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	Prof. Philip Blythe Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems Phone: 222 7935 p.t.blythe@ncl.ac.uk
background
PHIL BLYTHE is Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems and Director of the Transport Operations Research Group in the School of Civil Engineering and Geoscience at Newcastle University. He was appointed to the academic staff at Newcastle University in 1999 as a Senior Lecturer and to the Chair of Transport in March 2004. Phil has devoted his academic career to the development of the research area of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) which is essentially the use of Information, communications and computing technology applied to transport. Phil established the first MSc level module in the UK in the field of ITS in 1997 and this has proved to be highly popular with the MSc and undergraduate students as well as topical and providing an understanding of how policy objectives and the possibilities offered by new technologies interact and mutually drive each other. Phils research portfolio covers a wide range of areas where ITS has been applied to transport including: road to vehicle communications; road user charging and toll systems; the use of smartcards in transport; navigation, location based services and the applications of GNSS; biometrics and transport security; mobile ad-hoc networks and pervasive computing; the use of mobile devices to deliver context specific and personalised travel and trip information; image processing applications; e-government; and future intelligent infrastructure. Phil is best known for his research in the area of road user charging. In the early 1990s he led major European Consortia which developed the basic technologies for road user charging and tolling (PAMELA; ADEPT; and ADEPT II) which largely formed the basis for the European DSRC-standards. He led the team that implemented the Cambridge Congestion charging trial in 1993-94 and has been involved in most of the major road user charging research initiatives across Europe including the review of charging options for London (ROCOL) which delivered the feasibility study for the subsequent implementation of the London Congestion Charging Scheme Recent research and advisory activities in this area include: advisor to the DfT on their response to the Treasuries plans for Lorry Road User Charging (and subsequently a member of one of the pre-qualified tendering consortia); member of the Cabinet Offices e-envoys policy working group on government smartcards; Peer review expert of TfL technology trials (which are looking at new technologies for the extension of the London Congestion Charging Scheme); provision of advise to DfT on the National Road User Charging Scheme as well as the DIRECTS trial; and most recently Phil has been appointed lead expert for the DTI Foresight research programme in the area of Intelligent Infrastructure and its implications on transport over a 50 year time-horizon (which is specifically looking at innovations in road user charging and demand management utilising future intelligent infrastructure). Phil holds a number of patents for ITS and ICT related inventions, publishes widely and provides knowledge outreach, consultancy and training courses in many aspects of ITS research. Further details of his research and activities can be found at: http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/research/profiledetail.aspx?id=nptb2
roles and responsibilities
Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems Director, Transport Operations Research Group, School of CEGS Director of Business Development, School of CEGS Member of Informatics Institute Advisory Panel
qualifications
Chartered Engineer
previous positions
1999-2004 Senior Lecturer in Transport Telematics, School of Civil Engineering, Newcastle University
memberships
Fellow of the IET Chair of the IET's Transport Sector Panel Member IET Executive Team for the Professional Network Automotive and Road Transport (PNARTS) Member DfT Transport Card Forum Steering Committee Member Royal Academy of Engineering's Round Table on Climate Change and Energy Member of the North East Interim Regional Transport Board Member of the North East Regions Academic Panel
main expertise/research interests
Phil's main area of research is in fields related to 'Intelligent Transport Systems'. This covers the innovative use of new technologies, fundamental technical and applications research, demonstrations, proof-of concept, evaluation, delivering the evidence base and informing policy. Although the research covers a wide portfolio, key areas of reearch include road user charging, e-tolling, demand management, the use of smartcards for transport, ID and citizen-card applications, delivery of information to mobile sources, mobile ad-hoc wireless sytems and sensors, intelligent infrastructure and policy/technologies issues related to transport/energy/environment low-carbon transport and climate change.
