I'll be presenting on the #OpenScience Cycle Route Uptake and Scenario Estimation (CRUSE) tool for Ireland at the the TRA conference this afternoon, 17:45 session. If you cannot make it in person, you can give it a spin here: https://cruse.bike/#OpenAccess#TransportPlanning
Just a week left to submit abstracts for the #2024TPM .
Special call-out to young professionals: your submissions are always especially welcome! TPM is all about sharing and learning. You'll be among fellow practitioners, so it's a great place to present in a friendly, supportive environment. And you'll get lots of networking opportunities.
Interesting commentary over at London Reconnections, courtesy of @garius, on some current topics in GB rail passenger numbers and the datasets about them.
It covers the big picture and the importance of the Elizabeth line, plus some technical nuances about getting the Eliz line data right and how split ticketing is affecting the data.
Of course, this is all about the total numbers. Peak demand levels, and revenue, are separate issues!
In the recent post "Setting up a graph db using GTFS data & Neo4J", we noted that -- unfortunately -- Neomap is not an option to visualize spatial nodes anymore.
Stations like #Lowestoft are uplifting examples of how stations can be made attractive, welcoming places for travellers as well as being hubs for local communities. It takes a lot of effort, commitment and time, but little-by-little it builds up, and it's really worth it. (3/3) #transportplanning#CommunityRail@transport
New resource on my website: A ready-reference chart for the cycling infrastructure categories in the DfT's Active Mode Appraisal Toolkit ( #AMAT ).
AMAT is a very handy tool, but the infrastructure categories can be tricky to get right. So this chart shows them at a glance, using the info in the AMAT user guide, to help you pick the most appropriate ones. I've also provided some extra contextual info & tips.
Very worthwhile first day at the #DfT#TAG Conference - aka #TAGfest (let's see if the name sticks!)
Lots of highlights, but I'd particularly pick out the discussions on:
-- JT savings being a proxy for wider changes in travel patterns or opportunities.
-- Forthcoming guidance re assessing schemes against their objectives
-- Distributional weightings
And I caught up with an old friend in the online chat as well!
Looking forward to the remaining two days. #transportplanning@transport
Delighted to join my US colleagues and friends to celebrate #TCRPday today!
The Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) is a superb, ever-growing, practical resource for public transport planning. TCRP reports draw together the state of the art, and offer practical frameworks and solutions for tackling issues in all aspects of transit.
Time for a whiteboard moment! Project team session on a transport scheme business case. This diagram was helping us think about the conclusions of the dependent development analysis (don't ask) (actually, do ask!) Great work by the #Atkins#Cambridge team as always. #transportplanning@transport
Interesting discussions this week on updating transport model forecasts for the post-Covid 'new normal' on a range of projects.
▶ Factoring existing forecast trip matrices, then re-runnning assignment, is emerging as a popular option.
▶ Data are key, as always.
▶ Question about whether fuel prices and affordability issues are currently dampening demand (on top of any residual Covid impact).
My week at work (teaching edition): Delivering training to #Atkins colleagues on the Green Book business case guidance, ready for the Better Business Cases accreditation exam. Super group, lots of good discussion. Well-deserved results. Well done everyone! #transportplanning#appraisal@transport
My week at work (nearly-summer edition): Traffic reduction targets and forecasting scenarios. How a transport scheme can have agglomeration benefits but labour-market disbenefits (it's complicated). And the modal filters around Treacle Mine Road (this week in history).
Alongside this week's DfT #bus funding and £2 fare cap announcement, some early research results on the fare cap.
It does seem to be increasing patronage. As you'd instinctively expect, it's a mix of mode shift from car and (to a lesser extent) active modes, plus induced (wholly new) trips. Seems to be boosting weekday and education/employment trips as well as weekend and leisure trips.
Latest DfT post-Covid demand recovery figures. Totals for motor vehicles & rail now around 100% of pre-Covid levels - equivalent to losing three years of the growth curve. Bus outside London is around 90%.
Always nuances within the totals, of course, such as weekdays v weekends, cars v freight traffic, journey purpose, school holidays... (1/) #transportplanning#data#covid@transport