Seminar presentation by Dr Greg Marsden
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/g.marsden
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/about/events/seminar-series
www.disruptionproject.net
www.fleximobility.solutions
“An Adaptive Cognitive System to Support the Driving Task of Vehicles of the Future"
Guest seminar presentation delivered at the Institute for Transport Studies, on 8th July 2014, by Dr Francesco Biral from te University of Trento.
The seminar introduced the concept of artificial “co-drivers” as an enabling technology for future intelligent transportation systems. The talk was divided into three parts.
In the first part the design principles of co-drivers are introduced in the more general contests of human-robot interactions. It will be clarified what are the key technologies to implement codrivers. In particular architectural issues will be discussed along with humanlike sensory-motor strategies and the emulation theory of cognition that are recognised as necessary building blocks.
In the second part the co-driver developed for the EU project interactIVe is presented as an first instantiation example of this notion and above discussed framework. Experimental examples and limitations and performance of the current implementation will be shown.
In the third part the impact of the co-driver technology is considered. In particular, it identifies a range of application fields and possible research lines.
Biography:
Francesco Biral is Associate Professor of Mechanism and Machine Theory at the University of Trento where he is responsible of the courses of "Modelling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems" and "Vehicle Dynamics and Control" in the Master Course of Mechatronics Engineering.
He received his Diploma (M.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering and his Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Mechanism and Machine Theory, in 1997 and 2000, respectively, both from the University of Padova, Italy. From 2000-2002 he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering of Trento University.
From 2002-August 2012 he was Assistant Professor at University of Trento. Since september 2012 he is Associate Professor. Francesco Biral research interests include symbolic and numerical modelling and simulation of dynamical system (mainly ground vehicles), and efficient solution of optimal control problems for driver/rider modelling and development of safety systems for intelligent vehicles. In these fields he carried out a variety of theoretical and experimental research activities with a multidisciplinary approach within the scope of both international and industrial funded projects. In the last 10 years, he actively participated to a total of 8 granted projects and 5 industrial research project and was coordinator of EU FP7 SAFERIDER Project for University of Trento and of some industrial research projects.
1) Hasselt, Belgium implemented a comprehensive mobility plan to promote sustainable transportation.
2) Key aspects of the plan included expanding public transit with new bus routes and stations, creating a large car-free pedestrian zone, developing bike paths, and reducing parking and traffic in the city center.
3) The results have been significant with public transit ridership increasing over 12 times between 1997-2012, and over 16% of residents switching from cars to buses.
https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ibuild/outputs/9940_iBuild_report_v6.pdf
M. Wardman, P.J. Mackie and A. Gillies-Smith.
Chapter 2 of 'Economic evaluation of systems of
infrastructure provision: concepts,
approaches, methods'.
iBUILD/Leeds Report, Edited by Andrew Brown
and Mary Robertson. October 2014.
https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ibuild/outputs/9940_iBuild_report_v6.pdf
Presented by Greg Archer (www.transportenvironment.org/people/greg-archer) on 28 March 2014 as part of the ITS Seminar Series
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/about/events/seminar-series
Presented at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Annual International Conference, 27-29 August 2014.
www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/Annual+international+conference.htm
Presentation by Clare Linton at UTSG January 2015.
www.city.ac.uk/utsg-2015/programme
www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/dtc-low-carbon-technologies/student-profiles/ClareLinton.shtml
“An Adaptive Cognitive System to Support the Driving Task of Vehicles of the Future"
Guest seminar presentation delivered at the Institute for Transport Studies, on 8th July 2014, by Dr Francesco Biral from te University of Trento.
The seminar introduced the concept of artificial “co-drivers” as an enabling technology for future intelligent transportation systems. The talk was divided into three parts.
In the first part the design principles of co-drivers are introduced in the more general contests of human-robot interactions. It will be clarified what are the key technologies to implement codrivers. In particular architectural issues will be discussed along with humanlike sensory-motor strategies and the emulation theory of cognition that are recognised as necessary building blocks.
In the second part the co-driver developed for the EU project interactIVe is presented as an first instantiation example of this notion and above discussed framework. Experimental examples and limitations and performance of the current implementation will be shown.
In the third part the impact of the co-driver technology is considered. In particular, it identifies a range of application fields and possible research lines.
Biography:
Francesco Biral is Associate Professor of Mechanism and Machine Theory at the University of Trento where he is responsible of the courses of "Modelling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems" and "Vehicle Dynamics and Control" in the Master Course of Mechatronics Engineering.
He received his Diploma (M.Sc.) in Mechanical Engineering and his Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Mechanism and Machine Theory, in 1997 and 2000, respectively, both from the University of Padova, Italy. From 2000-2002 he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering of Trento University.
