2009 STAR Conference

Held Friday, 1 May 2009, The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.

Conference papers are listed below by topic. Papers are in PDF format.

General

• CHANGING PERSPECTIVES: CHALLENGES FOR RESEARCH AND PRACTICE - Prof. Peter Jones, University College London
• HIGH SPEED RAIL - FASTER SERVICES FOR SOME OR BETTER SERVICES FOR ALL? - Philip Bates, Jacobs Consultancy
• ARGYLL AIR SERVICES - CONNECTING THE ARGYLL ISLES TO THE SCOTTISH MAINLAND - Stewart Turner, Argyll and Bute Council
• "QUALITY OF LIFE" TRANSPORT INDICATORS UNDER A SINGLE OUTCOME AGREEMENT - Stuart Knowles, Fife Council

Greener

• A CARBON LED APPROACH TO ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT - Christopher Bell, WSP; David Miscandlon, WSP
• CO2 MANAGEMENT - MOVING TRANSPORT FORWARD - Emma Gilmour, SIAS Limited; Philip McKay, Aberdeenshire Council
• FREIGHT BEST PRACTICE SCOTLAND: THE FIRST YEAR - Katherine Soane, Dan Cathcart, Carl McCarthy and Jonathan James, Faber Maunsell Ltd
• LOW-ZERO EMISSION BUS TECHNOLOGIES IN URBAN CENTRES IN SCOTLAND - Kirsty Davison and Judith Thomson, Steer Davies Gleave
• CO2Y - THE INTELLIGENT GREEN SOLUTION: MINIMISING CARBON EMISSIONS BY MAXIMISING SHARED TRAVEL OPPORTUNITY - Neil Urquhart, Tom McEwan, Richard Holden and Thanasis Vogogias, Edinburgh Napier University

Healthier

• RENFREW TOWN CENTRE REGENERATION - Scott Allan, Renfrewshire Council; Duncan Birrell, Colin Buchanan
• WHAT'S SMARTER ABOUT SMARTER CHOICES, SMARTER PLACES? - Ian Maxwell and Michael Young, The Scottish Government
• TOWARDS A HEALTHIER ECONOMY: WHY INVESTING IN SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT MAKES ECONOMIC SENSE - Jolin Warren, Transform Scotland
• THE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THROUGH WORKPLACE TRAVEL PLANS - Adrian Davis, JMP; Ko Sakamoto, TRL; Ronit Tong, TRL

Safe and Stronger

• AVOIDING PERFECT STORMS: ITS FOR WEATHER EVENTS - Andrew MacIver, Edinburgh Napier University
• INNOVATIVE ENGLISH CASUALTY REDUCTION - Duncan Price, Department for Transport
• DESIGNING STREETS - THE MISSING LINK IN TRANSPORT POLICY? - Keith Gowenlock, WSP Development and Transportation; Sam Anwar, Scottish Government
• SEVERE WEATHER WARNING: ISLANDS, LIFELINE LINKS AND SUSTAINABILITY - Paul Finch, Faber Maunsell
• UNDERSTANDING HOW PEDESTRIANS INTERFACE WITH TRAMS - Shaneen Khambata and Ronit Tong, TRL

Smarter

• ASSESSING RESPONSES TO DEMANDS FOR TRANSPORT - Keith McGillivray, SIAS Limited
• MODE, MOOD AND TRIP MANAGEMENT: A QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF RTPI ON BUS USER BEHAVIOUR AND ATTITUDES - Michael Carreno, Stephen Stradling and Tom Rye, Napier University
• DEVELOPING INTEGRATED SMARTCARD TICKETING - Michael Milne, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
• Streamline - MONITORING AND EVALUATION - Andrew Brown and Steven Gray, Glasgow City Council

Wealthier & Fairer

• WIDER ECONOMIC IMPACTS IN REMOTE AREAS - James Laird, University of Leeds
• HITRANS INDEX OF SPARSITY: A TOOL FOR ENSURING REGIONAL EQUITY - Jon Crockett and Neill Birch, MVA Consultancy; Ranald Robertson, HITRANS
• STALLED ON THE STARTING LINE? THE REGIONAL TRANSPORT PARTNERSHIPS - Kate Pangbourne, University of Aberdeen
• LISMORE ACCESS PRIORITIES - STAG APPRAISAL - Paul McCartney and Scott Leitham, MVA Consultancy; Lorna Spencer, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd