International Transport & Mobility Research

Our international research and innovation arm plays a leading role in mobility research and demonstration projects. Through this work and how we apply it, we are helping to advance more sustainably designed, low carbon and future-proofed communities.

With our international offices, we work with a wide range of organisations including the European Commission, the EBRD, the World Bank and the United Nations.

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Overview

We use our research to understand the social aspects of mobility and transport. This informs the narratives for our development planning clients, which include urban designers, masterplanners, property developers, municipalities and transport authorities.

The focus of our future mobility work is wide-ranging and covers sustainability, climate change, social cohesion, virtual mobility, flexible streets, new technologies, smart economics and pandemic resilience.

Through envisioning the future and implementing the latest innovations, we are proud to be making a positive contribution, driving decarbonisation and changing mind-sets about travel behaviour, at the same time addressing the needs of different genders and generations.

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Flint

The R&D team has developed Flint, the market-leading vision-led planning tool. This helps our clients run masterplan scenarios to validate how different placemaking and sustainable mobility measures will influence travel behaviour within a new development. Using new data analytics, it provides metrics on carbon emissions, air quality and health - as well as internal and external trip generation - which is then included in our vision-led transport assessments.

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International Transport & Mobility Research Projects

  • Project

    Sub-Saharan Africa

    High Volume Transport programme

    Built Environment

    TRANSITIONS - Improving sustainability in Africa Transport Sector


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  • Project

    Africa

    DT Global

    Government & Infrastructure

    EMPOWER II project: Safer transport for women in sub-Saharan Africa


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  • Project

    Europe

    EU

    Built Environment

    SUMP PLUS - Tools to support transition to low carbon transport strategies


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  • Project

    Africa

    UKAid

    Built Environment

    EMPOWER - Tackling sexual harassment on public transport in sub-Saharan Africa


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  • Project

    UK

    Royal Town Planning Institute

    Built Environment

    Net-Zero transport project - Deploying mobility and place-based solutions to reach Net-Zero carbon objectives


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  • Project

    Europe

    EU

    Built Environment

    MIND-SETS project - Understanding the motivations behind travel choices


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  • Project

    Budapest, Constanta, London, Lisbon and Malmö

    EU

    Built Environment

    MORE project - Street designs to improve efficiency of transport corridors


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  • Project

    Various European cities

    EU

    Built Environment

    CREATE project - Reducing congestion and car use


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  • Project

    Preston, UK

    Vision-led planning - Pickerings Farm, Penwortham

    Built Environment

    Vision-led planning - Pickerings Farm


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  • Project

    Europe

    European Commission

    Built Environment

    MORE - Multi-modal optimisation of urban road space in Europe


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  • Project

    Cairo, Egypt

    European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

    Built Environment

    Egypt National Rail - Improving safety and security


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  • Project

    Europe

    The European Commission

    Built Environment

    CREATE - Congestion Reduction in Europe: Advancing Transport Efficiency


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  • Project

    Europe

    The European Commission

    Built Environment

    CIVITAS Renaissance - Sustainable urban mobility planning


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  • Project

    Europe

    The European Commission

    Built Environment

    CIVITAS Portis - Sustainable mobility for port cities


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  • Project

    Europe

    The European Commission

    Built Environment

    CIVITAS Destinations - Sustainable mobility for tourist towns


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  • Project

    Europe

    The European Commission

    Built Environment

    CHUMS - Changing Habits for Urban Mobility Solutions


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Our Team Includes

  • Paul Curtis

    Director - Transport and Mobility Planning | Research and Development

  • Mike Axon

    Global Director of Transport

  • Tim Durant

    Associate Director - Transport and Mobility Planning | Research and Development

  • Steve Wright

    Principal Researcher - Transport and Mobility Planning | Research and Development

  • James McKechnie

    Director - Transport and Mobility Planning

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