From 2002-August 2012 he was Assistant Professor at University of Trento. Since september 2012 he is Associate Professor. Francesco Biral research interests include symbolic and numerical modelling and simulation of dynamical system (mainly ground vehicles), and efficient solution of optimal control problems for driver/rider modelling and development of safety systems for intelligent vehicles. In these fields he carried out a variety of theoretical and experimental research activities with a multidisciplinary approach within the scope of both international and industrial funded projects. In the last 10 years, he actively participated to a total of 8 granted projects and 5 industrial research project and was coordinator of EU FP7 SAFERIDER Project for University of Trento and of some industrial research projects.
1) Hasselt, Belgium implemented a comprehensive mobility plan to promote sustainable transportation.
2) Key aspects of the plan included expanding public transit with new bus routes and stations, creating a large car-free pedestrian zone, developing bike paths, and reducing parking and traffic in the city center.
3) The results have been significant with public transit ridership increasing over 12 times between 1997-2012, and over 16% of residents switching from cars to buses.
https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ibuild/outputs/9940_iBuild_report_v6.pdf
M. Wardman, P.J. Mackie and A. Gillies-Smith.
Chapter 2 of 'Economic evaluation of systems of
infrastructure provision: concepts,
approaches, methods'.
iBUILD/Leeds Report, Edited by Andrew Brown
and Mary Robertson. October 2014.
https://research.ncl.ac.uk/ibuild/outputs/9940_iBuild_report_v6.pdf
Presented by Greg Archer (www.transportenvironment.org/people/greg-archer) on 28 March 2014 as part of the ITS Seminar Series
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/about/events/seminar-series
Presented at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) Annual International Conference, 27-29 August 2014.
www.rgs.org/WhatsOn/ConferencesAndSeminars/Annual+International+Conference/Annual+international+conference.htm
Presentation by Clare Linton at UTSG January 2015.
www.city.ac.uk/utsg-2015/programme
www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/dtc-low-carbon-technologies/student-profiles/ClareLinton.shtml
“Does an engineering solution exist for extreme weather disruption on the transport network?"
Presentation given by Professor Greg Marsden at UTSG annual conference, January 2014.
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/g.marsden
www.utsg.net
www.disruptionproject.net
GreenBiz 19 Workshop Slides: The School of Systems ChangeGreenBiz Group
The challenges we face as sustainability professionals are complex and interconnected. They’re global in scale, with many root causes and contributing factors, supported by deep-rooted institutions and structures. It can seem that the more urgency we feel, the more these challenges seem nearly unmovable. How do we know where and when to intervene? What actions and efforts will unlock transformational change, and avoid unintended consequences? How do we work with power, and understand who and how to influence to make change happen? Forum for the Future and their partners in the School of System Change are building the system change capabilities of change leaders around the world, and invite you to join this tutorial for a whirlwind exploration of tools, approaches, and methodologies that can enable you to take a systemic approach to your work. Learn from the do-ers and the makers, take real life lessons back with you, and discover how you can be a system change agent, no matter your context and role.
DEFCON - Ethics of technology in humanitarian and disaster responseSarah K Miller
This document discusses the ethics of using technology in humanitarian and disaster response. It begins by explaining why ethics are important in disaster situations where rules may not apply and people are suffering. It then discusses different ethical frameworks and defines key terms. The document examines several case studies of disasters and the lessons learned about using technology effectively and ethically. It emphasizes the need for frameworks to guide ethical decision making and addresses obligations to ensure safety, security and dignity when using technology to help people in crisis situations.
Presentation by Jan-Dirk Schmöcker of of Kyoto University. Delivered at the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), 27 November 2014.
http://trans.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp/its/Schmoecker.html
The document summarizes research on travel behavior changes during the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics. It found that 54% of people surveyed made at least one change to their commute during the Games, with working from home being the most sustained change long-term. While the Transtheoretical Model provided some insights, clustering analysis found people's ability to adapt their travel in the short-term was more complex than the model predicts. The research highlights how major events can catalyze behavior changes but more work is needed to understand factors affecting long-term change.
Using Feedback and Clinical Outcome Tools to Improve Collaborative Practice a...CYP MH
CYP IAPT 2014 National Conference
This workshop will explore how the use of feedback forms and clinical outcome measures can be used to improve collaborative practice and shared decision making in CAMHS, and how the information can be used to enhance clinical supervision. The workshop will set out some of the uses and evidence base for the use of feedback and outcome forms, explore the uses of the information in clinical practice and in supervision, and draw on delegates’ own experiences and ideas of using feedback and outcome forms to improve clinical practice
Leadership Centre - Total Place summit master class presentationLeadershipCentre
Total Place is a UK government initiative that aims to improve public services by taking a holistic, place-based approach. It involves multiple government departments and local agencies working together to better serve citizens. Pilot programs have focused on issues like alcohol/drugs, mental health, children's services, and reducing barriers for unemployed youth. The initiative seeks to streamline funding, reduce duplication between agencies, and improve outcomes while lowering costs by starting from the perspective of citizens' actual experiences with services. Preliminary results suggest it has potential to drive innovation, increase collaboration, and achieve better long-term outcomes through cross-sector cooperation.
