Dr Paul Timms

Profile

Research Projects and Professional Engagements and Experience

• A large number of research projects concerned with various aspects of transport modelling and transport policy, ranging from traffic signals to world futures.

• A large number of overseas professional engagements including consultancy, research and teaching assignments in Thailand, Vietnam, India, Brazil, Malaysia, Rwanda, Ghana, Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, El Salvador, Chile, China and Russia.

• ITS Project Manager of a large number of EU-funded research projects

PhD supervision

• Currently supervisor of 7 PhD students (March 2024) from Nigeria (2), South Korea, Dubai, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia and UK.

• Past supervisor of a further 16 students who successfully completed their PhDs

Language capabilities

• Fluency in Portuguese (spoken and written)

Research interests

Key Research Interests

• Art and transport (both visual art and music)

• Concepts of trandisciplnarity and how they relate to art 

• Future global mobility scenarios and utopias

• Philosophy and history of transport modelling

• Interpretation of modelling concepts as literary concepts

• Transferability of transport policies / models between geographical locations

• Public participation in transport planning

 

Selection of past research and consultancy projects (in chronological order, starting with the most recent)

• Impact of COVID-19 on the mobility of physically challenged people and older people (UK Aid HVT), with a focus on Bangladesh, Pakistan, Zambia and Tanzania: https://tinyurl.com/mryab74a

• TrACE (EC H2020 WIDESPREAD) which aimed to set up a Centre of Excellence in Transport Research in Cyprus: https://www.ciim.ac.cy/entice-projects/trace/

• VIAJEO+ (EC FP7) which examined worldwide transferability (between Asia, Brazil and the EU) of sustainable urban transport policies: https://tinyurl.com/4s4vvx47 and https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/605580/reporting

• STEP-CHANGE (UK EPSRC) which created new participatory planning and modelling paradigms for situations involving large-scale change, which included workshops and events in Brazil, El Salvador, Italy and UK: https://tinyurl.com/4xubfk62

• Feasibility Study of Airport Logistics Parks in Thailand (DoA, Thailand): https://tinyurl.com/2zfakjj3

• GHG-TRANSPORD (Reducing Greenhouse-gas Emissions of Transport Beyond 2020: Linking R&D, Transport Policies and Reduction Targets) (EC FP7): https://tinyurl.com/ydxsvt9f and https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/233828

• TURBLOG_WW (Transferability of urban logistic concepts and practices from a world wide perspective) (EC FP7), which had a particular focus on Brazil and Peru: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/234061 and https://tinyurl.com/23jn67xz

• Development of Common Fare System for Public Transport in Bangkok Metropolitan Area (OTP, Thailand): https://tinyurl.com/ms64sbrv

• VISIONS (UK EPSRC), which created urban visions of a car-free future: https://tinyurl.com/5dhvfarn and visions2030.org.uk

• EXTR@Web II (Exploitation of transport research results via the Web II) (EC FP6): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/518369

• TRANSvisions (DG TREN): Transport Scenarios with a 20- and 40- Year Horizon: https://tinyurl.com/yck7btfr and https://tinyurl.com/mrcsje2b

• TEN-CONNECT: Traffic Flow Scenario, Traffic Forecast and Analysis of Traffic on the TEN-T (DG TREN): https://tinyurl.com/ycxzjv3p

• Platform Grant: Towards a Unified Theoretical Framework for Transport Network and Choice Modelling (UK EPSRC):  https://tinyurl.com/fvwkdw2r

• SPARKLE (Sustainability Planning for Asian Cities making use of Research, know-how and Lessons from Europe) (EC ASIA PRO ECO):   https://tinyurl.com/2z8kvf8h

• PERIURBAN (EC INCO Dev), which carried out research on sustainable settlements in peri-urban areas in India, with special reference to impacts of transport and energy on natural resources management: https://tinyurl.com/2adkdp9y and https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/ICA4-CT-2002-10015

• SPECTRUM (Study of Policies regarding Economic instruments Complementing Transport Regulation and the Undertaking of physical Measures) (EC FP5) https://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/projects/spectrum

• Transport Data and Model Center Project II (OTP, Thailand): https://tinyurl.com/2my5cbbh

• PROSPECTS (Procedures for Recommending Optimal Sustainable Planning of European City Transport Systems) (EC FP5: City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage):  https://tinyurl.com/4cuvy5ev

• Cost Study Structure of Land Freight Transport (NESDB, Thailand): https://tinyurl.com/yc8azccc