other expertise
Future scoping and scenario building Technology options and application design Evaluation Scheme design and assessment Chairing, facilitating and brainstorming Bringing transport issues to the media and the public
current work
Current research Projects: EU IST 6th Framework ASK-IT project (Ambient Intelligence System of Agents for Knowledge-Based and Integrated Services for Mobility Impaired Users). ASK-IT uses ambient intelligence technology to provide functions and services for older and disabled people in various environments, including home, work, leisure and transport. The main features include: Mediation of content and services; seamless environment management (anywhere, anytime); User preference and context-related processes; flexible geo-referenced services; a user confidence based environment. Currently developing and 'intelligent corridor' in Tyne and Wear to demonstrate a range of mobility and info-services for special needs users in partnership with a number of local industrial organisations, user groups and service providers. The project runs from November 2004 to October 2008. Key techniques and research outcomes from this project are being developed further in a new Integrated Project, OASIS which runs from 2008-2011. European Commission Leonardo da Vinci Programme: TRANEE Project (Transport in e-Europe). TRANEE aims to support small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in the freight and logistics industry and helping them to make investment decisions in new ITS technologies to support their future growth. TRANEE supports these businesses in developing a range of competencies and good practice to perform effectively in the enlarged EU. This requires a recognition and understanding of the fundamental shift to a knowledge-based economy, which includes, but is not limited to, the ability of SMEs to adopt and integrate new technologies, and identify and capitalise on new market opportunities. The final training programme material was launched at an ITS UK event by Steve Norris in March 2006. The project runs from October 2003 to June 2006. EU IST 6th Framework Project TRACKSS (Technologies for Road Advanced Cooperative Knowledge Sharing Sensors). The project runs from January 2006 to September 2008. The focus of TRACKSS is to research advanced communications concepts using mobile wireless networks to deliver an ITS interoperable and scalable system architectures that allow the coexistance of a rangge of sensors in the same network for environmental monitoring, anti-collision, accurate possitioning, safety and information for traffic management and control applications and their integration into intelligent co-operative systems. The project runs from January 2006 to September 2008. EU IST 6th framework project EMMA: Embedded Middleware Multi-Applications for ITS. EMMA has the goal to investigate new opportunities for the development of generic, open embedded middleware for cooperating wireless objects. Through proof of concept trials in Newcastle and 4 other European locations the project will deliver a middleware platform and a development environment which facilitates the design and implementation of embedded software for cooperative sensing objects. The project runs from May 2006 to December 2008. TfL Project: Review of London Congestion Charging Technology Trials TFL is currently undertaking a series of trials with a range of different technologies to explore which could be candidate systems for the future extension of the London Congestion Scheme. A peer review panel of experts has been established to review the performance of the trails and to advise TFL on the next stages of the study. Phase 1 was completed in the Autumn of 2004. In Phase 2 TfL will look in more detail at a number of candidate technologies and undertake medium sized trials of the system in 2005 and early 2006. This project is a rolling contract from 2004. DfT Project: Future Research Challenges in Road User Charging . Newcastle University is assisting with the setting of the DfTs future research agenda in the area of road user charging. Newcastle University has been assisting the DfT with a brainstorming exercise to gather opinions on the key research challenges from the leading UK, European and international experts in the field. The exercise has included a 2 day workshop in Newcastle in February 2005. The results of the brainstorming sessions were written up and assessed by a team of experts. A follow up workshop will be scheduled in mid 2006 to coincide with the ITS world congress in London. The project began in December 2004 and is on-going DfT Project: Peer Review of National Road User Charging Options Prior to the publication of the National Steering Committees report on National Road User Charging, the DfT commissioned a number of experts to analyse the options for future road user charging and the likely migration path for the technologies who could most likely fulfil the requirements for a National Scheme. A series of technology roadmaps were defined and used as input to the Steering Committees final report. Office of Science and Technology Future Foresight Programme : Intelligent Infrastructure Project. The Foresight Project on Intelligent Infrastructure Systems (IIS) has set out to explore how science and technology could, over the next 50 years, bring intelligence into infrastructure to meet these demanding and sometimes conflicting objectives. The project found that intelligence could help us to meet these objectives and perhaps do more. It could stimulate growth rather than simply supporting it, perhaps going so far as to permit manufacturing with virtually no waste. Intelligence could also support and promote a more inclusive society. Looking 50 years ahead created challenges for the project. The project commissioned leading researchers to write state of research reviews, which set out what all areas of science, including psychology and the physical sciences, and technology could deliver within the next few years. The Research Reviews covered areas as diverse as artificial intelligence and data mining, through to how information affects our choices and the psychology of travel. As part of this the project developed a Technology Forward Look to review existing roadmaps for the development and application of the technology, and to consider how IIS might shape business in the longer term. It also produced a set of scenarios that provide a range of credible and coherent pictures of the technology we might invest in, and how society might react to those investments. Nearly 300 people participated in these exercises, ranging from research experts to those who deliver the services and those who take decisions on policy and investment at national, regional and local levels. In summary the project has provided: a view of the future technologies and an exploration in the scenarios of how we might deploy those technologies · understanding of how best to use those technologies to deliver our objectives; · a view of the opportunities and challenges that intelligent infrastructure will deliver; · understanding the presumptions that underpin the decisions we make; and · the strategic choices that the UK faces, along with most other societies The project findings were launched by Sir David King and Dr Steven Ladyman (Minister of State for Transport) in January 2006 on-going support actions will continue until 2007. TfL Framwework project as subcontractor to SERCO: East London Traffic Control Systems (ELTRACS) Refresh study TORG are providing and independent peer review of the revised communications architecture and strategy for the East London Traffic Control System as part of the quality control process for the study. The project started mid 2005 and will be completed mid-2006 - with a three year outreach and delivery programme to follow this up. DfT and Office of Science and Technology Project: Smart Market Protocols for Road Transport . A multi-disciplinary research team have been tasked with testing the premise that future intelligent infrastructure could offer new and innovative possibilities in how traffic demand management could be implemented. Foresight and the DfT asked Essex, Newcastle and Cranfield Universities to model how the number of cars affected traffic flow, and what price you would have to charge users to keep the traffic flowing freely. Their model assumed that people had to bid for a slot to use their car on those roads. The work was based on detailed data and a Vissim model of the Gateshead area. The model was calibrated for emissions and pollution models. It showed how speed dropped and pollution increased markedly when more than 11,000 vehicles passed through the system. Analysis of the geographical distribution of the road traffic showed how the location of types of house and jobs affected the flows of vehicles from north to south and vice versa through Gatesheads main arterial roads. The research team investigated the possible impact of road pricing on congestion in the area by combining the Gateshead model with another model which simulated the behaviours of individuals choosing whether to buy a slot to drive in an on-line bidding process. By setting the number of slots, one can explore the price that people would put on being able to travel. At nearly 17,000 slots, that value was zero, but grew rapidly as the number of slots reduced. In return, these travellers enjoyed higher average speeds and reduced their impact on the environment. This combination of models provides a means to test pricing options, so that prices can be set to achieve the best outcome. Following the successful implementation of the smart markets protocol model which has been widely disseminated, the research team are considering the research challenges relating to the technical implementation of such a scheme. The project started in June 2005 and initial findings were published in March 2006 Serco Framework project for SE: Scottish Executive Smartcard Scheme Support TORG is providing technical expertise to support the Scottish Executives smartcard implementations in transport and for citizen cards as part of a Framework contract awarded to SERCO. The project started in December 2005 and is on-going WSP Project: Bucharest Traffic Modelling. TORG provided substantial input into building a micro-simulation model of the road and traffic control network of down-town Bucharest. The model was developed using the Vissim Traffic Microsimulator. The research was in support of a larger traffic management project undertaken by WSP Transport. To support interoperability of smartcard ticketing systems, the EU recently funded the IFM (Interoperable Fare Management) Project. This project aims to make access to public transport networks more user-friendly by facilitating their accessibility. By 2015 smart ticketing systems will be compatible to ease access to all the users of public transport. The objective of the Interoperable Fare Management Project (IFM Project) is to provide travellers with shared types of contact-less media throughout Europe. These can be used for multiple transport products (tickets) in different geographic areas and for sustainable modal switching, such as the use of Park and Ride. Today, most media are restricted for use in specific networks. Newcastles Primary Role is to provide expertise in the analysis of existing trust models used by the IFM partners in their smartcard schemes and to develop and generic trust model useable by all smart media ticketing schemes in Europe In policy delivery work, Phil has been appointed from September 2008 to advise the DfT on Transport Futures in the context of delivery of TASTs. As part of the DfT on-going work on the development of the TASTs delivery programme the DfT have formed a futures expert group to advise and comment on the development of scenarios which will be used to test the policy options for the delivery of TASTs. The scenarios have been developed and evolved from a set first designed to look at opposing futures that could evolve depending on the evolution of technology and the demand for transport over a 50 year period, for the Foresight Intelligent Infrastructure project. Work is on-going on the design and validation of the scenarios the framework necessary to test the policy options. Developing the digital economy research theme has been achieved through verious activities such as brainstorming meetings and looking at how we can use previous research on Intelligent infrastructure. In parallel with this we were awarded in 2008 an EPSRC project to look at future Mobility management and the digital economy (SIMM). The overall aim of the SIMM research cluster is to explore the research challenges associated with how to exploit the capabilities of the digital economy to promote and enable the development of new services to support and improve the decision making capability of travellers, transport network managers and the wider community. The SIMM research cluster is a partnership of 12 academic groups and 3 industrial organisations with active research and business interests in the development of the digital economy and its relationship to transport. The consortium spans 4 key technical areas of direct relevance to the digital economy in a transport context; computing, communications, positioning and navigation and transport modelling. In addition, the industrial partners provide a range of domain experience that compliments the academic experience. Through a series of workshops and conferences, backed by web based interaction and resources the SIMM cluster will establish new academic research collaborations, bringing together new disciplinary combinations and establishing between individuals the relationships of mutual understanding and trust necessary to underpin successful collaboration. These collaborations, which will include extensive interaction with stakeholders, will define, scope and prioritise research challenges and develop specific research proposals, which will be taken forward to a variety of funding bodies. Newcastle are responsible for the analysis of how others have adopted the digital economy in transport and what best practice can be learnt from this. This has required field study trips to Tokyo, New York, Stockholm and Venice. In developing the environmental and low carbon theme two key EPSRC funded projects are developing environmental monitoring (MESSAGE Project) and Eco Driving solutions (FOOTLITE project). These coupled with Low Carbon Vehicle Research being undertaken in the region is developing into one of the key areas for on-going and future research in the group.