The document summarizes research on travel behavior changes related to the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics. A panel survey was conducted before, during, and after the Games to study changes in commuting journeys. The survey found that 54% of respondents changed their commute during the Games, most commonly by reducing or shifting travel times. However, few changes were sustained long-term after the Games ended. While employers provided some support for changes, their influence was limited. The Transtheoretical Model of behavior change did not fully explain peoples' ability to adapt travel behavior in the short-term for a major event.
Human Factor of Technology Deployment - Accellos & Columbia Colstor IARW-WFLOaccellosinc
Presentation on The Human Factor of Technology Deployment - Driving Value through Partnership and Organizational Change Management by Joe Couto of Accellos and Blake Barthlemess of Columbia Colstor given at the 123rd IARW-WFLO Convention and Expo 2014
Transport planning and advocacy in a pandemicSallyWatson23
This document discusses opportunities for transport planning and advocacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that the pandemic has created an opportunity to shift people towards walking and cycling through building new infrastructure. A study in Waltham Forest found that building new cycling infrastructure can change attitudes by allowing people to experience alternatives to driving. The document advocates being bold in planning and building infrastructure quickly, and ensuring inclusive planning that considers all road users and makes cycling accessible to more people. It argues for framing plans in terms of safety, community benefits, and enabling current mobility practices rather than persuading people to change.
Innovative measurements in NHDRs: combining creativity with solid methodologi...Mihail Peleah
Innovative measurements in NHDRs: combining creativity with solid methodological ground
Presentation delivered at “Making an Impact with National Human Development Reporting”, Training organized by HDRO and BRC, Almaty, 11-15 November 2013
This was a great event, which brought together many people professionally dealing with measuring unmeasurable. I was speaking about tough job of combining creativity with solid methodological ground. The presentation outlines main methodological questions, which forms the solid background for creative measurement of issues, related to sustainable human development. The presentation included practical examples from Kyrgyzstan Local HDI and Municipal Capacity Index ( see more http://undp.kg/en/resources/e-library/article/28-e-library/2489-nhdr-2012-2013 ), Social Exclusion Index used for countries in region ( see more http://europeandcis.undp.org/ourwork/poverty/show/42524883-F203-1EE9-B1013DC9E989F963 ) , Armenia Affordable Human Development Index proposal (see more http://goo.gl/0eFo0k and http://goo.gl/HG5yBL ) and 'Micronarratives' approach with examples from Montenegro ( see more http://goo.gl/Dj4mgM ).
THINKING ABOUT THINKING
Audience: PM & BA
Level: All
Date: May 26
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Description
Thinking is a big part of a Project Manager’s and Business Analyst's job. But how often have you spent time thinking about thinking? This presentation looks at thinking as a critical soft skill for project managers and how a disciplined approach to thinking improves you effectiveness as a change agent for the company in the role of project manager. The presentation will discuss the Thinking Hats, Five Types of Thinking, and brush into the entire world of Business Analytics. The presentation focuses on how the skills of Strategic Analysis, Tactical Analysis, Predictive Analysis, Data mining work together for the complete business management cycle. To add to the thinking equation, the session will explore the power of Social Media sentiment and how the way people "feel" about things is an important factor in the business equation. Think about it !!!!
1. Participants will understand the relationship between planning, analysis, problem solving, decision making and thinking.
2. Students will be able to explain an "Adapting to Whats Happening Model" that includes Data Recording, Strategic Analysis, Tactical Analysis, Predictive Analysis, and Social Media Sentiment. And how it impacts the business.
3. Students will explore various factors of human bias and how that impacts thinking. The student will understand that bias cannot not be completely eliminated, but should be embraced as a human factor in any thinking exercise. The student will understand that personal perspective/bias is a factor, but not THE factor in thinking.
IEA DSM Task 24 involved multiple participating countries working together over two phases to research and promote best practices in behavior change for demand-side management (DSM) of energy. Phase I from 2012-2015 included case studies, workshops, publications and an online platform. Phase II aims to provide tools and guidance to "behavior changers" through understanding practices, developing interventions and standardizing evaluation metrics beyond just kilowatt hours. The task takes a holistic approach focusing on human needs and behaviors within the energy system and emphasizes cross-sector collaboration to drive system-wide changes.
This document discusses change management and provides an overview of key concepts. It defines change management as managing people in a changing environment so organizational changes are successful and desired results are achieved. It notes that people resist change when they feel it is being imposed without consent. The document outlines common challenges to transformation projects including leadership, organizational/cultural, user, process, and technology issues. It also discusses reasons for resistance to change and provides tactics for overcoming resistance, including education/communication, participation, building support, and negotiation. Overall, the document provides a high-level introduction to change management concepts and challenges.
This document summarizes a presentation about megatrends, forward-looking leadership, and futures thinking. It discusses analyzing forces driving change through lenses like technology, social trends, and environment. It also covers identifying megatrends, using tools like futures wheels and scenarios to explore impacts and possibilities. The presentation aims to provide an overview of futures methodologies and leadership strategies for addressing long-term needs.
This presentation describes how Community Engagement practitioners can put their results into context making them more understandable to their clients or organisations.
