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1979 Conference (Southampton)

  • Landrock, J. : The effect of population size on travel patterns using data from the 1975/76 National Travel Survey [University College London]
  • Khaw, K. H. : Empirical studies of journeys to work by modes of transport in Greater London: 1966 & 1971 [University College London]
  • Clarke, M. I. : Investigating household travel behaviour in terms of activity patterns [Oxford]
  • Waddell, R. M. : An investigation into the spatial uniformity of various trip distribution model parameters [Cranfield]
  • Davies, P. : Loosely constrained gravity models [Nottingham]
  • Kirby, H. R. : Is distance no object? Location behaviour and the journey to work [Leeds]
  • Whiteing, A. E. : Factors influencing modal choice for the transport of freight: the problem of disaggregation [Leeds]
  • Pike, J., Wallace, H., Hughes, G. : Inter-regional freight flow research: an appraisal of the commodity approach [Newcastle upon Tyne]
  • Course, E. A. : Transport and the visual environment [Southampton]
  • Darzentas, J. : Minimum acceptance gaps and conflict involvement in a simple crossing manoeuvre [Royal Holloway College]
  • McDonald, M., Armitage, D. J. : Delays at priority junctions [Southampton]
  • Armitage, D. J., McDonald, M. : Capacity of roundabouts [Southampton]
  • Griffiths, D. J. : A mathematical model of a zebra crossing [UWIST]
  • Cresswell, C., Hunt, J. G. : Site evaluation of a zebra crossing simulation model [UWIST]
  • Hartley, T., Nash, C. : Alternative management objectives for rail services [Leeds]
  • Lyly, S. : Distribution aspects of transportation investments and subsidies in the Helsinki area [Helsinki University of Technology]
  • Kilvington, R. P. : Public transport in a rural county: a study of Cumbria [Loughborough]
  • Pretty, R. L. : A pedestrian precint on a university campus [Queensland]
  • Bell, W. T. : The use of additional surveys as a transport policy directive [Sheffield]
  • Harris, M. R., Andrew, H. R. : The traffic implications of hypermarket development [???]
  • Ortuzar, J. de D., Willumsen, L. G. : Future transport planners have GUTS! [Leeds]
  • Powell, D. G. : Aquaplaning behaviour of road vehicle tyres [Queen Mary College, London]
  • Ellis, D. M. : An initial study of throughput and delay in relation to rail signalling systems [UWIST]
  • Wren, A. : A practical bus scheduling exercise [Leeds]
  • Willumsen, L. G. : Estimating the most likely OD matrix from traffic counts [Leeds]
  • Robinson, C., Williams, H. E. : Determining the range of optimal trade-offs between environmental quality and accessibility on large networks [Aston]

