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Energy Research Topics: Transport
In transport and environment, particular emphasis is placed on understanding the social, economic and environmental implications of transport over both time and space. Our work ranges in geographic scale from the local to the global whilst the full spectrum of quantitative and qualitative research techniques is deployed.
Latest Projects
- Calculating The Carbon Dioxide Emissions of Flights
2009
A methodology for a proposed industry standard for calculationg emissions from flights.
- IMPACT: Interactive manual of policies to abate carbon from transport
2007 - 2009
A web-based catalogue of transport policies that combines a moderated "wiki" approach with an evidence-based global review on the potential for carbon reduction in the transport sector.
- iConnect - On your bike!
2008 - 2013
A multi-institutional study to evaluate the impacts of a £150 million project designed to revitalise walking and cycling across the UK.
- Predict and Decide: aviation, climate change and UK policy
Nov 05 - Oct 06
An assessment of the implications of aviation growth in the UK
- Integrated Travel Emissions Profiles
Completed Mar 06
This project has investigated greenhouse gas pollutant emissions and related climate change impacts from transport at the personal, household and local levels.
- Vehicle Environmental Rating Schemes
Completed 00
Making recommendations on the content and format of a fuel efficiency label for all new passenger cars.
- Travel Emissions Profiles
Completed 97
Travel emission profiles have been developed for individuals by studying their journey patterns, based on 2 Oxfordshire villages. These profiles enabled a better understanding of travel behaviour by studying individuals rather than establishing averages.
- The Costs of Rural Travel (SMART)
Completed 96
A project to addresses some of the issues raised by recent increases in traffic in the countryside alongside a decrease in bus services.
Documents & Media
Published Papers
- Brand, C. (2008) Personal Travel and Climate Change. VDM Publishing, Saarbrücken, Germany.
- Brand, C. and Boardman, B. (2008) Taming of the few - The unequal distribution of greenhouse gas emissions from personal travel in the UK. Energy Policy, 36(1): 224-238.
Reports
- Brand, C. (contributor) (2008) Success stories within the road transport sector on reducing greenhouse gas emission and producing ancillary benefits . Technical report No 2/2008. EEA (European Environment Agency) and OPOCE (Office for Official Publications of the European Communities).
- Brand, C. (contributor) (2008) Climate for a transport change. TERM 2007: indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union. EEA Report No 1/2008. EEA (European Environment Agency) and OPOCE (Office for Official Publications of the European Communities).
- Jardine, C.N. Calculating the Environmental Impact of Aviation Emissions, Climate Care, 2006.
- Brand, Preston and Boardman (2006) Final Research Report: Integrated Travel Emissions Profiles
- Quick Hit 4: Car Clubs [PDF: 175KB] September 2007
- Quick Hit 3: Traffic Signals [PDF: 175KB]22 December 2006
- Quick Hit 2: Limiting Speed [PDF: 269KB]18 October 2006
- Quick Hit 1: Eco-Driving [PDF: 911KB] 13 September 2006
This is the first in a series of proposed initiatives developed by the Demand Reduction theme of the UK Energy Research Centre. They are intended to make a useful contribution in reducing carbon emissions by 2010, and are designed to be relatively easily for the Government or local authorities to implement. Legislative changes or expenditure needed would be small in nature, hence the title ‘Quick Hits’.
- Predict and decide: aviation, climate change and UK policy' [PDF: 3.42MB]
- Counting your carbon: the development and deployment of integrated travel emissions profiles
- Anable, J., Boardman, B. and Root, A. Travel Emission Profiles: A tool for strategy development and driver advice September 1997, Energy and Environment Programme, Environmental Change Unit, University of Oxford, UK [PDF: 831KB]
- SMART - The Costs of Rural Travel. Root, A., Boardman, B., and Fielding, W.J. 1996, Energy and Environment Programme, Environmental Change Unit, University of Oxford, UK. [PDF: 259KB]
Print, Radio & TV
- High-earning men blamed over climate changing emissions
The Guardian Saturday March 10, 2007 - Brenda Boardman appeared on Radio 4's Today Programme: How can we expand our airports and still cut CO2 emissions? Listen again here.
17th October 2006 - Taxes 'fail to curb travel CO2'
BBC News 1st February 2007 - Trouble in the air: How Government flights pumped out 1,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide
The Independent 16 October 2006 - Britons must choose between cheap flights and cutting carbon emissions, report warns
The Telegraph 17 October 2006 - UK 'must act' on plane emissions
BBC News 17 October 2006 - Lib Dems denounce 'jet-set cabinet'
The Guardian 17 October 2006
Selected posters and presentations
- Introducing the UK Transport Carbon Model by Christian Brand, 2009
- iConnect - an integrated approach to measuring and evaluating the physical activity, travel and carbon impacts of interventions to improve the connectivity of infrastructure for walking and cycling in the UK - Poster presented at the Annual Conference and Meeting of the HEPA Europe, in Glasgow 8-10 September 2008
- Jablonski, S., Strachan, N., Brand, C., Pantaleo, A. and Bauen, A. (2008) A systematic assessment of bioenergy representation in the UK-MARKAL model: Insights on the formulation of bioenergy scenarios Paper presented at the European Bioenergy Conference, Valencia, June 2008.
- Dr Boardman presented a paper at the 2001 meeting of the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.
Conference papers
- Brand, C. (2007) Personal air and car travel - just don’t do it! Proceedings, European Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy 2007 Summer Study, France
Presentations
- Brand, C. (2009) Introducing the UK Transport Carbon Model (UKTCM) Presentation to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, May 2009