postgraduate supervision
5 current post graduate Students: Amy Weihong Guo: Future Intelligent Traveller Information Systems: Impacts on travel choices. Amy recently won the Moving On 2006 Prize for best student paper. Rick Fairchild: Investigating the Potential of Galileo for Future Autonomous Navigation and Dynamic Collision Avoidance Systems Adil Mohammed: Investigating the use of low-cost wireless sensors for pervasive environmental monitoring of traffic emissions. Jurgen Wagner. Navigation systems for pedestrians Glyn Rhys-Tyler: Environmental Impact of Traffic (2nd supervisor)
esteem indicators
Editor in Chief IET Journal 'Proceeding of ITS'. Lead expert on the Foresight Intelligent Infrastructure study Expert for DfT Transport Futures Group Member of EPSRC Peer Review College (since 2002) Chairman IET (formerly IEE) Transport Sector Panel (this is their outward facing high-level policy group which comments on policy initiatives and other high-level issues in transport that relate to the IET) Advisor to DfT on road user charging and future ITS technologies and strategies. Board member ITS World Congress Keynote, Royal Society Thought Leadership debate (July 2005) Keynote, Academy of Social Scientists debate on Intelligent Infrastructure (September 2005) Member of IET PN-ARTS Executive Team Advisor to CEN ISS Standards on future ICT standards Member of the Transport Card Forums Steering Committee.
funding received
Current funding by category: EU Funding currently in excess of Euro 2,100,000 (ASK-IT, EMMA, TRACKSS, OASIS, IFM, SAVE-ME and TRANEE projects) EPSRC Funding £1,000.013 (MESSAGE Project), £355,000 (FOOTLITE Project) and £46,500 (SIMM Project). Industrial research funding in excess of £900,000 Other Government funding (DTI, OST, DfT etc) in excess of £40,000 Consultancy and advisory roles funding in excess of £55,000
patents
A US and European patent for a electronic sign-posting systems for elderly and disabled users (Smartsign intelligent direction)was awarded in 2002. The Patent was titles Routing and Navigation System. US Patent Published 30/08/01 (US6477463) and European Patent Published 16/08/01 (EP1124110).
industrial relevance
Support industrial research at the technical, futures, strategy and policy levels, through research, consultancy and advisory roles. Current and recent clients include: SERCO, Scottish Exececutive, DfT, DUIS-OSI, DBER-TSB, Cubic Transportation, Mouchel, The AA, Scheidt & Bachmann, Cambs County Council, TfL, Group Eigis, HMCE, WSP, Faber Maunsell, Philips Research and Philips FIMI, IBM, Motorola and Hyder, to name but a few.
undergraduate teaching
Stage 1 Civil Engineering CIV 1401: Transport Management and Policy Stage 1 Civil Engineering CIV1002: Sustainable Solutions in Civil Engineering Stage 4 MEng 'ITS and e-Services'
postgraduate teaching
MSc Programme CIV8001: Research Methods MSc Programmes CIV8404: ITS and e-Services Various specialist lectures around the faculty and beyond
sample publications

Blythe PT. Congestion charging: Technical options for the delivery of future UK policy. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 2005, 39(7-9), 571-587.
Pickford ATW; Blythe PT. Road User Charging and Electronic Toll Collection. Boston: Artech House, 2006.
Markose S; Alentorn A; Koesrindartoto D; Allen P; Blythe PT; Grosso S. A smart market for passenger road transport (SMPRT) congestion: An application of computational mechanism design. Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 2007, 31(6), 2001-2032.
Sharif BS; Blythe PT; Almajnooni SM; Tsimenidis CC. Inter-vehicle mobile ad hoc network for road transport systems. IET Intelligent Transport Systems 2007, 1(1), 47-56.
