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What does an energy efficient transport system look like? Will electric vehicles stop climate change? What transport injustices exist in our societies? How do we change behaviours towards low-carbon forms of transport? Are transport and wellbeing connected? And, what role can travel play in achieving better public health and meeting the UN’s SDGs? 

These are just a few of the questions currently being addressed by the University of Oxford’s Transport Studies Unit (TSU), a research institute that puts just and human-centered mobility futures at the heart of its research. Founded in 1973 through an endowment of the then Chartered Institute of Transport, the TSU is now part of Oxford’s School of Geography and the Environment and this year celebrates 50 years of research excellence. 

New ESRC-funding will see Oxford researchers examine how active travel can be more inclusive of children with non-visible disabilities.

The Global Challenges in Transport Executive Education Programme ran the Climate Change online course between 21 February and 31 March.

The Global Challenges in Transport - Climate Change online course gives transport professionals from around the world a unique opportunity to think about how current mobility systems interact with a changing climate.

While governments across the globe implemented strict lockdowns at the outset of COVID-19, these were unrealistic measures for individuals who could not work from home or survive on insufficient and often untimely cash transfers. New research by TSU's Shiv Yucel explores how these inequalities relate to the effectiveness of lockdowns to slow the spread of disease. Mobility inequalities compound the exposure risks to vulnerable individuals who already face greater risks of hospitalizations and death due to low healthcare access and greater rates of co-morbidities.