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Ian Philips
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Associate Professor Institute for Transport Studies Univ. of Leeds e-bikes, transport decarbonisation, transport geography
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biknmusicmama.bsky.social
E-bikes don’t have this problem.
dougparr.bsky.social Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 26d
Real-world data from 800k cars on the road - rather than data from distorting lab tests - show plug-in hybrids, with a large battery as well as a combustion engine, are 4.9x worse than official data say, making them essentially as bad as ordinary petrol cars

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds
Analysis of 800,000 European cars found real-world pollution from plug-in hybrids nearly five times greater than lab tests
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
drianphilips.bsky.social
NEW PAPER ALERT! E-cargo bikes as a personal transport mode in the UK: Insights from surveys and suburban trials, . This presents some of the results from our ELEVATE project doi.org/10.1016/j.jc... #SustainableTransport #ActiveTravel #Micromobility #ECargoBikes @micromobility-its.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
drianphilips.bsky.social
Over the Summer we were visited by the team from hashtag #GlobalCyclingNetwork to speak about our Elevate project e-cargo bike findings. The resulting video is available now and covers some of the things that we found and speaks to some of our participants.
September 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
drianphilips.bsky.social
E-(Cargo) Bikes: Finance and Access Workshop summary is live. Another great piece of work from our ELEVATE @micromobility-its.bsky.social team led by Sally Cairns Noel Cass Theresa Nelson. blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/file...
blogs.brighton.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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nofixedclass.bsky.social
I wrote this pre our national workshops on Financial Access to E-(cargo) bikes, thinking about Total Cost of Ownership vs cars, the second car as a particular target for replacement with such bikes, and the potential appeal of the leasing model of ownership (which is so addictive for car ownership).
E-cargo bike access: Total Cost of Ownership, the appeal to second car owners, and leasing | The ELEVATE Project
Blog written by Dr. Noel Cass E-cargo bike access: Total Cost of Ownership, the appeal to second car owners, and leasing ...
blogs.brighton.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
drianphilips.bsky.social
I am presenting work from the ELEVATE project in Dublin today. I'll be talking about where household e-cargo bikes go - the types of roads they use , trip distances and so on
micromobility-its.bsky.social The ELEVATE Research Project @micromobility-its.bsky.social · Jun 24
❗ELEVATE at #UTSG2025❗

Some of the ELEVATE team are off to Dublin by 🚆& ⛴️ .. [NO ✈️] to share our research on #ecargobikes

Catch @drianphilips.bsky.social & Dr Alice de Séjournet if you're there tinyurl.com/25mty268

Not at UTSG DW, we'll upload slides here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/
June 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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jilliananable.bsky.social
Excited for #UTSG2025 🥳

Sharing @infuzeleeds.bsky.social & TRANSAS research this week & proud to see these featured too:

◼️ELEVATE @drianphilips.bsky.social & Dr Alice de Sejournet
◼️CARS ‪@drmalcolmmorgan.bsky.social ‬
◼️UKERC-CAV @nofixedclass.bsky.social
◼️TRANSAS @llinosbrown.bsky.social
Conference Schedule Poster: “ELEVATE, TRANSAS, INFUZE, and CARS at UTSG 2025” Conference dates: June 25–27, 2025. Each session is listed with a calendar icon, the speaker's name, affiliated project(s), session title, and talk title. Wednesday, June 25: Prof. Jillian Anable (INFUZE/TRANSAS) — Session 2C Shared Mobility: “What goes up must come down? A systematic review of the processes of change in levels of car ownership” Prof. Jillian Anable (INFUZE/TRANSAS) — Session 2C Shared Mobility: “Changes in Household Car Ownership and Impact of Covid-19 – A Panel Case Study of Shifting Trends” Dr. Llinos Brown (TRANSAS) — Session 2A Post-Pandemic Behaviour: “What goes up must come down? A systematic review...” Dr. Ian Philips (ELEVATE) — Session 1D Active Travel: “Analysis of domestic e-cargo bike GPS traces in UK suburbs” Dr. Noel Cass (UKERC-CAV) — Session 2B Autonomous Vehicles: “Public acceptance and uptake of shared autonomous vehicles: A mixed methods study” Conference Schedule Poster: “ELEVATE, TRANSAS, INFUZE, and CARS at UTSG 2025” Conference dates: June 25–27, 2025. Each session is listed with a calendar icon, the speaker's name, affiliated project(s), session title, and talk title. Wednesday, June 25: Prof. Jillian Anable (INFUZE/TRANSAS) — Session 2C Shared Mobility: “What goes up must come down? A systematic review of the processes of change in levels of car ownership” Prof. Jillian Anable (INFUZE/TRANSAS) — Session 2C Shared Mobility: “Changes in Household Car Ownership and Impact of Covid-19 – A Panel Case Study of Shifting Trends” Dr. Llinos Brown (TRANSAS) — Session 2A Post-Pandemic Behaviour: “What goes up must come down? A systematic review...” Dr. Ian Philips (ELEVATE) — Session 1D Active Travel: “Analysis of domestic e-cargo bike GPS traces in UK suburbs” Dr. Noel Cass (UKERC-CAV) — Session 2B Autonomous Vehicles: “Public acceptance and uptake of shared autonomous vehicles: A mixed methods study”
June 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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micromobility-its.bsky.social
Proud to say that ELEVATE was part of this event! We had attendees #testride #ecargo bikes from our research trials. Check out the video below and don't forget to look at the riding videos on our webpage 🚲😎
blogs.brighton.ac.uk/elevate/2025...