1980 Conference (Newcastle)

  • Gwilliam, K. M., Nash, C. A. : International comparisons of labour productivity in rail transport: [Leeds]
  • White, P., Webster, J. A. : Engineering implications of off-peak service levels: [Polytechnic of Central London]
  • Cooper, J. C., Jessop, A. T. : Some practical considerations in solving the travelling salesman problem: [Polytechnic of Central London]
  • Course, E. : The changing railway scene in Britain in the 1960s: [???]
  • Mendes, T. M., Hartley, M. G. : Preliminary results from an interactive road-traffic software simulator: [UMIST]
  • Hartley, M. G., Velastin, S. A. : Automatic road-traffic analysis: [UMIST]
  • van Laarhoven, A. J. M. : Research into cycling on gradients: [Delft University of Technology, Holland]
  • Lewis, P. A. : Some practical points in the use of speed/flow relationships: [Birmingham]
  • Smith, M. J. : The effect of monotonicity on the set of soultions to the traffic assignment problem: [York]
  • Immers, L. H. : Simulation of motorway traffic performance: [???]
  • Golias, J. C. : The delay problem for a single driver crossing a two-lane stream: [University College London]
  • Heydecker, B. G. : Signal timings when there is priority for buses: [University College London]
  • Davies, P. : Capacity of three-arm roundabouts under traffic signal control: [Nottingham]
  • Maltby, D., Todd, R. J. : Travel demand estimation for inter-city rail passenger services in Great Britain: [Salford]
  • Thorson, O., Garcia Mallat, G. : Evaluation of different alternatives for combined bus and metro networks in the Barcelona area – development of a private and public transport simulation model: [Lic.Techn. (Copenhagen)]
  • Underwood, J. R. : Developing an air transport model for the southeastern Caribbean: [University of the West Indies, Trinidad]
  • Ortuzar, J. de D., Hartley, T. : How useful are aggregate modal split models?: [Leeds]
  • Rice, P. : A review of some recent theoretical results on distance and journey length in abstract networks: [Imperial College]
  • Khaw, K. H. : Modelling conditional trip-end densities in cities using a continuous approach: [???]
  • Bell, M. G. H., Gunn, H. F. : The treatment of error in the gravity model: [University College London]
  • Mackett, R. L. : Some issues in modelling the impact of changes in transport costs on residential and employment locations: [Leeds]
  • Newby, R. F. : Transport prospects and the energy shortage: [University College London]
  • Maltby, D., Roberts, M. M. : Contributions by different types of motor cars to overall national consumption by motor cars: [???]
  • Southworth, F., Janson, B. : Measurement of energy consumption and mobile source emissions using a combined equilibrium assignment – modal split model: [University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA]
  • O’Cinneide, D. : The use of telecommunications to save energy: [University College Cork]
  • Janakarajan, R. C. : Animal energy for transportation in developing countries: [Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India]
  • Risk, A., Shaoul, J. : The prediction of accidents from a knowledge of the road, road users and manoeuvres of the driver: [???]
  • Hanson, S. : The safety of small roundabouts in Newcastle upon Tyne: [Newcastle-upon-Tyne]
  • Richardson, P., Worsey, G. : A study of driving hazard: [Newcastle-upon-Tyne]
  • Billington, G. : Survey of bus passenger attitudes in Leeds: [Leeds]
  • Wilson, T. K. : The perception of time: [Newcastle-upon-Tyne]
  • Weaver, P. M. : The use of rating-scales in the consumer questionnaire component of a traffic-management retail impact assessment: [Leeds]
  • Case, S. J. : An investigation into the environmental capacity of recreational roads using attitudinal scaling methods: [Leeds]
  • Bailey, J. M. : Travel behaviour of households in Oxford 1966-1976, with particular reference to traffic restraint policy: [Oxford]
  • Jones, P. M. : Using ‘HATS’ as an educational aid: [Oxford]
  • Patterson, N. S., May, A. D. : The impact of transport problems on inner city firms – results of a pilot study: [Leeds]
  • Bozeat, N., LeFevre, C. : The scale and nature of freight transport costs in obsolescence industrial areas: a case study of Birmingham inner area: [???]

1981 Conference (Leeds)

  • Ferreira, L. : Modelling the impact of traffic management measures on fuel consumption: [Leeds]
  • Morrison, A. : Improved road classifications designed for road users: [Glasgow]
  • Smith, B. M. : Bus-crew scheduling by mathematical programming using selected relief times: [Leeds]
  • Underwood, J. R., Charles, C. E. : Towards an appropriate transport model for Northern Trinidad: [University of West Indies, Trinidad]
  • Tyler, J. : An approach to the planning of a nationwide network of public transport in Great Britain: [Birmingham]
  • Williams, R. H., Fleming, R. : Public involvement in planning major roads in Germany and Netherlands: [Newcastle]
  • Cooper, J. C., Cooper, C. D. : The influence of spatial aspects of demand on the use of ‘Direct Distribution’ in freight transport: [Polytechnic of Central London]
  • Theologitis, J., Powell, D. G. : The development of world air transport for the 1980s: an appraisal of forecasting techniques: [Queen Mary College]
  • Bell, M. G. H. : The use of continuous distribution models in road accident studies concerned with the severity of injury: [University College London]
  • Ward, H., Moore, R. L. : Methods of monitoring the effects of low-cost urban accident counter-measures: [University College London]
  • Nicholl, J. P. : Testing hypotheses about the effect of accident prevention measures using data for several sites: [University College London]
  • Bolland, J. D. : The evaluation of motor-cycle driver training: [UWIST]
  • Banjo, G. C. A. : Activity travel patterns in Nigeria: [Liverpool]
  • Goodwin, P. B. : Simulating demographic and behavioural changes in a population with the progression of time: [Oxford]
  • Mackett, R. L., Lan Ong, C. : A computer simulation game of the locational decision process: [Leeds]
  • Ho, S. C. Y., Hicks, P. J., Hartley, M. G. : Traffic data acquisition using charge-coupled devices and micro-processors: [UMIST]
  • Khan, Md. E. H., Renfrew, A. C. : Rail traffic regulation using a distributed micro-processor system: [UMIST]
  • Salter, D. R., Bettison, M., Davies, P. : Development of detectors for the measurement of moving wheel loads: [Nottingham]
  • Powell, D. G., Young, A. E. : Specifying minimum skid resistance standards for urban roads: [Queen Mary College]
  • Davis, E. P. : Value of travel time for housewives: [Oxford]
  • Atkins, S. T. : Impact of toll increase on Itchen Bridge traffic flows: [Southampton]
  • Hartley, T. M. : The Transport Act 1980: [Leeds]
  • Higginson, M. : Change or continuity? – Municipal bus operation under contrasting policies 1970 to 1980: [Polytechnic of Central London]
  • Lee, N., Tyson, W. J. : Economic implications of liberalising road service licensing in metropolitan counties: [Manchester]
  • Hibbs, J. : A comparative study of bus licensing in various countries – report on work in progress: [Birmingham Polytechnic]
  • Heydecker, B. G. : Some consequence of signal control policies for traffic assignment: [University College London]
  • Willumsen, L. G. : Estimating a trip matrix from traffic counts: empirical tests: [University College London]
  • Smith, M. J. : A local traffic control policy which ensures that the traffic assignment problem has a solution: [York]
  • Bonsall, P. W. : Stated intention data – an experience: [Leeds]
  • Benabi, B., Pitfield, D. E. : Variable sampling proportions in a stratified survey of freight demand: [Loughborough]
  • Bull, P., Ashworth, R. : Vehicle detection at pelican crossings: [Sheffield]
  • Scabardonis, A. : An investigation into traffic characteristics at ramp entries: [Southampton]
  • Course, E. : What happens to disused transport facilities – a visual survey: [Southampton]