Blythe PT; Walker K; Knight PK. The Technical and Operational Feasibility of Automatic Number-Plate Recognition as the Primary Means for Road User Charging. Journal of Navigation 2001, 54(3), 345-353.
Weihong-Guo A; Blythe P; Olivier P; Singh P; Nam Ha H. Using immersive video to evaluate future traveller information systems. IET Intelligent Transport Systems 2008, 2(1), 38-46.
Blythe PT. Adapting Road User Charging to Take Account of Environmental Costs. EU Road User Charging Conference 2008. London.
Blythe PT; Sharif B; Watson P; Bell MC; Edwards S; Neasham J; Suresh V; Wagner J; Bryan H. An environmental sensor system for pervasively monitoring road networks. IET - Road Transport Information and Control 2008. Manchester: IEEE, 1-6.
Blythe PT. Future Intelligent Infrastructure and Wireless Systems for Transport. 2nd EMMA Workshop on Applications of Wireless Sensor Systems in Transport 2008. Newcastle.
Blythe PT; Bryan HR; Sampson E; Edwards S. Future intelligent infrastructure: a smart future?. Road Transport Information Control (RTIC) 2008 2008. Manchester Conference Centre, Manchester, UK: Institution of Engineering and Technology.
Katramados I; Barlow A; Shooter C; Selvarajah K; Blythe PT; Tully A. Heterogeneous Sensor Integration for Intelligent Transport Systems. IET Road Traffic Information and Control Conference 2008. Manchester: IEE, 1-8.
Blythe PT. Intelligent Transport Systems. ITS Annual Congress 2008. Barbican Centre, London.
Bell MC; Suresh V; Blythe PT; Watson P. UTMC Compliant Database to Support Technologies of the Future. IET Road Traffic Information and Control Conference 2008. Manchester, UK: IEEE, 1-6.
Blythe PT. A Connected World. Special Industry Report, 2007.
Edwards S; Bryan HR; Blythe PT; Wagner J. An Environmental Sensor System for Road Networks: MESSAGE Project. 14th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2007. Beijing.
Blythe PT. An Experimental Wireless Sensor Network for Evaluating Future Applications of Smartdust. Smart Moving Conference 2007. Birmingham: ITS UK.
Blythe PT. Findings from the Foresight Intelligent Infrastructure Study, Special Session on IIS. ITS Europe Conference 2007. Aalborg, Denmark.
Blythe PT. Future Intelligent Infrastructure 2025-2050. TfL Quarterly Meeting 2007. London: TfL.
Guo W; Blythe PT. How do we know what they want?. 6th Moving On Conference 2007. Cardiff, UK.
Bryan H; Blythe PT. Improving transport with smartcards. Traffic Engineering & Control 2007, 48(6), 260-261.
Blythe PT. Intelligent Infrastructure and New Paradigms for Road User Charging. ITS-UK Road User Charging Interest Group 2007. London.
Blythe PT. Intelligent Infrastructure and the Digital Economy. EPSRC Workshop on the Digital Economy 2007. Loughborough.
Blythe PT. Intelligent Infrastructure: Smart Markets Protocols for Road Transport. Carbon and Congestion Charging: New Economic Instruments 2007. University of Essex, UK.
Blythe PT. Promoting the International Excellence of UK Technology, Expertise and Solutions. Transport ’07, Public Service Events 2007. Barbican, London.
Bryan HR; Blythe PT. Public Transport Smartcard Data Analysis - A tool for meeting customer needs. ITS Europe Conference 2007. Aalborg, Denmark.
Bryan HR; Blythe PT. Understanding Behaviour through Smartcard Data-Analysis. Proceedings of the ICE: Transport 2007, 160(4), 173-178.
Weihong-Guo W; Blythe PT; Olivier P; Singh P; Ha HN. Using Immersive Video to Evaluate Future Traveller Information Systems. 14th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2007. Beijing.
Schelin E; Gufstaffsen I; Blythe PT. An Analysis of Road User Charging in Europe. 13th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2006. London.
Blythe PT. Challenges facing a National Road User Charging Scheme in the UK. TRA Transport Arena Conference 2006. Gothenburg, Sweden.
Blythe PT; Bryan HR. Challenges for harnessing new developments in smartcard and RFID technology for Transport in the UK. 13th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2006. London.
Blythe PT. Experiments with Mobile Adhoc Networks and Smartdust Sensors to Deliver Pervasive Road User Charging, wide-scale environmental monitoring and other ITS Services. 13th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2006. London.
Guo W; Blythe PT; Olivier P; Singh P; Ha HN; Jackson DG; James P. Future Traveller Information Systems: Impacts on Modal Shift. ASK IT Conference 2006. Nice, France.
