Research project

Potential future updates and enhancements to the Solent SubRegional Transport Model (SRTM)

Project overview

The objectives of this project were to:

  1. Review modelling platforms and their capabilities with respect to transport technologies, sociodemographic change, air quality, self-service and real time traffic management;
  2. Review new data sources such as Mobile Network Data (MND), GPS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.;
  3. Undertake consultation with expert stakeholders;
  4. Draw conclusions concerning future updates and enhancements to the SRTM.

It involved eight subject matter reviews, 13 in-depth interviews with 19 participants (9 Local Government, 3 National Government, 7 Private Sector) and a synthesis report.

A workshop was held on 27 November 2019 in conjunction with the Transport Planning Society and the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation. It was chaired by Nick Richardson (Mott Macdonald) and speakers included:

  • Richard Pemberton (Solent Transport)
  • Ian Burden (Systra)
  • Soraya Thompson (Vivacity)
  • Oliver Charlesworth (Bentley/Citilabs)
  • John Preston (TRG).

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor John Preston

Professor in Rail Transport

Research interests

  • Demand, capacity and cost modelling for sustainable transport infrastructure.
  • The design, monitoring and evaluation of transport interventions designed to promote sustainable choices.
  • The determination of pathways for future mobility transitions to net zero carbon.
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Other researchers

Professor Tom Cherrett

Prof of Logistics and Transport Mgnment

Research interests

  • Understanding and improving the distribution of goods and the management of freight vehicles in urban areas, including the supply of goods to hospitals and the use of consolidation centres; 
  • How optimisation techniques can be used to improve system efficiency and in what ways Intelligent Transport Systems (smart tagging of assets and the use of smartphones) can improve operating efficiency; 
  • Approaches to more effectively collect and manage the movement of waste in terms of both household domestic waste collection strategies, Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) management and joint domestic/commercial waste collection strategies. He has worked on a number of research projects in these specific areas: (Department for Transport grant PPAD 9/142/034, ‘Optimising vehicles undertaking waste collections' GR/S79626/01, SUE project 55 ‘Transport and Logistics'; EP/D043328/1, ‘Green Logistics'.
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Professor Simon Blainey PhD, FRGS, FHEA, MCIHT, CMILT

Professor of Sustainable Transport

Research interests

  • Rail demand and operations modelling
  • GIS and transport
  • Transport decision support systems
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Dr Ben Waterson

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Road transport
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Traveller Behaviour
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Research outputs