Welcome
to the live Twitter feed for #esrc6
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Professor
Alan Tapp has started us off with his talk on the relationship between
cyclists and motorists #esrc6
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Discussing
Road Wars project and the subject of harmony on the roads #esrc6
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Prof
Tapp discussing comments people make about cyclists. Lots of talk of Lycra
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Criticisms
in the media about cyclists. 'Cycling is the most damaging thing for London
since the Blitz!' Nigel Lawson #esrc6
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Politicians
not innocent either. Claims in House of Lords that cycling more dangerous
than driving are very damaging #esrc6
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8
million adults say they are making plans to cycle, but they don't do it
#esrc6
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RT
@DaveJMcElroy: #esrc6 @BChangeSeminars starts by examining the
cyclist-motorist conflict #cycling
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People
don't cycle because they see it as dangerous. Meanwhile motorists get
confused by cyclists #esrc6
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No
moral differentiation between cyclists and motorists - no logic to it at all.
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Cyclists
behave badly but it doesn't tend to have the same consequences #esrc6
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You end
up with discrimination and negative behaviours #esrc6
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People
tend to blame the others and you end up with road wars. Motorists don't
understand cyclists #esrc6
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The
Nice Way code - got slammed by cyclists. #esrc6
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It's
complicated. Can we get to a point where there is more understanding and
harmony? #esrc6
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Education,
marketing and psychological techniques all possible, but you need money
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Can we
start a social movement? Sometimes you need a big social trigger to change
things. Also need a sense of humour #esrc6
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Prof
Tapp has finished his talk and is taking Q&A #esrc6
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Need to
make cycling a way of life as it is on the continent #esrc6
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Next
speaker is James Faulconbridge #esrc6
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Going
to talk about commuting, practice theory and fleximobility #esrc6
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Project
funded by UK energy programme. We all know we need big change - we think of
travel behaviour as static and habitual #esrc6
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That
was the premise for the project. Two year longitudinal study in Brighton and
Lancaster #esrc6
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Are we
missing something by focusing on the psychology? Dominant interventions seem
to be on disincentivising driving #esrc6
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What is
travel? What is involved in 'doing' cycling? What competencies and materials
do you need? #esrc6
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A bit
of nudging and info can invoke change, but nowhere near enough. Need more
structural changes #esrc6
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Even
leisure cyclists might not cycle to work- requires a whole different set of
competencies #esrc6
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RT
@DaveJMcElroy: Capitalising on moments of chaos @Disruptionproj with James
Faulconbridge. Good chance to reset entrenched habits? #esrc6
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Spatial
complexity - people are going to multiple places in one journey under tight
time constraints #esrc6
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Fleximobility
thinks about the whole system and how you can make structures more dynamic
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About
making it possible to use the bike or the us more of the time. Not about
abandoning the car completely #esrc6
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Need to
create time and space and environment that is more open to sustainable forms
of travel #esrc6
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Greater
flexible working, relaxing the time pressures - need to move from space-time
rigidity #esrc6
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Low
carbon travel needs to recognise as a practice in its own right #esrc6
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Need to
think about wider structural issues and how they could compliment the
changing of attitudes and behaviours #esrc6
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James
Faulconbridge concludes his talk and is ready for Q&A #esrc6
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Need to
recognise that not everyone makes regular a to b trips. There are other
complexities to juggle - school, clubs, leisure #esrc6
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Need
behavioural and structural change and less focus on the individual #esrc6
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Adrian
Davis is the next to speak #esrc6
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Different
sectors and specialisms tend to exclude others and make problems when they
try to collaborate #esrc6
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Challenge
for better integration of the value of evidence. Different professions have a
different interpretation of key concepts #esrc6
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Where
does evidence sit in local government? We do what the politicians say we must
do #esrc6
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We
often use a common sense approach, which might not necessarily be the same as
the evidence base #esrc6
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Why do
we lose the evidence pathway in local government? We should be using most
robust evidence as standard #esrc6
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Important
to build appropriate relationships for collaboration #esrc6
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Translational
research - de-jargonising academic work to ensure evidence does get to
practitioners #esrc6
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Need
appropriate branding to get robust evidence to the right people #esrc6
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Thanks
to Adrian Davis who has now finished and is taking Q&A #esrc6
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Reconvening
after lunch for Sally Cairns' talk: some thoughts on changing mobility
behaviour #esrc6
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Car use
coming down in urban areas. Evidence that change is happening anyway. #esrc6
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35% of
adults changed mobility behaviour on a week day during the Olympics, so
change is possible #esrc6
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A lot
of evidence that behaviour change is possible in the right context. Synergy
is important too #esrc6
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Massive
growth in teleconferencing offers opportunity to reduce the need for business
travel #esrc6
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Also
big change in availability of information online - Google maps, travel apps
etc. Smart travelling for informed decisions #esrc6
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Diversification
