Centre for Transport and Society (CTS)
CTS’s overarching aim is to further understanding and influence on the interactions between mobility, lifestyles and society in the context of social, political and technological change.
Our work is relevant to all modes of transport including walking, and covers both personal mobility and freight mobility..

Research themes
Current and completed projects in our seven key research areas.
Members
All the members of CTS including contact information and profiles.
Courses
Masters programme run by CTS and transport related courses.
Videos
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Opportunities
Postgraduate research study and working at CTS.
Events
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News
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Publications
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Contacts
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Centre for Transport and Society blog
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Rishi Sunak’s announcement of a delay from 2030 to 2035 on the ban on sales of internal combustion engine (ICE) cars is understandable in political terms given the emotive role cars play in many peoples’ lives – mainly, because of the inability of public transport to cope with (sub)urbanisation and rural areas – and a … Continue reading "2030 to 2035: what a difference five years make?"
2030 to 2035: what a difference five years make?
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Social aspects of mobility have been widely disregarded in social sciences, while at the same time there is a widespread fetishism around cars as machines with magical powers.
WHY A CAR IS NOT JUST A CAR
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Welsh transport policy moved on dramatically on the 14th February 2023 with the announcement of its new roads policy. This development emanated from the scrutiny of roads in the current programme in the Welsh Roads Review Panel report, published on the same day. The report contained recommendations for the types of transport infrastructure scheme to support in the future.
A turn for the better: implications of the Welsh Government’s world-leading roads policy
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Comparing how people experience busy and greener walking routes in Bristol, Auckland, and Buenos Aires, using an innovative walking app.
CTS researchers launch innovative international project to study the links between walking environments and people’s experiences, through mobile digital technology
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A new book edited by Graham Parkhurst and Billy Clayton tackles the critical question as to whether the rise of the electric car represents an important contribution to sustainable mobility.
How Sustainable is the Electric Car?
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