Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub
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The Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub (HLTH) has been established to lead research into the potential to maximise the health benefits of low-carbon transport.
The Transport and Health Science Group in partnership with the NIHR School for Public Health Research have organised a series of webinars on transport and health. The first one is on 3.2.2026: Commercial determinants of active travel: challenges, opportunities, and needs. Register - bit.ly/4pP45WM
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The Transport and Health Science Group in partnership with the NIHR School for Public Health Research have organised a series of webinars on transport and health. The first one is on 3.2.2026: Commercial determinants of active travel: challenges, opportunities, and needs. Register - bit.ly/4pP45WM
Digital Planning Directory Online Show and Tell: Driving Innovation Through Smarter Procurement - Expert perspectives across government and industry, exploring smarter approaches to procurement and how they can help scale digital planning innovation: bit.ly/49S77Vf
Digital Planning Directory Online Show and Tell: Driving Innovation Through Smarter Procurement - Digital Planning Directory
This Show & Tell will feature expert perspectives from across government and industry, exploring smarter approaches to procurement and how they can help scale digital planning innovation into mainstre...
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January 14, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Digital Planning Directory Online Show and Tell: Driving Innovation Through Smarter Procurement - Expert perspectives across government and industry, exploring smarter approaches to procurement and how they can help scale digital planning innovation: bit.ly/49S77Vf
Cities aren’t built for older people – our study shows many can’t walk fast enough to beat a pedestrian crossing
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Cities aren’t built for older people – our study shows many can’t walk fast enough to beat a pedestrian crossing
Many older people with reduced mobility say they feel ‘hurried’, ‘rushed’ and ‘unsafe" when walking around their city.
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December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Cities aren’t built for older people – our study shows many can’t walk fast enough to beat a pedestrian crossing
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Our latest article in Politics Home: Why a theory and practice of change for healthy low-carbon transport is needed:
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#Transport #health #Netzero
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#Transport #health #Netzero
Why a theory and practice of change for healthy low-carbon transport is needed
The University of Birmingham’s Dr Joanne Leach, Emma Ferranti and Professors Afroditi Stathi, Simon Blainey and Chris Rogers, co-leads on the Healt...
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December 12, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Our latest article in Politics Home: Why a theory and practice of change for healthy low-carbon transport is needed:
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#Transport #health #Netzero
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#Transport #health #Netzero
Congratulations to the railway research group @unisouthampton.bsky.social for their pioneering research conducted in the UKCRIC National Infrastructure Laboratory which has saved billions of pounds of public money and improved the resilience of the UK's ageing rail network. bit.ly/3Xldae8
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Congratulations to the railway research group @unisouthampton.bsky.social for their pioneering research conducted in the UKCRIC National Infrastructure Laboratory which has saved billions of pounds of public money and improved the resilience of the UK's ageing rail network. bit.ly/3Xldae8
Latest article from the HLTH: 'E-bikes and the public health puzzle: a path to healthier cities or urban chaos? www.politicshome.com/members/arti...
E-bikes and the public health puzzle: a path to healthier cities or urban chaos?
Nicola Christie, Professor of Transport Safety at University College London, William Powrie, Professor of Geotechnical Engineering at the Universit...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Latest article from the HLTH: 'E-bikes and the public health puzzle: a path to healthier cities or urban chaos? www.politicshome.com/members/arti...
The HLTH presented at the @ukri.org 'Building a Green Future Conference' today, joined by the other 6 net zero hubs under the 'Realising the health co-benefits of the transition to net zero' programme. The Conference featured 38 projects across 10 UKRI programmes driving the green economy.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The HLTH presented at the @ukri.org 'Building a Green Future Conference' today, joined by the other 6 net zero hubs under the 'Realising the health co-benefits of the transition to net zero' programme. The Conference featured 38 projects across 10 UKRI programmes driving the green economy.
Environmental threats across every constituency in England revealed: Multiple environmental threats – including flood risk, dirty air and sewage pollution – have been published at extensive, constituency-level detail by
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Environmental threats across every constituency in England revealed | Friends of the Earth
Multiple environmental threats – including flood risk, dirty air and sewage pollution – have been published at extensive, constituency-level detail for England by Friends of the Earth.
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October 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Environmental threats across every constituency in England revealed: Multiple environmental threats – including flood risk, dirty air and sewage pollution – have been published at extensive, constituency-level detail by
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Webinar presented by Prof Ben Wheeler, Exeter University. For those interested in #infrastructure and #health and #wellbeing: iPACT Webinar: Accessing blues spaces for health and wellbeing, November 25: ipact.org.uk/events/ipact...
