Professor JOHN NELSONThe University of AberdeenSchool of GeosciencesChair in Transport Studieswork+44 (0)1224 272354work+44 (0)1224 274077prefj.d.nelson@abdn.ac.uk
Chair in Transport Studies
BA (Liverpool), PGCE (Durham), PhD (Newcastle), FIHT, FRGS
2011 /12: Acting Director, RCUK dot.rural Rural Digital Economy Research Hub, University of Aberdeen
2011: Visiting Professor, Institute of Transport and logistics Studies (ITLS), University of Sydney
2008 – present: Director of Research and Commercialisation, College of Physical Sciences, University of Aberdeen
2007 - present: Sixth Century Chair of Transport Studies and Director of the Centre for Transport Research (CTR), University of Aberdeen
2005 - 2007: Director of Research, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University
2004 - 2007: Professor of Public Transport Systems, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University
2000 - 2004: Senior Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University
1992 - 2000: Lecturer, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University
1991 - 1992: Lecturer, Napier University, Edinburgh, Department of Civil and Transportation Engineering
1990 - 1991: Research Associate, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Transport Operations Research Group (TORG)
1991: PhD Transport (SERC Total Technology Studentship with London Regional Transport) University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Department of Civil Engineering
1987: PGCE (Geography), University of Durham, School of Education
1986: BA Hons, University of Liverpool, Department of Geography
My particular interest is public transport operations and management with special reference to the contribution of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). I am especially interested in the development and implementation of flexible transport systems, often referred to as Demand Responsive Transport (DRT). My other main interests embrace public transport network planning and its relationship with accessibility planning; the influence of policy frameworks and institutional structures on transport service provision; and methodologies for the evaluation of transport systems.
Deng, T-T & Nelson, JD. (2013). 'Bus Rapid Transit implementation in Beijing: an evaluation of performance and impacts'. Research in Transportation Economics, vol 39, no. 1, pp. 108-113.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2012.06.002
Nelson, JD. & Mulley, C. (2013). 'The impact of the application of new technology on public transport service provision and the passenger experience: A focus on implementation in Australia'. Research in Transportation Economics, vol 39, no. 1, pp. 300-308.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2012.06.028
Nelson, JD. & Merkert, R. (2013). 'Workshop 1 report: Performance measurement and compliance'. Research in Transportation Economics, vol 39, no. 1, pp. 46-49.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2012.05.022
Velaga, NR., Beecroft, ME., Nelson, JD., Corsar, D. & Edwards, P. (2012). 'Transport poverty meets the digital divide: accessibility and connectivity in rural communities'. Journal of Transport Geography, vol 21, no. 1, pp. 102-112.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.12.2005
Nelson, JD. & Phonphitakchai, T. (2012). 'An Evaluation of the User Characteristics of an Open Access DRT service'. Research in Transportation Economics, vol 34, no. 1, pp. 54-65.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2011.12.008
Velaga, NR., Nelson, JD., Wright, SD. & Farrington, JH. (2012). 'The Potential Role of Flexible Transport Services in enhancing Rural Public Transport Provision'. Journal of Public Transportation, vol 15, no. 1, pp. 111-131.
Deng, T. & Nelson, JD. (2012). 'The Perception of Bus Rapid Transit: A Passenger Survey from Beijing Southern Axis BRT Line 1'. Transportation Planning and Technology, vol 35, no. 2, pp. 201-209.
[Online]DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2011.651885
Velaga, NR., Nelson, JD., Edwards, P., Corsar, D., Sripada, GS., Sharma, N. & Beecroft, ME. (in press). 'Development of a Map-matching Algorithm for Rural Passenger Information Systems via Mobile Phones and Crowd-Sourcing'. ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering.
Mulley, C., Nelson, JD., Teal, R., Wright, SD. & Daniels, R. (2012). 'Barriers to implementing Flexible Transport Services: an international comparison of the experiences in Australia, Europe and USA'. Research in Transportation Business & Management, vol 3, pp. 3-11.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2012.04.001
Velaga, NR., Rotstein, ND., Oren, N., Nelson, JD., Norman, TJ. & Wright, SD. (2012). 'Development of an Integrated Flexible Transport Systems Platform for Rural Areas Using Argumentation Theory'. Research in Transportation Business & Management, vol 3, pp. 62-70.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2012.05.001
Aditjandra, P., Mulley, C. & Nelson, JD. (in press). 'The influence of neighbourhood design on travel behaviour: empirical evidence from North East England'. Transport Policy.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.05.011
Mulley, C. & Nelson, JD. (2012). 'Recent Developments in Community Transport Provision: Comparative Experience from Britain and Australia'. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, vol 48, pp. 1815-1825.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.06.1156
Nelson, JD. & Wright, SD. (2012). 'Editorial: Flexible Transport Services'. Research in Transportation Business & Management, vol 3, pp. 1-2.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2012.06.012
Farrington, JH. & Nelson, JD. (in press). 'The Potential Role of Flexible Transport Services in enhancing Rural Public Transport Provision'. Journal of Public Transportation, vol 15, no. 3.
