
Craig MortonLoughborough University | Lough · School of Civil and Building Engineering
Craig Morton
BA MSc PhD
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January 2015 - December 2017
April 2014 - December 2014
April 2013 - March 2014
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In recent years, the topic of air quality has grown in prominence due to an improved understanding of the detrimental impacts of local air pollutants on human health and wellbeing. The introduction of Urban Vehicle Access Regulations such as Low Emission Zones represents one policy that is being actively considered in city governance to address thi...
This paper investigates the spatial demand for bikesharing through the application of a series of trip generation models for the London Bicycle Sharing Scheme (LBSS). The production of trips from and the arrival of trips at scheme stations are evaluated in reference to how they connect with features of the built environment, demographics of the res...
Residents of urban areas, and particularly urban cores, have higher levels of long-distance travel activity and related emissions , mostly on account of greater frequency of air travel. This relationship typically remains after controlling for basic socioeconomic correlates of long-distance travel. There is an ongoing debate in the literature about...
This paper examines temporal variation in the demand for cycling to understand how environmental conditions may promote or hinder active travel. The role of environmental conditions is considered in terms of the prevailing weather as well as the concentration levelof local air pollutants. Using data derived from the London Bicycle Sharing Scheme, a...
Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) are being developed and designed to operate on existing roads. Their safe and efficient operation during roadworks, where traffic management measures are often introduced, is crucial. Two alternative measures are commonly applied during roadworks on motorways: (i) closing one or multiple lanes (ii) narrowing...
The paper makes use of a novel dataset of the surface access flows of passengers departing from the four main airports surrounding London to construct a spatial interaction model for the region. This model explains the spatial variability in the flows through four separate components being [1] spatial separation between the origin of the flow and t...
The COVID-19 pandemic had been a major crisis for the air transport industry due to its global reach, duration, and continuing uncertainty. Demand for air travel fell globally by around 90% in the period immediately following the introduction of lockdown restrictions which induced significant revenue loss for the industry and led to widespread bank...
Reducing car use and ownership is necessary for decarbonising the UK economy. There are no plausible pathways to get to net-zero by 2050 unless the number of cars reduces. Nevertheless, in the last twenty years, car ownership has grown steadily. In this report, we explore a new and spatially detailed time series dataset about car ownership in Engla...
Navigating through roadworks represents one of the main sources of safety risk for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) due to the altered road layouts. The built-in base maps do not normally reflect these changes, causing CAVs to experience difficulties in sensing and trajectory generation. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to evaluate...
Purpose: This chapter provides a reflective commentary on how the transition to Electric Vehicles (EVs) may alter how society uses cars through an inspection of evidence from the studies which have examined the impact of EV adoption on trip patterns.
Method: A framework for evaluating trip patterns is applied which considers how the adoption of a...
Dockless bike-sharing schemes have become more prevalent in cities around the world. While interest grows in studying their usage in larger cities with well-established transit systems, their role in expanding mid-sized cities that are more automobile-dependent remains understudied. This paper evaluates how dockless bike-sharing can provide a last-...
Town centres in the economically developed world have struggled in recent years to attract sufficient visitors to remain economically sustainable. However, decline has not been uniform, and there is considerable variation in how different town centres have coped with these challenges. The arrival of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic public health...
Housing represents a critical sector globally in the drive to reduce carbon emissions with many countries adopting building energy standards to lower the carbon emissions of new build housing. However, ambition is often inadequate when considering the long-life time of homes built today. Globally, many regional or local authorities are taking actio...
This paper examines the impact of large-scale transport investment and the resulting increase of accessibility on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Spatial and temporal economic data for the 13 regions of the country from 1999 to 2018 are analyzed using static and dynamic panel data models. Both first difference...
The unprecedented growth of global cities together with increased population mobility and a heightened concern regarding climate change and energy independence have increased interest in electric vehicles (EVs) as one means to address these challenges. The development of a public charging infrastructure network is a key element for promoting EVs, a...
Ever wondered how transport decision-making varies across individual (consumers), organisational (fleet managers, local authorities) and policy (central government) levels? Or how these decisions impact on energy systems? If so then quantifiable decision support tools may provide key supporting evidence on answering current policy questions such as...
It is well known that societal energy consumption and pollutant emissions from transport are not only influenced by technical efficiency, mode choice and the carbon/pollutant content of energy, but also by lifestyle choices and socio-cultural factors. However, only a few attempts have been made to integrate all of these insights into systems models...
Even though signalised intersections are necessary for urban road traffic management, they can act as bottlenecks and disrupt traffic operations. Interrupted traffic flow causes congestion, delays, stop-and-go conditions (i.e., excessive acceleration/deceleration) and longer journey times. Vehicle and infrastructure connectivity offers the potentia...
This paper reports a spatial analysis of Electric Vehicle registrations across the local authorities of the United Kingdom during the early phase of market development. Spatial autocorrelation tests are applied in order to identify any spatial organisation in registrations rates and spatial regression models are specified to consider the effect of...
This paper investigates whether the availability of relatively cheap diesel fuel in the Republic of Ireland affected the rate of diesel car ownership in Northern Ireland. A geographic approach is used, which involves generating spatial variables measuring nearness to the Republic of Ireland at a high geographic resolution, and comparing these with...
National domestic energy-efficiency policies are unlikely to be implemented in a geographically uniform manner. This paper demonstrates the importance of socioeconomic, contextual, and local policy conditions in shaping the spatially heterogeneous response to a national policy. Through an assessment of the geographical and temporal variation in dom...
The introduction of Low Emission Zones (LEZs) is being considered as a policy measure to address the persistently high concentrations of local air pollutants observed across many urban areas of the United Kingdom and wider afield. These zones may substantially alter the operation of the transport system and could lead to adverse consequences for ce...