1982 Conference (Bristol)

  • May, A. D., Patterson, N. S. : Measuring the effects of transport policy on industry [Leeds]
  • Hall, M. S. : Local government and freight planning [Newcastle upon Tyne]
  • Whiteing, A. E. : Testing the sensitivity of modal choice for bulk freight movements to a range of important variables [Leeds]
  • Mendes, T. M., Hartley, M. G. : Validation of a software road-traffic model [Coimbra]
  • Williams, S. L., Hunt, J. G. : A simulation model of pedestrians crossing the road at a random point [UWIST]
  • Griffiths, J. D., Williams, J. E. : Congestion on the Severn Bridge [UWIST]
  • Ramsey, A. : Whose street system? [Strathclyde]
  • Roe, M. : The analysis of transport problems [Aston]
  • Olney, G. P., Kilvington, R. P. : Accessibility problems in the Breckland area of Norfolk [Loughborough]
  • Course, E. : Development of terminals [Southampton]
  • Meal, J. : Integration or disintegration? A rosy or black future for automatic fares collection on public transport? [Newcastle upon Tyne]
  • Salter, D. R., Davies, P. : The accuracy of automatic vehicle classification [Nottingham]
  • Brader, D. J., Renfrew, A. C. : PRT vehicle control [UWIST]
  • Morrison, A. : Using the Department of Transport’s road network databank to produce route planning maps [Glasgow]
  • Rice, P. : Some problems with disaggregation of fuel consumption in road transport and the relationship with vehicle mileage in the UK [Imperial College]
  • Powell, D. : Aspects of the aerodynamic behaviour of road vehicles [Queen Mary College, London]
  • Heydecker, B. G. : A delay formula for traffic signals with variable red and green times [University College London]
  • Abu-Rahmeh, F., Ashworth, R., Laurence, C. J. D. : Saturation flow and lost time at traffic signals [Sheffield]
  • Maher, M. J., Dowse, R. J. : A comparison of statistical methods for estimating parameters in gap acceptance problems [Sheffield]
  • Smith, M. J. : The existence and construction of a time-dependant equilibrium queue at a single bottleneck [York]
  • Worsey, G. : Factors that generate accidents on urban roads [Newcastle upon Tyne]
  • Walker, R. : The evaluation of accident counter-measures for residential areas [Newcastle upon Tyne]
  • Powell, D. : A guide to choosing the most cost-effective treatment in skid-resistant resurfacing [Queen Mary College, London]
  • Wright, C. C. : Geometric delay to pedestrians [Middlesex Polytechnic]
  • Surl, R. A. J. : The estimation of turning flows at junctions [Southampton]
  • Bell, M. G. H. : The inference of an origin-destination matrix from traffic counts; some recent developments [University College London]
  • Thomas, T. : Rickshaws [Warwick]
  • James, N., Davies, P., Trench, S. : The scope for competition in local bus services [Nottingham]
  • Nash, C. A. : Rail policy in Britain – what next? [Leeds]

