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Greg Marsden

@gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social

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Priestley Centre for Climate Futures @priestleycentre.bsky.social · 10d

Have you noticed that the increasing number of cars in Leeds is causing an impact on health, wellbeing and safety across the city?

Priestley member and Professor of Transport Governance @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social is spearheading the “Car When We Need It” experiment in response
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Leeds households encouraged to sign up for car sharing experiment

Families, friends and neighbours across Leeds are being invited to join forces and take part in a three-week experiment exploring different ways to access cars without needing to own them.

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Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) @edrc-uk.bsky.social · Aug 4

📢 New from EDRC’s Place theme: “(Re-)locating ‘place’ in energy demand” explores why place is more than “local” and how a place lens can help reframe how we understand and act on energy demand challenges.

📄 Read the full article: tinyurl.com/6yzkv9ss

(Re-)locating ‘place’ in energy demand: Implications for research and policy - Energy Demand Research Centre

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · Nov 28

You can't explain this with EV policy alone. Indeed, were it not for EV sales, the chart would look even worse.

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Annie Mitchell 💙💚🌈 @annieingarden.bsky.social · Dec 1

Existential threat - Tenbury Wells now - but coming to a town near all of us soon … www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Could Tenbury Wells be the first UK town centre abandoned over climate change?

Worcestershire town has been flooded seven times in past four years and shop owners can no longer afford insurance

www.theguardian.com

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Dec 12

Latest paper from our upcoming Progressive Review issue.

An essential read by @jilliananable.bsky.social on our failing approach to transport decarbonisation, the scale of the challenge we face in the second half of the decade and where to focus efforts to achieve the UK's 2030 climate target👇

Decarbonisation pathways for UK transport

Click on the article title to read more.

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · Jul 14

🚨New paper 🚨 In "beyond the 15-minute city' @caglarkoksal.com @graemesherriff.bsky.social and I draw together our experiences of working on proximity based Planning in different methodological contexts. /1

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Beyond the 15-minute city: Methodological lessons for proximity-based planning from two English case studies

The 15-minute city (15MC) popularises an older idea: that everyday destinations should be within a short, walkable or cyclable distance. Treating that…

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Jun 25

I'm upbeat about EV sales. But... The average car is now older (by about 16%) than in 2019. There are 33 million cars in the fleet and WHEN we are selling 100% as EVs IF we carry on with current sales, that would replace 2 million a year. Ok, new cars drive more miles but there are 2 trends to watch

Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Jun 24

Hoping the blog makes the key messages from the Headwinds report accessible to more people!

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Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) @edrc-uk.bsky.social · Jun 24

👉New blog from Prof @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social: to hit net zero, we need to rethink transport. That means reducing demand, working with communities & designing systems that improve everyday lives, not just switching fuels.

Read the blog: tinyurl.com/2ej6zz2k

Leaning in to the climate headwinds? - Energy Demand Research Centre

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Jun 18

The trouble with lines in sand is they can get blown or washed away...

Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Jun 18

Classic transport marketing...

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Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) @edrc-uk.bsky.social · Jun 16

📉 Transport emissions are off track. In a new report, Prof @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social breaks down the Spending Review, showing why current plans fall short of the CCC’s 2042 net zero goals, and why travel demand reduction must be part of the solution: tinyurl.com/3wanehnp

Headwinds: transport decarbonisation in a storm - Energy Demand Research Centre

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Jun 11

More car spreading news: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Ever-rising height of car bonnets a ‘clear threat’ to children, report says

High-fronted SUVs are more likely to kill and are on the rise in Europe, with the UK an extreme example

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Jun 9

EV misinformation: "Surveys across four countries revealed that more respondents agreed with misinformation statements about EVs than disagreed with them. Conspiracy mentality emerged as the strongest predictor of such beliefs, whereas education played no role". www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mapping, understanding and reducing belief in misinformation about electric vehicles - Nature Energy

Across four countries, more people agree with misinformation statements about electic vehicles than disagree with them, and conspiracist mentality is the strongest predictor of this agreement. Interac...

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · May 12

New Publication Alert 📢Transport governance system response during the COVID-19 pandemic: The allure of a ‘new normal’ and its implications for tackling the polycrisis - with @iaindocherty.bsky.social - Please read and share! @sfrost.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Transport governance system response during the COVID-19 pandemic: The allure of a ‘new normal’ and its implications for tackling the polycrisis

This paper examines how the UK transport governance system responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and what this reveals about its capacity for transformat…

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · May 1

Lol. British train announcements... "We are going to be experiencing a different train in York to carry on your journey to Scarborough". Marginally better than being 'detrained' as I once was... Nonsense. Just say it as it is.

Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Apr 16

1. I need to read!
2. The car has provided huge benefits
3. There is at least a third of the population that really love cars/driving
4. Is this individual well being claims? The debate is about net impacts of car dependency for society
5. Is it owning a car or using a car which matters?