October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Webinar presented by Prof Ben Wheeler, Exeter University. For those interested in #infrastructure and #health and #wellbeing: iPACT Webinar: Accessing blues spaces for health and wellbeing, November 25: ipact.org.uk/events/ipact...
Interested in how transport policy can impact human health? Register for Transport Health 2025, taking place in Bristol, 1st October. HLTH Researchers Peter Jones & Dr Paulo Anciaes, from @ucl.ac.uk, are presenting. Find our more: www.transportandhealth.uk
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Transport + Health 2025 will showcase best practice across inter-related areas of transport, mobility, health and wellbeing. While transport policies can play a key role in addressing health and wellb...
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September 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Interested in how transport policy can impact human health? Register for Transport Health 2025, taking place in Bristol, 1st October. HLTH Researchers Peter Jones & Dr Paulo Anciaes, from @ucl.ac.uk, are presenting. Find our more: www.transportandhealth.uk
Job opportunity with the HLTH - apply by 30 September!
@unibirmingham.bsky.social School of Engineering, is seeking a highly motivated Research Fellow to contribute to this major research initiative evaluating the effectiveness of sustainable transport interventions. bit.ly/46fucys
@unibirmingham.bsky.social School of Engineering, is seeking a highly motivated Research Fellow to contribute to this major research initiative evaluating the effectiveness of sustainable transport interventions. bit.ly/46fucys
September 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Job opportunity with the HLTH - apply by 30 September!
@unibirmingham.bsky.social School of Engineering, is seeking a highly motivated Research Fellow to contribute to this major research initiative evaluating the effectiveness of sustainable transport interventions. bit.ly/46fucys
@unibirmingham.bsky.social School of Engineering, is seeking a highly motivated Research Fellow to contribute to this major research initiative evaluating the effectiveness of sustainable transport interventions. bit.ly/46fucys
Active Travel England recently published, 'Estimating the benefits of active travel investment'. The report, written by Dr John Nellthorp at University of Leeds, is an appraisal and evaluation for active travel modes: bit.ly/479UEeN
August 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Active Travel England recently published, 'Estimating the benefits of active travel investment'. The report, written by Dr John Nellthorp at University of Leeds, is an appraisal and evaluation for active travel modes: bit.ly/479UEeN
Colleagues from HTLTH partner universities are delighted to be participating in @unisouthampton.bsky.social International Conference on Evolving Cities and Towns, taking place 16-18 July, to talk about: Integrating health and wellbeing co-benefits into the UK's low-carbon transport journey
July 16, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Colleagues from HTLTH partner universities are delighted to be participating in @unisouthampton.bsky.social International Conference on Evolving Cities and Towns, taking place 16-18 July, to talk about: Integrating health and wellbeing co-benefits into the UK's low-carbon transport journey
Event for your diaries, 26 June - Engaging Communities on the Infrastructure of the Future: A workshop hosted by
reclaim-network.org in London with talks from built environment experts on how to engage communities on Green-Blue-Grey Infrastructure projects bit.ly/449yINN
reclaim-network.org in London with talks from built environment experts on how to engage communities on Green-Blue-Grey Infrastructure projects bit.ly/449yINN
Engaging Communities on the Infrastructure of the Future
A workshop with talks from built environment experts on how to engage communities on Green-Blue-Grey Infrastructure projects
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June 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Event for your diaries, 26 June - Engaging Communities on the Infrastructure of the Future: A workshop hosted by
reclaim-network.org in London with talks from built environment experts on how to engage communities on Green-Blue-Grey Infrastructure projects bit.ly/449yINN
reclaim-network.org in London with talks from built environment experts on how to engage communities on Green-Blue-Grey Infrastructure projects bit.ly/449yINN
Congratulations to Prof. William Powrie, HLTH Project Lead, who has been awarded a CBE in recognition for his services to Engineering. #Health #transport #Infrastructure
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June 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Congratulations to Prof. William Powrie, HLTH Project Lead, who has been awarded a CBE in recognition for his services to Engineering. #Health #transport #Infrastructure
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Was this the right decision? A key part of HLTH research will focus on consultation and community engagement in order to identify barriers, incentives and accelerants for implementing healthy low-carbon transport schemes.
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West Dulwich LTN must be removed immediately, court rules
Lambeth Council is now facing questions over a possible repayment of £1m in fines, campaigners say.
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June 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Was this the right decision? A key part of HLTH research will focus on consultation and community engagement in order to identify barriers, incentives and accelerants for implementing healthy low-carbon transport schemes.