Curl, A., Nelson, JD. & Anable, J. (2011). 'Does Accessibility Planning address what matters?: A review of current practice and practitioner perspectives'. Research in Transportation Business & Management, vol 2, pp. 3-11.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2011.07.001
Nelson, JD. & Deng, T. (2011). 'Recent developments in bus rapid transit: a review of the literature'. Transport Reviews, vol 31, no. 1, pp. 69-96.
[Online]DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2010.492455
Nelson, JD., Wright, SD., Masson, BL., Ambrosino, G. & Naniopoulos, A. (2010). 'Recent developments in Flexible Transport Services'. Research in Transportation Economics, vol 29, no. 1, pp. 243-248.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2010.07.030
Veeneman, WW. & Nelson, JD. (2010). 'Workshop report – System development'. Research in Transportation Economics, vol 29, no. 1, pp. 219-223.
[Online]DOI: ? 10.1016/j.retrec.2010.07.027
Nelson, JD. (2010). 'Research and technical support for FLIPPER'. Mobility, vol 16, pp. 64-65.
Pangbourne, K., Aditjandra, PT. & Nelson, JD. (2010). 'New technology and quality of life for older people: exploring health and transport dimensions in the UK context'. IET Intelligent Transport Systems, vol 4, no. 4, pp. 318-327.
[Online]DOI: 10.1049/iet-its.2009.0106
Deng, T-T & Nelson, JD. (2010). 'The impact of Bus Rapid Transit on land development: a case study of Beijing, China'. World Academy of Science and Engineering, vol 66, pp. 1196-1206.
Aditjandra, PT., Mulley, C. & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'The Extent to Which Sustainable Travel to Work Can be Explained by Neighbourhood Design Characteristics'. Transportation Research Record, vol 2134, pp. 114-122.
[Online]DOI: 10.3141/2134-14
Aditjandra, PT., Mulley, C. & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Neighbourhood design impact on travel behaviour: a comparison of US and UK experience'. Projections: the MIT Journal of Planning, vol 9, pp. 28-56.
Mulley, C. & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Flexible Transport Services: A new market opportunity for public transport'. Research in Transportation Economics, vol 25, no. 1, pp. 39-45.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2009.08.008
Wright, SD., Nelson, JD., Cooper, J. & Murphy, S. (2009). 'An evaluation of the Transport to Employment (T2E) scheme in Highland Scotland using Social Return on Investment (SROI)'. Journal of Transport Geography, vol 17, no. 6, pp. 457-467.
[Online]DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.10.006
Nelson, JD. & Masson, BL. (2009). 'FLIPPER: A new initiative for Flexible Transport Services'. ITS International, vol January/February.
Nelson, JD. & Masson, BL. (2009). 'A new initiative for Flexible Transport Services: the FLIPPER project'. Eurotransport, vol 7, no. 1, pp. 36-39.
Wright, SD., Nelson, JD. & Cooper, JM. (2008). 'Transport to Employment (T2E): a transport service helping to establish sustainable rural communities in Highland Scotland'. Local Economy, vol 23, no. 3, pp. 181-195.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings
Chapters
Wright, SD., Nelson, JD. & Brake, JF. (2010). 'A decision support framework for flexibly delivered public transport services'. in Infomobility Systems and Sustainable Transport Services. ENEA, Rome, pp. 254-261.
Cooper, JM., Nelson, JD., Wright, SD. & Cooper, U. (2009). 'Rural Access Gain, an economic and social analysis of access to work schemes in rural communities of Scotland'. in B Mao, Z Tian, H Huang & Z Gao (eds), Traffic and Transportation Studies: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies. American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 85-98.
Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Sustainable Transport Technologies for Developing Environments: Towards Appropriate Investment Strategies'. in M Grieco, M Ndulo, D Bryceson, G Porter & T McCray (eds), Africa, Transport and the Millennium Development Goals: Achieving an Internationally Set Agenda. Cornell Institute for African Development Book Series, Cambridge Scholars Pub., Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, pp. 151-159.
