Phasing out the most polluting vehicles now could save 97million tonnes CO2 by 2050, new research published by the UK Energy Research Centre finds. Co-Directed by Christian Brand the Centre looked at the impacts of COVID-19 on the energy system, and the role that energy policy could play in the UK's economic recovery. Discover their recommendations.

A new public engagement project led by TSU's Dr Anna Plyushteva aiming to broaden the conversation about the challenges of everyday life in 2020-21 is documenting the daily lives of key workers who, during the COVID-19 pandemic, perform essential work that cannot be done from home. With the difficulties of working from home receiving much more extensive coverage, the project aims to contribute to the appropriate planning for the public transport needs of key workers in future crises.

New policy briefings on the challenges, adaptations and opportunities for auto-rickshaw transport services and digital payment systems and financial inclusion for auto-rickshaw transport operator-drivers in India have been published by the PEAK Urban research programme.

Patricia Daley, Professor of the Human Geography of Africa, Tim Schwanen, Professor of Transport Geography and Director of the Transport Studies Unit (TSU), and Dariusz Wójcik, Professor of Economic Geography, have been awarded prestigious fellowships by the Academy of Social Sciences (AcSS), which recognise excellence and impact in the social sciences.

To celebrate this year's World Car Free Day held on the 22nd of September, TSU researcher Christian Brand provided some facts and figures on how reducing or changing our car use can positively impact the environment.

The confluence of the health emergency from the COVID-19 pandemic and the new agreements coming out from Glasgow at COP26 place us at a decisive moment on how we want our cities to look like in the future. At no other time in history has it been clearer that transport infrastructures play an essential role in enabling us to care for our families, friends, and ourselves. As we start looking for strategies to reconnect our communities in the wake of COVID-19, and consider how to address the inevitable climate crisis, it is time we put care at the centre of transport's role in our societies.

The University of Oxford's Transport Studies Unit (TSU) has today published its Annual Report 2021, reflecting on the projects undertaken and milestones reached in the past year.

Researchers from the University of Oxford's Transport Studies Unit (TSU) and Energy and Power Group (EPG) have today released a series of briefings for policymakers to support the uptake of electric vehicles (EVs).

The School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) community has today (8 March) come together to mark International Women's Day. Individuals from across the department have demonstrated their support for this year's #BreakTheBias campaign by striking the break the bias pose and commenting on why it is vital we tackle gender bias.

A new study published in Nature Energy found that without substantial levels of energy demand reduction the UK will be unable to achieve net-zero by 2050.