Multi-strand initiatives: using theory of change evaluationsfairnesseducation
Multi-strand initiatives: using theory of change evaluations
Karen Laing and Liz Todd, Newcastle University
Alan Dyson, Kirstin Kerr, and Michael Wigelsworth, Manchester University
ASBOA 2013 Closing Keynote - The New NormalAngie Tarasoff
This document discusses strategies for shifting IT investments, assumptions, and decisions in K-12 education. It suggests moving from a focus on describing generic technologies and budgets to describing how IT supports educational services. Charts show that most current IT spending is on running existing systems rather than transforming or growing capabilities. Centralized and site-based decision models are compared, noting tradeoffs around implementation speed, risks, costs and meeting local needs. Timeframes for different types of systems are outlined. The document aims to increase understanding of IT issues and next steps in education. It provides contact information for further discussion.
“Does an engineering solution exist for extreme weather disruption on the transport network?"
Presentation given by Professor Greg Marsden at UTSG annual conference, January 2014.
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/g.marsden
www.utsg.net
www.disruptionproject.net
GreenBiz 19 Workshop Slides: The School of Systems ChangeGreenBiz Group
The challenges we face as sustainability professionals are complex and interconnected. They’re global in scale, with many root causes and contributing factors, supported by deep-rooted institutions and structures. It can seem that the more urgency we feel, the more these challenges seem nearly unmovable. How do we know where and when to intervene? What actions and efforts will unlock transformational change, and avoid unintended consequences? How do we work with power, and understand who and how to influence to make change happen? Forum for the Future and their partners in the School of System Change are building the system change capabilities of change leaders around the world, and invite you to join this tutorial for a whirlwind exploration of tools, approaches, and methodologies that can enable you to take a systemic approach to your work. Learn from the do-ers and the makers, take real life lessons back with you, and discover how you can be a system change agent, no matter your context and role.
DEFCON - Ethics of technology in humanitarian and disaster responseSarah K Miller
This document discusses the ethics of using technology in humanitarian and disaster response. It begins by explaining why ethics are important in disaster situations where rules may not apply and people are suffering. It then discusses different ethical frameworks and defines key terms. The document examines several case studies of disasters and the lessons learned about using technology effectively and ethically. It emphasizes the need for frameworks to guide ethical decision making and addresses obligations to ensure safety, security and dignity when using technology to help people in crisis situations.
Presentation by Jan-Dirk Schmöcker of of Kyoto University. Delivered at the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), 27 November 2014.
http://trans.kuciv.kyoto-u.ac.jp/its/Schmoecker.html
The document summarizes research on travel behavior changes during the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics. It found that 54% of people surveyed made at least one change to their commute during the Games, with working from home being the most sustained change long-term. While the Transtheoretical Model provided some insights, clustering analysis found people's ability to adapt their travel in the short-term was more complex than the model predicts. The research highlights how major events can catalyze behavior changes but more work is needed to understand factors affecting long-term change.
Using Feedback and Clinical Outcome Tools to Improve Collaborative Practice a...CYP MH
CYP IAPT 2014 National Conference
This workshop will explore how the use of feedback forms and clinical outcome measures can be used to improve collaborative practice and shared decision making in CAMHS, and how the information can be used to enhance clinical supervision. The workshop will set out some of the uses and evidence base for the use of feedback and outcome forms, explore the uses of the information in clinical practice and in supervision, and draw on delegates’ own experiences and ideas of using feedback and outcome forms to improve clinical practice
Leadership Centre - Total Place summit master class presentationLeadershipCentre
Total Place is a UK government initiative that aims to improve public services by taking a holistic, place-based approach. It involves multiple government departments and local agencies working together to better serve citizens. Pilot programs have focused on issues like alcohol/drugs, mental health, children's services, and reducing barriers for unemployed youth. The initiative seeks to streamline funding, reduce duplication between agencies, and improve outcomes while lowering costs by starting from the perspective of citizens' actual experiences with services. Preliminary results suggest it has potential to drive innovation, increase collaboration, and achieve better long-term outcomes through cross-sector cooperation.
The document summarizes research on travel behavior changes related to the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics. A panel survey was conducted before, during, and after the Games to study changes in commuting journeys. The survey found that 54% of respondents changed their commute during the Games, most commonly by reducing or shifting travel times. However, few changes were sustained long-term after the Games ended. While employers provided some support for changes, their influence was limited. The Transtheoretical Model of behavior change did not fully explain peoples' ability to adapt travel behavior in the short-term for a major event.
