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Dr Caulfield is an Associate Professor and Head of Discipline in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. Since joining the Department Dr Caulfield has embarked on an intensive research program addressing global issues such as the environmental impacts of transport and methods to reduce the carbon impacts of transport and in 2017 he addressed the Irish Citizens Assembly on this topic. He recently provided advice to the Climate Change Advisory Council on pathways to decreasing transport emissions by 2030. Dr Caulfield is currently a member of the Steering Group for the review and update of the GDA Transport Strategy with the National Transport Authority. Dr Caulfield has published over 180 papers in these areas in high impact international journals and international conferences and to date has been awarded aprox. 3.4 million in research funding (from EPA, SFI, FP7, CEDR, TII, DTTAS and RSA). He currently has 4 PhD students and 4 postdoctoral researchers in his research group. Dr Caulfield also a member of a number of National and International research groups and is the former Chair of the Irish Transportation Research Network and was a member of the executive committee of the Universities Transport Studies Group as well as several committees at the Transportation Research Board in Washington D.C. He is a Senior Editor of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (impact factor: 14.982) and an Editor of Transport Policy (impact factor: 4.674). He is a member of the International Editorial Board of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment (impact factor: 5.495), Case Studies on Transport Policy (impact factor: 1.038), and the Journal of Transport Geography (impact factor: 4.986).

Research Tags

Cost Benefit Analysis Cost Benefit Analysis Discrete Choice Modelling Discrete Choice Modelling Driving simulation Energy Ecomomics Environmental aspects of transportation Environmental Impacts of Transport Environmental impacts of transport Impacts of new public transport Intelligent Transport Systems Intelligent Vehicles Intermodal Transport New Means of Transport Public Transport Public Transport Infrastructure Road Safety Simulation and modelling transportation networks Stated Preference Analysis Stated preference analysis Telecommunications and transport Traffic Congestion Transport Transport Demand Management Transport Economics Transport economics Transport Modelling Transport Modelling Transport policy

Research Projects

Project Title

SUstainable MobIlity Models for a Just Transition

From

2021

2025

Summary

While mobility is the lifeblood of human connectedness and economic progress, there is an urgent need to fundamentally rethink models of mobility with a view to achieving just access to a sustainable transportation system that makes optimal use of resources and infrastructure while offering the efficiency, comfort, convenience, and access. SUMMIT will balance consideration of the possibilities afforded by emerging technologies with the social, regulatory, economic and personal needs of stakeholders, whilst respecting planetary boundaries, to bring forward concrete proposals on how a transition to just and sustainable mobility can be achieved.

Funding Agency

Kinsella Challenge Based E3 Multidisciplinary Project Awards

Project Title

DLR Active Travel Testbed

From

2021

2022

Summary

In order to promote active travel, safe infrastructure must first be provided to support commuters and shoppers in choosing alternative transport modes . With the recent success of cycle to work schemes and the increase in e-bike sales cyclists need safe and secure bicycle infrastructure to ensure these sales translate into increased cycling across the County, this will require an improve experience of cycling . A current lack of facilities may be preventing citizens from cycling or using public transport. Recent projects in Dublin have looked to deal with this issue in the region http://dccbeta.ie/project/article/residential-bike-hangars the results of which highlighted issues of security and that user confidence in services are critical. This project sets out a programme of research to analyse existing challenges in DLR and to suggest and test potential solutions using a trial approach. This is a co-funded project between DLR and Enable who are both partners on the Smart Sandyford research programme.

