A blog for the Centre for Transport and Mobility, at Aberystwyth University, from Richard Harris The Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) industry has made incredible advances since the early pioneering days of the 1970s and 1980s. These have been driven by the revolution in communications, data capacity and computer processing capabilities. The way we describe what…
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The impact of commuting to work via public transport on pregnant women
Guest Author: Dr Sarah O’Toole, Senior Research Fellow, University College London Public transport in the UK has priority seating for those who are less able to stand, including those who are pregnant. Providing a seat for those who are in greater need of one during their journey has been found to make the difference between…
THINK Agenda Setting Workshops Summary
THINK held a series of workshops in the Spring that brought together stakeholders working in transport and health. The purpose of the workshops was to help steer strategic decisions about where to invest time and resources in THINK depending on stakeholder needs and interests, priorities and barriers identified, and the kind of changes considered necessary…
Why slowing down is key to speeding up the COVID-19 recovery
Author Dr Sarah Jones, THINK Co-Director from Public Health Wales The COVID-19 pandemic has been the greatest threat to health and health services since at least the emergence of HIV in the 1980s, but arguably for longer. Recovering from it is a significant challenge on an individual and population health level, as well as for…
Poetry: In Praise of Walking
We were delighted to have a series of poems “in praise of walking” written for THINK, written by Professor Matthew Jarvis, writer, critic and poet at Aberystwyth University. We were looking at creative techniques we could use to get people thinking differently about the relationships between transport and health. We were discussing these with Matt…
ICTH 2022 Cardiff Transit Stop 21/22 June highlights
On two warm sunny days in mid-June (and amid a national rail strike), THINK was delighted to host The International Conference on Transport and Health (ICTH) “transit stop” at the beautiful Bute Park visitor centre and Glamorgan Cricket Ground conference centre known as Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. We got outside as much as possible to…
Collaborative working blog series: Working with big and thick data for collaborative urban planning and research
THINK recently held a series of workshops where transport and health practitioners, researchers and policy-makers discussed the challenges and possibility for progression in improving public health through transport interventions and policy, while also working toward broader social and environmental goals. One of the key themes that came from the discussions was collaboration. Suggestions included more…