Conference Proceedings
Emele, CD., Oren, N., Zeng, C., Wright, S., Velaga, NR., Nelson, JD., Norman, TJ. & Farrington, J. (in press). 'Agent-driven variable pricing in flexible rural transport services'. in Proceedings of AATMO-13. pp. to appear.
Velaga, NR., Nelson, JD., Sripada, GS., Edwards, P., Corsar, D., Sharma, N. & Beecroft, ME. (2012). 'Development of a Map-Matching Algorithm for Rural Passenger Information Systems via Mobile Phones and Crowd-Sourcing'. in Proceedings of 91st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board of National Academies. Washington, D.C., USA,.
Velaga, NR., Corsar, D., Edwards, P., Nelson, JD., Sripada, GS., Sharma, N. & Beecroft, M. (2012). 'A Hybrid Map-matching Algorithm for Real Time Passenger Information Systems via Mobile Phones and Crowd-Sourcing'. in Proceedings of IEEE/ION Position Location and Navigation System (PLANS) Conference 2012. USA, IEEE/ION Position Location and Navigation System (PLANS) Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United Kingdom, 24-26 April.
Velaga, NR., Nelson, JD., Sripada, GS., Edwards, P., Corsar, D., Sharma, N. & Beecroft, M. (2012). 'Development of a Map-matching Algorithm for Rural Passenger Information Systems via Mobile Phones and Crowd-Sourcing'. in Proceedings of 91th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of National Academies. 91th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of National Academie, Washington D.C., United Kingdom, 22-26 January.
Edwards, P., Nelson, JD., Corsar, D., Velaga, NR., Beecroft, ME., Sripada, GS., Baillie, CC., Papangelis, K. & Markovic, M. (2012). 'A Rural Real-time Passenger Information Ecosystem'. in Proceedings of Mobisys 2012 Workshop on Next Generation Mobile Computing for Dynamic Personalised Travel Planning. ACM Press, New York, pp. 13-14.
[Online]DOI: 10.1145/2307874.2307885
Corsar, D., Baillie, CC., Markovic, M., Edwards, P., Nelson, J., Velaga, N., Beecroft, M., Sripada, GS., Pan, JZ. & Papangelis, K. (2012). 'A Rural Passenger Information System Utilising Linked Data The Crowd'. in Digital Futures 2012 : The Third Annual Digital Economy All Hands Conference. Digital Futures 2012 The Third Annual Digital Economy All Hands Conference, United Kingdom, 23-25 October.
Corsar, D., Edwards, P., Velaga, N., Nelson, J. & Pan, JZ. (2012). 'Exploring Provenance in a Linked Data Ecosystem'. in P Groth & J Frew (eds), Provenance and Annotation of Data and Processes. vol. 7525, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, pp. 226-228.
[Online]DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-34222-6_21
Corsar, D., Edwards, P., Velaga, NR., Nelson, JD. & Pan, JZ. (2011). 'Addressing the Challenges of Semantic Citizen-Sensing'. in Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Semantic Sensor Networks: SSN 2011. CEUR-WS, pp. 90-95, 4th International Workshop on Semantic Sensor Networks 2011 (SSN11), Bonn, Germany, 23 October.
[Online]AURA: corsar_ssn2011.pdf
Deng, T-T & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Analysis of an Efficient Urban Transport System: Lessons learned from Beijing Southern Axis Bus Rapid Transit Line 1'. in Proceedings of the 14th HKSTS International Conference. vol. 1, Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies, pp. 719-727, 14th Hong Kong Society for Transport Studies (HKSTS) International Conference on Transportation and Geography, Hong Kong, China, 10-12 December.
Contributions to Conferences
Papers
Marqui, AC., Kollingbaum, M., Chen, L., Norman, TJ., Edwards, P. & Nelson, JD. (2012). 'Freight logistics services for rural economies: User needs and future challenges'. Paper presented at Proceedings of the e-Freight 2012 Conference, Delft, Netherlands, 9/05/12 - 10/05/12,.
[Online]AURA: efreight2012_submission_35.pdf
Morton, C., Anable, J., Nelson, JD. & Schuitema, G. (2012). 'Diffusion Analysis of the Emerging Market for Low Emission Vehicles'. Paper presented at UTSG 44th Annual Conference, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, 4/01/12 - 6/01/12,.
