Transport Systems

Overview

OPSIS build very large-scale models of transport systems to understand supply chains, the roles that transport systems have in supporting economic activities and the potential disruption from transport failures. The team study road, rail and shipping networks and are experts in employing large transport datasets, which are used to build network models in several countries and globally. These models are used to quantify the risks to transport networks from climatic extremes and to prioritise investments in resilience.

Projects

Decision Support Systems for Resilient Strategic Transport Networks in Low Income Countries

As part of the FCDO-funded High Volume Transport (HVT) programme, OPSIS analyses the resilience of trade and essential services to the future impacts of climate change in East Africa.

J-SRAT: Geospatial analysis platform for infrastructure risk assessment and resilient investment prioritisation in Jamaica

A new, state-of-the-art spatial climate risk analysis toolkit enables the Government of Jamaica to pinpoint and quantify climate-related risks to energy, transport and water supplies.

Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) Programme

Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) is a UK Aid-funded programme which aims to support investment in sustainable energy and transport systems to meet development priorities in the Global South.

The Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI)

DAFNI is the national platform to satisfy the computational needs in support of data analysis; infrastructure research; and strategic thinking for the UK’s long term planning and investment needs.

National Infrastructure Spatial Tool

The National Infrastructure Spatial Tool (NIST) is a digital platform developed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) which brings together strategies, data, analysis and modelling of infrastructure systems to test needs for, and constraints on, future scenarios of housing and industry.

This EPSRC-funded Impact Acceleration Account project seeks to engage with the modelling and analysis supporting this process, by working with government to advance and transfer methods for spatial infrastructure prioritisation.