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Prof Glenn Lyons

Professor Glenn Lyons

Professor of Transport and Society
Centre for Transport & Society
Faculty of Environment and Technology
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
Coldharbour Lane
BRISTOL BS16 1QY

Telephone: +44 (0)117 32 83219
Fax: +44 (0)117 32 83899
Mobile: +44 (0)7748 768404
Email: Glenn.Lyons@uwe.ac.uk

Professional Summary | Areas of Specialism |
Activities | Publications




Professional Summary

Glenn is the Founder of the Centre for Transport & Society and was its first Director until August 2010 when he was appointed as Associate Dean, with responsibility for research, in CTS’s parent Faculty of Environment and Technology. Glenn continues his research as a member of CTS in his capacity as Professor of Transport & Society.

Having originally conducted research in the areas of artificial neural networks, driver behaviour and urban traffic management, the prevailing theme of his research today is transport and society. This encompasses the three-way interactions between telecommunications, personal travel and social participation. He has a longstanding expertise concerning traveller information services and the role of the Internet and from 2002-2007 was academic advisor to the Department for Transport's Transport Direct Programme. Glenn is enthusiastic about developing understanding in the areas of travel behaviour and travel demand management. The need to understand the underlying reasons for our patterns of travel and how they change and to explore opportunities to positively influence these patterns is increasingly important as society's dependence on the car remains as strong as ever.

Alongside Glenn's research he has an active involvement within the wider transport profession. From 2000-2003 he was the Director of the Transport Visions Network which brought together some 250 young professionals from universities, public authorities and consultancies. He was the 2002/2003 Chairman of the Transport Planning Society, an organisation that promotes and supports the continuing professional development of transport planners. Concluding in 2005, Glenn chaired Bristol City Council's Best Value Review of Integrated Transport. From 2007-2010 he was Chairman of the Universities Transport Study Group in the UK. He sits on the Institution of Highways and Transportation's Transport Policy Board and in 2008 became a Trustee of London Transport Museum Limited.

Areas of Specialism

  • Transport planning
  • Impacts of information and communications technology on personal travel
  • Traveller information services
  • Travel behaviour
  • Attitudes to transport
  • Travel demand management
  • Transport, society and lifestyles
  • Transport and social exclusion
  • Future mobility and accessibility

Activities

  • Member of the Institution of Highways & Transportation
  • Member of the Transport Planning Society
  • Member of the ESRC and EPSRC Peer Review Colleges and involved annually in EPSRC evaluation/panel exercises
  • Scientific Reviewer/assessor for the Technology Strategy Board, the NWO in the Netherlands and the Danish Council for Strategic Research
  • Member of the Transport Reviews Editorial Board (2004-date)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of Mobilities (2005-date)
  • Trustee of London Transport Museum Ltd (2008-date)
  • Co-opted Member of the Institution of Highways and Transportation's Transport Policy Board (2007-date)
  • Chairman of the Universities Transport Study Group (2007-2010)
  • Member of the Journal of Transport and Land Use Editorial Board (2007-2010)
  • External Examiner for MSc in Transport and Planning, University of Cardiff (2008-2010)
  • External Examiner of postgraduate transport courses, Newcastle University (2003-2007)
  • Specialist Adviser to Department for Transport (2002-2007)
  • Member of the US Transportation Research Board's Committee on Telecommunications and Travel Behavior (2006-2012)
  • Scientific Advisor to the Department of Trade and Industry's Foresight project 'Intelligent Infrastructure systems (2005-2006)
  • Chairman of Bristol City Council's Best Value Review of Integrated Transport (2003-2005)
  • Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers' Transport Editorial Board (2002-2003)
  • Member of the Local Government Association's Transport Advisory Group (2002-2003)
  • Member of the Executive Committee of the Transport Planning Society (1999-2004) and Chairman of TPS (2002/2003)
  • Member of Executive Committee and Treasurer of the Universities Transport Study Group (1998-2002)
  • Member of the ILT Accreditation Panel for public transport information Internet sites (1998-2002)
  • Member of The Institute of Logistics and Transport's (ILT) Transport and Logistics Policy Committee (1999-2001)

Publications (2001-2010)

Refereed Journal Papers

Farag, S. and Lyons, G. (2010). Explaining public transport information use when a car is available: Attitude theory empirically investigated. Transportation, 37(6).

