The scope of the energy-related transport research topic is broad. It covers three broad areas: science and engineering activity focused on the development of cleaner and more efficient vehicles, fuels and other forms of transport; transport systems and their relationship to wider issues about spatial planning and economic development; and questions of individual travel behaviour and the factors that influence it. Transport demand can be split into passenger and freight as well as surface, aviation and maritime.
Work on alternative powertrain technologies including plug-in electric vehicles, hydrogen and fuel cells could have profound implications for patterns of energy use in the transport sector. Recent policy developments have opened up a range of research opportunities in these areas, particularly in relation to electric vehicles and other aspects of energy efficient vehicle design. These are evolving areasof strength in the UK. (Note: Hydrogen and fuel cell research is the subject of separate landscape documents, as is energy storage and bio-energy. Transport modelling is also covered elsewhere although all of these aspects are covered to some degree in this document.)
Whilst there is a strong and internationally respected UK research community in many areas of transport research (e.g. transport engineering, telematics and vehicle locationing, spatial planning, travel behaviour) there is little independent focus on transport and energy other than in the areas of automotive design and alternative fuels. Traditional transport studies addresses a broad range of challenges including safety, performance, system integration, air quality etc. and more recently increased interdisciplinary effort has been focused on travel behaviour and demand reduction. In this community, however, it can be difficult to separate energy related-transport research from transport research morebroadly. Traditionally the transport studies and energy research communities have not been well integrated.
However, the policy imperative in relation to climate change and energy security and recent funding initiatives at both the basic and development ends of the spectrum have channelled engineering, planning and social science expertise towards transformative solutions to the energy challenges. Overall, increases in funding through the RCUK Energy Programme, Digital EconomyProgramme and the Technology Strategy Board suggests a substantial ramping up and that the landscape of transport research is changing to be more integrated and focused on the environmental and/or energy consequences of transport technologies and activities. The development of the Energy Technologies Institute and Technology Strategy Board have provided a route to trials and demonstrations of alternatively fuelled vehicles and digital solutions that did not exist in the first edition ofthis landscape in 2007. There has also been increasing focus on demand side management in recent targeted programmes in the RCUK Energy Programme. As a result, behavioural and societal focused researchers in the UK are increasingly engaging in energy research opportunities with a focus on linking technology developments with demand side management in the transport sector. However, there is still some way to go in order to reflect the fact that this sector is responsible for ca.30 of energy demand.
For basic and applied strategic research, the range of disciplinary inputs is wide. Science and engineering aspects include mechanical, combustion and chemical engineering. To some extent, automotive and aeronautical engineering have emerged as disciplines in their own right. Transport systems have been addressed by both civil engineers and planners. A wide range of disciplines from the social sciences and economics can provide insight into travel behaviour patterns. Business schools have addressed several transport-related topics.
The scale of the challenge to reduce carbon emissions and energy use from the transport sector almost certainly involves changing patterns of travel behaviour as well as improving the performance of transport technologies. In this sense, the cultural and political challenges facing this sector are arguably as large if not larger than the technological and economic ones. Yet, both the transport policy and research community has focused and delivered more in relation to technology development and performance. Issues of social acceptance, societal transitions and human-technology interactions have been less developed. There is now a growing recognition of the need for inter-disciplinary work and a whole-systems approach to the transport and energy system but overall, there still tends to be a ‘technology versus behaviour’ divide in policy and research in relation to transport and energy and this gulf remains one of the greatest research challenges in this area.
Nevertheless, the research challenges in transport also extend to the supply side across vehicles and infrastructure. These challenges were articulated by the New Automotive Innovation and Growth Team (NAIGT), an initiative of the former Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, who produced a technology road map in 2009, the implementation of which is nowoverseen by the Automotive Council. It identifies a strong and innovative industry but highlights a lack of consistent policy framework or industrial strategy and a shortage of skills. The key research challenges can be seen as: the development of cleaner and more efficient vehicles and other forms of transport; the development of alternative transport fuels such as gas-to-liquids, bio-fuels and, in the longer-term, hydrogen; the development of transport systems which will lead to lower energy use and environmental impacts. Predicting the progress of these technologies and their cost are key research challenges.
On the demand side, predicting people’s responses to changing prices, levels of service, technologies and opportunities is crucial, particularly given the changing economic and demographic contexts. This includes, for example, the uptake of electric vehicles, switches from one mode of transport to another (e.g. car to public transport or reducing the demand for air travel); understanding what determines people’s transport habits and choices and means of influencing these. In addition, research needs to concentrate on the development of a long term strategy to influence land use and land use patterns with the view to reducing the demand for personal, business and freight transport. Finally, travel will be a key component in carbon auditing at the personal level as a basis for carbon benchmarking, pricing, (cap-and-) trading, monitoring of strategies, etc.
On both the supply and demand sides, freight transport on all modes but especially the efficiency of heavy goods vehicles is a notable gap in the research landscape. The TSB has recently identified this and will soon fund the Low carbon truck demonstration trial. But there is still a dearth of funding in low carbon vehicles and logistics for goods traffic.
Aviation and shipping are also particularly important challenges and have been the focus of recent targeted research efforts by the EPSRC but there appears to be little integration in these latter areas between publicly and privately funded R&D efforts and these areas have not yet been the focus of TSB programmes.
Overall, research in this area has been largely incremental and not transformative with a recent concentration on accelerated deployment rather than speculative research. Where research has been conducted on performance new technologies, including digital technology, the scale of trials has been relatively small.
In spite of not having a major home-based automotive industry, the UK remains strong in terms of engine design and development and technical consultancy. The UK has recently become the location for European production of certain car models and has nurtured low carbon vehicle innovation as an area of strength that is oriented around a series of key government backed organisations, research institutions and companies such as Cenex, TSB, Low CVP, University spin-offs (WMG, Nexeon). More than a handful of universities may have a leading edge in relevant technology such as advanced lithium ion batteries or lightweight materials and this rekindling of the automotive industry has been supported by collaborations between government agencies, academic institutions and the private sector. However, whilst seven large global manufacturers have significant productive capacity in the UK, most conduct R&D activities in their home markets. Ford and Jaguar Land Rover are exceptions to this and spend around 80 of UK’s total annual expenditure on automotive R&D (see NAIGT roadmap). See also other research landscape documents in the areas of energy storage, hydrogen and fuel cells.
Internationally, the UK is also perceived to be very strong in the design of fiscal incentives to encourage the uptake of clean fuels and technologies and influencing the pattern of travel demand. However, this has limited application globally and is very much supportedthough publicly funded research programmes.
The UK has a long and robust tradition in spatial planning research and is well represented in EU and international research arenas on these topics. In the past decade, transport planning research has become more multidisciplinary by branching out from its civil engineering routes to incorporate environmental sustainability appraisal and the political and behavioural sciences.
With respect to understanding travel behaviour, thefield has been slow to move away from economics to incorporate other behavioural sciences. This is changing rapidly and consequently it is difficult to gauge current activity in the UK as it is taking place in academic departments as diverse as built environment, sociology, economics, sustainable development and psychology. This research is almost exclusively publicly funded, with significant involvement in EU projects.
With respect to freight transport, a few core academic departments appear to represent research in the area of logistics and supply. Whilst taking place in fewer departments, the depth and breadth of the coverage is high and has some international recognition. Analysis of shipping, both in terms of freight and the technological and environmental implications of this form of travel, is, however, relatively scarce. Aeronautical engineering and Aviation is relatively well represented, though possibly not in proportion to its importance in the area of transport and energy.
Overall, the diversity of R&D strengths in UK transport research means there is not yet a critical mass in focused research on transport and energy other than in small niches related to low carbon vehicles. However, the trend towards collaborative projects is making the UK more globally competitive and starting to make some of the links between transport and energy systems and demand and supply-side solutions. There is strong political demand for research in this area due to the strong links between transport and economic growth and EU and UK funding bodies have responded to this demand. However, the applied and policy driven nature of this area can be a challenge to creativity and basic research with longer timescales.
University-based transport research falls into several different clusters ranging from vehicle engineering through to social studies of transport behaviour. In each of the clusters, energy use is not normally the specific focus of research. Research tends to focus more broadly on transport/vehicle issues including safety and performance. It is often necessary to go deep within Centre/departmental structures to identify specific pieces of energy-relevant work. Nevertheless, responses torecent RCUK calls in the area of transport and energy have generated responses from a wide variety of disciplines (within and outside the traditional transport studies areas) and has demonstrated the responsiveness of the transport community and the willingness for interdisciplinary working. Nevertheless, the research is fragmented and there is no ‘transport and energy’ community. There are also no RCUK research fellows or champions for this area.
A number of universities, many Midlands-based, have strengths in relation to various aspects of vehicle design and energy use for example engine, powertrain, emissions performance, combustion, alternative fuels. A number also have strengths in fuel cell technology and battery technology which are covered separately within the Research Landscape document. Where activities are conducted within a traditional departmental structure, there are often distinct “automotive engineering” departments reflecting close links with industry and historic training needs. In general, however, the activities in this cluster fall within the field of mechanical engineering. Universities generally enjoy excellent links with industry and a number could also appear in the “applied research” section under this topic (although have been left out of this section to avoid repetition). Research into hybrid engine technology is currently one of the most persistent energy-relevant topics.
Transport planning is another broad theme, with many transport studies centres working out of civil engineering or built environment departments or traditions. A couple of Centres are associated with environmental sciences at their host universities, including the notably large Institute for Transport Studies at Leeds and the Transport Studies Unit situated in the Oxford University Centre for the Environment. These tend to look at transport behaviour as well as the planning issues covered by Centres linked more to civil engineering. Finally, a couple of Centres are associated with business schools, including the small but influential Centre for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff. These tend to cover an eclectic range of topics from transport behaviour and road pricing through to manufacturing issues.
Research Council funding has, until recently, come through the Transport Operations and Management sub-theme (part of the EPSRC Process Environmental Sustainability Programme) which comprised 3.4 of EPSRC’s total investment in Engineering related research in 2011. In the recent portfolio review (2012), this area has been earmarked for a reduction in funding. However, around half of the funding has hitherto come from the cross-council Energy Programme which has identified transport and energy efficiency, as well as specific technological areas such as energy storage (e.g. Supergen energy storage consortium), electric motors and drivesand resource efficiency as areas for an increase in funding with a view to promoting a systems approach to transport and energy. The Energy Programme has managed dedicated calls in the areas of shipping, aviation, walking and cycling and travel behaviour, habits and practices and end use energy demand in addition to funding and Industrial Doctorate Training Centre in Transport and Environment at Southampton University and one for Technologies for a Low Carbon Future at the University ofLeeds. The UK Energy Research Centre also includes research on transport and energy efficiency within its Energy Demand theme. The Digital Economy Programme also involves working across energy and transport and has funded three Digital Economy Research Hubs, one of which is undertaking research on transport and carbon specifically (Nottingham University) and another has a dedicated transport theme (University of Aberdeen) as well as specific calls such as Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation.
| Name |
Description |
Sub-topics covered |
No of staff |
Field |
| Centre for Transport Research, University of Aberdeen | The Centre’s research agenda is focused on three broad themes ‘Transport, Energy and Environment’, ‘Transport and Society’ and ‘Transport and the Digital Economy’. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning - Consumers and Transport: with a focus on lifestyle choices and choices for travel
- Governance and Delivery: with a focus on shared transport and sustainable use of space
- Transport Futures: with a focus on energy, technology and the spatial environment
| 4 academic staff,
4 researchers,
7 PhD students | Geography |
Bio-Energy Research Group,
School of Engineering and Applied Science,
Aston University | One of the largest university based research groups in thermal biomass conversion in the world, providing a focus for a range of inter-related activities in biomass conversion and environmental studies related to global warming. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Thermal processing: Gasification for production of gas for use as fuel, for production of hydrogen, for synthesis of transport fuels & chemicals.
- Biological processing: Fermentation to alcohol, or bio-ethanol, that can be used for transport fuels or power.
- Mechanical processing: Production of vegetable oils that can be upgraded to bio-diesel & extractives.
| 10 staff
13 research students | General Engineering;
Chemical Engineering |
| Powertrain & Vehicle Research Centre, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Bath | The Powertrain & Vehicle Research Centre focuses on powertrain systems, engine, transmission and vehicle related research. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Powertrain Research
- Predictive and Simulation Capabilities
- Calibration Methodologies
- Vehicle Research (Chassis Dynamometer based)
- Thermal Systems Research
| 4 academic staff,
9 researchers,
11 PhD students | Mechanical Engineering |
| Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, University of Birmingham | Multidisciplinary research and education unit, encompassing the fields of Electronic, Electrical, Mechanical, Civil and Systems Engineering. There is also input from other disciplines, such as Ergonomics, Geography, Geophysics and Mathematics.
The centre has numerous industrial and academic partners. | Rail
- Effects of climate change on UK rail network
- Impact of temperature on rail infrastructure
- Aerodynamics
- Asset management
- Condition monitoring
- Environment
- Geotechnical engineering
- Materials and metallurgy
- Modelling
- Network capacity
- Power and traction
- Risk and safety
- Signalling and train control
- Systems engineering
| 18 Faculty;
14 Researchers;
22 PhD students | General Engineering |
Vehicle Technology Research Centre,
University of Birmingham | The Future Power Systems Group researches new combustion and energy conversion technologies, alternative fuels & hydrogen as means to create clean, efficient & sustainable power sources for propulsion & stationary use. It is particularly known for its development of the engine-based fuel reforming technology. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- On-board Hydrogen Generation by Exhaust Gas Fuel Reforming
- Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition
- Alternative fuels: biodiesel, ethanol, biogas, natural gas, hydrogen
- Analysis of Emissions & Particulates
- Modelling
- Enhanced Condensation Heat Transfer
- Trans-sonic Flows in Steam Turbines.
| 6 Faculty,
5 researchers,
38 affiliated PhD students | Mechanical Engineering |
Bolton Automotive and Aerospace Research Group,
University of Bolton | BAARG is a research centre in the field of Structural Crashworthiness, Impact Biomechanics, safety and Accident Investigation. The centre is internationally distinguished for its contributions to the understanding of crashworthiness and general safety. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Passenger & Commercial Vehicles
- Railway Vehicles
- Aircraft
- Structural Materials
- Accident Investigation
- Impact Biomechanics
| 9 staff | Mechanical, Engineering |
| Automotive Research Centre, School of Engineering, Design and Technology, University of Bradford | Automotive Engineering research including Engines, Powertrain, Quality, Design, Modelling, Simulation, and Manufacturing | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Hybrid vehicle technology
- vehicle mechatronic systems
| Not stated | Mechanical Engineering |
| Centre for Automotive Management, Business School, University of Buckingham. | Provides survey, research, consultancy, education and training tailored to the needs of the automotive industry and more specifically to individual companies as well as stimulating debate and interest in emerging automotive industry issues via its series of Automotive Forums. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Total Cost of Fleet Operation Management
- Private Car Finance
- Used Vehicle Market Analysis
- Developing the Green Fleet
- Duty of Care and Fleet Management
| Not stated | Business and Management Studies |
| Cambridge University Engineering Department, University of Cambridge | The research spans from fundamental investigations of turbulent flows, to a wide range of applications including aircraft, internal combustion engines and environmental fluid dynamics. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Turbomachinery, energy and fluid mechanics
- Electrical Engineering
| | Mechanical Engineering;
Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
Institute for Aviation & The Environment,
University of Cambridge | The Institute incorporates latest scientific research, technological developments & economic thinking to address the needs of the aviation & aerospace industries regarding the environment. | Aviation
- Global impact of aviation emissions on atmospheric composition & climate.
