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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. 4.8 million in research funding (from EPA, SFI, FP7, CEDR, TII, DoT, RSA HORIZON Europe). He currently has 7 PhD students and 7 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

TRACT: TRAnsport Behaviour Change Trials

From

2022

2025

Summary

TRACT has two distinctive trials, one which will focus on the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and the second using the mobility hub concept to encourage modal shift. The e-mobility trial will consist of a TRACT smartphone app that will be developed to inform users about their driving behaviour and the impact of switching to an electric vehicle. Several specific use cases will be examined (those without driveways, taxi drivers, rural groups) to determine what would encourage them to switch. The mobility-hub trial will combine the use of shared bikes, cars, active modes and public transport. A suburban location will be selected, and shared cars and bikes (provided by partners Yuko & BleeperBike) will be located there, advertised and promoted to the community. This model has been shown to reduce car ownership and emissions internationally. The 18-month trial will enable the TRACT researchers to measure the impacts of these interventions. The results from the trials will be extrapolated to the wider population to demonstrate what the potential emissions reduction could be in similar areas and user groups. A cost-effectiveness analysis, looking at wider economic benefits, will also be conducted at several stages of the project to feed into policymakers and inform local and national policy.

Funding Agency

SEAI & Department of Transport

Person Months

Project Title

POWERDRIVE

From

2022

2025

Summary

POWERDRIVE is submitted in framework of the Horizon Europe's Cluster 5 "Climate, Energy and Mobility" whose main focus is to "accelerate the twin green and digital transitions and associated transformation of our economy, industry and society with a view to achieving climate neutrality in Europe by 2050". To comply with the described policy framework and meet the work programme requirements and EU policy goals, POWERDRIVE aims at developing a next generation, highly efficient, cost-effective, and compact power electronics solution that integrate a portfolio of technologies for multi objective optimisation of electric powertrains of battery electric vehicles (BEV). These integrated solutions can be applied to both low-performance and high-performance vehicles, and they will be suitable for diverse types of electric vehicles (EV). The concept of POWERDRIVE is that all the experience and expertise of the project partners in the development of electric drivetrain components will be leveraged and lead into the integration of advanced power electronics solutions for an optimised powertrain. This concept brings additional opportunities to strengthen Europe's supply chain in electromobility for road transportation and to achieve zero-emission road mobility.

Funding Agency

HORIZON Europe

Person Months

Project Title

STATION-AIR

From

2022

2025

Summary

The overall concept behind the STATION-AIR project is the development of a holistic assessment of diesel train and road traffic emissions that contribute to transport-related air pollution (TRAP) in the environs of large urban railway hubs, and the subsequent delivery of informed policy and design mitigation measures to address the identified impacts. An initial systematic best-practice review will identify appropriate methods for air quality assessment of railway hubs and outline a range of mitigation measures that support improving air quality management in urban railway settings in Ireland. This will shape a preliminary framework for scoping the potential impact of policy and design measures for mitigating exhaust and non-exhaust emissions from diesel trains and road traffic in the environs of urban railway hubs. Through this decision-making process, appropriate sites will be identified, and novel measurement and modelling approaches will be undertaken to generate baseline evidence for each location. This will include participatory air quality monitoring and recruitment through educational citizen science 'meet-ups', with the use of drone technology to capture environmental data in and around railway stations. The defined air quality mitigation measures will be paired with the appropriate microenvironments considered in the project, accounting for different population groups who are exposed to air pollution in both indoor and outdoor settings in the environs of urban railway stations. The results from the STATION-AIR project will help produce recommendations for improving air quality in the environs of urban railways hubs.

Funding Agency

EPA

Programme

Delivering a Healthy Environment 2021 Call Topic 7

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

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Representations

Details	Date
Steering Committee Member: Review of the Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area, National Transport Authority	2021-2022
Working Group Member: Innovative Mobility for the Periphery - OECD	2020-2021
Member of the Dublin Energy Transition Team (Dublin City Council/Codema)	2021-2022
Editor - Transport Policy (Impact Factor: 4.674)	2022 - present
Senior Editor - Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Impact Factor: 14.982)	2018 - present
Editorial Board - Journal of Transport Geography (Impact Factor: 4.986)	2019 - present
Editorial Board - Transport Policy (Impact Factor: 4.674)	2019 - 2022
Editorial Board - Case Studies on Transport Policy (Cite Score: 3.7)	2018 - present
Editorial Board - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment (Impact Factor: 5.495)	2017 - present
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 -2019
Irish member of the management committee of COST Action TU0804 'Survey Harmonisation with New Technologies Improvement' (SHANTI)	2009 -2011
Member of the The Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport in Ireland Policy committee	2009 - 2011
Member of the EU-Smartcities working group - Mobility and Transport	2016
Member of the TRB Committee on Bicycle Transportation, ANF20	2012 - 2020
Member of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport Working Group on Intelligent Transport Systems	2015

Publications and other Research Outputs

Manzira, C., Charly, A., Caulfield, B. , Assessing the impact of mobility on the incidence of COVID-19 in Dublin City, Sustainable Cities & Society, 80, 2022, p103770-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Benevenuto, R., Caulfield, B., Examining the socioeconomic outcomes of transport interventions in the Global South, Transport Policy, 119, 2022, p56 - 66, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Caulfield, B., Furszyfer, D., Stefaniec, A., Foley, A., Measuring the equity impacts of government subsidies for electric vehicles, Energy, 248, 2022, p123588-, Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Hampton, H., Foley, A., Del Rio, D., Smyth, B., Laverty, D., Caulfield, B, Customer engagement strategies in retail electricity markets: A comprehensive and comparative review, Energy Research and Social Science, 90, 2022, p102611 , Journal Article, PUBLISHED TARA - Full Text

Nelson, J., D., Caulfield, B, Implications of COVID-19 for future travel behaviour in the rural periphery, European Transport Research Review, 2022, IN PRESS, Journal Article, PUBLISHED

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

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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
Education & Public Engagement Champion - CONNECT	2021

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Dr. Brian Caulfield

Associate Professor (Civil Struct & Env. Eng.)

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