Mobility as an urban system.
MUSA-Lab connects how people make travel choices, how transport networks operate, and how data and emerging technologies can support better decisions.
Research themes
Three connected perspectives.
Our themes connect methods, applications and policy questions across the lab. Each theme brings together projects, people and publications automatically.
Analytics & Insights
Using mobility and urban data to reveal patterns, evaluate interventions and support better decisions.
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Modelling & Simulation
Testing transport systems, operational strategies and future mobility scenarios before they happen.
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Behaviour & Policy
Understanding how people experience mobility, respond to technology and adapt to transport policy.
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Questions we are trying to answer.
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How will emerging mobility technologies change travel behaviour?
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How can transport systems respond dynamically to disruption and demand?
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How can AI and data improve decisions without losing sight of people and equity?
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How should cities evaluate new mobility services before large-scale deployment?
Methods & capabilities
How we investigate mobility systems.
Transport modelling
Demand models, network models, simulation and scenario testing.
Behavioural research
Choice modelling, stated preference, surveys, attitudes and adoption.
Machine learning & analytics
Prediction, classification and analysis of large mobility datasets.
Urban systems analysis
Accessibility, spatial analysis, sustainability and interactions across systems.
Experimentation & evaluation
Pilots, impact assessment, before/after studies and real-world evidence.
Digital twins & decision support
Integrated models and tools connecting analysis to operational decisions.
Research in practice
From ambitious programmes to focused applied work.
Our portfolio combines major collaborative research with commissioned studies, evaluation and specialist advisory work for public and private organisations.
Major collaborative programmes and ambitious research shaping the lab’s agenda.
CORESpaces
CORESpaces co-creates, develops and deploys at scale technological and non-technological urban innovations for climate-neutral urban spaces.
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SYNCHROMODE
SYNCHROMODE aims to develop a data-driven ICT toolbox for improving the management of transport operations from a multimodal perspective, in order to manage the…
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HARMONY
New mobility services and technologies represent a promising solution to meet the European Union’s target to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Moreover, the lately…
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MOVE2CCAM
In the future, vehicles will interact directly with each other and with the transport infrastructure. However, little is known about the potential impact and…
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Decarbonising NHS
Supporting the decarbonisation of health systems
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The Great Self Driving Exploration
The DfT funded “Great Self Driving Exploration” project aims to explore how we currently travel, how we could travel in future, and understand how…
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LNER Power of One
How much could one change in travel behaviour achieve collectively? The carbon implications of switching a leisure journey to rail
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Recent research.
Assessing Governance Alignment for Shared and Micromobility: Evidence from Europe and the GCC ↗
Anne M. Dowling; Maria Kamargianni; Emmanouil Chaniotakis
Chapter 20 – Emerging methods to collect big data on travel experiences ↗
Paulo Anciaes; Maria Kamargianni; Emmanouil Chaniotakis
More resilient transit-oriented development (TOD): investigating the spatial association between TOD and travel-related well-being ↗
Xing Gao; Xingman Zhang; Wen-Long Shang; Tonggaochuan Shen; Mengqiu Cao; Emmanouil Chaniotakis
People
People behind the research.
Research spans transport modelling, behavioural science, urban analytics and emerging mobility systems.
Work with MUSA-Lab
Research partnerships and commissioned work.
We collaborate with universities, public authorities, transport operators, technology companies and policymakers on research and applied transport challenges.
UK transport research
Explore MUSA-Lab’s transport research in one place.
See how our work across modelling, travel behaviour, analytics, sustainability, emerging mobility and urban systems connects Projects, Case Studies, Methods, People and Publications.