Blythe PT. Future Intelligent Infrastructure. Second IEE International Conference on Automotive Electronics 2006. London, UK: IEE, 125-154.
Blythe PT. Intelligent Infrastructure and Smart Markets. Conference on EU Prod User Charging, Centaur Communications 2006. London.
Blythe PT. Intelligent Infrastructure: A Smart Future with Smart Dust and Smart Markets. IFAC Conference on Transport automation and Control 2006. Delft, The Netherlands.
Guo W; Blythe PT. Intelligent Personalised Traveller Information: Impacts on the Choice of Travel Mode. 13th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2006. London.
Blythe PT; Bell MC; Sharif B; Watson P. Pervasive Environmental Monitoring using Smartdust: The MESSAGE Project. Proceedings of IET Seminar on RFID and Electronic Vehicle Identification, The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2006. Newcastle, UK: IET.
Bryan HR; Blythe PT. Spatial Data Analysis of public transport derived smartcard ticketing data. Cartes 2006. Paris, France.
Blythe PT. The UKs Foresight Intelligent Infrastructure Study. TRA Conference 2006. Gothenburg, Sweden.
Blythe PT; Carr J. Challenges and Opportunities for the Future Roll-Out of Transport Smartcards in the UK. Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2005. San Francisco, USA.
Blythe PT. Congestion Charging and CO₂ Trading. Proceedings of the STAR-CITY Workshop on Future Energy 2005. Kalkar, Germany.
Schelin E; Gustafsson I; Blythe PT. European Road User Charging for Heavy Goods Vehicles – An Overview. Procedings of the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2005. San Francisco, USA.
Blythe PT; Edwards S. Evaluation of European Transit Smartcard Schemes. IBEC Pre-Conference Workshop 2005. Hilton Hotel, San Francisco, USA.
Blythe PT. Future Intelligent Infrastructure. IPQ Conference on Modernising Transport 2005. London: Govnet.
Blythe PT. Future Intelligent Infrastructure. Procedings of the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2005. San Francisco, USA.
Blythe PT. Future Intelligent Infrastructure and the Connected Car. Cambridge CMI Workshop on the Connected Car 2005. Cambridge University.
Blythe PT; Tully A. Harnessing the Opportunities of Next Generation Wireless Technologies to Deliver Pervasive Road User Charging and Other ITS Services. 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems 2005. San Francisco, USA.
Guo W; Blythe PT. Intelligent Personalised Traveller Information: Impacts on the Choice of Travel Mode. Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2005. San Francisco, USA.
Tully A; Blythe PT. Investigating the next generation mobile wireless technology to deliver a pervasive mobile pervasive computing environment for road user charging and other ITS services. The 1st IEE automotive electronics conference : 15-16 March 2005 2005. London, UK: Institution of Electrical Engineers, 11.
Blythe PT; Pickford A. Where will we be in 2014?. IEE Seminar on Road User Charging 2005. London, UK: IEE, 104-123.
Blythe PT. Smartcards: What Options does the Technology Provide. Waterfront Conference, Smartcards: Maximising the Potential 2005. London, UK.
Edwards S; Blythe PT; Scott S; Weihong-Guo A. Tourist Information Delivered Through Mobile Devices: Findings from the Image Project. Information Technology & Tourism 2005, 8(1), 31-46.
Blythe PT. Towards Pervasive Pricing utilising Future Intelligent Infrastructure. In: Wafaa Saleh, ed. Symposium on the Success and Failures of TDM Measures 2005. Napier, Edinburgh: Elsevir.
Blythe PT. Utilising Intelligent Infrastructure to Make Road Pricing. In: Markose, S, ed. Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference on Heterogeneous Economic Agents 2005. University of Essex: London: IET.
Blythe PT. A Multi-Year Study of Public Attitudes to the use of Biometrics in Transport Smartcard Schemes. ITS-UK Summer Conference 2004. Winchester.
Blythe PT; Curtis A. Advanced Driver Assistance Systems: Gimmick or Reality Proc. 11th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services, Nagoya, Japan, October. Proc. 11th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2004. Nagoya, Japan.
Blythe PT. An investigation of the use of Biometrics on Smartcards for Transport Security Applications. ITS-UK Security Interest Group 2004. London.
Mulley C; Edwards S; Blythe PT; Lewis P. Assessment Framework for the Evaluation of Soft Benefits of Smart Card Schemes. Newcastle upon Tyne: Transport Operations Research Group, 2004.