The London Congestion Charge (LCC) is a transport policy with a precise spatial footprint. As such, its impact on the transport system can be expected to vary over space, providing an opportunity to explore the geographical reach of local transport interventions. This paper assesses whether the exemption of Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) from the...
The implementation of bicycle sharing schemes represents an important innovation in urban public transport since the turn of the millennium. These schemes have spread rapidly and are now present in cities with varying economic, environmental, and structural conditions. Developing strategies through which to attract new members to join the scheme an...
30th May – 4 June 2017
(Poster and short paper)
The Paris climate change agreement and 'dieselgate' emissions scandal in the US have prompted policy makers, regulators and industry to re-evaluate strategies to meet climate change mitigation and air quality goals. While a wide range of supply and demand policies have been proposed at both national and subnational/local levels, implementation and...
With changes in the global climate, the occurrence of severe weather events appears to be becoming ever more frequent. As a result of this, vital transport networks are becoming increasingly exposed to disruption or disablement due to weather related incidents. In order to adapt to these changing conditions it is important to gain an understanding...
This paper presents results from a segmentation analysis of the emerging market for Electric Vehicles (EVs). Data has been sourced through the application of a self-completion household questionnaire distributed over two cities in the United Kingdom (UK). A two stage cluster analysis methodology has been followed to identify market segments in a da...
This paper presents results from a segmentation analysis of the emerging market for Electric Vehicles (EVs). Data has been sourced through the application of a self-completion household questionnaire distributed over two cities in the United Kingdom (UK). A two stage cluster analysis methodology has been followed to identify market segments in a da...
Electric Vehicles (EVs) embody a number of technical innovations which have the capacity to make substantial contributions to prominent societal objectives associated with improving energy security, increasing energy efficiency, promoting low-carbon mobility and reducing local air pollution. Fostering a transition to an electric mobility (e-mobilit...
This paper provides a detailed examination of a quality of service indicator utilised by the Scottish Government to assess the opinions of passengers towards bus transport. The quality of service indicator takes the form of an 11 item opinion scale which covers an array of service aspects. Factor analysis is employed to identify latent constructs w...
The diffusion of electric vehicles (EVs) is regarded as an important aspect of government policy which aims to generate a transition to a low-carbon mobility system in the United Kingdom and the wider European context. This paper investigates consumer demand for EVs by examining the influence of consumer innovativeness alongside attitudes concernin...
This paper reports findings from a research study which assesses the importance of attitudinal constructs related to general car attitudes and the meanings attached to car ownership over evaluations of electric vehicles (EVs). The data are assessed using principal component analysis to evaluate the structure of the underlying attitudinal constructs...
The widespread diffusion of Electric Vehicles (EVs) represents a cornerstone of the Scottish Government's strategy to transition to a sustainable transport system. This diffusion is often discussed in temporal terms which relate to the time required to attain specified sales targets. A somewhat overlooked aspect of this diffusion concerns its spati...
Electric vehicles (EVs) are to play a critical role in decarbonising Scotland’s transport sector. The Scottish Government will support an increase in the proportion of electric vehicles on Scotland’s roads through investing in electric vehicle infrastructure and converting the public sector vehicle fleets.
To date, the expansion of the UK’s EV mar...
This paper reports the findings of an eco-driving trial that was designed enable users to make pre-trip and on-route decisions when driving as to the optimal route to take. The basis of this paper will be to estimate how efficiently drivers are performing in relation to fuel consumption per kilometres (km). The analysis uses details on the vehicle...
The introduction of electric vehicles (EVs) into the passenger vehicle market has, in recent years, become viewed as a primary solution to the significant carbon dioxide emissions attributed to personal mobility. Moreover, EVs offer a means by which energy diversification and efficiency can be improved compared to the current system. The UK governm...
Low Emission Vehicles (LEVs) represent a car classification which utilizes advancements in automotive technology to address policy objectives associated with energy security and greenhouse gas emissions. The effectiveness of LEVs at addressing these objectives will not only depend on their technical performance but also on their levels of adoption...
The introduction of Electric Vehicles (EVs) into the passenger vehicle market has, in recent years, become viewed as a primary solution to the significant carbon emissions attributed to personal mobility in the current transportation system. These vehicles range from those which can be viewed as existing within the current technological regime, suc...
Low Emission Vehicles (LEVs) are being developed and brought to market in order to address the issues surrounding greenhouse gas emissions connected to climate change, high urban pollution levels and concerns linked to energy security. How successful these vehicles are at mitigating these issues depends on their desirability to consumers. This rese...
Low Emission Vehicles (LEVs) are scheduled for widespread release in the mainstream passenger vehicle market in the forthcoming vehicle cycle. Their successful adoption is viewed as being of strategic importance in order to accomplish a number of prominent societal objectives. However, significant uncertainties remain regarding the nature of consum...
Paper and presentation at 92nd annual Transportation Research Board conference
Moving towards a more sustainable transport system within Scotland has been a primary objective of the Scottish Government for a considerable length of time. Specifically looking at the high dependence on private vehicle use, the associated problems of road accidents, urban pollution, congestion and energy security are clearly evident. Whilst attem...
A large degree of public and private funding is being allocated to accelerating the introduction of Low Emission powertrains for passenger cars, especially plug-in Hybrid and Pure Battery Electric Vehicles (EVs). If these new vehicles are to make a significant contribution towards moving the UK to a more sustainable personal transportation system,...
Climate change programmes around the globe are relying heavily on the electrification of private transport to achieve carbon reduction targets. Currently, the main focus is on electric vehicles (EVs) in particular, which are novel technologies, including fully electric, plug-in hybrid and range extended electric vehicles. In general, mainstream con...