #HLPublicTransport report warned that cuts to bus services could have a detrimental effect on people who rely on bus services and risk a downward spiral of reducing demand.
theguardian.com/money/2022/n…
Fund England’s bus network now or lose vital routes, campaigners warn theguardian.com/money/2022/n…
