Dear colleagues,
I would like to warmly invite you to attend a public lecture being delivered by Professor Graham Parkhurst - Professor of Sustainable Mobility and Director of the Centre for Transport & Society at UWE, Bristol.
BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TRANSPORT: COLLECTIVE MOBILITY SOLUTIONS AS THE KEY TO INCREASING SUSTAINABILITY
12 October 2011, R Block, Frenchay Campus, University of the West of England, Bristol
17:45 for 18:15 start
The current transport debate is centred around the car, electric or other fuels for the car, and conventional public transport with fixed routes and fixed timetables. This lecture will argue that none of these approaches are likely to address the situation we face today, of energy scarcity and limited public funding. A more realistic alternative is Collective Mobility, where public and private transport are combined with demand-response services such as car clubs, car pooling, bike hire, and taxibuses. The current approach, it will argue, is inadequate for addressing the full range of the 'transport problem' as it does not reflect the major barriers to deliverability, and is contradictory, as mass adoption of electric cars will reduce the attractiveness of public transport. Instead, the transport solutions necessary to maintain essential mobility in a context of energy scarcity and limited public investment will need to share public and private transport assets more efficiently and more comprehensively to provide a more flexible offer. It is concluded that Collective Mobility offers the potential to support rapid change towards greater efficiency without intensifying socioeconomic shock.
For full event details and registering to attend, please visit http://info.uwe.ac.uk/events/event.aspx?id=12513
Best wishes,
Glenn
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Glenn Lyons
Associate Dean (Research and Knowledge Exchange)
Professor of Transport and Society
Faculty of Environment and Technology
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
BRISTOL BS16 1QY
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