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Bus services and social deprivation

New ground-breaking research by ITS and KPMG has quantified for the first time the relationship between bus services and social deprivation.

The map shows the number of premature deaths prevented each year due to the introduction of European Union (EU) policies and new technologies to reduce air pollution. The numbers given are for a 4km by 4km grid square.

Air quality success, but what about the impact of Brexit?

At a seminar in Brussels later today [Tuesday, 11 October], the role of EU policy in improving air quality will be praised, at a time when such policies face an uncertain future because of the result

Professor Richard Romano and Dr Gustav Markkula of Institute for Transport Studies at University of Leeds.

Richard Romano and Gustav Markkula welcomed

The Institute is pleased to announce the recent appointment of two leading academics in the field of driver behaviour and driving simulation.

Modern Day Slavery - Dr Louise Waite talks to ITV Calendar News

Home Office figures suggest there are up to 13,000 people in the UK being held in modern-day slavery.

President of Iceland visits University of Leeds for rewilding conference

Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, the current President of Iceland, gave the keynote speech at 'The Future of Wild Europe' conference at the University of Leeds this September.