Human Factor of Technology Deployment - Accellos & Columbia Colstor IARW-WFLOaccellosinc
Presentation on The Human Factor of Technology Deployment - Driving Value through Partnership and Organizational Change Management by Joe Couto of Accellos and Blake Barthlemess of Columbia Colstor given at the 123rd IARW-WFLO Convention and Expo 2014
Transport planning and advocacy in a pandemicSallyWatson23
This document discusses opportunities for transport planning and advocacy during the COVID-19 pandemic. It argues that the pandemic has created an opportunity to shift people towards walking and cycling through building new infrastructure. A study in Waltham Forest found that building new cycling infrastructure can change attitudes by allowing people to experience alternatives to driving. The document advocates being bold in planning and building infrastructure quickly, and ensuring inclusive planning that considers all road users and makes cycling accessible to more people. It argues for framing plans in terms of safety, community benefits, and enabling current mobility practices rather than persuading people to change.
Innovative measurements in NHDRs: combining creativity with solid methodologi...Mihail Peleah
Innovative measurements in NHDRs: combining creativity with solid methodological ground
Presentation delivered at “Making an Impact with National Human Development Reporting”, Training organized by HDRO and BRC, Almaty, 11-15 November 2013
This was a great event, which brought together many people professionally dealing with measuring unmeasurable. I was speaking about tough job of combining creativity with solid methodological ground. The presentation outlines main methodological questions, which forms the solid background for creative measurement of issues, related to sustainable human development. The presentation included practical examples from Kyrgyzstan Local HDI and Municipal Capacity Index ( see more http://undp.kg/en/resources/e-library/article/28-e-library/2489-nhdr-2012-2013 ), Social Exclusion Index used for countries in region ( see more http://europeandcis.undp.org/ourwork/poverty/show/42524883-F203-1EE9-B1013DC9E989F963 ) , Armenia Affordable Human Development Index proposal (see more http://goo.gl/0eFo0k and http://goo.gl/HG5yBL ) and 'Micronarratives' approach with examples from Montenegro ( see more http://goo.gl/Dj4mgM ).
THINKING ABOUT THINKING
Audience: PM & BA
Level: All
Date: May 26
Time: 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Description
Thinking is a big part of a Project Manager’s and Business Analyst's job. But how often have you spent time thinking about thinking? This presentation looks at thinking as a critical soft skill for project managers and how a disciplined approach to thinking improves you effectiveness as a change agent for the company in the role of project manager. The presentation will discuss the Thinking Hats, Five Types of Thinking, and brush into the entire world of Business Analytics. The presentation focuses on how the skills of Strategic Analysis, Tactical Analysis, Predictive Analysis, Data mining work together for the complete business management cycle. To add to the thinking equation, the session will explore the power of Social Media sentiment and how the way people "feel" about things is an important factor in the business equation. Think about it !!!!
1. Participants will understand the relationship between planning, analysis, problem solving, decision making and thinking.
2. Students will be able to explain an "Adapting to Whats Happening Model" that includes Data Recording, Strategic Analysis, Tactical Analysis, Predictive Analysis, and Social Media Sentiment. And how it impacts the business.
3. Students will explore various factors of human bias and how that impacts thinking. The student will understand that bias cannot not be completely eliminated, but should be embraced as a human factor in any thinking exercise. The student will understand that personal perspective/bias is a factor, but not THE factor in thinking.
IEA DSM Task 24 involved multiple participating countries working together over two phases to research and promote best practices in behavior change for demand-side management (DSM) of energy. Phase I from 2012-2015 included case studies, workshops, publications and an online platform. Phase II aims to provide tools and guidance to "behavior changers" through understanding practices, developing interventions and standardizing evaluation metrics beyond just kilowatt hours. The task takes a holistic approach focusing on human needs and behaviors within the energy system and emphasizes cross-sector collaboration to drive system-wide changes.
This document discusses change management and provides an overview of key concepts. It defines change management as managing people in a changing environment so organizational changes are successful and desired results are achieved. It notes that people resist change when they feel it is being imposed without consent. The document outlines common challenges to transformation projects including leadership, organizational/cultural, user, process, and technology issues. It also discusses reasons for resistance to change and provides tactics for overcoming resistance, including education/communication, participation, building support, and negotiation. Overall, the document provides a high-level introduction to change management concepts and challenges.
This document summarizes a presentation about megatrends, forward-looking leadership, and futures thinking. It discusses analyzing forces driving change through lenses like technology, social trends, and environment. It also covers identifying megatrends, using tools like futures wheels and scenarios to explore impacts and possibilities. The presentation aims to provide an overview of futures methodologies and leadership strategies for addressing long-term needs.
This presentation describes how Community Engagement practitioners can put their results into context making them more understandable to their clients or organisations.
Multi-strand initiatives: using theory of change evaluationsfairnesseducation
Multi-strand initiatives: using theory of change evaluations
Karen Laing and Liz Todd, Newcastle University
Alan Dyson, Kirstin Kerr, and Michael Wigelsworth, Manchester University
ASBOA 2013 Closing Keynote - The New NormalAngie Tarasoff
This document discusses strategies for shifting IT investments, assumptions, and decisions in K-12 education. It suggests moving from a focus on describing generic technologies and budgets to describing how IT supports educational services. Charts show that most current IT spending is on running existing systems rather than transforming or growing capabilities. Centralized and site-based decision models are compared, noting tradeoffs around implementation speed, risks, costs and meeting local needs. Timeframes for different types of systems are outlined. The document aims to increase understanding of IT issues and next steps in education. It provides contact information for further discussion.
