Resilience, demand management, analysis and modelling
The challenge
When severe weather damages our transport links, the impacts on daily life, communities and the local economy can take months and sometimes years to recover from.
The Data Discovery Centre at Traffex 2-4 April 2019 is showcasing projects that are using data to help:
- highways managers identify weak points and secure funding to repair the network before it fails
- individuals to maximise their flexibility in choice of travel during severe weather
- transport planners to update their models for travel behaviours to better reflect today’s society
- public sector organisations collaborate and apply data analytics capabilities to improve services
The UK’s Offices of Data Analytics
We’ll be exploring the work of the regional Offices of Data Analytics in helping public sector organisations manage data, risk and collaboration more effectively.
– NESTA report (December 2018) on the State of Offices of Data Analytics in the UK – West Midlands ODA summary
– Hard copies of the NESTA Office of Data Analytics report available to take away
– The 2019 NESTA City Data Conference, University of Birmingham, 4th June 2019
Tuesday 2nd April: Jonathan Munslow, South Gloucestershire Council – Highways Infrastructure Resilience Assessment Modelling (HIRAM) Tool
- HIRAM tool website
- background info – what is HIRAM and why was it created?
- slide deck – how HIRAM works
- Market testing – opportunities for scaling the tool so other local authorities can benefit
Wednesday 3rd April: Hannah Budnitz, PhD candidate, University of Birmingham – Travel Behaviour, Technology and Weather Resilience
- Chair; Royal Town Planning Institute Transport Planning Network
- Researcher, PhD candidate, University of Birmingham: (Tele)commuting, Cities and Weather conditions
- Live research – what’s your travel flexibility in severe weather?
- Poster (see below, and on the DDC Stand) – Travel behaviour, Technology, and Weather Resilience