Line, T., Chatterjee, K. and Lyons, G. (2010). The travel behaviour intentions of young people in the context of climate change. Forthcoming in Journal of Transport Geography, 18(2), 238-246.

Goodwin, P. and Lyons, G. (2010). Public attitudes to transport: interpreting the evidence. Journal of Transportation Planning and Technology: UTSG special issue, 33(1), 3-17.

Lyons, G. (2009). The reshaping of activities and mobility through new technologies. Editorial for Special Issue on ICT and the Shaping of Access, Mobility and Everyday Life, Journal of Transport Geography, 17, 81-2.

Haddad, H., Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (2009). An examination of determinants influencing the desire for and frequency of part-day and whole-day homeworking. Journal of Transport Geography, 17, 124-133.

Chatterton, T., Coulter, A., Musselwhite, C., Lyons, G. and Clegg, S. (2009). Understanding how transport choices are affected by environment and health: views expressed in a study on the use of carbon calculators. Public Health, 123(1), 45-49.

Lyons, G. (2008). A comment on 'The Myth of Travel Time Saving'. Transport Reviews, 28(6), 706-709.

Farag, S, and Lyons, G. (2008). What Affects Use of Pretrip Public Transport Information? Empirical Results of a Qualitative Study. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2069, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 85-92.

Lyons, G. and Haddad, H. (2008). Commute displacement or commute replacement: the rise of part-day homeworking. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2082, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Washington, D.C., 1-7.

Holley, D., Jain, J. and Lyons, G. (2008). Understanding Business Travel Time Use and its Place in the Working Day. Time & Society, 17 (1), 27-46.

Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (2008). A human perspective on the daily commute: costs, benefits and trade-offs. Transport Reviews, 28(2), 181-198.

Jain, J. and Lyons, G. (2008). The gift of travel time. Journal of Transport Geography. 16, 81-89.

Lyons, G., Jain, J. and Holley, D. (2007). The use of travel time by rail passengers in Great Britain. Transportation Research, 41(A), 107-120.

Kenyon, S. and Lyons, G. (2007). Introducing multitasking to the study of travel and ICT: examining its extent and assessing its potential importance. Transportation Research, 41(A), 161-175.

Lyons, G. (2006). The role of information in decision-making with regard to travel. Intelligent Transport Systems, 153 (3), 199-212.

Lyons, G. and Urry, J. (2005). Travel time use in the information age. Transportation Research, 39(A), 257-276.

Lyons, G. (2004). Transport and Society. Transport Reviews, 24(4), 485-509.

Lyons, G. (2003). The introduction of social exclusion into the field of travel behaviour. Transport Policy, 10(4) - Transport and Social Exclusion, 339-342.

Kenyon, S. and Lyons, G. (2003). The Value of Integrated Multimodal Information and its Potential Contribution to Modal Change. Transportation Research Part F - Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 6(1), 1-21.

Kenyon, S., Rafferty, J. and Lyons, G. (2003). Social exclusion and transport: a role for virtual accessibility in the alleviation of mobility-related social exclusion? Journal of Social Policy, 32(3), 317-338.

Kenyon, S., Lyons, G. and Rafferty, J. (2002).Transport and social exclusion: investigating the possibility of promoting inclusion through virtual mobility. Journal of Transport Geography, 10(3), 207-219.

Lyons, G. (2002). INTERNET - Investigating New Technology's Evolving Role, Nature and Effects on Transport. Transport Policy, 9(4), 335-346.

Lyons, G. and Harman, R. (2002). The UK Public Transport Industry and Provision of Multi-Modal Traveller Information. International Journal of Transport Management, 1(1), 1-13.

Lyons, G., Marsden, G., Beecroft, M. and Chatterjee, K. (2002). Guiding Principles for Future Developments in Transport. Transport, 153(1), February, Institution of Civil Engineers, 53-60.

Lyons, G., Chatterjee, K., Beecroft, M. and Marsden, G. (2002). Determinants of Travel Demand - Exploring the Future of Society and Lifestyles in the UK. Transport Policy, 9(1), 17-27.

Lyons, G.D. (2001). Towards Integrated Traveller Information. Transport Reviews, 21(2), 217-235.

Lyons, G.D., Hunt J.G. and McLeod, F. (2001). A Neural Network Model for Enhanced Operation of Midblock Signalled Pedestrian Crossings. European Journal of Operational Research, 129(2), 346-354.