Similar to Disruption and the mobility system - concepts, empirics and issues (20)
www.nhtnetwork.org/cqc-efficiency-network/home
The CQC Efficiency Network is a collaborative venture between ITS researcher Dr Phill Wheat and leading
performance and benchmarking company measure2improve (m2wi). Dr Wheat has used funding from the EPSRC
Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) to refine the tools to support m2i in developing the fast growing network. The IAA is an institutional award funded by EPSRC to help speed up the contribution that engineering and physical science research make towards new innovation, successful businesses and
the economic returns that benefit UK plc.
This document discusses using big telematics data from vehicle tracking to assess vehicular emissions. It provides details on:
- Sources of telematics data like fleet surveillance and insurance data.
- Benefits like accounting for local driving conditions like traffic flow and weather in emission assessments.
- Methodology used to clean the data, model instantaneous emissions, and scale emission factors based on fleet mix and traffic flows.
- Case studies conducted in Sheffield and Leeds examining variability in driver behavior and emissions by time of day, weather, and other factors.
- Ongoing work to refine estimates and model scenarios like potential clean air zones.
Posters summarizing dissertation research projects - presented by MSc students at the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), University of Leeds, April 2017. http://bit.ly/2re35Cs
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/courses/masters/dissertation
This document provides an overview of London's Crossrail scheme, including its long evolution, governance, financing, and challenges. Some key points:
- Crossrail was first proposed in the 1940s but faced many delays until being approved in 2007, with construction starting in 2009 and completion in 2018.
- Its benefits case was strengthened over time by considering wider economic impacts like agglomeration effects, showing links between transport investment and economic growth.
- Funding came from national and local government as well as farepayers, with London able to raise additional revenue through a business rates supplement.
- Strong governance including a joint sponsor board helped ensure delivery on time and on budget.
- Crossrail 2 is
Cutting-edge transport research showcased to Secretary of State during the event to officially re- open the Institute building www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/4011/cutting-edge_transport_research_showcased_to_secretary_of_state
The document discusses business model innovation opportunities for electric vehicle adoption. It identifies 10 potential new business models that link the auto industry, energy systems, and transportation infrastructure. These models are evaluated based on their ability to meet stakeholder needs across these sectors and catalyze innovation. The top performing models bundle mobility and energy services, allowing optimized energy usage and new revenue streams. The report recommends actions like tariff innovation to encourage transitioning to these models and capturing benefits of increased electric vehicle use.
Presentation Fiona Crawford - winner of the Smeed prize for best student paper at the UTSG Conference 2017
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/f.crawford
www.utsg.net/web/index.php?page=annual-conference
Efforts to reduce the emissions from car travel have so far been hampered by a lack of specific information on car ownership and use. The Motoring and vehicle Ownership Trends in the UK (MOT) project seeks to address this by bringing together new sources of data to give a spatially and disaggregated diagnosis of car ownership and use in Great Britain and the associated energy demand and emissions.
Data from annual car M.O.T tests, made available by the Department for Transport, will be used as a platform upon which to develop and undertake a set of inter-linked modelling and analysis tasks using multiple sources of vehicle-specific and area-based data. Through this the project will develop the capability to understand spatial and temporal differences in car ownership and use, the determinants of those differences, and how levels may change over time and in response to various policy measures. The relationship between fuel use and emissions, and the demographic, economic, infrastructural and socio-cultural factors influencing these will also be tested.
Consequently, the MOT project has the potential to transform the way in which energy and emissions related to car use are quantified, understood and monitored to help refine future research and policy agendas and to inform transport and energy infrastructure planning.
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/research/featured-projects/mot
The University's Annual Review covering the 2015-16 academic year. This new publication gives an overview of some of the most important initiatives and activities that the University has undertaken recently and a sense of the scale of the ambition for the future.
www.its.leeds.ac.uk/people/c.calastri
Social networks, i.e. the circles of people we are socially connected to, have been recognised to play a role in shaping our travel and activity behaviour. This not only has to do with socialisation being the purpose of travel, but also with enabling mobility and other activities through the so-called social capital. Another theme in the literature connecting social environment and travel behaviour is social influence, i.e. the investigation of how travel behaviour can be affected by observation or comparison with other people. Research about the impact of social influence on travel choices is still at its infancy. In this talk, I will give an overview of how choice modelling can be used to investigate the relationships between social networks, travel and activities. I will touch upon work that I have done so far, in particular I will describe my applications of the Multiple Discrete-Continuous Extreme Value (MDCEV) model to frequency of social interactions as well as to allocation of time to different activities, taking the social dimension into account. In these studies, I make use of social network and travel data collected in places as diverse as Switzerland and Chile. I will also discuss ongoing work making use of longitudinal life-course data to model the impact of family of origin and the “mobility environment” people grew up in on travel decision of adults. Finally, I will outline future plans about modelling behavioural changes due to social influence using the smartphone app travel data that are being collected in Leeds within the “Choices and consumption: modelling long and short term decisions in a changing world” (“DECISIONS”) project.