[Online]AURA: UTSG_Paper_2012_Morton_et_al..pdf
Wright, SD., Nelson, JD., Cooper, JM. & Duffell, J. (2011). 'A booking portal for shared transport in rural areas'. Paper presented at 43rd UTSG Annual Conference, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, 5/01/11,.
Wright, SD. & Nelson, JD. (2011). 'An investigation into the feasibility and potential benefits of shared taxi services to commuter stations'. Paper presented at 12th Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land and Transport, Durban, South Africa, 12/09/11 - 15/09/11,.
Edwards, P., Corsar, D., Nelson, J., Velaga, N., Beecroft, M., Pan, J. & Sripada, GS. (2011). 'Building an Information Ecosystem for Public Transport in Rural Areas'. Paper presented at Digital Engagement 2011, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 15/11/11 - 17/11/11,.
Papangelis, K., Velaga, N., Sripada, GS., Nelson, J., Edwards, P. & Corsar., D. (2011). 'Exploiting Digital Technologies to Promote Sustainable Travel Behaviour in Rural Areas'. Paper presented at Digital Engagement 2011, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 15/11/11 - 17/11/11,.
Aditjandra, PT., Wright, SD. & Nelson, JD. 'The relationship between urban from and travel behaviour: An investigation of results from a macro and micro analysis in the Tyne and Wear metropolitan conurbation'. Paper presented at 42nd UTSG Annual Conference, Plymouth, United Kingdom, 5/01/10,.
Aditjandra, PT., Mulley, C. & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'The Extent to Which Sustainable Travel to Work Can be Explained by Neighbourhood Design Characteristics'. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference, Washington, United States, 17/09/09,.
Aditjandra, PT., Nelson, JD., Bastogi, B., Cerri, S. & Vegni, S. (2009). 'Flexible Transport Services for environmental and sustainable urban mobility'. Paper presented at Second International Conference on Environmental Management, Engineering, Planning and Economics (CEMEPE 2009), Washington, United States, 20/09/10,.
Pangbourne, KJ., Aditjandra, PT. & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'New technology and quality of life for older people: The health and transport dimensions'. Paper presented at 16th World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services, Stockholm, Sweden, 1/09/09,.
Aditjandra, PT., Nelson, JD. & Wright, SD. (2009). 'A multi-modal international journey planning system'. Paper presented at 16th World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services, Stockholm, Sweden, 1/09/09,.
Deng, T-T & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Bus Rapid Transit: Meeting the challenge of delivering efficient mobility in China'. Paper presented at 16th World Congress and Exhibition on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services, Stockholm, Sweden, 1/09/09,.
Thorpe, N., Hargreaves, AJ., Mitchell, G., Namdeo, AK., Wright, SD., Brake, JF. & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Spatial development and the sustainability of urban areas: Proceedings of the 14th Hong Kong Society for Transport Studies (HKSTS) International Conference on Transportation and Geography'. Paper presented at 14th Hong Kong Society for Transport Studies (HKSTS) International Conference on Transportation and Geography, Hong Kong, China, 10/12/09 - 12/12/09, pp. 981-990.
Aditjandra, PT., Wright, SD. & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Testing different land-use and transport scenarios towards meeting future British settlements: SOLUTIONS case study of Tyne and Wear'. Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers, Manchester, United Kingdom, 25/08/09 - 28/08/09,.
Zografos, K., Androutsopoulos, K., Nelson, JD. & Wright, SD. (2009). 'Identifying User Requirements and Services for an Integrated Real-Time Passenger Information System for International Journey Planning'. Paper presented at TRB ITS Committee Mid-Year Meeting, Irvine, United States, 14/04/10,.
Nelson, JD. & Phonphitakhai, T. (2009). 'Modelling the usage rate of an open access DRT service'. Paper presented at Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conference, Washington, United States, 17/09/09,.
Deng, T-T & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Analysis of an efficient urban transport system: The Southern Axis Bus Rapid Transit Line 1, Beijing'. Paper presented at ITS TRB Summer Conference, York, United Kingdom, 1/06/09,.
Deng, T-T & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'An integrated and flexible urban transport system: Lessons learned from'. Paper presented at 7th Transport Practitioners Conference, Reading, United Kingdom, 1/07/09,.
Aditjandra, PT., Wright, SD. & Nelson, JD. 'Testing different land-use and transport scenarios towards meeting future British settlements: SOLUTIONS case study of Tyne and Wear'. Paper presented at RGS/IBG Summer Conference, United Kingdom, 1/08/09,.