Books

Lyons, G. (Ed.) (2004). Planning for an Urban Future - Charging or What? pp. 136, CICC Publications, Cambridge.

Chatterjee, K., Beecroft, M. and Lyons, G. (2003). Economy, Finance and Equity. Landor, pp. 81, July.

Beecroft, M., Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (2003). Freight and Logistics. Landor, pp. 65, April.

Beecroft, M., Chatterjee, K. and Lyons, G. (2003). Long Distance Travel. Landor, pp. 79, February.

Beecroft, M., Chatterjee, K. and Lyons, G. (2002). Local Travel. Landor, pp. 96, August.

Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (Eds.) (2002). Transport Lessons from the Fuel Tax Protests of 2000. pp. 338, Aldershot, Ashgate.

Marsden, G., Lyons, G., Beecroft, M. and Chatterjee, K. (2002). Vehicles and Infrastructure. Landor, pp. 91, February.

Chatterjee, K., Beecroft, M., Lyons, G. and Marsden, G. (2001). Land Use Planning. Landor, pp. 79, October.

Kenyon, S., Lyons, G. and Austin, J. (2001). Public Transport Information Web Sites: How To Get It Right - A Best Practice Guide. The Institute of Logistics and Transport, pp. 129, June.

Lyons, G., Marsden, G. Beecroft, M. and Chatterjee, K. (2001). Transportation Requirements. Landor, pp. 95, April.

Book Chapters

Watts, L. and Lyons, G. (2010). Travel Remedy Kit. In Büscher, M., Urry, J. and Witchger, K. (Eds) Mobile Methods, Chapter 7, 189-213, Routledge.

Lyons, G., Farag, S. and Haddad, H. (2008). The substitution of communications for travel? In Ison, S. and Rye, T. (Eds). The Implementation and Effectiveness of Transport Demand Management measures: An International Perspective, Ashgate, Chapter 11, 211-232.

Lyons, G., Holley, D. and Jain, J. (2008). The Business of Train Travel: A Matter of Time Use. In Hislop, D. (Ed). Mobile Work/Technology: Changing Patterns of Spatial Mobility and Mobile Technology Use in Work, Routledge, Chater 6, 74-86.

Lyons, G. and Loo, B.(2008). Transport directions to the future. In Knowles, R., Shaw, J. and Docherty, I. Transport Geographies: An Introduction, Blackwell, 215-226.

Jain, J. and Lyons, G. (2006). Connecting Dispersed Communities on the Move. In Marshall, S., Taylor, W. and Yu, X. (eds) Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, Idea Group Reference, PA, USA, 124-129.

Lyons, G. (2004). Delivering Our Urban Future. In Lyons, G. (Ed.) Planning for an Urban Future - Charging or What?, CICC Publications, Cambridge, 5-10.

Lyons, G., Harman, R., Austin, J. and Duff, A. (2003). Integrated Traveller Information - Transport Direct. In Hine, J. and Preston, J. (Eds.) Integrated Futures and Transport Choices: UK Transport Policy Beyond the 1998 White Paper and Transport Acts, Aldershot, Ashgate, 68-89.

Lyons, G. (2003). Transport's Future - The Glass is Half Full. In Thomas, S. (Ed.) Sharing in Success - Good News in Passenger Transport, Chapter 16, 147-165, Cambridge, CICC, March.

Lyons, G. and Beecroft, M. (2002). Experiences and Lessons From Conducting an Emergency Survey of Motorists During the UK Fuel Crisis. In Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (eds.) Transport Lessons from the Fuel Tax Protests of 2000, Aldershot, Ashgate.

Chatterjee, K. and Lyons, G. (2002). Travel Behaviour of Car Users During the UK Fuel Crisis and Insights into Car Dependence. In Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (eds.) Transport Lessons from the Fuel Tax Protests of 2000, Aldershot, Ashgate.

Lyons, G. (2001). From Advanced Towards Effective Traveller Information Systems. In: Hensher, D. Ed. Travel Behaviour Research The Leading Edge, Chapter 47, 813-826, International Association of Travel Behaviour Research, Pergamon.

Conference Papers

Marsden, G., Lyons, G., Anable, J., Ison, S., Cherrett, T. and Lucas, K. (2010). Opportunities and options for transport policy. Proc. 42nd Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Plymouth.

Dudley, G., Goodwin, P., Lyons, G., Musselwhite, C. and Wiltshire, P. (2010). Lost in translation: problems in interpreting business attitudes to transport. Proc. 42nd Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Plymouth.

