Publications
Published Papers
Watts, L. and Urry, J. (in prep.) Moving Methods, Travelling Times
Society and Space: Environment and Planning D
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Holley, D., Jain, J. and Lyons, G. (in press). The Business of Train Travel
Mobile Work/Technology (book to be published by Routledge)
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Jain, J. and Lyons, G. (forthcoming) The Gift of Travel Time.
Journal of Transport Geography.
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Holley, D., Jain, J. and Lyons, G. (forthcoming) Understanding Business Travel Time Use and its
Place in the Working Day.
Time & Society.
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Urry, J. (2007) Mobilities.
Book published by Polity Press (Cambridge).
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Watts, L. (in prep) The Art and Craft of Train Travel
Journal of Social and Cultural Geography, special edition 'Spatial Technologies / Technological Spaces'
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Lyons, G., Jain, J. and Holley, D. (2007). The use of travel time by rail passengers in Great Britain.
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 41(1): 107-120.
Findings from a set of project questions included in the National Rail Passengers Survey.
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Urry, J. (2006). Travelling Times.
European Journal of Communications, 21(2).
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Lyons, G. and Urry, J. (2005). Travel time use in the information age.
Transportation Research, 39(A), 257-276.
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Jain, J. and Lyons, G. (2005). Connecting Dispersed Communities on the Move.
In Marshall, S., Taylor, W. and Yu, X. (eds) Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology, Idea Group Reference, PA, USA.
This article reviews current understandings of spatiality, regional connection, and
travel time within transport studies and the social sciences.
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Conference Papers
Holley, D., Lyons, G. and Jain, J. (2006). Towards an understanding of the
use and value of business travel time.
Proc. 38th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January 2006, Dublin.
Developments of the PhD research as part of the project examining in depth case studies
of business travellers.
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Urry, J. (2006) The Sociabilities of Travel
Keynote speech at the International Association for Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) Conference, Kyoto, Japan.
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Watts, L. (2006). Moving Methods: the Art of Ada (ethnographer of travel-time).
Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference (RGS-IBG 2006), session Mobile Methodologies: Researching Mobile Experiences. Also performed at Project Workshop 2006 hosted by the Department for Transport.
Key findings of the project including visuals and a full script of the performance.
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Urry, J. (2005) Travelling Times
European Journal of Communications Workshop, Florence, November 2005.
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Urry, J. (2005) Travelling Times
Institute of British Geographers Conference, London, September 2005
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Jain, J. and Lyons, G. (2005). Travel time: Gift or burden?
Proc. 37th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, Bristol, 5-7 January.
This summary article and the accompanying presentation introduced the concept of travel
time being seen as a gift.
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Watts, L. (2005). The Art and Craft of Train Travel.
Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG) Annual Conference, London. Extended version also performed at Cosmobilities Network Meeting 2005, Berlin.
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Watts, L. (2005). The Art of Train Travel or how to tell a story of people, places and technical paraphernalia.
Scripted version of a performance at 'Narrating Space and Place: Meeting across disciplinary boundaries' workshop, Trinity College, Oxford, April 2005.
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Lyons, G. (2003). Future mobility - it's about time.
Proc. 35th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, January, Loughborough.
This first paper concerning the project is a think piece produced in advance of the project proposal to review and explore the issues surrounding travel time use in the information age.
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