Funding Agency

DLR - SFI/ENABLE

Project Title

Terrain-AI

From

2021

2023

Summary

Population growth, demographic shifts, climate change and the need for increased food production are placing new and increased pressures and demands on our natural resources, highlighting the need for adopting more sustainable life-styles. Now, more than ever, we need high-quality, timely information about our farms, forests, natural wetlands and cities in order to better understand the interdependencies and interactions between the human activities and natural processes that create these complex environments. Terrain-AI will tackle this challenge through the innovative fusion of multi-thematic data-sources captured from spaceborne satellites, aerial/drone platforms, in-field instruments, in-situ sensor networks and mobile devices with existing databases, on land use and population, using highly automated Machine Learning workflows to extract terrestrial features, patterns and processes - essential to understanding and managing these environments. Integrated land-surface models, capable of handling uncertainty, will utilise these AI outputs together with land-cover type, biomass and environmental variables to produce improved estimates of Carbon Stocks and Exchanges. The big research opportunity here is building a state-of-the-art digital terrestrial monitoring and modelling platform based on Terrain-AI's 14 instrumented real-world test-sites together with the latest Earth Observation, Robotics and Sensing technologies that will enable the collaborative research and development of scalable ML and integrated modelling workflows with a team of over 45 dedicated research specialists. There are big commercial and societal opportunities including, developing next generation digital Agri-tech products and services through to making real changes in how we manage Carbon on our farms, forests, peatlands and urban spaces, in support of sustainable land use.

Funding Agency

SFI & Microsoft

Programme

STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME

Project Title

Smart Mobility Initiative for Lower Emissions (SMILE)

From

Summary

The vision of this project is that achieving the change required is possible if we stop working in the isolation of our disciplines and combine our expertise around a rich understanding of the transport ecosystem. The epicentre of this ecosystem is the individual trip decision - we need to understand this decision process from all angles. SMILE brings together multidisciplinary expertise from Computer Science, Engineering and Social Sciences to design an evidence-based mobility ecosystem centred on a trip decision-making app. The app will: - Inform, educate and motivate users towards low- or no-emissions modes with a user-friendly interface making accessing eco-modes seamless - Personalisation will enable trip guidance to be optimised to the user, sensors will harvest actual mobility behaviour and machine learning will optimise the nature and presentation of choices to maximise eco-mode choices. - These data can be used to inform transport services and infrastructure planning and policy

Funding Agency

SFI

Programme

Zero-Emissions Challenge: SFI Future Innovator Prize 2019

Project Title

DiSTRaCT: moDal ShifT Reduce Carbon in Transport

From

Jan 2019

Jan 2020

Summary

Much attention has been focused on the transport sector and how to reduce emissions and energy consumption in this field. Traditionally much of the focus has been on building new infrastructure and investment in public transport, walking and cycling. Little attention has been paid to changing underlying transport behaviours and trying to understand why we travel in the ways we do. The DiSTRaCT project aims to examine this under researched are in Ireland and cast a wide net to look for low cost behavioural change projects that have been successful internationally and determine if they could be successful in Ireland. A key element of the DiSTRaCT project will be to produce new methods to evaluate the potential success of behavioural change projects and supplement the work being conducted on the economic evaluation of transport projects. The final deliverable of the project will be a list of potential pilot projects that could be launched in Ireland and how to leverage the greatest return on any potential pilot projects.

Funding Agency

SEAI - Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport

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Representations

Details	Date
Member of the Executive Committee of the Universities' Transport Study Group (UTSG)	2015-2018
Chair of the Irish Transport Research Network	2013-2017
Member of the Transport Statistics Liaison Group (Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Central Statistics office)	2010
Member of the TRB Committee on Emerging and Innovative Public Transport and Technologies (AP020)	2010 -
Irish member of the management committee of COST Action TU0804 'Survey Harmonisation with New Technologies Improvement' (SHANTI)	2009 -2011
Member of the CILT Policy committee	2009 - 2011
Member of the EU-Smartcities working group - Mobility and Transport
Member of the TRB Committee on Bicycle Transportation, ANF20	2012
Member of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport Working Group on Intelligent Transport Systems	2015
Editorial Board - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment	2017
Editorial Board - Case Studies on Transport Policy	2018
Associate Editor - Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews	2018
Editorial Board - Transport Policy	2019
Editorial Board - Journal of Transport Geography	2019