of active travel - scooters, electrically assisted bikes. Makes active travel
more inclusive #esrc6
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Self
quantifiable feedback mechanisms more available to people. Effective
interventions and increasing scope to influence behaviour #esrc6
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Mobility
behaviour can change and making a difference is possible. #esrc6
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Sally
Cairns concludes her talk. Q&A now #esrc6
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Question
about whether limiting car parking is effective in implementing behaviour
change #esrc6
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Sally:
yes, but it has to be part of a wider strategy. Offer incentives for other
modes of transport too #esrc6
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Success
depends on what other options are #esrc6
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RT
@stella_warren: Interesting talk on Fleximobility by @JRFaulconbridge. Now on
@Adrian4Davis taking a look at the evidence #esrc6
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Thanks
to Sally Cairns - Graham Parkhurst is next to speak #esrc6
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There
is an opportunity but we need to do much better targeting says Graham #esrc6
https://t.co/iqggfc2WgJ
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What
really matters is how much a car is driven, not what the emissions are #esrc6
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Need
both behaviour change and technical fixes #esrc6
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No doubt
that behaviour does change and has changed enormously #esrc6
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Society
and space reorganised in the 1970s when cars became a necessity #esrc6
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Polarisation
in behaviours. Could be that families over 30 more dependent on the car
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Why
aren't we seeing better results given the amount of work that's going into
studying travel behaviour #esrc6
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75% of
journeys of less than one mile, people already walk. Suggests people will use
alternatives where conditions allow #esrc6
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Bristol's
cycling has increased by 93% over past 2 years, but car use also gone up
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Our
messaging for behaviour change is just too weak #esrc6
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Smoking
and alcohol use have much more effective messaging strategies #esrc6
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Speeding
and road user behaviour: also clearer messaging, examples of what can go
wrong, consequences etc #esrc6
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Need a
clearer sense of responsibility #esrc6
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Communication
needs to be realistic. Previous messaging has been confusing #esrc6
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People
can have wishful thinking - giving up something else excuses other non-green
behaviours. Not always the case #esrc6
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Something
akin to personalised carbon planning is needed #esrc6
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Has to
be voluntary-based but need a clearer sense of which behaviours are most
damaging for the climate #esrc6
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Concludes
Graham's talk, Q&A now #esrc6
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Chris
Mather is now taking the stage to discuss a practitioner's view #esrc6
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Q to
audience- what do TfL do? A- everything on rubber and rails #esrc6
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River
services and cable cars also TfL's responsibility #esrc6
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Vital
to keep London moving - Europe's first mega city #esrc6
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A lot
of political pressure. New mayor coming in - will be the boss. He leads
regardless of the evidence base #esrc6
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Need to
invest in infrastructure. We are building lots of big capital projects #esrc6
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Acton
to Barking cycle path in progress #esrc6
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Some of
these infrastructure changes will force behaviour change whilst creating
additional capacity #esrc6
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Intelligent
management of the road network - can change signalling remotely to ease
congestion on demand #esrc6
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But,
with all of that we still can't keep on top of growth in demand in London in
the long term #esrc6
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Do you
have to travel? Can you work remotely? Can you do a conference call instead?
#esrc6
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Olympic
Games stopped people using cars in the city. Got all the athletes to their
events on time #esrc6
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But
people went back to their old behaviours after the games #esrc6
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Schools
programme - STARS. Get kids involved with schools travel advisors. Walking
buses, cycling to school weeks #esrc6
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Average
8% reduction in car use as a result #esrc6
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Also
work with workplaces on increasing cycling #esrc6
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RideLondon
- have to demonstrate real behaviour change to justify closing down London
streets for the event #esrc6
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Road
user charging has got to happen, it's just a question of when #esrc6
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Parking
is political plutonium - nobody wants to take parking away. A lot of traffic
produced by people looking for parking spaces #esrc6
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More
night time deliveries coming in, spreading freight over 24 hours #esrc6
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Driverless
cars will have a massive impact on TfL's revenue #esrc6
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Chris
Mather has finished his talk #esrc6
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Q&A
now. Congestion charge: price is not a factor. Those who use it now would use
it at any price #esrc6
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A
challenge of a confusion of innovations that don't link up - eg Uber wasn't
part of the plan, so how do you keep on top of it? #esrc6
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Things
like Uber can put you on the back foot, but TfL are trying to stay on top of
it. We are open to mobility trials #esrc6
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Ride
London was a direct legacy of the Olympic Games. We spent a lot of time
evaluating the impacts #esrc6
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Housing
infrastructure will be a key aspect of future planning for transport #esrc6
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General
Q&A now. A massive thank you to all of our speakers today as we wrap
up... #esrc6
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...also
a big thank you to @arnolfiniarts for an amazing lunch - a lot of very good
feedback! #esrc6
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Monday 14 March 2016
ESRC #6 as it happened - live Twitter feed
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