- Modelling of aircraft emissions from plume to local & regional scale
- Impact of aircraft activities on local air quality.
- Modelling demand for air travel & estimating impact on socio-economic development.
| 10 Faculty;
3 researchers | Chemistry |
| Cambridge Vehicle Dynamics Consortium, University of Cambridge | Collaboration between a group of manufacturers from the heavy truck industry and engineers from Cambridge University who have joined forces to develop better heavy goods vehicles. The Consortium includes companies from various sectors of the industry concerned with vehicle dynamics and suspension design. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Active steering of long combination vehicles
- Asphalt micromechanics
- Energy Efficiency of Vehicles
- Investigation of ABS strategies for Heavy Vehicles
- Load measuring mat and weight in motion
- Vehicle dynamics and suspension design
- Vehicle-road interaction
- Vulnerable road users
| Not stated | Mechanical Engineering |
| The Martin Centre for Architectural and Urban Studies, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge | The Martin Centre is the leading architectural research unit in Britain. Research typically crosses traditional research boundaries: transportation and buildings, history and philosophy of architecture, digital media design and communication, risk assessment and mitigation in the built environment, and territorial conflict in divided cities. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Transport planning
- Urban Planning
- Design of transport systems and networks
- Land use planning
| | Architecture |
Transportation Research Group,
University of Cambridge | Cross-disciplinary group researches the dynamics of heavy goods vehicles & their road-damaging characteristics. | Freight
- Heavy vehicle dynamics
- Safety & suspension design
- Weigh-in-motion
- Vehicle-road interaction
- Failure mechanisms of asphalt pavements & paving materials.
| 2 staff;
7 PhD students | General Engineering |
Centre for Automotive Industry Research,
Cardiff University | CAIR aims to remain one of the leading academic centre in the EU dedicated to the study of the economic & strategic aspects of the world motor industry. CAIR’s principal strength is its broad overview of the worldwide automotive sector. Its research covers many different areas, from materials supply, manufacturing and retail to wider policy issues affecting the automotive industry | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Towards a sustainable car industry
- Alternative Personal Transport
- Alternative fuels and powertrain
- Environmental ratings for cars
- End of Life Vehicle issues
- Product durability and the long life car
- Product stewardship
- Corporate social responsibility in the automotive industry
| 4 core staff
2 named associates | Business and Management Studies;
Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering |
Logistics Systems Dynamics Group,
Cardiff University | LSDG aims to develop innovative hard and soft systems tools, methods and techniques as applied to novel logistics applications. The target is to enable the “seamless supply chain” in which all players think & act as one so as to satisfy the end customer in terms of service, quality, total lead-time, total cost and health, safety and the environment. | Freight
- Logistics systems dynamics problem solving.
- Organisational, attitudinal, financial and technological factors in business process change.
- Generic modelling of business processes
- Green logistics.
| 8 academic staff,
8 researchers | Applied Mathematics;
Business and Management Studies |
Transport & Shipping Research Group,
Cardiff University | Multi-disciplinary unit consisting of well-established academics experienced in the fields of shipping, transport & logistics, aiming to aims to improve policy decision making in these areas.
Funded by World Bank/IMO | Shipping
- Transport operations
- Shipping economics
- Modelling & simulation of supply chains
- Transport networks
- Maritime law
| | Business and Management Studies |
| Aeronautics & Air-Transport Group, Energy and Transport Centre, City University London | The AAT group aims to develop new technologies and operational practice for the air transport industry (both manufacturers and operators) towards the achievement of a secure, affordable and environmentally sustainable air transportation system; to exploit aerospace technologies in the renewable energy industry. | Aviation
- Viscous Flows and Flow Control
- Fixed and Rotary Wing Aeronautical Design
- Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity
- Air Transport, Reliability and Safety
- Non-Aeronautical Applications
| Not stated | General Engineering |
| Energy and Transport Centre, City University London | The Energy and Transport (ET) research centre comprises those areas of research focussed upon improving the efficiency of transportation, compression and energy-generation processes. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Energy Systems & Engines
- Aeronautics & Air Transport
- Positive Displacement Compressors
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
| 20 academic staff,
7 researchers,
31 PhD students | General Engineering;
Mathematics |
| Energy Systems & Engines Group, Energy and Transport Centre, City University London | The Energy and Transport research centre comprises those areas of research focussed upon improving the efficiency of transportation, compression and energy-generation processes. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Internal Combustion Engines
- Energy Systems and Conversion
- PEM Fuel Cells
- Energy Generation and Combustion Research
- Fundamentals of combustion
| not stated | General Engineering |
| International Centre for Shipping Trade and Finance, Cass Business School, City University London | A global hub for the inter-relationships between shipping, trade, and finance by teaching, researching and discussion in class with leading international academics and practitioners from the City of London and overseas | Shipping
- Shipping Finance,
- Risk Management,
- Energy,
- Logistics.
- Modelling and Forecasting.
| 10 Faculty | Business and Management Studies |
Automotive Engineering Applied Research Group
Coventry University | Automotive related research in engineering and computing.
Funded by ESPRC, DTI and major automotive companies and their suppliers. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- engine flow/combustion
- exhaust catalysts/emissions
- cooling systems
- heat transfer
- vehicle dynamics
| 9 affiliated academic staff,
2 research staff | General Engineering |
| Cranfield University Aerospace | Cranfield University Aerospace brings together the University’s aerospace capabilities from all its five Schools into areas of strategic importance for its clients, within the aerospace and aviation markets. | Aviation
- Advanced computational methods and simulations
- Airborne vehicles and systems
- Aviation and the environment
- Aviation management and operations
- Aviation safety and certification
- Manufacturing
- Propulsion
- Structures and materials
| 45 affiliated academic staff,
5 affiliated researchers | Cross-Disciplinary:
Computer Science;
Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering;
Environmental Sciences;
Metallurgy and Materials |
Cranfield Centre for Logistics & Supply Chain Management,
Cranfield University | Provides an international focal point for advanced research in the field of logistics, supply chain management and transportation management. Linked to the Supply Chain Research Centre, which is one of Europe’s largest centres dedicated to research into Logistics and Supply Chain Management. It attracts annual funding in excess of 500,000 through research council, government and industrial sources. | Freight
- Supply chain management
- Reverse logistics
- Logistics and distribution
- Transportation management
| 13 Faculty,
6 researchers | Business and Management Studies |
Department of Automotive, Engineering,
Cranfield University | Comprised of the Automotive Engineering Group and the Mechatronics Centre, the department specialises in all aspects of the design of road vehicles, the evaluation of new technologies and the improvement of automotive product engineering processes. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Hybrid Electric Vehicle Design, Integration and Testing
- Fundamental research in the advancement of current and future automotive green energy technologies
| 4 academic staff,
7 researchers, | General Engineering |
Centre for Automotive Research,
University of Durham | The Centre for Automotive Research brings together relevant expertise from the departments of Engineering, Mathematics & Physics to support the motor industry worldwide. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
| 5 academic staff | General Engineering |
| Sustainable Mobilities Research Group, University of East London | Our aim is to conduct primarily sociological research into forms of sustainable mobility and barriers to sustainable mobilities. In particular we focus on issues of culture, identity, and inequality, and how these issues interact with decisions to use particular transport modes. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning | 2 academic staff,
1 researcher | Law;
Sociology |
Transport Research Institute,
Edinburgh Napier University | Scotland’s largest transport research group with expertise drawn from civil engineering, economics, business studies, mathematical modelling, sociology and psychology. | Shipping
- Maritime transport and logistics
- port efficiency and competition
- shipping costs
- logistical systems
- Economic feasibility of ferry services
Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Maritime transport and logistics
- Mobility management
- Social aspects of transport
- Sustainable transport
- Taxi studies
- Transport economics
- Transport modelling
- Transport psychology
| 16 academic staff,
9 research staff,
16 PhD students | Town and Country planning |
| Wales Transport Research Centre, University of Glamorgan | The WTRC is Wales’ leading research centre for applied research and consultancy, covering all aspects of air, land and sea transport for both public and private sectors. The Centre operates as an independent academic research centre, whilst maintaining a professional, commercially-focussed approach to its research. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Aviation
- Bus and Train Policy and Operations
- Road and Rail Investment
- Freight, Logistics and Seaports
- Traveller Information Needs and Services
- Economic and Market Appraisal
| 1 academic staff,
2 researchers | Business and Management Studies |
Greenwich Maritime Institute,
University of Greenwich | The aims of the GMI are: to engage in and facilitate scholarly research; to disseminate and publicise research findings; to act as a forum for exploration of maritime issues; and to serve as a source of expertise for business and government | Shipping
- Maritime policy
- Maritime management
- Maritime history
| 20 affiliated staff
10 PhD students | Politics and International Studies |
Logistics Research Centre,
Heriot Watt University | LRC carries out research for internally funded and externally funded studies that have provided industry insight into issues such as freight movement, climate change, integrated transport, supply chain efficiency and key performance indicators. | Freight
- the relationships between logistics / supply chain trends and freight transport
- environmental sustainability of logistics operations
- low carbon logistics
- performance measurement, benchmarking and data collection in logistics
- freight transport policy
- shipping and port development
- retail logistics
- effects of IT and e-commerce on logistics
- impact of infrastructure development and traffic congestion on logistics
| 8 faculty;
2 research. | Business and Management Studies |
| Railway Research, Institute for Infrastructure and Environment, Heriot-Watt University | The team investigate the main issues for modern rail networks which include the need to cope with more traffic, heavier loads and higher speeds. With a focus on numerical and experimental analysis of rail track under many different simulated conditions. | Rail
- Track geometry
- High speed railways
- Rail track settlement
| 3 academic staff,
1 researcher | Built Environment |
| Automotive Engineering Research Group, University of Huddersfield | aims to promote and advance automotive engineering research at a national and international level and to disseminate that excellence in research to the global automotive engineering community. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
| 3 academic staff,
2 PhD students | General Engineering |
Transport and Logistics Research and Enterprise Unit
The University of Huddersfield | The main aims of the Transport and Logistics Research and Enterprise Unit are to provide quality research facilities and support to further the academic disciplines of transport and logistics and offer opportunities for industry-sponsored research with real world application | Aviation
- Air transport in the supply chain
- Air transport & the environment
- Green branding
- Supply chain modelling
Freight
- Air transport
- Pharmaceutical supply chains
- Logistics education
- Freight transport and transport economics
- Sustainable tourism
| 12 staff | Business and Management Studies |
| Centre for Logistics Research, Hull University Business School, University of Hull | The centre conducts research into logistics and supply chain management with a focus upon research into retail and supply chain operations and management in emerging economies such as India, Malaysia, Thailand and China and next generation supply chain issues and challenges. | Freight
- logistics and communications technologies
- modelling and simulation
- lean and agile logistics
- supply chain security
- food and retail logistics
- port-centric logistics and regional economic development
- sustainable supply chains
Shipping
- Low carbon shipping
- Port-centric logistics and regional economic development
| 9 staff | Business and Management Studies |
Centre for Transport Studies,
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Imperial College London | CTS undertakes research across a broad range of transport-related topics. The Centre includes two specialist research groups; the Railway Technology Strategy Centre and the Imperial College Engineering Geomatics Group and has extensive links to other research groups both within Imperial College and elsewhere. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Travel behaviour and transport modelling
- Transport technology and telematics
- Transport operations
- Transport and environment
- Transport policy and regulation
- Railway operations and management
- Geomatics
- Port operations and logistics
- Air transport operations and planning
- Freight transport and logistics
- Safety
| 8 academic staff,
28 researchers,
46 PhD students | Civil Engineering |
| Future Railway Research Centre, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College London | The FRRC aims: to provide leading edge research to improve the knowledge and technical capabilities of the railway sector; to facilitate the UK’s ability to migrate to the most energy-efficient, safe, high-speed, and cost-effective railway network; and to provide a supply of high level technically trained staff for the railway industry world-wide. | Rail
- Vehicle-Track Interaction
- Vehicle Design
- Materials Integrity,
- Sustainable Energy Systems including:
- Hybrid technologies
- Optimal control of rail vehicles
- Train energy simulator
| 1 academic staff,
1 researcher,
5 PhD students | Mechanical Engineering |
| Mechanical Engineering Department + Electric and Hybrids Vehicles Network and Energy Futures Lab, Imperial College London | The Electric & Hybrid Vehicles Network brings together the extensive specialities of the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Earth Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials and Bioengineering as well as the Centre for Transport Studies and the Imperial Centre for Energy Policy and Technology.
The Energy Futures Lab also looks at Urban Energy Systems and Clean Fossil Fuels | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- design, build and development of electric vehicles powered by fuel cells, batteries, supercapacitors and hybrids of these. This activity has included the design of large traction batteries, novel electric vehicle architectures and fuel cell balance of plant in collaboration with industry.
