2018 STAR Conference

Tuesday, 22 May 2018, Hamish Wood Building, Glasgow Caledonian University 2018 Conference Programme.

Conference papers are listed below by topic. Papers are in PDF format.

Morning Plenary

• Jillian Anable, Professor of Transport and Energy, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
• Embracing uncertainty and shaping transport for Scotland’s future - Stephen Cragg, Transport Scotland; Glenn Lyons, University of the West of England; Malcolm Neil, SYSTRA
• The response to the unforeseen closure of the Forth Road Bridge,lessons learned home and abroad. Hugh Gilles, Transport Scotland; Anthony Concannon, Atkins

Safer Places for All

• Using a combination of road safety solutions to save lives Chris Keenan, Clearview Intelligence Ltd.
• Measurement of cycling risk and quantitative policy - Suzanne Meade, Kathryn Stewart and Mike Maher, Edinburgh Napier University
• Delivering on the benefits of lower speeds: an evaluation of the Living Streets Scotland 20mph Communities Project - Alex Hilliam, Hilliam Research and Analysis; Barbara Allan, Living Streets Scotland

Better Transport Governance

• Lessons for Scotland from the Sheffield Bus Partnership – setting aside differences to deliver a growing market - Ben Gilligan, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive; Chris Buck, Jacobs

Maximising Sustainable Travel

• Game time – how gamification can be used to promote active and sustainable travel - Claudia Stuerck, Aberdeenshire Council
• Exploring gender and active travel - Nicola Collins, Megan Kirton, Rachel Mohun,Suzanne Motherwell, Sarah Smally, Sustrans
• Rejuvenating Roseburn - Rurigdh Mcmeddes, The City of Edinburgh Council; Anna Rowell, Sustrans

Achieving Understanding of Transport Benefits and Costs

• Evidencing the Wider Impacts of Transport Schemes - how I learned to love the transport business case - Neil Anderson, Amey Consulting
• Agglomeration – how long until we see the benefits? - James Laird, Peak Economics and ITS,University of Leeds; Eivind Tveter Molde University College, Norway
• Borders Railway: what is the impact two years on? - Rachel Thomas, Peter Brett Associates; Rebecca Rossi, Transport Scotland

Collecting and Using Data Innovatively

• Using Strava Metro data to monitor active travel - George Macklon,Sustrans; Nancy Burns
• Meta-analysis of machine learning approaches to short-term urban traffic prediction - Shaun Howell, Vivacity Labs

Creating Livable and Inclusive Environments

• Learning to share space – engendering local understanding of placemaking interventions - Lee Muir, Glasgow Caledonian University, and Sustrans Scotland
• Creating liveable and inclusive environments through street design - Emily Davie, Sustrans Scotland

Meaningful Change through Policy

• Scotland’s National Transport Strategy (NTS) Review: what the evidence tells us about transport governance - Konrad Heimpold,University of Strathclyde; Rory Morrison, Transport Scotland
• Promoting low car neighbourhoods in Scotland - Moira Tasker, Living Streets Scotland/Carplus Bikeplus
• Changing from doing what we know to doing what we know works. The need for effective evidence translation as part of knowledge exchange in Scottish transport planning - Adrian Davis, Edinburgh Napier University

Encouraging Behaviour Change

Improving Management of Roads

• Positive signs: readying Aberdeen’s roads for AWPR - Jo Duck and Andrew Robb, AECOM
• Measuring residual salt at road speed: the “Mammoth in the Room” - John Bullas, Wayman Experts; Gavin Harper, University of Birmingham
• A96 CRAM: balancing strategic and local modelling requirements - Joanne Casey and Adrian Garcia Thorp, AECOM; Ross Coulthart, Mott MacDonald SWECO;Michael Rice, Transport Scotland

Model for the Future

• Active cities: Scotland the Brave - Stuart Hay, Living Streets Scotland; Daisy Narayanan, Sustrans Scotland
• Planning in a changing world: the use of SITLLIM to inform policy and strategy development - Andy Dobson, Paul Minta and Alistair Halls, David Simmonds Consultancy;Neil Sturrock and Bruce Kiloh, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

Afternoon Plenary

• The bus industry in Scotland - Jonathan Cowie, Edinburgh Napier University
• Is Scotland’s competitiveness more affected by road traffic delays than other European countries? - Derek Halden, DHC Loop Connections; James Gleave, Transport Futures