ANNUAL REPORT 2020 TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH GROUP Prof Tom Cherrett, Head, Transportation Research Group, Department of Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Boldrewood Innovation Campus, Southampton, SO16 7QF. Tel: 023 8059 2192; e-mail: [email protected]; web: www.trg.soton.ac.uk 1 CONTENTS 1. OVERVIEW.................................................................................................. 3 2. EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES ............................................................................. 6 3. RESEARCH ................................................................................................. 8 3.1 Traffic Operations and Safety Management ....................................... 8 3.2 Energy & Environment ....................................................................... 11 3.3 Freight & Logistics ............................................................................. 13 3.4 Future Technologies .......................................................................... 17 3.5 Rail ....................................................................................................... 21 3.6 Transport and Infrastructure Policy ................................................. 29 3.7 Human Factors ................................................................................... 35 4. TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH GROUP PUBLICATIONS.................. 42 2 1. OVERVIEW Ben Waterson, Associate Professor, specialising in modelling and The Transportation Research Group simulation (TRG) was established at the University Simon Blainey, Associate Professor, of Southampton in 1967 and is part of the specialising in rail transport and Faculty of Engineering and Physical modelling Sciences. Ioannis Kaparias, Lecturer in transportation engineering TRG is located at the University’s Katie Plant, Lecturer in human factors Boldrewood Innovation Campus where engineering the £46 million National Infrastructure Shahram Heydari, Lecturer in Laboratory (NIL) was completed in May Transportation, specialising in safety. 2019 (see below). Research Staff in TRG during 2020 Professor Tom Cherrett became Head of included Dr John Armstrong, James the Group in August 2020. Brown, Adrian Hickford, Fraser McLeod, Dr James Pritchard, Dr Kirsten Revell, Dr Aaron Roberts, Dr Alan Wong, Dr Vicky Banks, Dr Rich McIlroy, Dr Matt Grote, Dr Marcus Young and Leonie Webster. During the year we welcomed Rachael Wynne, Katie Parnell, Matthew Webster, and Jed Clark and said farewell to Leonie Webster, Dr Aaron Roberts, James Brown, Professor Neville Stanton and Dr Kirsten Revell. Their research activities are summarised in later paragraphs. Technical Staff supporting TRG included Karen Ghali, National Infrastructure Laboratory at Daniel Fay, Kiome Pope and Joy Boldrewood Richardson. During the year, we This report covers the research activities welcomed Sophie Hart and said farewell within TRG during the calendar year to Karen Ghali. 2020. Melanie Hallford continued supporting the TRG academic staff members during Group in her role as Senior 2020 were: Administrator for the Department. John Preston, Professor of Rail Mike McDonald continues as Emeritus Transport Professor in Transportation Engineering and Nick Hounsell and Neville Stanton as Neville Stanton, Professor of Human Visiting Professors. We have a number Factors in Transport of other Visiting Professors and Research Tom Cherrett, Professor of Logistics Fellows who contribute significantly to the and Transport Management Group. These include Professor Jianping Wu, Tsinghua University; Professor 3 Pengjun Zheng (Dean of the Faculty of TRG facilities include: Maritime and Transportation Engineering) SUDS (Southampton University at Ningbo University in China; Professor Driving Simulator), located in Building Alan Stevens (formerly of TRL); 176 at Boldrewood and equipped with Professor Mike Browne (Professor of a Land Rover Discovery (see below). Industrial and Financial Management & Logistics), University of Gothenburg; Professor Johan Woxenius (Professor of Industrial and Financial Management & Logistics), University of Gothenburg; Professor David Jeffery; Dr John Walker; Dr John Schoon, Dr Shahjahan Miah, Professor Paul Salmon, Iain MacGregor, Dr Antonio Velazquez Abad, Dr Bani Anvari Dr Birendra Shrestha, Stephan Zieger, Dr Alejandro Ortega-Hortelano, Dr The Southampton University Driving Simulator Md. Shamsul Hoque, Dr Hans Eriksson, (Mark 2) Cdr Justin Saward, Dr Leonie Webster, Christopher Parnell, Dr Aaron Roberts, Dr The TRG Instrumented Vehicle (IV3). Jisun Kim, and Oliver Davey. Following a successful bid to the University’s ‘Delivering Innovation to We