- Component based research and detailed powertrain simulation provide the core of the research, with additional strengths in aspects of thermal management, power generation, carbon capture and sequestration, and of course drivetrain-related mechanical issues.
| | Mechanical Engineering |
| Port Operations Research and Technology Centre, Imperial College London | A research centre serving the port sector and associated industries on operational, strategic, economic, and technology issues. | Shipping
- Interfaces between ports, logistics and other transport modes and infrastructures
| 8 affiliated staff,
4 PhD students | Civil Engineering |
| Centre for European, Regional & Transport Economics, University of Kent | The Centre provides a focus for work on the economics of Europe & the European Union, with particular emphasis on continuing work on aspects of transport & the regional development of the EU, especially the role of transport infrastructure. Funded largely by ESRC. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Transport and the Environment
- European transport
- European integration
| 6 affiliated staff | Economics and Econometrics;
Town and Country Planning |
Centre for Mobilities Research,
Lancaster University | Encompasses the analysis of the global, national and local movements of people, objects, capital, information and material things combining together to engender the economic and social patterning of life. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Social networks and future mobilities
- Technologies and travel
- Migration
| 20 faculty;
3 researchers;
8 PhD students | Sociology |
| Supply Chain Management and Modelling Research Group, Department of Management Science, Lancaster University | Operating in an international supply network creates many challenges for today’s organisations. Researchers at LUMS have expertise in many of the topical issues that this global arena creates. | Freight
- Green logistics
- Sustainability
- Business-to-business services;
- Global sourcing including offshoring & backshoring;
- Risk management
| 10 academic staff,
11 PhD students | Business and Management Studies |
| Energy Research Institute, University of Leeds | ERI has a wide range of aviation / aerospace research funded by the EPSRC, the EU and corporate sponsors such as Rolls-Royce and Qinetiq. Aviation also forms an important strand of the Earth, Energy and Environment (EEE) University Interdisciplinary Institute, which has its operational base in ERI. | Aviation
- Combustion in gas turbine engines and enhanced efficiency;
- Advanced materials for aerospace applications;
- Aviation fuels, including alternative fuels;
- Emissions and their control;
- Enhancing the performance of the civil aviation system
| 10 affiliated academic staff | General Engineering |
| Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds | The UK’s largest single academic transport group and a leading international centre for transport research. Its primary purpose is to advance the understanding of transport activity, operations and use, and to develop skills and best practice among transport professionals and decision-makers. The Institute is inter- and multi-disciplinary; staff come from a wide variety of background disciplines, including economics, engineering, geography, mathematics, computing, psychology and social science. | Freight
- freight transport economics
- freight modelling and forecasting
- green logistics
Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Economics and Discrete Choice
- Spatial Modelling and Dynamics
- Safety and Technology
- Sustainable Transport Policy
| 21 academic staff,
26 researchers,
47 PhD students | Economics and Econometrics;
Town and Country Planning |
| Transport Research And Consultancy, Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University | A research centre that works with transport providers and users to: develop sustainable practices that enhance access and mobility, and improve people’s quality of life; offer innovative solutions for the sustainable movement of people, with particular reference to areas of urban regeneration and renewal; and facilitate effective participation by residents, small businesses and other stakeholders to plan and implement improvements in local transport and public spaces. | | | Business and Management Studies |
| Control Systems Research Group, School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Loughborough University | Theoretical and practical aspects of control and systems engineering. Focussing on the application requirements from a range of established theoretical techniques to provide solutions involving both simulation and technology demonstration. | Rail
- Active control of railway dynamic systems
- Control system processors
- Condition monitoring for railway vehicles
| 3 academic staff,
3 researchers,
7 PhD students | Electrical and Electronic Engineering
|
Low Carbon Technology Research Group, Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering,
Loughborough University | The aim of the group is to carry out both experimental and computational high efficiency energy applications research that leads to enhanced understanding of industrially relevant aero/auto low carbon technologies. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Combustion
- Fuel cell technology
- Hybrid and electric vehicle technology
| 4 academic staff,
1 researcher
4 PhD students | Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering |
| Transport Safety Research Centre, Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University | The TSRC is a multi-disciplinary team conducting research into all aspects of road and vehicle safety and road user behaviour. The Centre bases its research on real-world accident studies, naturalistic studies of driver behaviour and statistical analysis of accident, health and mobility data | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Accident and Injury Investigation
- Vehicle Safety Research
- Road User Behaviour
- Health Impacts Research
- Infrastructure Safety Research
- Road Safety Policy
| 16 staff | Sociology |
Transport Studies Group,
Loughborough University | Research in the analysis, modelling, planning & design of transport systems through the pursuit of six research themes: Mobility Management; Environment & Sustainability; Transport Technology and Safety; Infrastructure Engineering; Structures and Materials & Air Transport.
Funding from European Commission, DfT, EPSRC, ESRC, various Passenger Transport Executives, local authorities & the private sector. | Aviation
- examining the propensity to fly
- examining the impact of the EU-US Open Skies agreement
- modelling aircraft accidents, examining low-cost carriers’ pricing,
- competitive behaviour and impact,
- the economic impacts of aviation and globalisation and security
Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Mobility Management
- Environment & Sustainability;
- Transport Technology and Safety
- Infrastructure Engineering
- Structures and Materials
- Air Transport
| 7 academic staff;
2 Research staff;
13 PhD students | Civil Engineering |
| Tyndall Centre Manchester, The University of Manchester | The Tyndall Centre brings together scientists, engineers, social scientists and economists, providing considerable and diverse academic expertise on all aspects of energy and climate change. | Aviation
- Aviation
- Scenarios and pathways
- Emissions accounting
- Policy and governance
- Consumption and practices
Shipping
- Shipping
- Scenarios and pathways
- Emissions accounting
- Policy and governance
- Consumption and practices
| 5 academic staff,
11 researchers,
7 PhD students | General Engineering;
Environmental Science |
Centre for Air Transport & The Environment (CATE),
Manchester Metropolitan University | CATE has a global reputation for aviation-related research and is leading on the environmental impacts of the growth of air travel. The Centre also provides science and related policy-based technical advice to government and regulatory authorities, at a national and global level. Funded by ESPRC UK Government and EU amongst others. | Aviation
- Climate Change
- Local Air Quality
- Noise and Community Impacts
- Sustainable Development
| 8 academic staff,
8 researchers,
5 PhD students | Environmental Sciences |
Rail Technology Unit,
Manchester Metropolitan University | Carries out research & consultancy into the dynamic behaviour of railway vehicles & their interaction with the track. | Rail
- Software Benchmarking
- Wheel Rail contact Benchmarking
- Roller Rigs
- Neural Networks
- Noise
- Track System Modelling
- Vehicle Dynamics
- Instrumentation
| 14 staff | General Engineering |
| New Rail, Newcastle University | A dedicated railway research centre with expertise in diverse areas of the rail industry with wide experience in applied research for railways focusing on the development and strategic implementation of innovative technologies, with links to the major international players in industry as well as institutions and end users. | Rail
- Rail freight and logistics
- Rail vehicles
- Rail infrastructure
- Rail systems including:
- Energy
- Emissions reduction technologies for rail vehicles
| 10 academic staff,
11 researchers,
6 PhD students | General Engineering |
| School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University | The largest and broadest-based marine school in the UK, covering the fields of marine engineering, marine biology, naval architecture, offshore engineering, coastal management and small craft technology | Shipping
- Low carbon shipping
- Marine Powering and Control
- Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability
- Marine biotechnology
- Marine ecology
| 28 academic staff,
14 research staff, | Biological Sciences;
Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering;
Environmental Sciences
|
Transport Operations Research Group,
Newcastle University | An interdisciplinary research group employing advanced technologies and behavioural research to address the need for radical changes in transport provision, traffic network management and public behaviour. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Technologies for transport monitoring and systems management
- Travel behaviour and transport planning
| 6 academic staff,
19 researchers,
15 PhD students | Civil Engineering |
Centre for Public Policy,
Northumbria University | The Centre offers research expertise in the evaluation of public services, including service design and delivery, cost effectiveness and value for money. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Mobility & social inclusion and exclusion.
- Regional transport structures
- Mobility and employment
- Transport policy
| | Sociology |
Centre for Rail Human Factors,
University of Nottingham | A focus for understanding and designing for reliable human performance in the complex distributed and changing work environment that is the railway system. | Rail
- Planning and scheduling,
- workload assessment,
- situation awareness,
- handheld displays,
- human error assessment and prediction,
- teamwork and safety critical communication.
| | Psychology;
General Engineering |
| University of Nottingham Transport Research | The activities in transport research at the University of Nottingham are conducted in a large number of academic schools, including Mechanical, Materials & Manufacturing Engineering, Psychology, Computer Science, Civil Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering and encompass the sectors of automotive, rail, aerospace and maritime-based research. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- transport engineering,
- human factors
- psychology and behaviour
| | Cross-disciplinary:
Geography;
Town and Country Planning;
Sociology;
Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering;
Psychology |
Design Innovation Group,
Open University | Interdisciplinary research and teaching in the general principles, processes and practices of design. This ranges from product design to digital media, from engineering design to complex socio-technical systems. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Sustainable transport designs
- Sustainable transport policies
- Travel planning
- Innovative transport services
| 3 staff | Geography;
Town and Country Planning;
Sociology |
Transport Studies Unit,
University of Oxford | The TSU takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of transport futures, drawing on relevant, state-of-the art developments in geography, environmental and transport studies, economics, sociology, psychology and the engineering sciences. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Energy, Environment and Climate Change
- Mobility, Society and Culture
- Policy, Economics and Governance
| 1 academic staff,
9 researchers,
8 PhD students | Geography |
Spatial Planning Group,
Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development,
Oxford Brookes University | SPG brings together a wide range of intellectual and policy concerns within spatial planning and cognate fields under the heading of sustainable development, with a particular focus on three major areas of study: Planning Thought and Governance; Economic Development, Innovation and Regeneration; and Accessibility, Transportation and Migration. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- transportation policy and travel behaviour,
- Sustainable mobility studies.
- International Migration and Sustainable Development
- Infrastructure Planning and Delivery
| 14 staff | Town and Country Planning |
| Sustainable Vehicle Engineering Centre, Oxford Brookes University | The centre will deal with current and future challenge facing the whole life of the vehicle. Current issues concern the disassembly, disposal and the recycling and reuse of materials in the current global vehicle parc. SVEC will investigate the materials, design issues and drivetrain concepts that will allow the development of low mass, low emission, economical vehicles that satisfy functional and safety requirements, whilst being amenable to disassembly and recovery of materials at end-of-life. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Behaviour of bonded joints in aluminium autobody structures
- Novel composite roof panels and optimised bonded joint geometries
- Joints in composite structures
- Emissions and drive cycle analysis
| | Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering |
| Centre for Maritime Logistics, Economics and Finance, University ofPlymouth | CEMLEF aims to take forward the principles of sustainable enterprise through interdisciplinary research both within the social sciences and beyond, and apply them in the areas of marine logistics, economics and finance. | Shipping
- Low carbon shipping
- Environmental policy in open economies
- Economics of energy efficiency
- Environmental taxation
- Shipping finance
- Risk analysis
- Maritime studies
- Logistics
- Supply chain management
| 17 staff | Business and Management Studies |
| Centre for Sustainable Transport, University of Plymouth | The CST brings together academics, researchers and practitioners from across the University with expertise in aspects of transport sustainability. Focus on transport’s relationship with environmental, economic and social issues. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Governance development and liability
- Travel behaviour and space
- Science and technology
| 17 affiliated staff,
5 PhD students | Sociology
Business and Management Studies |
Centre for Transport Policy,
The Robert Gordon University | The aim of CfTP is to analyse transport problems, recommend solutions and improve understanding of transport related issues among decision-makers in the public and private sector, the media and the public at large. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- rural transport
- transport policy in Scotland
- transport and the environment
| 1 academic staff | Business and Management Studies |
| Rail Innovation and Technology Centre, University of Sheffield | The focus of activity is intelligent systems engineering involving detection, sensing, communication, materials, structures and software technologies that can be applied to rail infrastructure, operations and traffic. The Centre is a 5-year collaboration with Network Rail Imperial College London and the University of Nottingham which was founded in 2009. | Rail
- the track (materials, installation, monitoring, maintenance, design, and performance);
- trains and their operation, signalling, communications and information management
| | General Engineering |
| Southampton Railway Systems Research (SR2), University of Southampton | Aims to promote and undertake fundamental and applied research and consultancy in the areas of railway systems that: incorporates engineering, physical and social sciences; integrates scientific theory with practical applications; and is international in scope, covering the UK, Europe and beyond. | Rail
- Infrastructure
- Human Factors
- Sound and Vibration
- Railway Operations
| | Civil Engineering;
Sociology |
| Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton | Activities relate to all aspects of the development, application and understanding of the impacts of a wide range of transportation systems, with particular expertise in Intelligent Transport Systems, Traffic Management, Safety, the Environment/Sustainability, Bus and Rail Operations, Human Factors, Freight and Logistics, and Walking and Cycling. | Freight
- Freight distribution
- Green logistics
- Reverse logistics
- Waste consolidation
Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Intelligent Transport Systems,
- Traffic Management
- Safety
- the Environment/Sustainability
- Bus and Rail Operations
- Human Factors
- Freight and Logistics
- Walking and Cycling
| 6 academic staff,
12 researchers,
30 PhD students | Civil Engineering |
| Environment Research Group, University of Strathclyde | Interdisciplinary group of engineers, scientists and social scientists researching: sustainability of natural resources; human impact on the environment; improvement of the quality of life. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Transport planning and sustainability
| 4 academic staff,
1 PhD student | Civil engineering |
| Department of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, University of Strathclyde | Provider of marine technology expertise, contributing to National and International policy-making and the advancement of the Marine Technology field. | Shipping
- Low carbon shipping
- Ship Stability and Safety
- Marine Hydrodynamics
- Marine Structures
- Ocean Engineering
- Marine Engineering
- Emerging Technologies
- Marine Renewable Energy and Alternative fuels
| 14 academic staff,
21 researchers,
40 PhD students | Marine Engineering |
| Automotive Dynamics and Control Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Sussex | The Group’s activities focus on advanced powertrain modelling, control, and condition monitoring (including emissions control via exhaust after-treatment, automotive turbo-chargers, and steam traps); and vehicle dynamics. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Adaptive Cylinder-Pressure Reconstruction
- Combustion
- Engine Performance Monitoring and Diagnosis
- Probabilistic Modelling and Analysis of Uncertain Vehicle structures.
