Our Transport and Operations Research group is a leading centre of transport technology in Europe. By pursuing research you'll join a successful research group focussing on:

transport

civil engineering

Our mission is to foster, promote and conduct research of international quality. We attract high-quality graduates and researchers and train them to international standards.

Research into transport and civil engineering is done by our Transport Operations Research Group (TORG). TORG is one of the leading centres of transport technology in Europe. We are central to key research in areas such as:

road user charging and smartcards

developing both the policy ideas and the underlying technologies

We are running a world-leading trial in electric vehicles and public charging infrastructure in the north east of England. This research is informing:

policy

international standards development

its impact on energy demand and environmental emissions

We have also developed a low-cost wireless sensing technology called Motes. This is being used to:

track traffic pollution

help develop strategies to manage traffic demand

reduce emissions

This world-leading technology is being used commercially by several local authorities. It is being assessed for deployment in some high profile international cities.

Our main research areas are:

land use and network models

passenger transport and policy

transport and the environment

infrastructure design and telematics

We supervise MPhil and PhD students in the following areas:

freight and traffic loading

public transport management and operations

traffic management and control

road traffic safety and accident analysis

transport emissions and the environment

transport telematics and image processing

intelligent transport systems (ITS)

travel behaviour

highway design and engineering

operating speed models

environmental impact and monitoring of transport activities