Publications and other Research Outputs

Caulfield, B., Bowman, S., Mullin, M., Browne, S., Kelly, C., Working together to re-open our City and Campus post-Covid: A case study of Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, 100th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, 2021, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

Rezaei, A., Caulfield, B., Simulating a Transition to Autonomous Mobility, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 106, 2021, p102175-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Carroll, P., Benevenuto, R., Caulfield, B. , Identifying Hotspots of Transport Disadvantage and Car Dependency in Rural Ireland, Transport Policy, 101, 2021, p46 - 56, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Caulfield, B., Keohe, J. , Usage patterns and preferences of car sharing: A case study of Dublin, Case Studies on Transport Policy, 9, 2021, p253 - 259, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Smith, I., Caulfield, B., Dey, S. , Using Floating Bike Data to Determine Cyclist Exposure to Poor Air Quality, Journal of Transport and Health, 20, 2021, p101008 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Crowley, F., Doran, J., Ryan, G., Daly, H., Caulfield, B. , The impact of labour market disruptions and transport choice on the environment during Covid-19, Transport Policy, 106, 2021, p185 - 195, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Caulfield B., Browne S., Mullin M., Bowman S., Kelly C., Re-open our city and campus post-Covid: A case study of Trinity college Dublin, the University of Dublin, Case Studies on Transport Policy, 9, 2021, p616 - 625, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text DOI

Rezaei, A., Caulfield, B. , Safety of autonomous vehicles: what are the insights from experienced industry professionals?, Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 81, 2021, p472 - 489, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Carroll, P., Caulfield, B., Ahern, A., Modelling the Introduction of Incentives to Encourage a Reduction in Private Car Use in Dublin, Ireland, 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, 2020, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

Rezaei, A., Caulfield, B., Autonomous Mobility: A Review of the Benefits and Drawbacks, 48th European Transport Conference, , Milan, September, 2020, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

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Oeschger, G., Carroll, P., Caulfield, B. , First/last mile to public transport & mode choice, 53rd UTSG, Loughborugh University, 2021, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

Theunissen, M., Caulfield, B., Egan, R, Examining the potential impacts on replacing shared bike trips with shared e-scooter trips, 53rd UTSG, Loughborugh University, 2021, Conference Paper, PUBLISHED

Caulfield, B., Transport and Climate Change, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Queens University Belfast, 1st February, 2021, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Caulfield, B., Transport futures and climate change, Institute of Advanced Automotive Propulsion System, University of Bath, 2nd March, 2021, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Caulfield, B., Sustainable Rural Mobility, Mix your mode webinar Seminar, Transport and connectivity in a Post-Covid Ireland, 19th March, 2021, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Caulfield, B., The Network of Public Infrastructure Professionals, InfraNet, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, 29th January, 2021, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Caulfield, B., E-scooters and what they can bring to mobility in Ireland, Transportation and Marine Strategic Policy Committee, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, 9th March, 2021, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Caulfield, B., Transport and Climate change, Joint Committee on Climate Action, Oireachtas, 9th March, 2021, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Caulfield, B., Electric vehicles - possible policy directions, Joint Committee Environment and Climate Action, Oireachtas, 13th July, 2021, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

Caulfield, B., The future of business mobility, , Low Carbon Knowledge Session #4, Business in the Community, 1st December, 2020, Invited Talk, PUBLISHED

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Awards and Honours

Award	Date
Fellow of Trinity College Dublin	2020
The Michael Beesley Award, honourable mention	August, 2007
ITRN Best paper - Determining the welfare effects of introducing a cap‐and‐share scheme on rural commuters	September 2011
ITRN Best paper- Impact of emissions information on mode choices in Dublin: Stated Preference experiments	September 2013
ITRN Best paper - Encouraging sustainable commuting behaviour through smart policy provision	2017

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Dr. Brian Caulfield

Associate Professor (Civil Struct & Env. Eng.)

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Biography

Research Tags

Research Projects

Representations

Publications and other Research Outputs

Publications

Awards and Honours