| 4 academic staff | Mechanical Engineering |
Bartlett School of Planning,
University College London | Work on the challenges associated with delivering major infrastructure projects that increasingly characterise investment in public transport in advanced and developing economies. The work of the OMEGA Centre for the Study of Mega Projects in Transport and Development is funded by the Volvo Research and Education Foundation and is at the core of the Bartlett s contribution to research on understanding how complexity, uncertainty and risk-taking are managed in different cultures and contexts in the planning and evaluation of transportation and infrastructure projects. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Sustainability of land use
- Transport and climate change
- Major transport infrastructure projects
- Risk management
- Transport planning
| 35 affiliated staff
11 Transport PhD students | Town and Country Planning |
Centre for Transport Studies,
University College London | Multidisciplinary team who along with the Centre for Transport Studies at Imperial College, form the University of London Centre for Transport Studies (ULCTS). | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Safety
- Transport Modelling and Analysis
- Institutional and Behavioural Aspects of Transport Policy
- Public Transport
- The Theory and Practice of Traffic Control
- Transport in Developing Countries.
| 10 academic staff,
8 researchers
6 PhD students | Civil Engineering |
| Energy Research Institute, University College London | Multidisciplinary research institute focusing on six main areas: buildings; energy systems; people and energy; policy and law; transport; and smart energy systems | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Low carbon transportation
- System modelling
- Alternative fuels
| 6 staff | Cross-disciplinary;
Energy |
| Maritime Research Group, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London | The Marine Research Group focuses on design orientated research on fast ship forms and on new means of electric propulsion, on the design of large complex products with a whole system and concurrent engineering focus and on the fundamental fluid dynamics of ship hydrodynamics and interactions with ocean waves. | Shipping
- Low carbon shipping
- Marine vehicle applications
- Trimaran design
- Marine vehicle design methods
- Electric propulsion systems
- Electric ship integration in to marine vehicles
| 24 staff | Mechanical Engineering |
| Transportation and Spatial Planning sub-group, Centre for Research on Property and Planning and Highways Engineering sub-group, Centre for Sustainable Technologies, University of Ulster | These sub-groups cover the broad areas of highways, transport planning and policy. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Highway structures & surfaces
- Public transport
- Social exclusion & transport
- Transport policy
- Planning for green modes of transport, pedestrian behaviour & modelling
- Land use planning & demand management
- Application of new technology to the management of transport systems
| 19 affiliated staff,
8 PhD students | Engineering Town and Country Planning |
| Warwick Manufacturing Group, The University of Warwick | WMG research expertise spans digital manufacturing, materials and operations applied to different sectors including automotive, aerospace and defence, digital, energy and utilities. | Automotive Engineering & Technology
- Hybrid vehicles
- Powertrain Modelling and Simulation
- Cost Benefit Analysis
- Driver Behaviour
- Vehicle Data Logging
| Not stated | Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering |
Transport Studies Group,
University of Westminster | Aviation and Freight A multi-disciplinary team of research and teaching staff within the School of Architecture and the Built Environment. Funding from Research Councils, the Department for Transport and other Government Departments, the European Commission, and various research foundations and charities. | Aviation
- Air Transport
- Air Traffic Management.
- route planning,
- economics of operation and competitive analysis,
- operational practices and management of Air Traffic Control.
- technical innovation in ATM, and of policy drivers
- links between aviation and climate change.
Freight
- Green logistics
- Sustainable urban freight distribution and transport
- Light goods vehicles and home delivery
- Key performance indicators
Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Transport policy and planning
- Behavioural, management and operational issues,
- road traffic and private car travel,
- parking,
- freight and logistics,
- public land passenger transport, and
- airlines and airports
- Intelligent Transport Systems
- survey and marketing research, public attitudes and travel behaviour
- transport performance and evaluation
| 5 academic staff,
8 researchers,
7 PhD students | Town and Country Planning |
The Centre for Transport and Society,
University of the West of England | Aim to improve and promote understanding of the inherent links between lifestyles and personal travel in the context of continuing social and technological change. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- New Technologies and travel
- Understanding travel behaviour
- Attitudes towards transport
- Inclusive transport
- Transport policy options
- Demand management measures
| 6 academic staff,
8 researchers
9 PhD students | Environment and Technology |
Institute of Railway Studies and Transport History,
University of York | A joint initiative between the National Railway Museum & the University of York. A leading centre for the study of the history of transport and mobility. | Rail
- Preservation & interpretation of the railway past
- Industrial research in British & North American railways in the 20th century
- History of urban transport
- Social history of engineering and technology
| 4 Faculty | History |
| Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York | SEI-Y was established in 1989 as one of the constituent centres of the Stockholm Environment Institute. The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) is an independent, international research organisation committed to the implementation of practices supportive of global sustainable development. SEI conducts a comprehensive research, consulting and training programme which focuses on the links between the ecological, social and economic systems at global, regional and national and local levels. | Surface Travel Behaviour/Planning
- Reducing climate risk
- Managing environmental systems
- Transforming governance
- Rethinking development
- Low carbon transport
| 38 staff | Environmental Sciences |
A very wide range of organisations indeed provides applied transport research services in the UK. The automotive sector is global in scope. The key players concerned with improved cleaner vehicles and improved performance must succeed in a global market. On the other hand those addressing transport systems and travel behaviour tend to operate in a UK context though, of course, there may be important lessons that can transferred to and learned from other countries.
The development of the Energy Technologies Institute, the Technology Strategy Board and the Office for Low Emissions Vehicles have provided routes to trials and demonstrations of alternatively fuelled vehicles and digital solutions that did not exist in the first edition of this landscape in 2007. The main sources of publicly funded research are the Office for Low Emission Vehicles/ Technology Strategy Board and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)/ TSB and the Energy TechnologiesInstitute. The Low Carbon Vehicles Integrated Delivery Platform is a major funding initiative by Government and Business and this has been accompanied by a series of collaborative R&D projects and ongoing funding calls all of which combine Government investment with contributions from business. Other sources include EU Framework 7 programme (see below). [See also research landscape documents on energy storage, Hydrogen and bioenergyhowever dwarfed by the activities of a few key international players based in the UK. Although there is now no longer a major passenger vehicle manufacturer headquartered in the UK, the UK still has considerable strengths in the automotive sector mainly in engine design and development and technical consultancy. Also, the UK is the location for European production for the Toyota Auris Hybrid and Nissan’s all electric Leaf (secured with a major government incentive). Johnson Matthey is the world’s leading manufacturer of catalysts for vehicle catalytic convertors designed to reduce pollution and also has considerable fuel cell interests covered elsewhere. Other key UK players in the global market are Ricardo and Lotus Engineering. Bodies with testing/proving grounds (MIRA/Millbrook) are also notable. Ford and Jaguar Land Rover spend around 80 of UKs total annual expenditure on automotive R&D (see NAIGT roadmap) and also have engineering and design facilities in the UK and partner with a number of Universities in collaboration projects or with spin-off companies (eg WMG (Warwick University).The organisations in this area tend to operate on a large scale.
A wide range of organisations addresses transport planning and travel behaviour issues. These include dedicated transport engineering consultancies but increasingly include business, energy and environmental consultants. A number of academic units also deliver basic research, as well as some charities and NGOs such as the Institute for European Environmental Policy, Sustrans and the Low Carbon Vehicles partnership. The Department for Transport and the Scottish Government have also funded demonstration programmes in the area of sustainable travel (“Smarter Choices”) with research undertaken to evaluation the impacts of these investments. These tend to be much smaller in scale than the bodies concerned with vehicle technology.
A small numberof bodies reflect the legacy of national laboratories, or collaborative industrial laboratories. These include TRL (formerly the Transport Research Laboratory) and MIRA (formerly the Motor Industry Research Association). These now operate in competitive mode.
| Name |
Description |
Sub-topics covered |
No of Staff |
Sector |
| AEA Technology Environment | AEA offers technical, strategic and implementation services across the full spectrum of sustainable transport solutions - from research and policy advice on emissions, to advice on lower carbon vehicles/fuels across all modes. AEA manages the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory (NAEI) on behalf of the UK Government. | | | Consulting engineers |
| AECOM | Global provider of professional technical and management support services to a broad range of markets, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, water and government. | - Aviation
- Highways and Bridges
- Freight Rail
- Transit
- Ports and Marine
| | Management consultancy |
| Arup | Independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering a broad range of professional services. | - Aviation
- Energy
- Highways
- Maritime
- Rail
| | Management consultants |
| Atkins | Atkins is one of the world’s leading providers of highway and transport solutions which has more recently become involved in the development of sustainable policies, plans and processes.
| - Transport planning
- Transport management
- Vehicle telematic systems
| | Management consultancy |
| Austin Analytics | Research, analysis, and advice for the public transport industry and its partners
| - Travel information
- ITS
- Transport Planning
- Travel behaviour
| 1 full time staff | Management consultancy |
| Cenex (based at Loughborough University) | Cenex has a team of automotive and low carbon experts providing consultancy and programme delivery services for low carbon projects. | - Fleet carbon reduction advice and tender support
- Strategic consultancy of low carbon technologies
- Vehicle trial and analysis support
- Low carbon vehicle and infrastructure deployment programmes project support
| | |
| DHC | DHC provides transport research and consultancy. DHC supports a wide range of public and private sector clients to deliver solutions to transport and related problems. By undertaking and drawing from leading edge research, DHC seeks to ensure evidence-based policy delivery. | - Transport planning
- Travel Behaviour
- Policy and governance
- Best value
- Land use and transport
- Social inclusion
- Economic development
| 2 full time | Management consultancy |
| E4Tech UK Ltd | E4tech is an international consulting firm dedicated to helping clients meet challenges relating to sustainable energy. | - Fuel cells & hydrogen energy
- Biomass & waste for energy
- Sustainable buildings
- Distributed and renewable energy systems
| 15 staff | Consulting engineers;
Management consultancy |
| Ecolane Ltd | Provides independent advice on how to reduce the environmental impact of road transport through the promotion of low carbon vehicles. | - Green fleet reviews,
- Life cycle assessments of low carbon vehicles,
- Vehicle emissions audits (CO2, NOx),
- Car consumer attitude surveys, analysis of vehicle purchasing behaviour,
- Modelling the impacts of new systems of vehicle taxation.
| 2 full time | Transport;
Environmental Consultancy |
| Element Energy | Strategic energy consultancy. Specialise in the intelligent analysis of low carbon energy in transport, power generation and buildings | - Battery electric, plug-in and hybrid vehicles and infrastructures
- Hydrogen & fuel cells, and refuelling infrastructures
- Consumer acceptance of low-carbon vehicles
- Biofuels
| 12 full time | Energy Consultancy |
| Gfleet | Independent Sustainable Transport Consultancy that works with organisations wishing to reduce the financial, environmental, and social cost of transport. | - Establishing the current fuel usage and mileage profile.
- Quantifying the fleet’s financial and environmental costs.
- Defining the fleet’s air quality impact and safety profile.
- Identifying opportunities to cut fuel use and cost.
- Selecting practical sustainable transport technologies.
- Ensuring that fleet policies are also tax efficient.
- Quantifying the cash and carbon savings from a lower carbon strategy.
| | Transport Consultancy |
| Halcrow Group | Halcrow specialises in the provision of planning, design and management services for infrastructure development worldwide. With interests in transportation, water, maritime and property, the company is undertaking commissions in over 70 countries from a network of more than 70 offices. | - Transport Planning
- Urban planning
- Masterplanning
- Policy research
- Transport economics
- Transport modelling and engineering
- Travel behaviour change
- Transport and global warming
- Environmental assessment
| | Consulting engineers;
Management consultancy |
| IEEP | The Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) undertakes research and consultancy work on the development, implementation and evaluation of environmental and environment-related policies in Europe. | - Environmental technology:
- Transport taxation:
- Soft measures to change travel behaviour
| 28 staff, | NGO |
| IPRT Group | Transport planning, project & regeneration consultancies | - Transport Assessments
- Travel Plans
- Expert Witness
- Transport Modelling
- Transport Masterplanning
- Highways & Roundabout Design
- s106 & s278 Negotiations
- Safety Audits
- Car Parking Strategies
- Development Control
- Development Planning
- Site Feasibility
- Urban Regeneration
- Town Centre Regeneration
- Environmental Enhancement
| | Management consultancy |
| JMP Consultants Ltd | One of the UK’s leading independent transport consultancies | - Business Travel
- Development Planning
- Environment
- Infrastructure & Civil Engineering
- Passenger & Freight Transport
- Policy & Strategy Development
- Sustainable Travel & Behaviour Change
- Traffic Modelling, Signals & Systems
- Urban Design & Masterplanning
| 160 staff | Management consultancy |
| Johnson Matthey Plc, Catalysts Division | Johnson Matthey is a speciality chemicals company focused on its core skills in catalysts, precious metals and fine chemicals. | - Auto-catalysts
- Pollution control systems
- Catalysts and components for fuel cells.
| | Manufacturing |
| Lotus Engineering | Lotus Engineering is one of the world’s premier automotive consultancies with engineering centres world-wide in Asia, North America and Europe. | - Vehicle
- Powertrain
- manufacturing
- design
| | Consulting engineers |
| Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership | A public-private partnership which exists to accelerate the sustainable shift to low carbon vehicles and fuels. Over 200 organisations are engaged from diverse backgrounds including automotive and fuel supply chains, vehicle users, academics and civil society. The Partnership became a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee in April 2009. | - Bus working group
- Passenger car working group
- Commercial vehicles working group
- Fuels working group
| | NGO |
| MDS Transmodal Ltd | MDS Transmodal is an independent consultancy specialising in economic and commercial studies in the transport sector, particularly freight. | - Transport policy
- Transport models
| | Management consultancy |
| Millbrook Proving Ground Ltd | Millbrook provides a comprehensive range of test and development resources With an experienced engineering team, Millbrook’s tracks, laboratories and support services deliver test and development solutions. | | | Consulting engineers |
| Mott MacDonald | Consultancy in areas from transport, energy, building, water and the environment to health and education, industry and communications. | - Transport planning
- Transport modelling
- Major scheme appraisal
- Policy support
- Environmental Impact Analysis
- Behavioural surveys
| | Consulting Engineers;
Management consultancy |
| MVA Consultancy | Provides advice on transport and other policy areas, to central, regional and local government, agencies, developers, operators and financiers. | - Local transport schemes
- Transport modelling
- Data effectiveness
- Transport planning consultancy
- Transport strategy and masterplanning
- Economics and scheme appraisal
- National, regional and mega-urban transport policy
- Social and Market Research
- Scheme delivery
- Business consulting
| | Management consultancy |
| NERA Economic Consulting | NERA Economic Consulting provides independent economic advice to the transport sector. | - Economic regulation
- Industry restructuring
- Institutional structures regulatory reform.
- Public policy
- Competition policy
| | Management consultancy |
| Oaktec | Oaktec is an engineering research and development business concentrating on the development of novel engines, petrol electric hybrid technologies and low carbon automotive technologies | | | R&D science and engineering |
| Ricardo Consulting Engineers | Ricardo is a leading provider of technology, product innovation, engineering solutions and strategic consulting to the world’s automotive industries. It combines business, product and process strategy with fundamental technical research and the implementation of large-scale new product development programmes. IT has three technical centres in the UK developing a variety of technologies related to reducing emissions. | - Business strategy and restructuring
- Process re-engineering, vehicle
- Engine, transmission and driveline design
- Engineering
- Testing
- Systems integration
| | Consulting engineers |
| Sciotech | Sciotech is a university spin-out consultancy firm, which contributes to and manages the development of innovative products /initiatives that contribute to environmentally friendly transport solutions. Sciotech also offers strategic advice concerning efficient use of energy.
| - Electric buses
- Bus economics
| | Consulting engineers |
| Steer Davies Gleave | Large consultancy undertaking transport research in a diverse range of areas
| - Transport planning
- Modelling and forecasting
- Freight and logistics
- Transport technology
- Travel behaviour
| | Management consultancy |
| Sustainable Transport Solutions Network | STS was formed by a group of consultants specialising in environmental transport to enable public and private sector access to a wider sustainable transport knowledge base and project management service. | - Low emissions technologies
- Fleet and consumer attitudes
- Smarter travel choices
- CO2 and air quality management
- Green fleet management
- Project management and training
| 3 | Environmental and social consultants |
| Sustrans | UK Charity concentrating on the development of infrastructure for active travel throughout the UK. Sustrans also act as a broker for and directly undertake research into active travel and campaign for investment in this area. | | | NGO |
| Transport Associates’ Network | Network of Independent Transport Consultants | - Road
- Rail
- Air
- Waterborne
- PT
- Freight Transport
- Pedestrians and Cyclists
- Multimodal and Intermodal connections
| Independent consultants
25 members by invitation only | NGO |
| Transport & Travel Research Ltd | Transport & Travel Research Ltd (TTR) provides transport consultancy services in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe. | - Market & social research
- Stakeholder consultation
- Public transport
- Rural transport
- Travel plans
- Travel awareness
- Transport, energy & environment
- Intelligent transport systems
- Passenger information systems
- Demand management & road pricing
- Transport & disability
- Social exclusion
- European transport research and demonstration projects
| | Management consultancy |
| TRL Ltd | TRL is an independent private company wholly owned by the Transport Research Foundation (TRF). This enables profits made by TRL to be passed to TRF and re-invested in scientific research. The private test track and road network allows clients to test out the latest developments in vehicles, environments and systems. TRL’s library and knowledge resource houses a wide range of knowledge and cutting edge research databases. | - Integrating transport
- Reducing the environmental impact of transport
- Centre for Sustainability has been established in order to address the wider sustainability agenda
| 200 staff | Consulting engineers;
R&D science and engineering |
| Vipre | International consultancy specialising in soft measures | - Travel Planning
- Travel Plan / Project Implementation
- Research, Policy Guidelines and Strategies
- CSR and Environmental Impact
- Managed Operations
- European Mobility Management / Projects
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| WMG | A Warwick University spin off company to develop efficient technologies, established in 1980. It has research expertise spanning digital manufacturing, technologies and healthcare; materials and manufacturing; and operations and business management. An international group, with collaborative centres in the UK, India, China, Malaysia, Russia, Singapore and Thailand. | - Materials manufacturing
- Digital technologies
- Operations and business management
- Low carbon technologies
- Hybrid Vehicles research
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| Zytek Automotive | A specialist powertrain and vehicle engineering enterprise. Sister company of a motorsports outfit developing a worldwide reputation for electric and vehicle drivetrains | - Embedded Software
- Mechanical Design
- Systems and Applications Engineering
- Vehicle Integration and Engineering
- Electronic Design
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| Network |
Date Established |
Description |
Membership Profile |
Activities |
| ACT Travelwise | 2008 | ACT TRAVELWISE was formed in 2008 from a merger of The Association for Commuter Transport (ACT)(which had been founded in 1997) and the National TravelWise Association (NTWA).
ACT Travelwise has the mission “To support our members in their work to promote sustainable travel through provision of first-class learning opportunities, partnership working, marketing support and networking events, all with a specific focus on building expertise and experience in travel planning and other cost-effective demand management measures.” | Transport professionals individuals and companies | - Specialist advice
- Newsletters, factsheets
- Websites, webzines
- Conferences
- Masterclasses, training courses and awards
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| Automotive Council | 2009 | The United Kingdom Automotive Council was established in December 2009. Its establishment was a key recommendation of the industry led New Automotive Innovation and Growth Team (NAIGT) which reported in May of that year. To help take forward the work of the Automotive Council two sub-groups have been established the Supply Chain Group and the Technology Group. | The Council is chaired jointly by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and Industry Chair, Richard Parry Jones. | The Automotive Council aims to: - Create a transformed business environment for the automotive industry in the UK to provide a more compelling investment proposition for related industries;
- Develop further the technology roadmaps for low carbon vehicles and fuels, and exploit opportunities to promote the UK as a strong candidate to develop these and other technologies;
- Develop a stronger and more competitive automotive supply chain;
- Provide a stronger public voice for the industry to support the value of the industry to the UK and to global partners;
- Ensure a strategic, continuous conversation between Government and the automotive industry in the UK.
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| Aviation Environment Federation | 1975 | The Aviation Environment Federation (AEF) is the principal UK non-profit making environmental association concerned with the environmental effects of aviation. | Over 120 affiliated members comprising community and environmental groups, local authorities, parish councils, businesses and consultancies and individuals | - Works closely with local, national and international decision-makers to address the environmental effects of aviation
- Represented on Government and European Commission working groups
- Observer status to the environmental committee of the International Civil Aviation Organisation.
- Advises members on how to approach local airport and airfield issues.
- Newsletter, reports and seminars keep membership up to date with latest environmental news and issues.
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| European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy | 1993 | eceee is a non-profit, membership-based European NGO. The goal of eceee is to stimulate energy efficiency through information exchange and co-operation. | Policy makers, energy practitioners, NGO representatives and researchers involved in the study or promotion of energy efficiency. eceee currently has more than 75 member organisations. In total more than 450 individuals are members of the eceee. This includes both personal members and individuals who are affiliated through their member organisations. | - Annual conference
- Policy advocacy
- Information provision
- Training opportunities
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| European Federation for Transport and the Environment (T&E) | 1990 | Transport & Environment is the principal environmental organisation campaigning on sustainable transport at the EU level in Brussels. supported by around 50 member organisations working to promote an environmentally sound approach to transport across Europe. | Mainly NGOs; e.g. in UK:
Aviation Environment Federation
Campaign for Better Transport
Friends of the Earth
Transform Scotland
Environmental Transport Association | Work primarily in areas of: - Cars and CO2
- Aviation
- Biofuels
- Dirty oil
- Shipping
- Vehicle noise
- Smarter road freight
- EU transport spending
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| Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation (IHT) | | A learned society concerned specifically with the planning, design, construction, maintenance and operation of land-based transport systems and infrastructure. | over 12,000 members | - Promote the exchange of knowledge
- Improve policy formulation
- Stimulate debate on transportation issues
- Recognise and develop individual competence (through qualifications and continuing professional development)
- Encourage best practice in the industry.
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| Chartered Institute of Logistics and Management (CILT) | 1919 | The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK - CILT(UK) - is the professional body for transport, logistics and integrated supply-chain management. | over 22,000 members | The Institute’s activities revolve around eight sectors in the logistics and transport industries: These are: - Supply Chain
- Transport Planning
- Rail
- Active Travel & Travel
- Planning
- Bus & Coach
- Ports, Maritime & Waterways
- Freight Forwarding
- Aviation
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| Local Transport Planning Network | | The network provides means of sharing good practice, carrying out process and performance related benchmarking and enables the development of transport policy ideas on a national level. | Mainly local authority officers | - Dissemination of best practice
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| Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership | 2003, became a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee in April 2009 | The LowCVP is a public-private partnership that exists to accelerate a sustainable shift to lower carbon vehicles and fuels and create opportunities for UK businesses. | Over 200 organisations including:
Automotive industries
Fuel and energy industries - including alternative fuel suppliers
Technology providers
Transport operators
Motoring and consumer groups
Environmental organisations
R&D and the academic community
Finance and investment community
Government (local and central)
Regulatory bodies | Working groups focus on: - buses;
- passenger cars;
- commercial vehicles, and
- fuels.
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| The Network on European Communications and Transport Activity Research (NECTAR) | 1992 | NECTAR is a European-based scientific association with a network culture. The primary objective is to foster research collaboration and exchange of information between experts in the field of transport, communication and mobility from all European countries and the rest of the world.
NECTAR is a multidisciplinary social science network. It brings together a wide variety of standpoints on transport and communication problems and their impacts on society in an international perspective. | NECTAR brings together experts in the field of transport, communication and mobility from all European countries and the rest of the world. | Activity organized in Clusters: - Networks
- Policy and Environment
- Logistics and Freight
- Commuting, Migration and Labour Market
- NECTAR Summer Courses
- Accessibility
- Transport Security
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| Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) | 1914 | The RTPI is a membership organisation, and a registered charity. The RTPI is setting up new Networks to cater for different sectors of the profession. | Most of its members are fully qualified professional planners. Nearly two thirds work as planning officers for local councils. Others work for central government, property developers. | RTPI work is focused on: - Promoting good planning;
- Developing and shaping policy affecting the built environment;
- Raising standards of the planning profession;
- Supporting members through continued professional development; and
- Education and training for future planners.
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| Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders | 1902 | The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) exists to support and promote the interests of the UK automotive industry at home and abroad. Working closely with member companies, SMMT acts as the voice of the motor industry, promoting its position to government, stakeholders and the media. | | - Business Development
- Consumer Advice
- Funding and support
- International Services
- Market intelligence
- Technology and Innovation
- Vehicle data
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| Transport Innovation Network (i-Net) | 2009 | Part funded by the European Regional Development Fund, managed by Loughborough University. Core objective is to grow and develop knowledge transfer between regional Universities in the Midlands and small and medium sized enterprises which form part of the transport economy including the marine, railway, automotive and aerospace sectors | The Transport iNet brings together businesses, sector organisations and universities, all with a common area of interest, innovation expertise and capability within this market sector | - Advice
- Support
- Collaboration
- Development
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| Transport Planning Society | | The Transport Planning Society provides professional development and a meeting place for all those working in the transport sector and leads the response to emerging policy challenges.
Focuses on facilitating, developing and promoting knowledge and understanding best practice in transport planning. | Transport professionals individuals, students and corporate members | - Education and training
- Best practice dissemination
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| Transport Planning Network | 2004 | The Network has been set up as a joint initiative by the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Transport Planning Society to provide a clear and effective voice for all their members with an interest in transport planning issues. | Transport professionals individuals (from RTPI and TPS) | - Disseminates knowledge
- Promotes good practice through the interaction of its members
- Seeks to influence key decision-makers
- Topic focus on transport and climate change and peak oil
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| UMARI University of Manchester Aerospace Research Institute | 2005 | Brings together more than 100 academics to tackle the multidisciplinary challenges faced by the aerospace industry in the 21st Century. Extensive research and technology programmes, aligning directly with international and national industrial priorities and 2020 Vision, are being delivered for greener, faster, safer and more extensive travel. | Membership University of Manchester Academics | - Interdisciplinary research centre
- Key influencer of the aerospace industry
- Offering continuous professional development opportunities to industry.
- Recruiting, training and retaining world class researchers
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| University Transport Studies Group | 1967 | UTSG aims to promote transport teaching and research and to act as a focus for those involved in these activities in universities and institutions of higher education in the UK and Ireland. | Member institutions (>50) are expected to be conducting a substantial amount of postgraduate research in the field of transport. In addition to the membership from the UK and Ireland, over 70 academic institutions are represented on its list of overseas correspondents | - An annual conference for staff, research students and other relative newcomers to transport research of member institutions and overseas universities
- Liaison with users and sponsors of transport research aimed at promoting the benefits of university research, the timely dissemination of information on research opportunities and relevant research activities to UTSG members
- Occasional informal seminars and workshops.
Ensuring sufficient and sustained financial support for transport research and education at all levels - Email discussion/dissemination list
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| The Forge | 2011 | A network of social science researchers interested in novel ways of conceptualising and analysing transport and travel.
Funded by ESRC and led by University of Leeds and Lancaster University. | Research students, researchers and early career policy makers | Key objectives are to: - Iintegrate transport researchers - often isolated in areas of applied research - in wider communities of social science/social theory.
- Promote substantive and critical discussion around topics relating to transport, travel and mobility from a range of social scientific perspectives.
- Develop a self-sustaining network of researchers in transport, travel and mobilities research that will provide a step-change in the research capacity of the community.
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| ways2work | | Formerly known as the National Business Travel Network, ways2work provides practical guidance in promoting sustainable travel and reduced travel in companies as a strategic part of a business improvement programme - whether the focus is on business efficiency, environmental management, work site development or the promotion of employee physical and psychological wellness.
Department for Transport initiative | Companies of all sizes | - Workplace travel planning
- Best practice dissemination
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| Travel Behaviours Network | 2011 | EPSRC funded network to bring together five projects funded by its “Transport Grand Challenge: Travel behaviour habits and practice” programme | Brings together members of the five projects but is open to the transport academic and professional community | Featured projects: - Disruption
- MOT test data
- Reflect
- Sixth sense transport
- Smart e-bikes
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| Transport Knowledge Transfer Network | 2010 | Funded by government; managed in partnership with TSB. The mission of the Transport KTN is to support the development of integrated, efficient and sustainable transport systems, by bringing together independent but interrelated organisations to stimulate innovation through knowledge transfer.
publicly funded by the UK government. | Brings together people from businesses, universities, research, finance and technology organisations. | Identified priority areas: - Consortia building
- Energy efficiency
- Harnessing data for transport
- Intelligent mobility
- Intelligent transport systems
- Lightweighting
- Low carbon
- Technology roadmaps
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| ITS-UK | | The UK association for the promotion of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), is a not-for-profit public/private sector association financed by members’ subscriptions, and provides a forum for all organisations concerned with ITS. | Over 160 UK organisations, comprises Government Departments, Local Authorities, Police Forces, consultants, manufacturing and service companies, and academic and research institutions. | - Targeted Interest Groups, Task Forces and other fora, to lead the debate about and knowledge of ITS deployment.
