Project Team


Ideas in Transit is a collaboration bringing together expertise in travel behaviour, user-centred design, data management and visualisation and open innovation:


Here's a glimpse of who we are. Please feel free to get in touch!



Centre for Transport & Society

Glenn Lyons I'm Glenn Lyons and I lead the overall project. My research expertise concerns the links between lifestyles and personal travel in the face of continuing social and technological change. I'd be pleased to hear from you - my full contact details are here.
Juliet Jain My name is Juliet Jain and I study the organisation and experience of everyday mobility, drawing upon my training in Geography, Sociology, and Science and Technology Studies (STS). Please feel free to contact me via ideasintransit@uwe.ac.uk.
Tilly Line I'm Tilly Line and I have a background in environmental studies and have focused in my research upon public attitudes (especially of young people) and travel behaviour theory. You can reach me via ideasintransit@uwe.ac.uk.


Ergonomics and Safety Research Institute

Tracy Ross I'm Tracy Ross and I lead Loughborough University's involvement in the project. My expertise is in the user-centred design of technology-supported innovation. My research experience crosses several application domains but with a particular focus on transport, mobile and social systems. In this project, my particular research interest is how user-centred design approaches can support the generation and development of innovations for sustainable transport.
Val Mitchell I'm Val Mitchell and my specialism concerns user requirements for (future) mobile products and services - including novel methods for studying mobile product users "in the wild". Please feel free to get in touch.
Andrew May I'm Andrew May. I specialise in the user-centred issues with new technologies, including mobile devices. My particular research interests are user requirements, methods for assessing the impact of technologies, and the notion of user 'value' and its relationship with product/service innovation. Please feel free to contact me here.


Ito World Ltd

Peter Miller I'm Peter Miller and I lead Ito World's involvement in the project. I have 10 years experience in the transport technology sector, have authored top selling computer games and I'm known to be a serial innovator. Happy to hear from you - peter.miller@itoworld.com.


Ordnance Survey

Chris Parker I'm Chris Parker and I lead Ordnance Survey's involvement. I have 30 years experience in the use of geographic information in the public, private and third sectors, at home and abroad. My particular interest is in meeting communities unmet needs through open innovation approaches. I can be contacted via Chris.Parker@ordnancesurvey.co.uk.



Page last updated 13 April 2010

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