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INFUZE @infuzeleeds.bsky.social · Apr 15

📢 📢 New fully-funded PhD opportunity at University of Leeds working with INFUZE and UK Department for Transport

#FundedPhd #TransportResearch @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social

phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2165...

INFUZE: Inclusive evaluation of mobility systems

Project opportunity - INFUZE: Inclusive evaluation of mobility systems at the University of Leeds

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · Apr 15

Absolutely fantastic 4dpw job opportunity here with my wonderful colleagues @wearepossible.bsky.social - would suit someone who has some experience delivering community energy schemes and is interested in breathing life into clean heat vs energy poverty projects www.wearepossible.org/community-he...

Community Heat and Energy Project Manager — Possible

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INFUZE @infuzeleeds.bsky.social · Apr 7

Catch Greg Marsden's talk for Café Économique Leeds this Wednesday 7:15pm at Seven Arts

'Post car-ownership futures: Leeds as a city where you don’t need to own a car – really?'

#Leeds @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social

More details here: www.cafeeconomiqueleeds.org/forthcoming-...

Forthcoming Events | My Site 2

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Mar 25

Seems like government keener on investing to meet it's baseline traffic growth assumptions than on the commitments it has to make for its climate goals.

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Mar 11

Latest study looking at the impact of Germany’s nationwide 9-Euro-
Ticket and Deutschlandticket.

Finds significant traffic reductions but “heterogeneity across time, federal states, and road types.”

Concludes no “lasting shift from private cars to public transport, especially among commuters.”

From Highway to Rail? Germany's Public Transport Ticket Experiment

This paper examines the impact of Germany's nationwide 9-Euro-Ticket, a temporary almost fare-free transport ticket, on highway passenger traffic. Using a diffe

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Energy Demand Research Centre (EDRC) @edrc-uk.bsky.social · Mar 10

📢 How many workers are needed for net zero? A new report by Ian Watt, Faye Wade, @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social and Tim Foxon explores:

1️⃣ How many workers are needed by 2030-2035 to deliver energy demand reduction?
2️⃣ How robust is the evidence?

🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/2pkytwsy

The job potential of energy demand reduction: evaluating available forecasts - Energy Demand Research Centre

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Mar 7

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rejection of inaction will be on the rise. Of course many of those experiencing the worst impacts globally have no voice in what wealthy nations do (or dont).

Switzerland told it must do better on climate after older women’s ECHR win

Council of Europe says Swiss government failing to respect human rights court’s ruling on emissions

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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · Mar 2

Good response from @infuzeleeds.bsky.social to the call for ideas on the integrated national transport strategy.

“… what truly matters to people is whether transport enables them to live according to their values and principles…”

But, the current transport system rarely aligns with these values.

Integrated National Transport Strategy: A call for ideas - Response as an organisation. INFUZE. - White Rose Research Online

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Feb 26

We are working on energy demand reduction & place @edrc-uk.bsky.social - the role of history & institutional change in place matters. This snap was our AM field trip through Leeds. Backdrop the ex factory of 'off the peg' clothing pioneer John Banner. Where are our clothing emissions allocated now?

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Leo Murray @crisortunity.bsky.social · Feb 12

Good afternoon to nearly everyone! This is another absolute BANGER of a campaign from the wonderful folks at @cleancitiescampaign.org cleancitiescampaign.org/carspreading/

Carspreading: When big cars make our cities smaller.

Cars are getting bigger – about 1cm wider every two years. The only thing is, our streets aren’t.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Feb 12

“On the streets of Paris, thousands of trees are being planted, the city’s distinctive grey zinc rooftops are getting a makeover and workers are installing drinking fountains that release a cooling mist.

The changes are part of the French capital’s fight against heatwaves.”

Via @financialtimes.com

Global cities grapple with how to cool ‘urban heat islands’

Climate change has made tackling damaging temperature disparities increasingly urgent

www.ft.com

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Climate Tracker @climate.skyfleet.blue · Feb 2

Fire chiefs warn UK is not prepared for climate crisis impacts #Climate

Fire chiefs warn UK is not prepared for climate crisis impacts

National Fire Chiefs Council says ability of firefighters to respond is at risk as it calls for urgent preventive action

www.theguardian.com

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Greg Marsden @gregmarsden-leeds.bsky.social · Jan 29

📢New Paper Alert: The battle for kerbside space: An evaluation of the competition between car-hailing and bus services. Explores competition under different assumptions of service frequency and ride-hail penetration. An important debate. Open Access. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The battle for kerbside space: An evaluation of the competition between car-hailing and bus services

The kerbside of today is a complex environment with a huge diversity of uses and highly dynamic patterns of use, including for parking, (un)loading, E…

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