- Educating and informing practitioners and stakeholders both within and beyond the current ITS community.
- Demonstrating best practice
- Identifying, brokering and commissioning research
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| Transport Research & Innovation Portal (TRIP) | | EU funded platform for exchanging information and providing strategic advice, experiences and new ideas - across national borders - to improve the dissemination of transport research.
Formerly TRIP was known as the Transport Research Knowledge Centre (TRKC). | European Commission
Member states’ ministries
Industry and professional associations
Research institutes and Universities
Networks of Excellence and Thematic Platforms
Transport research initiatives or projects
Transport research organizations
International organizations
Media | - Dissemination of best practice
- Policy advocacy
- Developing tools for sustainable mobility
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| Project |
Objectives |
Action Line |
Type of Action |
UK Participants |
Co-ordinator and Partners |
Total Funding |
EU Funding |
Duration |
Annual Spend |
2020 INTERFACE
Tailoring of Tribological Interfaces for Clean and Energy-Efficient Diesel and Gasoline Power Trains | Durability and friction control in internal combustion engines is currently delivered from a complex package of lubricant additives in a fully formulated engine oil. These oil additives, through tribochemical interaction with the surface, produce nanostructured composite, self-healing and smart tribofilms at the surface. 2020 Interface involves the design of the complete system; functionalised Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coating and future generation lubricant to enable the Europe s stretching targets in fuel economy and durability to be met. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | University of Leeds
Lubrizol Limited | University of Leeds
10 Partners | €3 871 203 | €2 591 690 | 2009-12-01 to 2012-11-30 | €1 290 401 |
ARCHIMEDES
Achieving real change with innovative transport measures demonstrating energy savings
| ARCHIMEDES is an integrating project, bringing together 6 European cities to address problems and opportunities for creating environmentally sustainable, safe and energy efficient transport systems in medium sized urban areas. The objective of ARCHIMEDES is to introduce innovative, integrated and ambitious strategies for clean, energy-efficient, sustainable urban transport to achieve significant impacts in the policy fields of energy, transport, and environmental sustainability. | FP7 - Transport | Large-scale integrating project | Brighton & Hove Bus And Coach Company Limited
Brighton & Hove City Council | Aalborg Kommune
16 Partners | €26 001 794 | €15 982 452 | 2008-09-15 to 2012-09-14 | €6 500 448 |
BESST
Breakthrough in European Ship and Shipbuilding Technologies | Initiated by EUROYARDS, BESST aims to achieve a breakthrough in competitiveness, environmentally friendliness and safety of EU built ships. Focusing on passenger ships, ferries and mega-yachts, the results will to a large extend be applicable also to other ships. A holistic life cycle performance assessment on ship level will guide the technical developments on system level, clustered in System Groups. | FP7 Transport | Large-scale integrating project | Safinah Limited
University of Southampton
Shipbuilders And Shiprepairers Association
University of Strathclyde | Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani Spa
68 Partners | €28 938 840 | €17 457 500 | 2009-09-01 to 2013-02-28 | €8 904 258 |
BIODME
Production of DME from biomass and utilisation as fuel for transport and for industrial use | To demonstrate production of environmentally optimised synthetic biofuel from lignocellulosic biomass at industrial scale. The final output of this demonstration is dimethylether (DME) produced from black liquor through the production of clean synthesis gas and a final fuel synthesis step. In order to check technical standards, commercial possibilities and engine compatibilities the bio-DME will be tested in a fleet consisting of 14 Volvo trucks. | FP7 Energy | Collaborative project (generic) | Delphi Diesel Systems Limited | Volvo Powertrain Ab
7 Partners | €28 258 244 | €8 199 969 | 2008-09-01 to 2012-08-31 | €28 258 244 |
CAPIRE
Coordination Action on PPP Implementation for Road-Transport Electrification | The Coordination Action CAPIRE will prepare and support the realization of a Public Private Partnership (PPP) sustaining and putting into practice the European Green Cars Initiative. Its activities will be focused on two major fields: a careful consideration of options for the aims, shape, and implementation paths a PPP, and the identification of technology roadblocks and the respective research needs within FP7. | FP7 Transport | Coordination (or networking) actions | Transport For London | Renault S.A.S. Represented By GIE Regienov
14 Partners | €2 145 199 | €1 699 819 | 2010-12-01 to 2014-11-30 | €536 299 |
CARBOTRAF
A Decision Support System for Reducing CO2 and Black Carbon Emissions by Adaptive Traffic Management | The project aims to realize a method, system and tools for adaptively influencing traffic in real-time to reduce CO2 - and black carbon (BC) emissions caused by road transport in urban and inter-urban areas. | FP7 - ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | Imperial College of Science, Technology And Medicine
Air Monitors Ltd | Ait Austrian Institute of Technology Gmbh
8 Partners | €4 472 545 | €3 060 000 | 2011-09-01 to 2014-08-31 | €1 490 848 |
CASTOR
Car multi propulsion integrated power train | The main objective of CASTOR is to integrate an innovative distributed propulsion system on fully electrical vehicles. Future electrical propulsion concepts demand more efficiency and less complexity with great functionality, high robustness and light weight and need to run in a wide ambient temperature range. | FP& - ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | The University of Sheffield
Magnomatics Limited | Infineon Technologies AG
7 Partners | €5 315 615 | €3 400 000 | 2010-06-01 to 2013-05-31 | €1 771 871 |
CHIC
Clean Hydrogen in European Cities | The Clean Hydrogen in European Cities (CHIC) Project is the essential next step to full commercialisation of hydrogen powered fuel cell (H2FC) buses. CHIC will reduce the time to market for the technology and support market lift off . The project is based on a staged introduction and build-up of H2FC bus fleets and the supporting infrastructure across Europe. A phased approach will link experienced and new cities in partnerships, greatly facilitating the smooth introduction of the new systems now and into the future. With this arrangement the project will be linked to projects fully funded from other sources and therefore magnifies the impact of the JTI. In the context of the H2FC bus projects and progress achieved to this point, the expected results of CHIC will take the technology to the brink of commercialisation, leading in turn to very significant environmental & economic benefits to Europe and to the World. | FP7 JTI | Joint Technology Initiatives - Collaborative Project (FCH) | London Bus Services Limited
Element Energy Limited | Evobus Gmbh
25 Partners | €81 894 400 | €25 878 334 | 2010-04-01 to 2016-12-31 | €12 132 503 |
CLEANER-D
Clean European rail - diesel | CLEANER-D will build on the basis of several application sub-projects, representative of the different engine applications (rail cars, Diesel Multiple Units, shunting locomotives, main line light and heavy-haul locomotives) that will enable the industry to evaluate the different solutions to be applied to rail systems in real operating conditions.
The optimum trade-off between the reduction of pollutant emissions by rail vehicles and the fuel energy consumption and CO2 emissions, as well as the overall impact of the applied technologies on the environment through a life cycle assessment approach, will be identified by this experimental part of the project. | FP7 Transport | Large-scale integrating project | Association of Train Operating Companies
The Engine Consultancy Limited
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne | Union Des Industries Ferroviaires Europeennes UNIFE
26 Partners | €13 343 593 | €7 975 574 | 2009-06-01 to 2013-05-31 | €3 335 898 |
CLIMSAVE
Climate change integrated assessment methodology for cross-sectoral adaptation and vulnerability in Europe | CLIMSAVE will develop and apply an integrated methodology for stakeholder-led, climate change impact and vulnerability assessment that explicitly evaluates regional and continental scale adaptation options, and cross-sectoral interactions between the key sectors driving landscape change in Europe (agriculture, forests, biodiversity, coasts/floodplains, water resources, urban development and transport). A range of sectoral meta-models will be linked within a common assessment platform that is user-friendly, interactive and web-based to allow the rapid reproduction of climate change impacts by stakeholders themselves. | FP7 - Environment | Small or medium-scale focused research project | The University of Oxford
University of Southampton
The University of Edinburgh
Cranfield University | The University of Oxford
18 Partners | €4 162 641 | €3 149 644 | 2010-01-01 to 2013-06-30 | €1 189 326 |
COCOPS
Coordinating for Cohesion in the Public Sector of the Future | The COCOPS project (Coordinating for Cohesion in the Public Sector of the Future) seeks to comparatively and quantitatively assess the impact of New Public Management-style (NPM) reforms in European countries, drawing on a team of leading European public administration scholars. This evidence-based project focuses on the national level and the important policy domains of health and employment services, and the utilities of water, energy and transport. It will analyse the impact of reforms in public management and public services that address citizens service needs and social cohesion in Europe. Evaluating the extent and consequences of NPM s alleged fragmenting tendencies and the resulting need for coordination is a key part of assessing these impacts. Subsequently, COCOPS will map and analyse innovative mechanisms in the public sector to improve policy coordination and its associated effects on economic competition, public sector performance, social cohesion and societal outcomes. | FP7 SSH | Small or medium-scale focused research project | Cardiff University
The University of Exeter | Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
11 Partners | €3 394 527 | €2 698 927 | 2011-01-01 to 2014-06-30 | €969 864 |
DECOMOBIL
Support action to contribute to the preparation of future community research programme in user centred Design for ECO-multimodal MOBILity | DECOMOBIL will take advantage of the structured research network set up in HUMANIST NoE and followed up in HUMANIST VCE, in order to develop and widely disseminate knowledge in the area of human centred design of ICT for sustainable transport. | FP7 ICT | Coordination and support actions | TRL Limited | Humanist | €407 685 | €311 000 | 2011-10-01 to 2014-09-30 | €135 895 |
DELIVER
Design of Electric LIght Vans for Environment-impact Reduction | CO2 emissions, noise emissions and other negative impacts caused by present urban delivery concepts and specifically by the delivery vehicles are unsustainable in present and future European urban life. Fully electric light delivery vehicles (LDV) not only offer zero local CO2 emissions and close-to-zero noise emissions. The change in propulsion technology from ICE to electric powertrains will lead to the integration of new components and systems, while others undergo changes or become obsolete. The possibility to integrate the electric motor into the wheel further increases the design freedom, especially if also suspension and regenerative braking can be integrated into it. This opens up new freedom in design and clears the way for new urban delivery vehicle concepts. DELIVER is to produce and physically showcase design research results that allow for full exploitation of this new freedom, while responding to changing future market demands. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | HPL Prototypes Ltd
Lec 2 Limited | Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen
9 Partners | €4 305 811
| €2 799 594 | 2011-11-01 to 2014-10-31 | €1 435 270 |
DIRECTFUEL
Direct biological conversion of solar energy to volatile hydrocarbon fuels by engineered cyanobacteria | The objective of the DirectFuel project is to develop photosynthetic microorganisms that catalyze direct conversion of solar energy and carbon dioxide to engine-ready fuels. A key process target of the proposal is direct in the sense that fuel production should not require destructive extraction and further chemical conversion to generate directly useable transport fuels. | FP7 Energy | Collaborative project (generic) | The University of Manchester | Turun Yliopisto | €4 977 781 | €3 729 519 | 2010-10-01 to 2014-09-30 | €2 244 445 |
ECODRIVER
Supporting the driver in conserving energy and reducing emissions | ecoDriver addresses the need to consider the human element when encouraging green driving, since driver behaviour is a critical element in energy efficiency. The focus of the project is on technology working with the driver. The project aims to deliver the most effective feedback to drivers on green driving by optimising the driver-powertrain-environment feedback loop. It will carry out a substantial programme of work to investigate how best to win the support of the driver to obtain the most energy-efficient driving style for best energy use. | FP7 ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | University of Leeds | University of Leeds
11 Partners | €14 534 512 | €10 700 000 | 2011-10-01 to 2015-09-30 | €3 633 128 |
ECOGEM
Cooperative Advanced Driver Assistance System for Green Cars | EcoGem claims that the success and user acceptability of Fully Electric Vehicles (FEVs) will predominantly depend on their electrical energy consumption rate and the corresponding degree of autonomy that they can offer. EcoGem aims at providing efficient ICT-based solutions to this great issue, by designing and developing a FEV-oriented highly-innovative Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), equipped with suitable monitoring, learning, reasoning and management capabilities that will help increase the FEV s autonomy and energy efficiency. | FP7 ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | University of Bradford | Temsa Global Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
10 Partners | €3 157 978 | €2 043 922 | 2010-09-01 to 2013-02-28 | €1 403 545 |
ECOMOVE
Cooperative Mobility Systems and Services for Energy Efficiency | The eCoMove project will create an integrated solution for road transport energy efficiency by developing systems and tools to help drivers sustainably eliminate unnecessary fuel consumption (and thus CO2 emissions), and to help road operators manage traffic in the most energy-efficient way. By applying this combination of cooperative systems using vehicle-infrastructure communication, the project aims to reduce fuel consumption by 20 overall. This target can be achieved by:
-Saving unnecessary kilometers driven (optimising routes)
-Helping driver to save fuel (optimising driver behaviour)
-Managing traffic more efficiently (optimising network management) | FP7 - ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | NEC Europe Ltd | European Road Transport Telematics Implementation Coordination Organisation S.C.R.L.