also had over 30 students attached to the Next Generation (RESOUNDING) the Group undertaking PhD or EngD Fund’ in 2019, a plug-in hybrid Toyota (Engineering Doctorate) research in Prius was procured and is currently transport. In 2020, PhD degrees were being fitted with a variety of sensors awarded to Jonny Evans, Farah Alkhalisi that will support a range of basic and and Craig Rafter. applied on-road research. Postgraduate teaching continues to be an integral part of TRG activities, particularly the MSc in Transportation Planning and Engineering. We continue to offer three pathways through the course, offering students a choice of specialising in Infrastructure, Behaviour or Operations on either a full time or part time basis, and 19 new students enrolled in September 2020 – with 9 starting in January 2021. Overall, we have maintained a healthy portfolio of research in 2020. By the end TRG Instrumented Vehicle (IV3) of the year, our research grants and The IV3 and an instrumented bicycle contracts had a total value of over £10 (iBike) for on-road trials, are hosted in the million, with over £4 million of this from garage facility in Building 185 at EPSRC. Boldrewood. 4 Some minor engagement activities have moved on-line during the course of 2020, although it is hoped that they may resume in a ‘new normal’ form during the latter part of 2021. The TRG Instrumented Bike Our transport data analysis facility, located in Building 176, Boldrewood. ComTET – A command teamwork experimental test bed for submarine control rooms, located in Building 21, Highfield. The ComTET Submarine Control Room Simulator Outreach Unfortunately public engagement and outreach activities were severely curtailed during 2020 due to the Covid-19 virus, including the cancellation of a major conference on ‘Creating the Child-friendly City’ featuring Mikael Colville-Andersen, the author, urban designer and founder of Copenhagenize, and Sir Stephen Holgate, the MRC Clinical Professor of Immunopharmacology who gave evidence at the inquest into the death of Ella Kissi- Debrah, the London school-girl who died partly due to air pollution. 5 2. EXTERNAL ACTIVITIES Scientific Committee of the World Conference of Transport Research The following sections summarise the Society. range of external activities undertaken by TRG Academic Staff members in 2020: Neville Stanton: Associate Editor, IEEE Transaction on Tom Cherrett: Human-Machine Systems. 1. Member of the U.S. Transportation Member, Editorial Board, Theoretical Research Board’s, Standing Issues in Ergonomics Science. Committee on Urban Freight Member, Editorial Board, Safety Transportation (AT025). Science. 2. Member of the Editorial Board, Book series editor of “Transportation Proceedings of the ICE: Transport Human Factors” with CRC Press. Journal. Chair of the Honourable Company of 3. Member of the Logistics Research Air Pilots and the Air Pilots Trust Network (LRN) committee. Annual Aviation Safety prize. 4. Member of IET’s (The Institution of Chartered Engineer with the IET Engineering and Technology) Visiting Professor at the University of Transport Policy Panel. the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 5. External Examiner; UG Logistics and Australia Operations Management courses at Visiting Professor at Tsinghua Cardiff University (2017-2021). University, Beijing, China John Preston: Simon Blainey: Member of the EPSRC Peer Review Member of the Governance Board for College. the Data Analytics Facility for National External examiner for Masters level Infrastructure (DAFNI.) courses at Cardiff and Leeds Member of the EPSRC Associate Universities. Peer Review College. Chaired the 15th World Conference on Senior External Examiner for MSc, Transport Research Rail Special BSc, DipHE and CertHE courses in Interest Group sessions at Mumbai 26- Railway Operations Management, 31 May. Glasgow Caledonian University. Committee Member of the International Member of the Editorial Board for the Association of Rail Operations Journal of Transport Geography Research (IAROR) and the Member of Steering Group for International Conference on development of Transport for the Competition and Ownership in Land South East’s Future Mobility Strategy Passenger Transport. and Action Plan Member of the Future Traffic Guest Lecturer at Department of Regulation Optimisation (FuTRO) Geography, Ghent University Project Control Board and the Vehicle/Train Control and Ioannis Kaparias: Communications Systems Interface Honorary Lecturer at the Committee. Department of Civil and Editorial Board Member: Journal of Environmental Engineering of Transport Policy and member of the Imperial College London. 6 Independent expert for the European Commission on research and innovation activities, acting as an evaluator