Aditjandra, PT., Masson, BL., Nelson, JD. & Pangbourne, KJ. (2009). 'ICT Opportunities and Obstacles towards quality of life for older people'. Paper presented at OASIS 1st International Conference, Florence, Italy, 1/11/09,.
Mulley, C., Nelson, JD. & Anderson, JM. (2008). 'No car lanes or bus lanes: which gives public transport the better priority? An evaluation of priority lanes in Tyne and Wear'. Paper presented at 40th UTSG Annual Conference, United Kingdom, 1/01/08, pp. 10C.
Cooper, U., Nelson, JD., Wright, SD. & Cooper, JM. (2008). 'Achieving access to work, improved social inclusion and reducing rural access costs: The potential and effectiveness of rural Transport to Employment services'. Paper presented at Scottish Transport Applications and Research STAR Conference 2008, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 24/04/08,.
Nelson, JD. & Phonphitakhai, T. (2008). 'Modelling usage rate of DRT SErvice: A discrete choice model with latent variables'. Paper presented at 4th International Symposium on Travel Demand Management, Wien, Austria, 1/07/08,.
Books and Reports
Books
Cooper, JM., Mundy, R. & Nelson, JD. (2010). 'Taxi! Urban economics and the social & transport impacts of the taxicab'. Transport and Society, Ashgate, Farnham, United Kingdom.
Commissioned Reports
Halden, D., Anable, J., Parker, J., Bradley, J., Ayland, N. & Nelson, JD. (2010). 'Monitoring and Evaluation of the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Programme: Baseline Report'. Scottish Executive.
Ambrosino, G., Boero, M., Nelson, JD. & Romanazzo, M. (eds) (2010). 'Infomobility Systems and Sustainable Transport Services'. ENEA, Rome, Italy.
Halden, D., Anable, J., Parker, J., Ayland, N. & Nelson, JD. (2010). 'Monitoring and Evaluation of the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Programme: Baseline Report for the Scottish Government'. Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Halden, D., Anable, J., Parker, J., Bradley, J., Ayland, N. & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Monitoring and Evaluation of the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Programme: Evaluation Plan'. Scottish Government, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Aditjandra, PT., Masson, BL. & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Development of a Technology Roadmap: ICMA Project Internal Working Paper'. Centre for Transport Research, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Aditjandra, PT., Nelson, JD. & WISETRIP Consortium (2009). 'Wide Scale network of E-systems for Multimodal Journey Planning and Delivery of Trip Intelligent Personalised data (WISETRIP): Evaluation Plan'. The connected traveller in the city, region and world of tomorrow, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium.
Aditjandra, PT., Masson, BL. & Nelson, JD. (2009). 'Technology Roadmap Data Analysis: Contract Report for GMPTE'. Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE), Manchester, United Kingdom.
Nelson, JD. & WISETRIP Consortium (2008). 'Wide Scale network of E-systems for Multimodal Journey Planning and Delivery of Trip Intelligent Personalised data (WISETRIP): Report on the Analysis of Requirements'. The connected traveller in the city, region and world of tomorrow, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium.
Nelson, JD. & WISETRIP Consortium (2008). 'Wide Scale network of E-systems for Multimodal Journey Planning and Delivery of Trip Intelligent Personalised data (WISETRIP): Integration of the Results from Relevant EU Projects'. The connected traveller in the city, region and world of tomorrow, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium.
Nelson, JD. (2008). 'Yellow School Bus Commission:: Report and Recommendations'. The Yellow School Bus Commission, London, United Kingdom.
Nelson, JD. & WISETRIP Consortium (2008). 'Wide Scale network of E-systems for Multimodal Journey Planning and Delivery of Trip Intelligent Personalised data (WISETRIP): WISETRIP Architecture and Data Model'. The connected traveller in the city, region and world of tomorrow, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium.
Pangbourne, K., Aditjandra, PT., Nelson, JD., Curl, A. & Halden, D. (2008). 'New Technology and Quality of Life of Older People: The Health and Transport Dimensions'. Centre for Transport Research, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
Nelson, JD. & WISETRIP Consortium (2008). 'Wide Scale network of E-systems for Multimodal Journey Planning and Delivery of Trip Intelligent Personalised data (WISETRIP): Life Cycle Model'. The connected traveller in the city, region and world of tomorrow, Commission of the European Communities, Brussels, Belgium.