32 Partners | €22 683 546 | €13 700 000 | 2010-04-01 to 2013-03-31 | €7 561 182 |
| ECOSHELL Development of new light high-performance environmentally benign composites made of bio-materials and bio-resins for electric car application | ECOSHELL is concerned with the development of optimal structural solutions for superlight electric vehicles (category L6 and L7e), decreasing its environmental footprint and using an innovative bio-composite material for the vehicle body. Traditionally this category of urban vehicles has been relatively expensive and lacking of sufficient security measures compared to a classic vehicle (category m1 n1), thus less attractive for popular use. However, a body car lighter than 100Kg can allow the electric vehicles to have acceptable performances at an affordable price, due to lower power of the engine and lower energy consummation. This project aims at handling the first two major draw backs (production cost and safety) while further improving the associated environmental advantages via the application of innovative biodegradable materials for the vehicle body . | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | Cranfield University
GRM Consulting Ltd | Conception Etudes Realisation Et Gestion Informatique SAS
10 Partners | €3 879 032 | €2 800 000 | 2011-01-01 to 2013-09-30 | €1 410 557 |
ECOSTAND
ECOSTAND - Coordination Action for creating a common assessment methodology and joint research agenda with Japan and the USA on ITS applications focusing on energy efficiency and CO2 reduction | The overall objectives of ECOSTAND are to provide the necessary support to permit the agreement on a common methodology for assessing the effects of ITS on energy consumption and CO2 emissions. This will enable future ITS investment and policy decisions to be taken on the basis of sound and detailed knowledge of their environmental impacts. ECOSTAND favours a continuous dialogue between the EU, Japan and USA on the assessment of ITS, permitting a high quality EU contribution to the definition of a joint research agenda and an agreed assessment methodology, and actively stimulating cooperation between the three regions. Furthermore, ECOSTAND will stimulate the exchange of information on state-of-the-art modelling techniques and simulation tools, and will promote the definition of a common agenda for future research in this area. | FP7 ICT | Coordination and support actions | TRL Limited | Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO
8 Partners | €864 378 | €720 000 | 2010-11-01 to 2013-10-31 | €288 126 |
EFUTURE
Safe and Efficient Electrical Vehicle | The idea of intelligent vehicles that cope with safety requirements and adapt their energy needs is a long-term strategy. We have started our work with successive European research projects in the last years by starting with the development of a drive-by-wire platform, but the combustion engine is still a drawback. eFuture wants to prepare the next generation of electric vehicle based on our first prototype by creating a platform which minimises its energy needs but can still optimise dynamically its decision between safety and energy efficiency. Our key issues will be the optimisation of this energy usage and its influence on the vehicle/driver. | FP7 ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | Tata Motors European Technical Centre Plc | Intedis Gmbh & Co KG
6 Partners | €6 962 428 | €3 952 407 | 2010-09-01 to 2013-08-31 | €2 320 089 |
E-LIGHT
Advanced Structural Light-Weight Architectures for Electric Vehicles | The automotive industry has not yet decided which the optimum architecture solution for electric vehicles is; this and the fact that requirements and constraints deriving from an electrical power-train are much less stringent in several areas make necessary to study new solutions specifically designed for the particularities of electric vehicles. Therefore E-LIGHT proposal aims at exploring all the aspects and requirements for optimal electric vehicle architectures. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | The University of Sheffield
Ricardo UK Limited | Fundacion Cidaut
8 Partners | €2 938 649 | €2 099 874 | 2011-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | €979 549 |
EMININN
Environmental Macro Indicators of Innovation | EMInInn aims at assessing the environmental impacts associated with innovation. EMInInn will incorporate and integrate a number of advanced analytical approaches for the ex post assessment of the macro-environmental impacts of innovation. This methodology will be applied in different areas of technological innovation:
- Energy sources and conversion technologies
- Information and Communication Technologies
- Transport
- Built environment and buildings
- Waste management | FP7 Environment | Collaborative project (generic) | University College London | Wuppertal Institut Fur Klima, Umwelt, Energie Gmbh.
7 Partners | €3 137 656 | €2 454 237 | 2011-11-01 to 2015-04-30 | €922 840 |
EM-SAFETY
EM safety and Hazards Mitigation by proper EV design | The project aims at increasing the public confidence in the safety regarding electromagnetic fields (EMF) in the fully electric vehicles (FEV). Public expectations to move towards the electrification of road transport are driven by a multitude of factors and concerns including: climate change, primary energy dependence and public health as well as cost and scarcity of raw materials. Road transport remains the main source of many local noxious emissions including benzene, 1,3-butadiene, carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM). Within urban areas, the noxious emissions due to road transport are particularly high. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | Mira Ltd | Stiftelsen Sintef
10 Partners | €3 098 311 | €2 249 830 | 2011-05-01 to 2014-01-31 | €1 191 658 |
EUROENERGEST
Increase of Automotive Car Industry Competitiveness through an Integral and Artificial Intelligence Driven Energy Management System | Euroenergest project aims is to reduce 10 of energy consumption in a specific areas of the automotive industry, such as HVAC.
For achieving this goal, an Intelligent Energy Management Systems (iEMS) will be developed. iEMS will be able to interact with industrial loads and available power sources with the objective of optimizing the demanded power and costs, as well as maximizing local and low-carbon energy sources (photovoltaics and CHP). | FP7 ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | Brunel University | Ingenieria Y Servicios De Eficiencia Energetica SL
6 Partners | €3 435 276 | €2 594 965 | 2011-10-01 to 2014-09-30 | €1 145 092 |
E-VECTOORC
Electric-VEhicle Control of individual wheel Torque for On- and Off-Road Conditions (E-VECTOORC) | The E-VECTOORC project brings together 11 complementary partners from industrial and research backgrounds to address the individual control of the electric motor torques of fully electric vehicles to enhance safety, comfort and fun-to-drive in both on- and off-road driving conditions. | FP7 ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | University of Surrey
Jaguar Cars Limited
Land Rover | University of Surrey
11 Partners | €4 763 986 | €3 094 997 | 2011-09-01 to 2014-08-31 | €1 587 995 |
FCGEN
Fuel Cell Based On-board Power Generation | For truck applications the increasing demand for electrical power when the vehicle stands still has lead to an increasing need for an onboard electric power generator which operates with high efficiency and very low emissions. A fuel cell based auxiliary power unit (APU), with a diesel fuel processor is regarded as one of the most interesting options since it combines high efficiency, low emissions and the use of the same fuel as the main engine. The overall objectives of FCGEN are to develop and demonstrate a proof-of-concept complete fuel cell auxiliary power unit in a real application, onboard a truck. | FP7 JTI | Joint Technology Initiatives - Collaborative Project (FCH) | Johnson Matthey PLC. | Volvo Technology AB
8 Partners | €10 338 414 | €4 342 854 | 2011-11-01 to 2014-10-31 | €3 446 138 |
HERCULES-C
Higher Efficiency, Reduced Emissions, Increased Reliability and Lifetime, Engines for Ships | HERCULES was conceived in 2002 as a long-term R&D Programme, to develop new technologies for marine engines. It is the outcome of a joint vision by the two major European engine manufacturer Groups MAN & WARTSILA, which together hold 90 of the worlds marine engine market.
The present proposed HERCULES-C project is the Phase III of the HERCULES Programme. In order to take marine engine technology a step further towards improved sustainability in energy production and total energy economy, an extensive integration of the multitude of the new technologies developed in Phases I and II is required. HERCULES-C addresses this challenge by adopting a combinatory approach for engine thermal processes optimization, system integration, as well as engine reliability and lifetime. | FP7 Transport | Large-scale integrating project | Bodycote Metallurgical Coating Limited | National Technical University of Athens
22 Partners | €17 017 583 | €9 397 174 | 2012-01-01 to 2014-12-31 | €5 672 527 |
HERMES
Establishing a CompreHEnsive transport Research information Management and Exchange System | Globalisation is accelerating, and this has an impact on the way we produce, share and use knowledge. Major global challenges such as climate change, energy supply, security of the citizen, etc., highlight the need for effective global S&T cooperation to promote sustainable development. Nowhere is this more important than in the area of Transportation R&D because an efficient and effective transport system is a fundamental prerequisite for economic growth. Furthermore, challenges transportation systems face such as congestion, security, energy efficiency and environmental problems are global concerns. The HERMES project aims to develop a closer and more effective communication, between researchers working in the field of transport technologies in the EU, and their counterparts around the world by facilitating the exchange of information and developing a framework for long term collaboration. This will be achieved through the establishment of a common portal for accessing information from databases of past and ongoing research projects worldwide, in collaboration with database managers worldwide. | FP7 Transport | Support actions | University of Newcastle Upon Tyne | University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
5 Partners | €814 000 | €730 150 | 2011-11-01 to 2014-01-31 | €271 333 |
HIGH V.LO-CITY
Cities speeding up the integration of hydrogen buses in public fleets | Several European bus manufacturers consider the hybrid fuel cell (FCH) bus as the most promising technology to facilitate the decarbonisation of public transport. By leveraging the experiences of past fuel cell bus projects, implementing technical improvements that increase efficiency and reduce costs of FCH buses, as well as introducing a modular approach to hydrogen refuelling infrastructure build-up, the High V(Flanders).L(Liguria) O(ScOtland)-City project aims at significantly increasing the velocity of integrating these buses on a larger scale in European bus operations. | FP7 JTI | Joint Technology Initiatives - Collaborative Project (FCH) | Aberdeen City Council | 12 Partners | | | | €6 317 334 |
HI-WI
Materials and drives for High & Wide efficiency electric powertrains | Drives for Fully Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Electric Vehicles develop their highest efficiency of around 93 95 within a speed range of usually 1/4 to 1/3 of the maximum, and at an ideal torque, whereas in real-life driving cycles the motor operates at a wider range of speeds and at partial load, resulting in much lower efficiency.
Hi-Wi will address this mismatch by advancing the design and manufacture of drive trains through:
- Holistic design across magnetic, thermal, mechanical and control electronics/algorithms in line with real-life use rather than a single-point rating .
- The use of variable flux approaches in which the flux of the motor can be adjusted in real-time according to the load condition to maximise efficiency. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | University of Cambridge University of Sheffield | 7 Partners | | | | €1 186 962 |
HYMAR
High efficiency hybrid drive trains for small and medium sized marine craft | Marine diesel electric and hybrid drive systems have been used in large ships and submarines for many years but have not yet been successfully transferred to smaller craft, despite claims to the contrary. Numerous attempts have been made, some very recent, but all have been sub optimal and most have failed completely. These failures are due to a lack of underpinning research and of certain key components. The project has the following objectives: Zero emissions to air and zero external noise and vibration in port Reduction of overall fuel consumption by 30 , tending to >90 on applications such as long distance sailing boats using regenerative techniques CO2 reduction of >30 in all off design point applications (e.g.fishing boats and small commercial ferries) 50 reduction in HC and NOx. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | Triskel Marine Ltd
E-Motion Special Projects Ltd
Bruntons Propellers Limited
Enersys Limited | 10 Partners | | | | €973 303 |
HYTEC
Hydrogen Transport in European Cities | The HyTEC project will expand the existing European network of hydrogen demonstration sites into two of the most promising early markets for hydrogen and fuel cells, Denmark and the UK. The capital cities of Copenhagen and London will deploy a fleet of 30 next generation hydrogen fuel cell passenger vehicles in three different vehicle classes taxis, passenger cars and scooters. These state-of-the-art vehicles will be used in day to day urban fleet operations, thus taking a step forward from technology demonstration projects, towards fuel cell vehicles in the hands of real users. | FP7 JTI | Joint Technology Initiatives - Collaborative Project (FCH) | Air Products PLC
Greater London Authority
BAA Airports Limited
Intelligent Energy Limited
LTI Limited
Element Energy Limited
Cenex - Centre Of Excellence For Low Carbon And Fuel Cell Technologies
London Bus Services Limited | 16 Partners | | | | €9 086 363 |
ICARGO
Intelligent Cargo in Efficient and Sustainable Global Logistics Operations | iCargo IP aims at advancing and extending the use of ICT to support new logistics services that: (i) synchronize vehicle movements and logistics operations across various modes and actors to lower CO2 emissions, (ii) adapt to changing conditions through dynamic planning methods involving intelligent cargo, vehicle and infrastructure systems and (iii) combine services, resources and information from different stakeholders, taking part in an open freight management ecosystem. To achieve the above targets, iCargo will design and implement a decentralized ICT infrastructure that allows real world objects, new planning services including CO2 calculation capabilities and existing systems to co-exist and efficiently co-operate at an affordable cost for logistics stakeholders. | FP7 ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | BMT Group Limited | 29 Partners | | | | €4 897 971 |
INOMANS2HIP
INOvative Energy MANagement System for Cargo SHIP | The INOMANS2HIP concept aims at proposing a break-through energy management system aboard ships based on a preferred DC network integrating all potential sources of energy. A Life-Cycle Analysis study will be performed. The proposed energy management system will gather data in real time and will be able to anticipate and optimize energy needs for each operational configuration of the ship considering risk levels while systematically favouring less polluting and cost effective sources of energy. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | University of Newcastle Upon Tyne National Renewable Energy Centre Limited | 9 Partners | | | | €1 141 585 |
INROADS
INtelligent Renewable Optical ADvisory System (INROADS) | This project aims to develop Intelligent Road Studs (IRS) combining LED lighting, sensor systems and communication technologies. The IRS will integrate renewable energy technologies that will fully or partially power the devices, making them self contained. The principle identified renewable technologies are solar photovoltaic and piezoelectric, although other sources will be investigated. Powering the units using renewable energy will reduce carbon emissions and allow for their use on sections of highway with no readily available power source. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | TRL Limited
Siemens Public Limited Company | 8 Partners | | | | €1 281 023 |
INTESUSAL
Demonstration of integrated and sustainable enclosed raceway and photobioreactor microalgae cultivation with biodiesel production and validation. | This project will demonstrate an optimised approach to generate biofuels from algae in a sustainable manner on an industrial scale. It will integrate prior high quality research which has been undertaken at national and international levels; both with public support and with private finance. | FP7 - Energy | Collaborative project (generic) | Centre For Process Innovation Limited
National Renewable Energy Centre Limited | 9 Partners | | | | €2 081 250 |
KITVES
Airfoil-based solution for vessel on-board energy production destined to traction and auxiliary services | The problem that will be the object of the project is the generation of electric energy on vessels. In the troposphere, the wind increases its velocity with the altitude and this velocity is also more constant. KiteVes solution is based on the on-board realisation of a wind-powered generator, capable to harvest the altitude wind and to efficiently convert wind power into electrical power. The kites will be equipped with sensors. The sensors will identify position, orientation and acceleration of each kite. The data will be transmitted to a control unit (placed on the vessel) which pilot motors (also placed on the vessel). | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | University of Sheffield | 10 Partners | | | | €1 063 514 |
MAENAD
Model-based Analysis & Engineering of Novel Architectures for Dependable Electric Vehicles | The challenges faced in the engineering of Fully Electric Vehicles (FEV) are already partly met by EAST-ADL2, an emerging automotive architecture description language (ADL) compliant with AUTOSAR, and that EAST-ADL2 is the appropriate vehicle for fully meeting these challenges. MAENAD will extend EAST-ADL2 with advanced capabilities to facilitate development of dependable, efficient and affordable FEV. | FP7 ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | University of Hull | 12 Partners | | | | €1 349 196 |
MESMA
Monitoring and Evaluation of Spatially Managed Areas | The increasing pressures upon the marine realm call for a well planned approach of further spatial development of this area. An ecosystem-based approach to fisheries, the increasing demand for sustainable energy, coastal defence systems, building materials and safe transport routes and the need to protect marine habitats and species all compete for the same valuable space. At the same time climate change will alter the composition and functioning of marine ecosystems, calling for a robust approach of future spatial planning that also takes cross boundary developments into account. MESMA will supply innovative methods and integrated strategies for governments, local authorities, stakeholders and other managerial bodies for planning and decision making at different local, national and European scales. | FP7 Environment | Large-scale integrating project | Heriot-Watt University
University College London
DEFRA | 21 Partners | | | | €2 149 628 |
MODUM
Models for Optimising Dynamic Urban Mobility | MODUM addresses the environmental footprint in the transport sector by aiming to develop a new approach for pro-active demand-responsive management of traffic to enable energy-efficient multi-modal transport choices accommodating dynamic variations, minimising the environmental impact and improving the quality of life in urban environments. Moreover, MODUM will consider commuters, in combinations of both private and public transport, facing dynamic conditions such as unexpected disturbances typical of urban environments. | FP7 - ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | University of Manchester
Nottingham City Council
The Nottingham Trent University | 9 Partners | | | | €1 022 788 |
MOVE IT!
