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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

The missing dimension
Sarah H. Norgate,
Nigel Davies,
Chris Speed,
Tom Cherrett,
& Janet Dickinson
, 2014 , Behavioral and Brain Sciences , 37 (1) , 93--94
DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X13001829
Type: review
Improving collection efficiency through remote monitoring of charity assets
F.N. McLeod,
Gunes Erdogan,
T.J. Cherrett,
T. Bektas,
Nigel Davies,
Duncan Shingleton,
Chris Speed,
Janet Dickinson,
& Sarah Norgate
, 2014 , Waste Management , 34 (2) , 273--280
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.11.006
Type: article
Developing a smartphone app to enhance Oxfam's supply chain visibility
T.J. Cherrett,
Duncan Shingleton,
Ben Norton,
F.N. McLeod,
Camille Forey,
Janet Dickinson,
Chris Winstanley,
Nigel Davies,
Chris Speed,
& Sarah Norgate
, 2014 , International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2014.980794
Type: article
Will privacy concerns limit the ability of smart phone technologies to help foster collaborative school travel?
Scott Cruickshanks,
T.J. Cherrett,
Ben Waterson,
Sarah Norgate,
Nigel Davies,
Chris Speed,
& Janet Dickinson
, 2013
Type: conference
Understanding temporal rhythms and travel behaviour at destinations
Janet E. Dickinson,
Viachaslau Filimonau,
Tom Cherrett,
Nigel Davies,
Sarah Norgate,
Chris Speed,
& Chris Winstanley
, 2013 , Journal of Sustainable Tourism , 21 (7) , 1070--1090
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.802328
Type: article