All Outputs (11)

Spatial impacts of train ferries and fixed links in Denmark (2025)
Journal Article

Railway networks developed quickly in the nineteenth century and played a key role in shrinking space and reshaping patterns of development. However in island countries the development of national railway networks required the additional, and often o... Read More about Spatial impacts of train ferries and fixed links in Denmark.

Transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development : re-evaluating transit oriented development (2020)
Journal Article
Knowles, R., Ferbrache, F., & Nikitas, A. (2020). Transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development : re-evaluating transit oriented development. Cities, 99, 102607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2020.102607

This paper reviews transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development since industrialisation. Previous definitions of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) starting in the late 20th century are challenged. Three distinct... Read More about Transport's historical, contemporary and future role in shaping urban development : re-evaluating transit oriented development.

How the Journal of Transport Geography has evolved since 1993 (2019)
Journal Article
Knowles, R. (2019). How the Journal of Transport Geography has evolved since 1993. Journal of Transport Geography, 81, 102525. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2019.102525

The Journal of Transport Geography was founded in 1993 by British and American transport geographers to create a focus for research in the field of transport geography. This paper examines how the journal has expanded and evolved over 25 years into o... Read More about How the Journal of Transport Geography has evolved since 1993.

Evaluation of wider economic impacts of light rail investment on cities (2015)
Journal Article
D. Knowles, R., & Ferbrache, F. (2016). Evaluation of wider economic impacts of light rail investment on cities. Journal of Transport Geography, 54, 430-439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2015.09.002

Transport plays a critical role in facilitating competitiveness in post-industrial economies. High quality transport services and infrastructure enhance internal and external connectivity. This research examines published and unpublished evidence of... Read More about Evaluation of wider economic impacts of light rail investment on cities.

Connecting for competitiveness: future transport in UK city regions (2009)
Journal Article
future transport in UK city regions. Public Money and Management, 29(5), 321-328

Britain’s major cities have fallen behind the best practice in transport of European
and north American cities, and need to address this to compete in global markets. A
number of potential mechanisms are available to UK cities, but only if central... Read More about Connecting for competitiveness: future transport in UK city regions.

Barrier effects of international borders on fixed link traffic generation: the case of Øresundsbron (2009)
Journal Article
Knowles, R., & Matthiessen, C. (2009). Barrier effects of international borders on fixed link traffic generation: the case of Øresundsbron. Journal of Transport Geography, 17(3), 155-165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.11.001

Traffic predictions for large road and rail projects are often inaccurate. International borders create political,
cultural and economic barriers which reduce the demand for international transport, partly offset by
some opportunities which increas... Read More about Barrier effects of international borders on fixed link traffic generation: the case of Øresundsbron.

What future for light rail in the UK after Ten Year Transport Plan targets are scrapped? (2007)
Journal Article
Knowles, R. (2007). What future for light rail in the UK after Ten Year Transport Plan targets are scrapped?. Transport Policy, 14(1), 81-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2006.10.001

Light Rail schemes were key components of plans to improve accessibility and personal mobility in conurbations as part of the UK Government's Integrated Transport Policy and its 2000 Ten Year Transport Plan. However by 2004 light rail's future in Bri... Read More about What future for light rail in the UK after Ten Year Transport Plan targets are scrapped?.

Transport shaping space: the differential collapse of time/space (2006)
Journal Article
Knowles, R. (2006). Transport shaping space: the differential collapse of time/space. Journal of Transport Geography, 14(6), 407-425. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2006.07.001

Although the tyranny of distance has been reduced by cheaper and faster transport, important geographical differences remain. Transport provision varies enormously. Globalization is uneven. Location remains all-important as time/space relationships c... Read More about Transport shaping space: the differential collapse of time/space.

Bus quality partnerships, modal shift and traffic decongestion (2006)
Journal Article
Davison, L., & Knowles, R. (2006). Bus quality partnerships, modal shift and traffic decongestion. Journal of Transport Geography, 14(3), 177-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2005.06.008

A more sustainable transport system requires effective alternatives to private cars. Despite more than 40 years of declining use, buses are still the main form of local public transport outside central London. Government policy focuses upon Bus Quali... Read More about Bus quality partnerships, modal shift and traffic decongestion.

Impacts of Privatising Britain’s Rail Passenger Services - Franchising, Refranchising and Ten Year Transport Plan Targets (2004)
Journal Article
Knowles, R. (2004). Impacts of Privatising Britain’s Rail Passenger Services - Franchising, Refranchising and Ten Year Transport Plan Targets. Environment and Planning A, 36(11), 2065-2087. https://doi.org/10.1068/a36300

Britain's passenger rail services were privatised in 1996/97 to reduce public subsidies and produce customer benefits through the private sector competing for medium or long-term franchises. Private sector franchisees were committed to investment in... Read More about Impacts of Privatising Britain’s Rail Passenger Services - Franchising, Refranchising and Ten Year Transport Plan Targets.

Large-scale workforce relocations : what are the opportunities to influence travel behaviour towards sustainable modes?
Thesis
Binder, A. (in press). Large-scale workforce relocations : what are the opportunities to influence travel behaviour towards sustainable modes?. (Thesis). University of Salford

Individual behaviour, including that of travel behaviour, can become habitual when repeated within a stable context. The context change or disruption brought about by a biographical event can remove the habitual automation, necessitating people to re... Read More about Large-scale workforce relocations : what are the opportunities to influence travel behaviour towards sustainable modes?.