Shigeki Oxawa is Associate Professor at the Department of Integrated Informatics, Daido University and part-time Lecturer in Transport Economics at Hosei University. He is a transport economist with a strong interest in transport policy. He is currently an academic visitor at Leeds University (April 2016-March 2017) working in the area of intermodal transport (with a focus on rail freight transport) and in turn track access charges.
Abstract: In the national railway revolution in Japan, the passenger division was divided into 6 companies by regions. They operate trains and own/manage the rail track (vertical integration system). On the other hand, vertical separation was introduced into freight companies, therefore, freight companies have to access rail track owned/managed by passenger companies. The Japanese regulator regards track access transactions between passenger companies and freight companies as private business.
In the vertical separation system, freight companies cannot get access to the slots required and efficient allocation of rail track cannot be achieved. The vertical separation is a very significant issue in railway policy and freight transport policy in Japan. In the presentation, causes and possible solutions to the issue will be shown.
Shigeki is Associate Professor at the Department of Integrated Informatics, Daido University and part-time Lecturer in Transport Economics at Hosei University. He is a transport economist with a strong interest in transport policy. He is currently an academic visitor at Leeds University (April 2016-March 2017) working in the area of intermodal transport (with a focus on rail freight transport) and in turn track access charges. He has 20 years of experience in research and teaching.
Presentation from NORTHMOST - a new biannual series of meetings on the topic of mathematical modelling in transport.
Hosted at its.leeds.ac.uk, NORTHMOST 01 focussed on academic research, to encourage networking and collaboration between academics interested in the methodological development of mathematical modelling applied to transport.
The focus of the meetings will alternate; NORTHMOST 02 - planned for Spring 2017 - will be led by practitioners who are modelling experts. Practitioners will give presentations, with academic researchers in the audience. In addition to giving a forum for expert practitioners to meet and share best practice, a key aim of the series is to close the gap between research and practice, establishing a feedback loop to communicate the needs of practitioners to those working in university research.
Presentation from NORTHMOST - a new biannual series of meetings on the topic of mathematical modelling in transport.
Hosted at its.leeds.ac.uk, NORTHMOST 01 focussed on academic research, to encourage networking and collaboration between academics interested in the methodological development of mathematical modelling applied to transport.
The focus of the meetings will alternate; NORTHMOST 02 - planned for Spring 2017 - will be led by practitioners who are modelling experts. Practitioners will give presentations, with academic researchers in the audience. In addition to giving a forum for expert practitioners to meet and share best practice, a key aim of the series is to close the gap between research and practice, establishing a feedback loop to communicate the needs of practitioners to those working in university research.
Presentation from NORTHMOST - a new biannual series of meetings on the topic of mathematical modelling in transport.
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The focus of the meetings will alternate; NORTHMOST 02 - planned for Spring 2017 - will be led by practitioners who are modelling experts. Practitioners will give presentations, with academic researchers in the audience. In addition to giving a forum for expert practitioners to meet and share best practice, a key aim of the series is to close the gap between research and practice, establishing a feedback loop to communicate the needs of practitioners to those working in university research.
Presentation from NORTHMOST - a new biannual series of meetings on the topic of mathematical modelling in transport.
Hosted at its.leeds.ac.uk, NORTHMOST 01 focussed on academic research, to encourage networking and collaboration between academics interested in the methodological development of mathematical modelling applied to transport.
The focus of the meetings will alternate; NORTHMOST 02 - planned for Spring 2017 - will be led by practitioners who are modelling experts. Practitioners will give presentations, with academic researchers in the audience. In addition to giving a forum for expert practitioners to meet and share best practice, a key aim of the series is to close the gap between research and practice, establishing a feedback loop to communicate the needs of practitioners to those working in university research.
Presentation from NORTHMOST - a new biannual series of meetings on the topic of mathematical modelling in transport.
Hosted at its.leeds.ac.uk, NORTHMOST 01 focussed on academic research, to encourage networking and collaboration between academics interested in the methodological development of mathematical modelling applied to transport.
The focus of the meetings will alternate; NORTHMOST 02 - planned for Spring 2017 - will be led by practitioners who are modelling experts. Practitioners will give presentations, with academic researchers in the audience. In addition to giving a forum for expert practitioners to meet and share best practice, a key aim of the series is to close the gap between research and practice, establishing a feedback loop to communicate the needs of practitioners to those working in university research.
Presentation from NORTHMOST - a new biannual series of meetings on the topic of mathematical modelling in transport.
Hosted at its.leeds.ac.uk, NORTHMOST 01 focussed on academic research, to encourage networking and collaboration between academics interested in the methodological development of mathematical modelling applied to transport.