Blythe PT. Congestion Charging: Challenges to Meet Policy Objectives. Review of Network Economics 2004, 3(4), 356-370.
Blythe PT. Improving public transport ticketing through smart cards. Proceedings of the ICE - Municipal Engineer 2004, 157(1), 47-54.
Edwards S; Blythe PT. Demand for and Willingness to Pay for Geo-Referenced Info-Mobility Services: the IMAGE project. 11th ITS World Congress 2004. Nagoya, Japan.
Blythe PT; Tully A; Knight P; Walker J. Road User Charging in the UK. How will the technology evolve over the next 10 years to meet the future challenges of Nationwide charging schemes. Proceedings: ITS for a livable society 2004. Nagoya, Aichi, Japan: ITS, 14.
Blythe PT. Road User Charging in the UK. Where will we be 10 Years from Now?. IEE 12th International Conference on Road Transport Information and Control 2004. London: IEEE, 214-221.
Blythe PT; Pickford A. Road user Charging Technology: Where will we be in 2014?. IEE International Seminar on Road User Charging Technologies, London, June 2004. London: IEE, 104-123.
Blythe PT. A review of road pricing and smartcard research in Europe. Special Executive Session on Asia-Europe Strategic Research, 10th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2003. Madrid, Spain.
Blythe PT. Access Restrictions as a way forward towards sustainable cities: history, evolution and trends for the future. CIVITAS/Trendsetter International Workshop on the Accessible City 2003. Prague.
Blythe PT. An Investigation of Public Attitudes to the use of Biometrics in Transport Smart Cards. 10th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2003. Madrid, Spain.
Blythe PT. Attitudes to the use of biometrics in transport smartcard applications. DFC’s Transport Card Forum 2003. London.
Edwards S; Scott S; Blythe PT. Delivering Dynamic, Personalised Travel and Tourist Information through Mobile Phones and PDAs: the IMAGE Project. 10th ITS World Congress 2003. Madrid, Spain.
Blythe PT. Delivering Intelligent Location Based Public Transport Information to Mobile Phones and PDA’s. IQ’s Third Annual Conference on Real Time Passenger Information Services for Transport 2003. London.
Edwards S; Blythe PT; Scott S. Delivery of Dynamic, Personalised Travel and Tourist Information through Mobile Phones and PDAs: the IMAGE Project. Proceedings INFORM Conference 2003. Cardiff.
Blythe PT. Marketing e-Services …or ‘to e or not to e’?. 3rd Moving On Conference 2003. Nottingham, UK.
Blythe PT. Road User Charging in the UK. Will we ever see an Emergence of Technical and Political Consensus?. 10th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2003. Madrid.
Blythe PT. Review of technology, standards and options. IEE Seminar on Road User Charging 2003. London: IEE, 3/0-3/8.
Blythe PT. The potential for WiFi Services in Transport. IQ Conference on Practical Solutions to WiFi in Transport 2003. London.
Blythe PT; Holm C. ADEPT III: Piloting Combi-cards for Public Transport Ticketing in Finland. Traffic Engineering and Control 2002, 43(1), 16-20.
Edwards SJF; Blythe PT; Holm C. An Intelligent Mobility Agent for Complex Geographical Environments: the IMAGE Project. Telebalt Conference 2002. Vilnius, Lithuania.
Edwards SJF; Blythe PT; Mizaras V; Bekiaris A. An Intelligent Mobility Agent for Complex Geographical Environments: the IMAGE Project. 9th ITS World Congress 2002. Chicago, USA.
Blythe PT. Analysing the Feasibility of Introducing A Distance-based Road User Tax For The Haulage Industry. 9th International Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems and Services 2002. Chicago.
Blythe PT. Can ITS Satisfy The Demands of The UK 10 Year Transport Plan?. International Conference on Seamless and Sustainable Transport 2002. Singapore.
Blythe PT. Can ITS Satisfy the Demands of the Integrated Transport White Paper? A SWOT Analysis. IEE International Conference on Road Traffic Information and Control (RTIC) 2002. London: IEEE, 486, 1-8.
Blythe PT. Can ITS Satisfy the Demands of the UK Integrated Transport White Paper and Subsequent 10 Year Transport Plan: A SWOT Analysis. 9th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2002. Chicago, USA.
Blythe PT. Developing a Business Case for a Transport and Local Authority Smartcard Scheme. IPCQ Conference on Ticketing in Transport 2002. London.
Blythe PT. Facilitating Urban Transport Interchanges And Seamless Public Transport. 3rd International Conference on Seamless and Sustainable Transport 2002. Singapore.