Clark, B., Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (2010). The process of household car ownership change: a qualitative analysis of real world accounts. Proc. 42nd Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Plymouth.

Lyons, G. (2009). Business travel - the social practices surrounding meetings. Presented at the Fourth Specialist Meeting of the Network 'ICTs: mobilizing persons, places and spaces', Québec, Canada, 7-9 October.

Farag, S. and Lyons, G. (2009). Public transport information (non-)use empirically investigated for different trip types. Presented at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2009.

Clark, B., Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (2009). Understanding the dynamics of car ownership: some unanswered questions. Proc. 41st Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, London.

Farag, S. and Lyons, G. (2009). Explaining public transport information use through attitude theory. Proc. 41st Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, London.

Musselwhite, C. and Lyons, G. (2009). Exploring the public acceptability of road pricing. Proc. 41st Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, London.

Goodwin, P. and Lyons, G. (2009). Public attitudes to transport: scrutinising the evidence. Proc. 41st Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, London.

Lyons, G. (2008). Learning from the past: matters of cause and effect. Prepared for the Institution of Highways and Transportation initiative 'With the Advantage of Hindsight'.

Lyons, G., Avineri, E. and Farag, S. (2008). Assessing the demand for travel information: do we really want to know? Proc. European Transport Conference, Leeuwenhorst Conference Centre, The Netherlands.

Campbell, M. and Lyons, G. (2008). Wayfinding in unfamilar urban environments. Proc. 40th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Portsmouth.

Lamont, D. and Lyons, G. (2007). Understanding and addressing dyslexia in travel information provision. Proc. 39th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Harrogate.

Farag, S. and Lyons, G. (2007). Conceptualising barriers to travel information use. Proc. 39th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Harrogate.

Parkhurst, G., Dudley, G. and Lyons, G. (2007). Road pricing and the social dimension of sustainability. Proc. 39th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Harrogate.

Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (2007). A human perspective on the daily commute: costs, benefits and trade-offs. Proc. 39th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Harrogate.

Stanbridge, K. and Lyons, G. (2006). Travel behaviour considerations during the process of residential relocation, paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Kyoto, August 2006.

Lyons, G., Haddad, H. and Jones, T. (2006). Introducing Consideration of Varied-Spatiotemporal Workers to the Study of Teleworking, paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Travel Behaviour Research, Kyoto, August 2006.

Lyons, G. and Urry, J. (2006). Foresight: the place of social science in examining the future of transport. Paper presented at Evidence-Based Policies and Indicator Systems, 11-13 July, London.

Line, T., Chatterjee, K. and Lyons, G. (2006). The Attitudes of young People Towards Sustainable Transport. Proc. 38th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Dublin.

Holley, D., Lyons, G. and Jain, J. (2006). Towards an understanding of the use and value of business travel time. Proc. 38th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Dublin.

Stanbridge, K., Lyons, G. and Farthing, S. (2004). Travel behaviour change and residential relocation. 3rd International Conference of Traffic and Transport Psychology, Nottingham, 5-9 September.

Lyons, G. (2003). The truth of the matter. Transport issues: You can't get there from here, RTPI Conference, 25 July, London.

Lyons, G. (2003). Transport in Society - Planning for the Future. Integrating Transport and Land Use Policy, RTPI South West Branch Conference, 16 July, Bournemouth.

Lyons, G. (2003). Britain's Transport Crisis. Getting our of the Jam: Britain's Transport Future, 13 May, London.

Lyons, G. (2003). Future mobility - it's about time. Proc. 35th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Loughborough.

Lyons, G. and Chalmers, I. (2002). The Integration of Highway and Public Transport Information. Proc. 11th International Conference on Road Transport Information and Control, March, London, IEE, 56-60.

Lyons, G. (2002). INTERNET - Investigating New Technology's Evolving Role, Nature and Effects on Transport. Proc. 34th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Edinburgh.

Kenyon, S., Lyons, G. and Rafferty, J. (2002). Transport, Social Exclusion and the Internet - Could Virtual Mobility Help to Alleviate Social Exclusion? Proc. 34th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Edinburgh.

Chatterjee, K. and Lyons, G. (2001). Coping with a Crisis: Lessons from the Events of a Year Ago. Proc. European Transport Conference, Transport Management, Cambridge, September, PTRC.

