Andree Woodcock - Böcker

European cities increasingly face problems caused by transport and traffic. For many people transport provision is unsatisfactory and current arrangements are leading to a deteriorating environment. A fundamental problem is that our currently fragmented approach makes it difficult to understand fully the circumstances and needs of transport users. In any overall approach public transport is a crucial component. Designing Mobility and Transport Services shows how these issues can be addressed and resolved.The development of an inclusive, validated passenger experience measurement instrument is the first step in understanding the situation and thus tackling it. It is needed if we are to create high quality, user centred, integrated, accessible public transport services, which are capable of attracting and retaining public transport users whilst meeting sustainability targets. The METPEX research project was devised to tackle these issues. Coordinated by Coventry University, the METPEX consortium brought together 16 European partners from 12 countries. The project’s underlying rationale was the proposition that if transport operators and authorities were provided with a robust, reliable and tailorable means of measuring the whole multimodal passenger journey, they could improve service provision. The book describes how such an improvement can be achieved, to attract travellers out of their private vehicles, thereby reducing congestion and pollution and increasing health and well-being. It provides a template for a creative approach and a meta-design narrative in designing for transport systems to enhance mobility choices by improving the door to door journey and thus underpin sustainable transport initiatives.

European cities increasingly face problems caused by transport and traffic. For many people transport provision is unsatisfactory and current arrangements are leading to a deteriorating environment. A fundamental problem is that our currently fragmented approach makes it difficult to understand fully the circumstances and needs of transport users. In any overall approach public transport is a crucial component. Designing Mobility and Transport Services shows how these issues can be addressed and resolved.The development of an inclusive, validated passenger experience measurement instrument is the first step in understanding the situation and thus tackling it. It is needed if we are to create high quality, user centred, integrated, accessible public transport services, which are capable of attracting and retaining public transport users whilst meeting sustainability targets. The METPEX research project was devised to tackle these issues. Coordinated by Coventry University, the METPEX consortium brought together 16 European partners from 12 countries. The project’s underlying rationale was the proposition that if transport operators and authorities were provided with a robust, reliable and tailorable means of measuring the whole multimodal passenger journey, they could improve service provision. The book describes how such an improvement can be achieved, to attract travellers out of their private vehicles, thereby reducing congestion and pollution and increasing health and well-being. It provides a template for a creative approach and a meta-design narrative in designing for transport systems to enhance mobility choices by improving the door to door journey and thus underpin sustainable transport initiatives.

Design occurs in a rich social context where the effectiveness and efficiency of social interaction and collective performance are key to successful outcomes. Increasingly, design is being explored and developed as a collective, collaborative, participatory, and even community process. The heightened recognition of designing as a social process has stimulated interest in collaborative design.This book contains the proceedings of the international conference "CoDesigning 2000" held in Coventry, England, September 2000. During this meeting exponents from a wide range of design domains came together to present and discuss perspectives on and new knowledge and understanding of collaborative design, and the evidence for enhanced design performance through collaboration.Within this volume different motivations for, conceptions of, and findings about collaborative design are addressed in 50 contributions by different research groups. Structured into 6 sections according to the main fields of interest, it provides a survey of the state of scientifically based knowledge and trends emerging from collaborative design research and their implications for a wide range of domains.

This book focuses on various aspects of research on ageing, including in relation to assistive technology; Products, services and environments have been changing in response to the changing population.Presenting international design research to demonstrate the thinking and ideas shaping design, this book is a valuable resource for designers;

This book focuses on various aspects of research on ageing, including in relation to assistive technology; Products, services and environments have been changing in response to the changing population.Presenting international design research to demonstrate the thinking and ideas shaping design, this book is a valuable resource for designers;

Europe is facing a challenge when it comes to innovation and entrepreneurship. The most recent report from The Global Entrepreneurship monitor, published in November 2023, points to an overall trend in the landscape of entrepreneurship: At the global level, the numbers and activities of women entrepreneurs are on the rise.  Women make up the majority of innovation entrepreneurs in some African, Asian, and south American countries, but only in one European country – Romania.  At the same time, it is well-known that Europe’s wealth depends on research and innovation as a driver of economic progress, prosperity, and the potential to face many of the major societal challenges. Therefore it is a problem that R and I lacks diversity, ignoring insights, that  diversity and the inclusion of various genders, and other categories,  enriches organizations’ structures, processes and creative problem-solving. When innovation teams include individuals of different genders, they are more likely to consider a broader range of ideas and solutions, leading to more creative and effective outcomes of products and services.  This book takes a fresh look at such facts and figures and shed lights on new and hidden components. Entrepreneurship and innovation is framed in discourses and practices of gender, culture and intersectional approaches.

This book is conceptualized as being of interest to researchers in the field of sustainable transport, and also those who are working in the field.