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T Cherrett - (SANDPIT) Sixth Sense Transport (Reducing/re-distributing transport options through a flexible interpretation of time)

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Tom Cherrett

Head of Department

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'.

Research outputs

Lift-share using mobile apps in tourism
Janet E. Dickinson,
Viachaslau Filimonau,
Thomas Cherrett,
Nigel Davies,
Julia F. Hibbert,
Sarah Norgate,
& Chris Speed
, 2017 , Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2017.11.004
Type: article
Implementing smartphone enabled collaborative travel
Janet E. Dickinson,
Julia F. Hibbert,
Viachaslau Filimonau,
Thomas Cherrett,
Nigel Davies,
Sarah Norgate,
Chris Speed,
& Chris Winstanley
, 2017 , Journal of Transport Geography , 59 , 100--110
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2017.01.011
Type: article
Tourism communities and social ties
Janet E. Dickinson,
Viachaslau Filimonau,
Julia F. Hibbert,
Tom Cherrett,
Nigel Davies,
Sarah Norgate,
Chris Speed,
& Chris Winstanley
, 2016 , Journal of Sustainable Tourism , 1--18
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2016.1182538
Type: article
Walking school buses as a form of active transportation for children — a review of the evidence
Elizabeth Smith,
Sarah Norgate,
Thomas Cherrett,
Nigel Davies,
Chris Winstanley,
& Mike Harding
, 2015 , Journal of School Health , 85 (3) , 197--210
DOI: 10.1111/josh.12239
Type: article
Fundamental challenges in designing a collaborative travel app
Janet Dickinson,
Thomas Cherrett,
Julia Hibbert,
Chris Winstanley,
Duncan Shingleton,
Nigel Davies,
Sarah Norgate,
& Chris Speed
, 2015 , Transport Policy , 44 , 28--36
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2015.06.013
Type: article
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