Kenyon, S., Lyons, G. and Rafferty, J. (2001). Understanding mobility exclusion and investigating the possibility of promoting inclusion through virtual mobility. Proc. Social Policy Association Conference, Belfast, 24-26 July.

Lyons, G. Chatterjee, K., Marsden, G. and Beecroft, M. (2001). Determinants of Travel Demand - Exploring the Future of Society and Lifestyles. Proc. 33rd Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Oxford, 3.

Reports

Lyons, G., Musselwhite, C., Dudley, G., Goodwin, P., and Wiltshire, P. (2009). Business attitudes to transport: Knowledge review of existing evidence. Report for Department for Transport, November.

Lyons, G. (2008). Traveline market research - scoping study. Final report to the Traveline Marketing Group. July 2008.

Lyons, G., Goodwin, P., Hanly, M., Dudley, G., Chatterjee, K., Anable, J., Wiltshire, P. and Susilo, Y. (2008). Public attitudes to transport: Knowledge review of existing evidence. Report for Department for Transport. Published 1st July 2008.

Owen, R., Sweeting, A., Clegg, S., Musselwhite, C. and Lyons, G. (2008). Public acceptability of road pricing. Final report for Department for Transport. Published 8th May 2008.

Coulter, A., Clegg, S., Lyons, G., Chatterton, T. and Musselwhite, C. (2008). Exploring public attitudes to personal carbon dioxide emission information. Report for Department for Transport. Published 28th January 2008.

Lyons, G., Avineri, E., Farag, S. and Harman, R. (2007). Strategic Review of Travel Information. Department for Transport.

Parkhurst, G., Dudley, G, Lyons, G., Avineri, E., Chatterjee, K. and Holley, D. (2006). Rapid evidence assessment - Understanding the distributional impacts of road pricing. Department for Transport.

Lyons, G. and Chatterjee, K. (2006). The Daily Commute. Paper prepared for Merk.

Lyons, G. (2006). Travel Time Use - Developing a Research Agenda. Department for Transport. Publication on DfT website.

Lyons, G. (2006). The Role of Information in Descision Making for Transport. Commissioned science review for the DTI Foresight Initiative.

Lyons, G., Dudley, G., Slater, E. and Parkhurst, G. (2004). Evidence-Base Review - Attitudes to Road Pricing. 25 May, DfT.

Harman, R. and Lyons, G. (2003). Short term skills shortages in delivering local transport responsibilities. County Surveyors' Society.

Lyons, G. (2003). Transport Direct Market Research Programme: Findings and Implications from Phase 1. Department for Transport, May, London.

Lyons, G., Harman, R., Austin, J. and Duff, A. (2001). Traveller Information Systems Research: A Review and Recommendations for Transport Direct. 17 August, DTLR.

Other articles

Lyons, G. (2009). The climate committee's report has given a misleading message to transport practitioners. Viewpoint, Local Transport Today, LTT510, January, p.12, Landor Publishing.

Lyons, G. (2009). Are travel information services realising their potential? The Essential Guide to Travel Demand Management & Smarter Choices, Landor, London, 21-23.

Lyons, G. (2008). Briefcase travelling - time use and value. Inaugural Learned Society Lecture of the Institution of Highways & Transportation, October, London. Shortened version published in Transportation Professional, December 2008, 24-25.

Lyons, G. (2008). Direction of travel. Science & Technology, 1, 146-147.

Lyons, G. (2007). Reflections on the past year in transport. Transport Planning Society, London.

Lyons, G. (2003). Charging towards a better transport future? Public Service Review: Transport, Local Government and the Regions, Summer, p. 300, PSCA International.

Lyons, G. (2003). Transport and Society. Inaugural Lecture, Arup, Bristol, 1 May, University of the West of England.

Lyons, G. (2003). Informing Travellers in the 21st Century. 3D Perspectives, Vol 3 - Transport, March, 25-28, Faculty of Building.

Lyons, G. (2003). Give the charge a chance. Observer Comment Extra, 12 January, http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,873362,00.html.

Lyons, G. (2002). A comment on 'The limitations of transport policy'. Transport Reviews, 22(4), 500-502.

Lyons, G. (2001). Transport Futurology. Highways & Transportation, 48(9), September Supplement, 19-20.

Marsden, G., Chatterjee, K., Lyons, G.D. and Brackstone, M. (2001). Ever Increasing Circles. Routes Roads, 310, April, 49-74, World Road Association.


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