Modernisation of Vessels for Inland waterway freight Transport | In response to the calls demand for cost effective modernization of the inland fleet for freight transport, MoVe IT! develops a suite of options for the modernisation of inland ships that meet the challenges of over-aging of the fleet, climate change and stronger environmental objectives and provides decision support regarding the application of these options. In this suite of options, knowledge gained from new buildings, technology transfer from other transport modes, improvement of energy efficiency & ecological performance, transition to the post-fossil-fuel-era and adaptation to new ADN rules are prominent | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | University of Plymouth | 24 Partners | | | | €1 320 825 |
OSIRIS
Optimal Strategy to Innovate and Reduce energy consumption In urban rail Systems | OSIRIS proposes a holistic approach for the reduction of energy consumption for urban rail systems embracing vehicles, infrastructure and operation, as is proposed by. The project will start from the definition of Key Performance Indicators and Standard Duty Cycles to measure energy consumption in urban rail systems. Then, rather than focussing only on specific technologies, it will address the issue from the system-level ensuring that progresses on energy reduction are substantial. The effectiveness of solutions and their full potential will be proven by means of simulations and pilot tests. | FP7 Transport | Large-scale integrating project | University of Newcastle Upon Tyne | 17 Partners | | | | €2 469 434 |
P-MOB
Integrated Enabling Technologies for Efficient Electrical Personal Mobility | The P-MOB project is aiming at breaking the link between the growth in transport capacity and increased fatalities, congestion and pollution. P-MOB addresses the above challenges proposing: a novel concept of fully electrical personal mobility, reduction of system complexity concentrating on the essentials, advanced systems integration including solar cells, e-motor and magnetic torque control of the wheel, power-energy management, distributed pack of accumulators, technologies to sell-buy electricity by adaptable vehicle to grid connections. On an average day in South EU the propose vehicle is aiming at 20 km/day by using solar energy only. | FP7 ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | The University of Sheffield
Magnomatics Limited | 7 Partners | | | | €1 450 865 |
| POINTER Support action for evaluation and monitoring of CIVITAS plus | CIVITAS POINTER is the Support Action to support cities and the EC with the monitoring (1) evaluation (2) of the whole CIVITAS Plus action. Objectives of CIVITAS POINTER are:
- Independent formal monitoring of the project deliverables and reports from the demonstration projects and provision of specialist and independent advice to the European Commission;
- Independent overall cross-site evaluation of the measures taken by the CIVITAS Plus cities on different levels; this consists of 1) an impact evaluation, assessing achieved results in relation to the objectives and the base case (no measures) of CIVITAS Plus projects, and 2) a process evaluation, assessing achieved results and implementation processes of the CIVITAS Plus project measures in relation to the planned measures and implementation processes.
- Development of clear European-level policy recommendations on the basis of validated city results;
- Dissemination of best practices on monitoring and evaluation based upon the experiences gained in CIVITAS POINTER | FP7 Transport | Support actions | University of Southampton | 7 Partners | | | | €961 807 |
POSE2IDON
Power optimised ship for environment with electric innovative designs on board | The electric ship concept offers many benefits; among other aspects if offers flexibility of control and effectiveness of power transmission. But predominantly it enables higher energy conversion efficiency by ensuring that prime movers are effectively loaded at all times and across all operating conditions. This dominating advantage cannot be matched by mechanical transmission systems because gearboxes offer little chance of integrating a high number of prime movers in the restricted space of a ship whereas this integration is straight forward when managed electrically. | FP7 Transport | Large-scale integrating project | BMT Defence Services Limited
Rolls-Royce Power Engineering PLC
Converteam Technology Ltd
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne | 30 Partners | | | | €5 366 057 |
PRIMUS
Policies and research for an integrated management of urban sustainability | The PRIMUS project has been designed to bridge the gap between research on the European level on one hand, and policy-making at (and for) the local level on the other hand. The theme chosen for this 36-months coordination action is “sustainable urban management”, thus covering the way how the various policy areas of urban development (energy/water/waste, transport, planning and design, social inclusion, etc) are integrated, rather than one of these themes in particular. | FP7 Environment | Coordination (or networking) actions | University of Northumbria at Newcastle | 4 Partners | | | | €505 939 |
PURGE
Public health impacts in URban environments of Greenhouse gas Emissions reduction strategies | The project will examine the health impacts of greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction policies in urban settings in Europe, China and India, using case studies of 3-4 large urban centres and three smaller urban centres. Sets of realistic interventions will be proposed, tailored to local needs, to meet published abatement goals for GHG Emissions for 2020, 2030 and 2050. Mitigation actions will be defined in four main sectors: power generation/industry, household energy, transport and food and agriculture. | FP7 Environment | Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA) | London School Of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine
University College London | 9 Partners | | | | €1 301 094 |
REFRESH
Green Retrofitting of Existing Ships | REFRESH will address the aspects of retrofitting that are essential for improving the energy efficiency onboard. The central concept of REFRESH is the dynamic energy modelling, i.e. the simulation of the energy production, consumption and losses over time. This idea will be implemented in a decision support tool that will allow onboard and ashore personnel to monitor the performance of the ship and adopt appropriate practices as a function of its operational profile. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | V.Delta Limited
University of Strathclyde
Safety At Sea Limited | 19 Partners | | | | €1 395 329 |
RENAISSANCE
Testing innovative strategies for clean urban transport for historic European cities | RENAISSANCE aims to develop a valid, reliable and integrated package of access and mobility measures for historic cities. These will make possible the rediscovery, preservation and enhancement of historic cities in Europe, together with the sustainable development of the local economy, to the benefit of visitors, residents and local business alike. RENAISSANCE brings together a group of historic/tourism cities across Europe that are in the vanguard of sustainable development. | FP7 - Energy | Collaborative project (generic) | University of The West of England
Advanced Transport Systems Ltd
Powabyke Ltd
Advanced Communications & Information Systems Ltd
First Somerset & Avon Ltd
Bath & North East Somerset Council
Smart Moves Limited T/A City Car Club
MRC McLean Hazel Ltd | 30 Partners | | | | €6 001 548 |
SMARTBATT
Smart and Safe Integration of Batteries in Electric Vehicles | The European countries are committed to keep on reducing CO2 emissions and slowing down the climate change. For the individual transport system, the pure electric vehicle technology powered by green electricity offers a great chance for an important contribution to the protection of the environment. Resulting from low energy density of batteries and the need to offer a convenient range, the battery packs of the near future will be heavy and bulky (despite the latest advances in Li-Ion cells). The objective of SmartBatt is to develop and proof an innovative, multifunctional, light and safe concept of an energy storage system which is integrated in the pure electric car s structure. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | Axeon Technologies Limited
Ricardo UK Limited | 9 Partners | | | | €1 604 039 |
SMARTOP
Self powered vehicle roof for on-board comfort and energy saving | The concept addressed by SMARTOP is to develop an autonomous smart roof integrating solar cells (PV), energy storage systems and auxiliaries as thermoelectric (TE) climatic control, electrochromic (EC) glazing, courtesy LEDs lighting and actuators able to increase comfort and fuel economy for both fully electrical (FEV) and internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. SMARTOP addresses the needs of vehicle electrification integrating on board power hungry devices and matching the comfort and safety customer expectations. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | Imperial College Of Science, Technology And Medicine | 8 Partners | | | | €1 177 285 |
STORAGE
Composite structural power storage for hybrid vehicles | Weight is a premium; any material which does not contribute to load-carrying capacity is structurally parasitic. The focus of StorAGE is an key example; energy storage. Conventional design attempts to maximise the efficiency of the individual subcomponents. A different approach is to create novel multifunctional materials that simultaneously perform more than one function, thus offering significant savings in mass & volume, or performance benefits. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Advanced Composites Group Ltd | 9 Partners | | | | €1 124 795 |
STREAMLINE
Strategic Research For Innovative Marine Propulsion Concepts | STREAMLINE will demonstrate solutions for a wide range of applications. Short sea shipping and inland waterway operation will be focussed on specifically, as they are identified as key components of transport that can provide a means of coping with the growing congestion of road and rail infrastructure and tackling air pollution. | FP7 Transport | Large-scale integrating project | Rolls-Royce Power Engineering PLC
Lloyd’s Register EMEA
Scitek Consultants Ltd
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne | 30 Partners | | | | €2 727 358 |
SUNLIBB
Sustainable Liquid Biofuels from Biomass Biorefining | SUNLIBB brings together key researchers and industrial innovators working to overcome technical barriers all along the pipeline for second generation bioethanol production. The range of research spans from feedstock improvement, through innovations in pretreatment and saccharification, the generation of added value products, especially from lignin, and innovations in fermentation. | FP7 Energy | Collaborative project (generic) | University of York
The University of Sheffield
Borregaard Industries Limited
North Energy Associates Limited
Bioconversion Technologies Ltd
The University of Cambridge
University of Leeds | 13 Partners | | | | €1 151 271 |
SUPERGREEN
Supporting EU’s Freight Transport Logistics Action Plan on Green Corridors Issues | The purpose of SuperGreen is to promote the development of European freight logistics in an environmentally friendly manner. Environmental factors play an increasing role in all transport modes, and holistic approaches are needed to identify win-win solutions. SuperGreen will evaluate a series of green corridors covering some representative regions and main transport routes throughout Europe.
Among the green technologies considered may be novel propulsion systems, alternative fuels, cargo handling technologies, new terminal technologies or novel concepts relevant for the multimodal green corridors. | FP7 Transport | Coordination (or networking) actions | The University of Newcastle Upon Tyne | 22 Partners | | | | €1 151 248 |
SUPERHUB
SUstainable and PERsuasive Human Users moBility in future cities | The SUPERHUB project aims at realizing a new services mobility framework supporting an integrated and eco-efficient use of multi-modal mobility systems in an urban setting. SUPERHUB provides a user-centric, integrated approach to multi-modal smart urban mobility systems, through an open platform able to consider in real time various mobility offers and provide a set of mobility services able to address user needs, promote user participation and to foster environmental friendly and energy efficient behavioural changes. | FP7 ICT | Collaborative project (generic) | Game2growth Ltd
The University of Aberdeen | 19 Partners | | | | €3 300 124 |
TARGETS
Targeted Advanced Research for Global Efficiency of Transportation Shipping | The prime goal of TARGETS - Targeted Advanced Research for Global Efficiency of Transportation Shipping is a global analysis of the most important causes of energy consumption on board of cargo ships in a comprehensive and holistic approach. Having identified resistance and propulsion aspects as primary causes of energy consumption, work will be dedicated to the improvement of such characteristics. In addition, a global energy consumption simulation system will be developed to be applied during new vessel design as well as during operation. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | Shipbuilders and Shiprepairers Association
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Safety At Sea Limited
University of Strathclyde | 11 Partners | | | | €1 187 457 |
TRANSPHORM
Transport related Air Pollution and Health impacts Integrated Methodologies for Assessing Particulate Matter | TRANSPHORM brings together leading air quality and health researchers and users to improve the knowledge of transport related airborne particulate matter (PM) and its impact on human health and to develop and implement assessment tools for scales ranging from city to Europe. Over four years, TRANSPHORM will aim to develop and implement an integrated methodology to assess the health impacts of PM air pollution covering the whole chain from emissions to disease burden. | FP7 Environment | Large-scale integrating project | University of Hertfordshire
Imperial College Of Science, Technology And Medicine
Institute Of Occupational Medicine | University of Hertfordshire
21 Partners | €9 225 158 | €6 915 553 | 2010-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | €3 075 052 |
ULYSSES
Ultra Slow Ships | With climate change coming to the forefront of society s perception, there is increasing pressure on all industries to CO2 emissions through increased efficiency and the maritime industry is no exception. The objective of ULYSSES is to demonstrate, through a combination of ultra slow speeds and complementary technologies, that the efficiency of the world fleet can be increased to a point where the following CO2 targets are met : Before 2020, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30 compared to 1990 levels. Beyond 2050, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 compared to 1990 levels. ULYSSES focuses on bulk carriers and tankers as these ship types produce 60 of the CO2 from ocean-going vessels . | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | University of Newcastle Upon Tyne | 13 Partners | | | | €1 229 411 |
URGENCHE
Urban Reduction of GHG Emissions in China and Europe | In URGENCHE, a team of internationally recognised scientists in the areas of health risk assessment, urban energy demand and supply scenarios, urban planning, environmental science and epidemiology - in close collaboration with city partners in both Europe and China - develops and applies a methodological framework for the assessment of the overall risks and benefits of alternative greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction policies for health and well-being. These GHG reduction policies may affect public health in various ways, such as the choices made regarding the selection of fuels and means for space heating and transport, building codes to improve thermal efficiency, or urban development and zoning. | FP7 - Environment | Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA) | University of Exeter
Institute Of Occupational Medicine | 17 Partners | | | | €1 550 849 |
WIDE-MOB
Building blocks concepts for efficient and safe multiuse urban electrical vehicles | The 3-year WIDE-MOB project will deliver:
- A prototype and demo vehicle for urban mobility integrating the proposed innovative concepts.
- Guidelines for the developed concepts to be widely applied to most EVs and HEvs architectures thus generating IPR and knowledge/experience upon which to build a world-leading EU position to track and exploit the global uptake of electrical mobility. | FP7 Transport | Small or medium-scale focused research project | University of Sheffield | 7 Partners | | | | €1 294 280 |
