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Our projects

Our projects cover all major transport modes from a range of disciplinary backgrounds.
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Mobility as a Service for disabled travellers

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STARS: A Socio-Technical Systems Approach to Road Safety (A Global Health Research Group)

Staff

Lead researchers

Emeritus Professor Neville Stanton

Research interests
  • Ergonomics and Human Factors methods
  • Distributed cognition and distributed situation awareness
  • The effects of automation on human tasks, mainly focused on the development of vehicle automa…
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Email: N.Stanton@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Katie Plant

Professor
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Email: K.Plant@soton.ac.uk

Professor John Preston

Professor of Rail Transport
Research interests
  • Demand, capacity and cost modelling for sustainable transport infrastructure.
  • The design, monitoring and evaluation of transport interventions designed to promote sustaina…
  • The determination of pathways for future mobility transitions to net zero carbon.
Connect with John

Email: J.M.Preston@soton.ac.uk

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ALICIA (All Condition Operations and Innovative Cockpit Infrastructure)

Staff

Lead researchers

Emeritus Professor Neville Stanton

Research interests
  • Ergonomics and Human Factors methods
  • Distributed cognition and distributed situation awareness
  • The effects of automation on human tasks, mainly focused on the development of vehicle automa…
Connect with Neville

Email: N.Stanton@soton.ac.uk

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Alternative Fuel Feasibility Assessment

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Tom Cherrett

Professor of Logistics & Transport Management
Research interests
  • Understanding and improving the distribution of goods and the management of freight vehicles …
  • How optimisation techniques can be used to improve system efficiency and in what ways Intelli…
  • Approaches to more effectively collect and manage the movement of waste in terms of both hous…
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Email: T.J.Cherrett@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Matt Grote

Research Fellow in Transport & the Environment
Research interests
  • Mitigating road traffic impacts
  • Sustainable aviation
  • Practical modelling methods
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Email: M.J.Grote@soton.ac.uk

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Anniversary Fellowship: Applying a socio-technical systems approach to inform gender-equitable future road transport systems

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Assisted VSTP (Very Short Term Planning)

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor John Preston

Professor of Rail Transport
Research interests
  • Demand, capacity and cost modelling for sustainable transport infrastructure.
  • The design, monitoring and evaluation of transport interventions designed to promote sustaina…
  • The determination of pathways for future mobility transitions to net zero carbon.
Connect with John

Email: J.M.Preston@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr John Armstrong

Snr Res Fellow in Engineering Economics
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Email: J.ARMSTRONG@soton.ac.uk

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Wirelessly gathered road vehicle data for traffic control and other applications

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Ben Waterson

Professor
Research interests
  • Road transport
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Traveller Behaviour
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Email: B.J.Waterson@southampton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Tom Cherrett

Professor of Logistics & Transport Management
Research interests
  • Understanding and improving the distribution of goods and the management of freight vehicles …
  • How optimisation techniques can be used to improve system efficiency and in what ways Intelli…
  • Approaches to more effectively collect and manage the movement of waste in terms of both hous…
Connect with Tom

Email: T.J.Cherrett@soton.ac.uk

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Ben Waterson - Future SCOOT Algorithm AI Development Project Proposal

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Blood Product Carriage by Heavy-Lift Drone Research

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C:TTIME (Collective Teamwork Training Intervention Measurement and Evaluation)

Staff

Other researchers

Emeritus Professor Neville Stanton

Research interests
  • Ergonomics and Human Factors methods
  • Distributed cognition and distributed situation awareness
  • The effects of automation on human tasks, mainly focused on the development of vehicle automa…
Connect with Neville

Email: N.Stanton@soton.ac.uk