Transport Studies Unit

The TSU's research has shown that technological fixes such as electric vehicles will not solve the climate emissions conundrum on their own; more deep and meaningful change is required to the ways in which we live and move.

Climate change is the greatest existential challenge of our time. As one of the largest sources of carbon emissions, transport is a crucial factor to consider. The TSU's research has shown that technological fixes such as electric vehicles will not solve the climate emissions conundrum on their own; more deep and meaningful change is required to the ways in which we live and move.

Research objectives

• Explore the nexus of travel demand, energy use, air quality and carbon emissions at the individual, household, city and national levels;
• Examine the emergence and development of innovations that are expected to reduce energy demand and carbon emissions in passenger and freight transport;
• Understand how transport systems and practices can be made more resilient to climate change;
• Explore different long-term futures for low-carbon and resilient transport systems;
• Develop and apply multi-scale decision support systems and modelling tools;
• Make a practical contribution to policy making in the transport, climate, air quality and energy domains.