Blythe PT. Investigating the use of Biometrics in Future Transport Smartcard Schemes. Proceedings of the IQPC International Conference on Ticketing for Transport 2002. London.
Blythe PT. Is It Feasible To Introduce A Distance-based Road User Tax For The Haulage Industry In The UK?. International Conference on Seamless and Sustainable Transport 2002. Singapore.
Edwards SJ; Blythe PT; Hamilton N; Russell P; Soutter J. SmartSign: A Navigation Aid for Wheelchair Users. 9th ITS World Congress 2002. Chicago.
Hills PT; Blythe PT. For whom the road tolls?. Ingenia 2002, (14).
Blythe PT. Video-Based Vehicle and Pedestrian Tracking and Motion Modelling. IEE International Conference on Road Traffic Informatics and Control (RTIC) 2002. London: IEE, 486, 35-40.
Edwards S; Blythe PT. A Cost Efficient Personal Navigation System for Disabled Travellers Utilising Smart Card Technology. ITS in Europe 2001. Bilbao, Spain.
Edwards S; Walsh S; Blythe PT; Hamilton N; Soutter J. Accessibility in the Built and Transport Environment: the Wheelchair User's Perspective. Universal Access in the Information Society 2001, 1(2), 91-98.
Blythe PT. ADEPT III: Piloting Combi-cards for Public Transport Ticketing in Finland. DETR's Transport Card Forum 2001. London, UK.
O'Mahony M; Blythe PT. Charging for Road Use. World Conference on Transport Research 2001. Soeul, Korea.
Blythe PT; Holm C. Combi-Cards in Automatic Public Transport Fare Collection : Conclusions of the ADEPT III Project. 8th International Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2001. Sydney, Australia.
Blythe PT; Holm C. Combi-Cards in Automatic Public Transport Fare Collection: The ADEPT III Project. ITS UK Annual Summer Conference 2001. Cardiff, Wales.
Blythe PT. DISTINCT : A Tool for Interoperable Smart Cards for Supporting ITS and Citizen-centric Services. ITS in Europe 2001. Bilbao, Spain.
Blythe PT; Walker J; Knight PK. Is it Feasible that Automatic Licence Plate Recognition Systems can be used as the Primary Means of Road-user-Charging?. ITS UK Annual Summer Conference 2001. Cardiff, Wales.
Blythe PT; Walker J; Knight PK. It is Feasible that Automatic Licence Plate Recognition Systems can be used as the Primary Means of Road-User Charging?. 8th International Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2001. Sydney, Australia.
Blythe PT; Walker K; Knight PK. The Technical and Operational Feasibility of Automatic Number-Plate Recognition as the Primary Means for Road-user Charging. Telematics Automotive 2001. Birmingham, UK.
Blythe PT; Walsh S. User Requirements in Smartcard Schemes. Summary of workshop recommendations. DETR's eEurope Smartcard user requirements conference 2001. London.
Edwards S; Blythe PT; Hamilton N. A Telematic Based Navigation Aid for Wheelchair Users in the Built Environment. ITS World Congress 2000. Torino.
Blythe PT; Holm C. Combi-Cards in Automatic Public Transport Fare Payment: The ADEPT III Project. 7th ITS World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2000. Turin.
Blythe PT; Holm C. Invited keynote case study: DISTINCT: The Smart Card Solution for Public Service Across Europe. Cards MiddleEast, AIC Conference 2002. Dubai, United Arab Emerites.
Blythe PT. DISTINCT from Concept to Reality. Moving on Conference 2000. Newcastle upon Tyne.
Blythe PT. DISTINCT: Empowering the Citizen. 4th DISTINCT User Forum 2000. Turin.
Blythe PT; Lawther SJ; Shield CM. DISTINCT: Final Results. 7th World Congress on Intelligent Transportation Systems 2000. Turin.
Blythe PT; Rackliff TJ; Holland RJ; Mageean JF. ITS applications in public transport: Improving the service to the transport system. Journal of Advanced Transportation 2000, 34(3), 325-345.
Blythe PT. Research Opportunities for Smart Cards in the Airline Industry. Transport Card Forum 2000. London.
Blythe PT. The Importance of ITS Standards for the UK. DETR Seminar on the National Public Transport Smart Card Initiative (ITSO) 2000. London.
Blythe PT. Transforming the Current Cumbersome and Ineffective Method of Payment for all Forms of Transport. Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems 2000, 6, 45-68.
Blythe PT; Lawther SJ; Shield CM. Using Transport Applications as the Key to Developing a Business Case for a Citizen Smart Card. 6th International Conference on Applications of Advanced Technologies in Transportation 2000. Singapore.