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Dr Darja Reuschke, a HLTH Project Co-lead, has together with her academic colleagues in the University of Birmingham's Work Inclusivity Research Centre (WIRC), had written evidence published as part of the Lords Select Committee inquiry on Home-based Working. Read the evidence here: lnkd.in/e8jvZ9AB
May 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dr Darja Reuschke, a HLTH Project Co-lead, has together with her academic colleagues in the University of Birmingham's Work Inclusivity Research Centre (WIRC), had written evidence published as part of the Lords Select Committee inquiry on Home-based Working. Read the evidence here: lnkd.in/e8jvZ9AB
We are recruiting! Funded PhD Project - Understanding the relationship between home-based working, wellbeing and mobility.
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Understanding the relationship between home-based working, wellbeing and mobility at University of Birmingham on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Understanding the relationship between home-based working, wellbeing and mobility at University of Birmingham, listed on FindAPhD.com
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May 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We are recruiting! Funded PhD Project - Understanding the relationship between home-based working, wellbeing and mobility.
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Check out this webinar, 20 May 12.30pm. Dr Keiron P Roberts, University of Portsmouth, presents his work: Decarbonising maritime, Eliminating marine plastic pollution and the Impact of Tourism on Antarctica: bit.ly/42Yrg7G
April 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Check out this webinar, 20 May 12.30pm. Dr Keiron P Roberts, University of Portsmouth, presents his work: Decarbonising maritime, Eliminating marine plastic pollution and the Impact of Tourism on Antarctica: bit.ly/42Yrg7G
The Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub had a fantastic first full-team meeting earlier this week on the beautiful University of Birmingham campus. Thank you to everyone for their participation and lively discussion. #health #transport #netzero
April 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub had a fantastic first full-team meeting earlier this week on the beautiful University of Birmingham campus. Thank you to everyone for their participation and lively discussion. #health #transport #netzero
Read about the research of the exciting new Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub (HLTH) on PoliticsHome. www.politicshome.com/members/arti...
Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub to realise the health benefits of the transition to net zero
Our society must move confidently and methodically to realise the enormous potential health benefits of net zero transport measures, while avoiding...
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April 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Read about the research of the exciting new Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub (HLTH) on PoliticsHome. www.politicshome.com/members/arti...
In case you missed the last #UKCRIC Global Outlook webinar, you can download the the presentation slides by the Neil Ebenezer, former Team Leader of the HVT Programme here: www.ukcric.com/how-we-can-h... #transport #health #Netzero
Don't miss the next #UKCRIC Global Outlook webinar on 18 March: Transport as a key driver for economic growth and social development in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). For further details and to register visit: lnkd.in/eaYrrQVE #Transport #NetZero #Health
March 18, 2025 at 5:22 PM
In case you missed the last #UKCRIC Global Outlook webinar, you can download the the presentation slides by the Neil Ebenezer, former Team Leader of the HVT Programme here: www.ukcric.com/how-we-can-h... #transport #health #Netzero
The 5th International Conference on Evolving Cities takes place 16-18 July 2025. Global experts will discuss accelerating cities and towns transition to net zero and the important issues related to cities and towns and their evolution. Abstract submission closes 21 March. evolvingcities.org
March 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The 5th International Conference on Evolving Cities takes place 16-18 July 2025. Global experts will discuss accelerating cities and towns transition to net zero and the important issues related to cities and towns and their evolution. Abstract submission closes 21 March. evolvingcities.org
What is the role of #transport in transforming green #infrastructure for healthier environments? Join the conversation on 2 April at this RECLAIM Network Plus webinar
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Thirty-fifth RECLAIM webinar - NHS Forest and GBGI in Portsmouth | LinkedIn
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March 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What is the role of #transport in transforming green #infrastructure for healthier environments? Join the conversation on 2 April at this RECLAIM Network Plus webinar
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Webinar: Integrating planning, education, and health policies to solve transport issues. Part of a series looking at the roles of smart data, national pricing and integrating #transport and non-transport policy in delivering an integrated transport network.
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Webinar series: Delivery of an integrated transport strategy
In partnership with Landor LINKS Live! SYSTRA is hosting a 3-part webinar series looking at the roles of smart data, national pricing and integrating transport and non-transport policy in delivering a...
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March 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Webinar: Integrating planning, education, and health policies to solve transport issues. Part of a series looking at the roles of smart data, national pricing and integrating #transport and non-transport policy in delivering an integrated transport network.
www.systra.com/uk/news/webi...
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