• Public Bangkok Rail Improvement Project (SRT, Thailand): https://tinyurl.com/25mkw59z

• GMURNS (Greater Malang Urban Road Network Study, Indonesia) (World Bank): https://tinyurl.com/zwe9h4hv

• CODE-TEN (EC FP4): Strategic Assessment of Corridor Developments, TEN Improvements and Extensions to the CEEC/CIS: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/ST-97-SC.2090

• Transport Data and Model Center Project (OTP, Thailand): https://tinyurl.com/4yctjy7w

• SAMI (Strategic Assessment Methodology for the Interaction of CTP Instruments) (EC FP4): https://tinyurl.com/t9pfte9c

• COMMUTE (Common Methodology for Multi-Modal Transport Environmental Impact Assessment) (EC FP4):  https://tinyurl.com/2c8ny5ea

• FATIMA (Financial assistance for transport integration in metropolitan areas) (EC FP4): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/UR-96-SC.1015 and https://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/projects/fatima/

• ICARO (Increase of car occupancy through innovative measures and technical instruments) (EC FP4): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/UR-96-SC.1056

• SCENARIOS (Scenarios for the Trans-European Network) (EC FP4): https://tinyurl.com/3kpp3vxx

• AIUTO (Models and methodologies for the assessment of innovative urban transport systems and policies options) (EC FP4): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/UR-95-SC.0241

• OPTIMA (Optimisation of Policies for Transport Integration in Metropolitan Areas) (EC FP4): https://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/projects/optima/

• Bangkok Urban Transport Project (ADB): https://tinyurl.com/mr2x2b29

• ARTEMIS (Application Research & Testing for Emergency Management Intelligent Systems) (EC FP4 Telematics): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/EN1001

• Traffic Study for Muar Town, Malaysia (HPU, Government of Malaysia): https://tinyurl.com/3r823xd6

• KITE (Kernel project on Impact of Transport telematics on the Environment) (EC FP3 DRIVE 2): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/V2063

• VRU-TOO (Vulnerable Road User Traffic Observation and Optimization) (EC FP3 DRIVE 2): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/V2005

• MARGOT (Modelling and Assessment of Dynamic Route Guidance) (EC FP3 DRIVE 2): https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/V2033

• An Intelligent Traffic System for Vulnerable Road Users (V1031) (EC FP2 DRIVE 1):  https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/V1031

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Any research projects I'm currently working on will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

• BA(Hons) in Mathematics (1974) Oxford University
• MSc in Transport Planning and Engineering (1986), University of Leeds
• PhD in Transport Modelling (1990) University of Leeds

Student education

• Module leader and developer of MSc module “Global Transferability of Policies” (TRAN5233M):  https://tinyurl.com/39a5a3p5

• Provision of a variety of MSc and undergraduate lectures on various modules

• Supervisor of 11 current MSc dissertations (March 2024) and 50+ past MSc dissertations, including 23 dissertations since 2017 on the topic of ‘art and transport’, concerned with art in: urban public space; metro stations; buses; and airport terminals. Students doing art and transport dissertations have come from China, Indonesia, India and Russia. See recent presentation (Jan 2024) on these art and transport dissertations at https://tinyurl.com/mtks9b6c

• Provision of training in public transport in Ghana in 2022 (GUMAP: Ghana Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project): https://tinyurl.com/2mmb9654

• Provision of lectures on the MSc in Transport Engineering and Economics at the Kigali Institute for Science and Technology (KIST), Rwanda, in 2012 and 2013

• Provided SATURN training in Leeds, Fortaleza (Brazil),  Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Bangkok (Thailand), Hanoi (Vietnam), San Salvador (El Salvador), Mumbai (India), Coimbra (Portugal), Kigali (Rwanda) and Santiago (Chile)

• Involvement with EU-funded programmes for international training collaboration, including: TEMPUS (with University of Ruse, Bulgaria); ASIALINK (TRANSLINK project, with universities in Malaysia and Indonesia); and ERASMUS MUNDUS (TECHNO project, with universities in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam).

 

Research groups and institutes

• Spatial Modelling and Dynamics

Current postgraduate researchers

• David Chikwendu
• Salma Khuky
• Jina Cheon
• Maryam Alwari
• Abdullah Almtairi
• Ejiro Matilda Ikoko
• Emmanuel Panin Acheampong

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>

Projects

<li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/1555-artful-journeys:-improving-the-traveller&rsquo;s-experience">Artful journeys: improving the traveller&rsquo;s experience</a></li>