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April 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
drianphilips.bsky.social
PREPRINT ALERT : www.preprints.org/manuscript/2... E-Cargo Bikes as a Personal Transport Mode in the UK: Insights from National Surveys and Suburban Trials. We present wide ranging insights from our study of domestic use of e-cargo bikes in the UK. @micromobility-its.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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micromobility-its.bsky.social
‼️JOB ALERT: Closes 17th March 2025 ‼️

Quantitative Transport Data Analyst needed for the HELMET (HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooters) project based at the Institute for Transport Studies @universityofleeds.bsky.social
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jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

#ITSLeeds @drianphilips.bsky.social
Job Opportunity: Quantitative Transport Data Analyst 12-month fixed-term position for the HELMET research project (HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooters) at the Institute for Transport Studies. Responsibilities include supporting carbon impact analysis, calculating CO₂ savings from survey data on shared e-bikes and e-scooters in UK cities, and extrapolating findings to estimate population-wide impacts. Application Deadline: Monday, 17th March 2025.
February 20, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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ianwalker.bsky.social
Cyclists cannot win. For every "I want you to ring your bell at me" there is an equal and opposite "How dare you ring your bell at me"
January 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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roadcc.bsky.social
The cycle industry organisation said the programme conflated e-bikes with “illegal e-motorbikes”, lacked balance, and “failed to properly inform the public”

The BA also urged the BBC to “provide proper balance when addressing contentious transport issues” in future
road.cc/312013 #cycling
Bicycle Association formally complains to BBC over Adrian Chiles’ e-bike Panorama “misrepresentation”, claiming episode “unjustifiably damaged” legal e-bike industry
The cycle industry organisation said the programme conflated e-bikes with “illegal e-motorbikes”, lacked balance, and “failed to properly inform the public”
road.cc
January 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
drianphilips.bsky.social
More great stuff from Malcolm on carbon.place.
December 20, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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davidzipper.bsky.social
Happening now, in Copenhagen. Should be happening in​ lots of cities, on both sides of the Atlantic.

www.tv2kosmopol.dk/koebenhavn/8...
December 20, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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dr-resa-nelson.bsky.social
Getting into the #ChristmasSpirit thanks to this cool and Christmassy #ecargobike I spotted this morning! #sheffield #sheffieldissuper #electriccargobike
November 27, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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taras-grescoe.com
MAJOR NEW STUDY: Followed 82,000 subjects in #Scotland, up to age 74, found that cyclists + pedestrians had significantly reduced risks of:
— early death
—cancer
—cardiovascular mortality
—hospitalization for ANY reason.

Published in @bmj.com

bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/2/1/...
December 20, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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carltonreid.com
Couple of days after I posted this the DfT released the latest transport stats. www.gov.uk/government/s... Think congestion is bad now? DfT models it's going to worsen.
December 20, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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ianwalker.bsky.social
How did I miss this study when it came out a few months ago? Google Scholar normally emails me about anything that even mentioned cycling. Anyway - WOW, look at the effect sizes for the benefits of active travel
December 18, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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sfrost.bsky.social
Well this looks fascinating and an important contribution to transport & climate policy thinking.

NEF taking on the huge question of how to define & meet human needs for travel within planetary boundaries.

Here’s their discussion starter on sufficient & excessive transport consumption.
Figure 1 details a ‘consumption corridor’ for transport. The floor is defined as deprivation - covering transport poverty & social isolation. Sufficiency is split by comfortable & essential use of different modes. Excessive means travel that breaches environmental limits - only cars and flights can do this.
December 18, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social
A very accessible and informative summary of the transport decarbonisation challenge from @jilliananable.bsky.social - rocking it as usual. Coffee time essential read
sfrost.bsky.social Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Dec 12
Latest paper from our upcoming Progressive Review issue.

An essential read by @jilliananable.bsky.social on our failing approach to transport decarbonisation, the scale of the challenge we face in the second half of the decade and where to focus efforts to achieve the UK's 2030 climate target👇
Decarbonisation pathways for UK transport
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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envleeds.bsky.social
Dr Malcolm Morgan joined BBC Radio 4 to talk about his research into the feasibility of switching planes for trains to decarbonise holidays.

Listen from 31:59:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You and Yours - Dangerous Sweets; Grinch Bots; Shop Christmas Windows - BBC Sounds
The American imported snacks containing banned ingredients in UK shops
www.bbc.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 2:07 PM
drianphilips.bsky.social
This is our latest paper from the ELEVATE project. Hopefully several more papers forthcoming over the next few months.
December 20, 2024 at 8:55 AM
drianphilips.bsky.social
Hello world. I have just joined Bluesky. Please follow if you've followed me on other platforms. Thanks
December 20, 2024 at 8:43 AM