1983 Conference (Imperial)

  • May, A.D., Montgomery, F.O. : Travel time monitoring in urban areas: [Leeds]
  • Layzell, A. : Panel and continuous-time data sets: their scope and some initial results: [Oxford]
  • Atkins, S. T. : Experience from a repeated travel survey: [Southampton]
  • Landrock, J.N., Holden, D.J. : The relation between speed and distance in daily travel: [University College London]
  • Hay, A., Bell, T., Donnison, R. : The use of automatic interaction detection methods in the study of trip rates and the design of sampling schemes: [Sheffield]
  • Robinson, P. : Automatic traffic turning movement counts: [Nottingham]
  • Heydecker, B.G. : Vehicles, PCUs and TCUs in traffic-signal calculations: [University College London]
  • Gallivan, S., Heydecker, B.G. : Optimising the control performance of traffic signals at a single junction: [University College London]
  • Taylor, I. : Traffic responsive plan changes in small linked signal systems: [Newcastle upon Tyne]
  • Lewis, P.A., Tillotson, H.T. : Development of a microprocessor vehicle monitor: [Birmingham]
  • Kawamura, A., Kaku, T. : Some aspects on road irregularity and vehicle dynamics: [Hakodate Technical College, Japan]
  • Dickinson, K.W., Ashworth, R., Darkin, C.G., Hartley, M.G., Hicks, P.J., Wan, C., Waterfall, R.C. : Preliminary results for a video image processing system directed towards road traffic: [Sheffield]
  • Course, E. : Transformation of the port of Southampton: [Southampton]
  • Underwood, J.R. : Simplified models: a network generation approach: [Dundee]
  • Polak, J.W. : Some methodological aspects of equilibrium assignment algorithms: [Birmingham]
  • Smith, M.J. : The existence and calculation of traffic equilibria: [York]
  • Jennings, A. : The recurrent cost problem in the least developed countries: [???]
  • Pearson-Kirk, D. : The need for road transport regulation in developing countries: [UPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia]
  • Vijayakumar, S., Jacobs, G.D. : Factors affecting the use of public transport in cities in developed and developing countries: [Imperial College London]
  • Powell, D., Theologitis, I. : An application of the intervening opportunities models in distributing recreational cross-water trips: [Queen Mary College, London]
  • Rutter, A.J., Thompson, J.R., Colwill, D.M. : The effects of de-icing salt on shrubs planted beside motorways: [Imperial College of Science and Technology]
  • Wright, D. : Overladen lorries – optimising a strategic policy for enforcing weight limits: [Cranfield]
  • Rice, P. : A second look at forecasting GB vehicle-km and energy consumption from various GDP measures: [Imperial College London]
  • Backler, G.G. : The economics of alleviating British rail’s loading-gauge constraints: [Leeds]
  • Truelove, P. : Transport investment proposals: whose role is decisive?: [University of Aston in Birmingham]
  • Boyle, A.J., Wright, C.C. : The assessment of the effectiveness of remedial treatment at specific road locations: [Middlesex Polytechnic]
  • Jadaan, K.S. : Comparison of traffic accidents in the Arabian Gulf countries: [University of Kuwait, Kuwait]
  • Macrory, R. : Bicycle planning law: [Imperial College London]
  • Dodgson, J.S. : Measuring the benefits of reduced fares on public transport services on Merseyside: [Liverpool]
  • James, N., Trench, S., Davies, P. : Local bus competition under the 1980 Transport Act: A case study: [Nottingham]
  • White, P.R. : Effects of the 1980 Transport Act on express coach services: [Polytechnic of Central London]
  • Mountain, L.J. : The accuracy of turning flow estimates at intersections: [Liverpool]
  • Mogridge, M.J.H., Holden, D.J. : Spatial variations in average daily travel times in London: [University College London]
  • Maher, M.J. : The use of prior information in gravity model calibration: [Sheffield]
  • Springer, T.M. : Measuring the effects of bus lanes on service reliability: [Leeds]
  • Rana, P.S. : Users’ perceptions of bus service reliability: [Newcastle upon Tyne]
  • Savage, I.P. : Welfare evaluation of competition on stage carriage bus routes: [Leeds]