Future Transport Visions Group

FTVG has relaunched with an expanded programme for 2024/2025. The Future Transport Visions Group (FTVG) is now inviting expressions of interest for a new programme of research and development projects in 2024. The initiative is targeted at people in the first ten years of their transport career, and provides a platform for them to develop research and innovation in collaboration with other like-minded professionals. Applications are open to: 1) Individuals or teams that wish to develop a project idea 2) People without project ideas who want to participate in a collaborative research project For more information follow the link including the all important timeline. We encourage you to share the competition as wide as you can! Feel free to contact us for more information or to discuss ideas if this helps! The FTVG Committee Team. Rees Jeffreys Road Fund

Our final project feature of 2024 introduces a team examining "the micromobility mindset". The group are aiming to study perceptions towards new forms of mobility, specifically shared bike and e-bike schemes in the UK to understand how to better implement these in future. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/dam-hfAD Niamh Mason, Nima Dadash-Zadeh, Oliver Stone-Houghton, Orla Bermingham, Montell Issah

Our third project feature examines the potential for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to encourage more sustainable travel behaviours at London Luton Airport. Based on detailed conversations and insights from airport staff, the team hope to create a series of targeted behavioural nudges that encourage staff to switch to more sustainable modes of transport. Find out more about the project and its wider potential here: https://lnkd.in/dfcyiHyf Andy Martin, Joshua Hooley, Dr Felicity Heathcote-Márcz, Nima Dadash-Zadeh, Andrew Longman

Our second project feature takes us to the UK countryside, and efforts by Team COLLABORATIV (Collaboration Of Landowners and Local Authorities in the Building Of Rural Active Travel Infrastructure) to simplify approaches to delivering active travel infrastructure in a rural context. The team have been out and about in the Mendips to look a some good practice examples, as well as interviewing local planning officers, landowners and cycling groups to help refine their findings. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/d_A4chji Jonathan Fuller, Dr Felicity Heathcote-Márcz

We're pleased to present the first of our project feature articles from this year's initiative. A joint UK-Uganda team is exploring ways to delivery universal battery charging for electric motorcycles, understanding where efficiencies can be made in both countries with their differing levels of motorcycle uptake and battery technologies. https://lnkd.in/d_SpJGuy Chris Byaruhanga, PhD, Dilum Dissanayake #uganda #emotorcycles #electricmobility #futuremobility #transportresearch

Our teams are busy with their projects right now and some are looking to collect data for insights from the sector. Click the link below to help Niamh Mason and team better understand perceptions of bike share schemes using the link below.

🚴♀️ We need your help! 🚴♂️ Regardless if you are cyclist or not, take this survey and have a chance to win one of twenty £50 shopping vouchers! 🎉 Survey link: https://lnkd.in/eV8_PSvs We’re conducting a survey to better understand public perceptions of bike share schemes, and we’d love to hear your insights! You do not need to be a user of bike share schemes to take part 🚲 By participating, you will contribute to our research project on the publics perceptions of bike share schemes, funded by the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund through the Future Transport Visions Group (FTVG) research competition. Please share this post with your network to help us gather more responses! 🙌 Future Transport Visions Group Oliver Stone-Houghton Nima Dadash-Zadeh Orla Bermingham Montell Issah Ed Downer Mostafa Kazemi Rahul Modhvadia Gavin Jackman Glenn Lyons Nicola Kane Andy Graham #FTVG #Bikeshareschemes #sustainabletransport #survey #research #micromobility

The Future Transport Visions Group (FTVG) is pleased to announce the 2024 cohort of projects awarded research funding through the Rees Jeffreys Road Fund (RJRF) . After an engaging few month of workshops and collaboration involving over 60 participants, the FTVG Steering Group has awarded nearly £30,000 initial funding to five project teams. Participants in each team will spend the next three months undertaking their project to shape the future of transport. The five successful projects are: Collaboration Of Landowners and Local Authorities in the Building Of Rural Active Travel Infrastructure Analysis of vehicle size and collision severity  The Micro-Mobility Mindset: A study into the behaviours of the UK public towards shared micro-mobility. London Luton Airport: Employee insights and AI nudges towards sustainable staff access  Feasibility of universal charging infrastructure for electric motorcycles in Uganda and UK. Over the coming months we will feature each project in more detail with a project focus article. All groups will present their findings at an FTVG Forum in 2024/5 where a winning project will also be selected.  Final project presentation showcase details are being planned with more details to follow. https://lnkd.in/e2hrTmJM

I am looking for someone with data analysis skills (preferably in the first 10 years of their career) to join my project team as part of the Future Transport Visions Group initiative. Please message me if you think you'd be a good fit! (Or if you know someone who might be)

All committee members are looking forward to hosting and running our Future Transport Visions Group collaboration workshops this week to hear some of the 30 different project ideas that have been entered into this year's initiative. The workshops have been organised around our six research themes, led by our dynamic team of committee members. If you're also interested in listening in, you can find links to join each workshop below - who knows, you may even join a project team. (Note you cannot now submit a new idea, but you can join a team on their collaborations) https://lnkd.in/dUw3MQfw