Over the past several months the Cut Carbon networks have allocated small pots of funding to a variety of research projects looking at different aspects of transport decarbonisation. Here are the projects that have been funded so far.
For details on upcoming funding calls visit our Funding page.
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Room to Move – Impacts of road-space reallocation, Dr Stephen Parkes, Sheffield Hallam University
Liveable Liverpool City Region, Dr Richard Dunning, University of Liverpool
Leading the way to lower carbon transport: how, when and why do older, more experienced drivers make a change? Dr Julie Clark, University of the West of Scotland
Hydrogen for Sustainable Waterways, Dr Dénes Csala, Lancaster University
Understanding and modelling electric vehicle charging behaviour using choice modelling, Dr Trivikram Dokka, Lancaster University
Integrating embodied carbon emissions into northern transport infrastructure scenarios, Dr Jannik Giesekam, University of Leeds
Serious Games for Serious Energy Solutions: A Case Study of Diversity for Innovation in Bradford, Dr Zoe M Harris, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
Decarbonising Transport with Neighbourhood Plans in Northern England, Dr Caglar Koksal, University of Manchester
Read abstracts for these projects on the DecarboN8 website
Decarbonising UK Freight
Understanding Freight Decarbonisation Investment Decisions, Fraser McLeod, University of Southampton, and Anthony Velazquez Abad, Transport Research Laboratory
Transport Investment Decisions (TIDE): An exploration of climate alignment in freight related investment decisions, Nadia Ameli, UCL
An Integrated System and Service Design Approach for Decarbonisation of UK Freight Transportation (INSTINCT), Alok Choudhary, Loughborough University
Co-produced Route-mapping to Accelerate Freight Decarbonisation: a Transdisciplinary Learning and Decision Framework, Graham Parkhurst, University of the West of England
Read abstracts for these projects on the Decarbonising UK Freight website
Decarbonising Transport through Electrification
Optimisation of Intermittent Electrification of Rail Transport for Near-Term, Dr. Will Midgley, Loughborough University, Hitachi Rail Europe
A data-driven approach for optimal distribution network operation with rapid charging infrastructure and large-scale battery storage, Dr. Chun Sing Lai, Brunel University London, UK Power Networks
Optimisation of wireless charging infrastructure deployment for bus services, Dr. Panagiotis Angeloudis , Imperial College London, Alan Turing Institute, Transport for London, Innovate UK, EPSRC IAA