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Disruption and the mobility system - concepts, empirics and issues
1. Disruption and the mobility system:
concepts, empirics and issues
Professor Greg Marsden
2. Infrastructures are Stable - How
they are used is not – non
‘transport’ change
• Pensions
• Work
• Education
• Ethnic diversity
• Technology
• Ageing
1. Change is prevalent and has not been fully recognised
2. Scale of changes dwarfs most of our transport interventions
3. Looking for change
• “when seeking to identify nascent transport
tendencies there is little value in focusing on
global or national averages” (p380)… Whilst
millions of people might be locked in to car
dependent lifestyles, “from a socio-technical
transitions perspective these people are
largely irrelevant” (Cohen, 2012: 380).
4. Disruption as a source of learning
• when things break down, new solutions may
be invented. Indeed, there is some evidence
to suggest that this kind of piece-by-piece
adaptation is a leading cause of innovation,
acting as a continuous feedback loop of
experimentation which, through many small
increments in practical knowledge, can
produce large changes
Graham and Thrift, 2007
6. What has been disrupted?
• Infrastructure
• Services Running on Infrastructure
• (Some of) the activities which go on via the
infrastructure
• The expectations of performance
• Nothing at all
7. Disruption to What?
• Vollmer (2013: 2) focuses his insights around a
key notion that what is disrupted is the
“coordination of activities and expectations”
within a collective entity.
8. Disruption as a relative concept
• Level of service
• Expected journey times
• Use versus non-use
• This time versus last time
• Consequences (and insurance actions..)
9. Scale, Frequency etc… and the
Tautology of ‘Normal Disruptions’
• Vollmer (2013: 1) …because disruptions are a
part of everyday life “many disruptions
happen and attract little further notice
beyond the situation in which people confront
them” he also suggests that others come to be
regarded as “more drastic and consequential”.
– Scale
– Frequency
– Familiarity
10. Coordination of Activities – Snow and
Ice
Activity Delayed
Start
Delayed
Finish
Postponed Cancel New
Destination
Conducted
At Home
Other n
Commute 49% 32% 8% 41% 2% 12% 5% 974
Biz Travel 21% 17% 41% 41% 2% 5% 4% 126
Return Home 26% 46% 16% 16% 4% 0% 5% 74
Health 7% 7% 48% 37% 0% 0% 7% 85
School/ Child
Care
14% 5% 10% 80% 0% 3% 2% 278
Other Care 22% 23% 34% 25% 1% 8% 9% 77
Shopping 16% 8% 46% 34% 5% 5% 2% 250
Sport 3% 1% 24% 75% 1% 0% 0% 113
Leisure 5% 3% 28% 59% 2% 1% 7% 151
Family/
Friends
9% 4% 46% 45% 2% 2% 1% 194
Other 12% 8% 15% 24% 1% 1% 11% 95
12. Coordination of Activities
• “The amount of time it would take me to travel both back to
Stillingfleet – I left the office early, my office in town hall, to make
sure I could get back to Stillingfleet to meet my son. And then I was
worried about my mum, who comes to look after my son when I go
out to work in the evenings because I’m a single parent
• “So did you think about “Can I trade favours with childcare?” “Yeah.
I did have to do that on the Thursday actually. I had a friend’s little
boy for most of the afternoon so that he could go there early
evening”
• “So finally got out… I had to go to a golden wedding do yesterday in
Middle Thorpe and I did manage yesterday morning.”
• “In fact today we’ve been to a christening so we had to get into the
city centre...Traffic was an enormous problem”
13. Expectations
• “People just don’t go to work
now if it floods. We were never
off, we never missed a day, and
my husband was in local
government and worked at
Malton and he got there every
day...
• “I for one will try and get in
however it happens. And like
you say, I’d expect my team to
do the same. But I’m not going
to get upset if they ring up and
say I can’t get in because of bad
weather.”
14. Expectations – Snow and Ice
Regression Model
• If the respondent is not physically expected to be in
work then there is high probability that they will not
make the journey, suggesting they will work from
home.
• If the employer is not accommodating then there is a
stronger possibility that the employee will make the
journey into work.
15. Examples of Planned Disruption (1)
Olympics
• Significant amount of change to commute journeys
– 54% of the sample made at least one change to their commute
– 25% made more than one change
– Reducing (31%) and Retiming (25%) most common response
• More changes for those with a greater preparedness to
change
19. Conclusions
• Definitional issues we haven’t paid attention to
• Disruption as an on-going ‘every day’ process
• ‘Breakdown’ as a source of learning and innovation
• Disruption to patterns of coordination and expectations
• Implications are that we need to tie in the transport system
with the activities we take part in – mobility system – to
effect change
• So for evaluation…
• So for infrastructure management…
• So for valuing assets…
• So for understanding travel behaviour this means…
21. References
• Graham, S. and Thrift, N., 2007, "Out of order"
Theory, Culture & Society 24 1-25.
• Cohen, M.J., 2012, The future of automobile
society: a socio-technical transitions
perspective, Technology Analysis & Strategic
Management, 24(4) 377-390
• Vollmar, H. (2013) The Sociology of Disruption,
Disaster and Social Change Punctuated
Cooperation, Cambridge University Press