CV
Prof Rye is an internationally known transport policy academic with over 25 years’ experience working in academia and practice. He has particular skills in training and international transport policy evaluation, and has published widely in international journals on topics including mobility management for large employers; parking management; concessionary fares; public transport policy and operations; freight transport policy; and the integration of land use and transport planning. He has worked on national and international projects in these topics for clients including the Scottish and UK Governments, European Commission and World Bank, and he has led two research institutes including the Swedish National Research and Knowledge Centre on public transport.
Education
- PhD (Nottingham Trent University - 1997)
Work experience
- Director (K2 Swedish National Public Transport Research Centre, Sweden - 2012 / 2014)
- Professor of Transport Policy and Mobility Management (Trafik och väg/Transport and Roads, Lund University, Sweden - 2012 / 2015)
- Professor of Transport Policy and Director Transport Research Institute (Edinburgh Napier University, UK - 2015 / 2019)
Significant scientific and professional articles
- Mingardo, G., van Wee, B. and Rye, T. (2015) Urban parking policy in Europe: a conceptualization of past and possible future trends. Transportation Research A Vol 74 pp 264-281.
- Rye, T and Wretstrand, A. (2014) Converging structures? Recent regulatory change in bus-based local public transport in Sweden and England. Research in Transport Economics Vol 48 pp 24-32
- Koglin, T. and Rye, T. (2014) The Marginalisation of Bicycle Planning. Journal of Transport and Health Vol 1:4 pp 214-222.
- Rye, T. and Koglin, T (2014). Parking management in Ison, S.G. and Mulley, C. (eds) Parking: Issues and Policies. Emerald, Bingley, UK.
- O’Dolan, C., Rye, T. (2012) An insight into policy transfer processes within an EU project and implications for future project design Transport Policy, Volume 24, November 2012, Pages 273-283
- Kepaptsoglou K., Rye, T., Papadimitriou S., Schremser R., Neergaard K., Meerschaert, V. (2012) Quality Management in Mobility Management: A Scheme for Supporting Sustainable Transportation in Cities. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, Volume 6, Issue 4.
- Rye, T., Green C., Young E. and Ison, S (2011) Using the land-use planning process to secure travel plans: an assessment of progress in England to date. Journal of Transport Geography 19 (2011) 235–243
- Rye, T., Welsch, J., Plevnik, A., and de Tommasi, R (2011) First steps towards cross-national transfer in integrating mobility management and land use planning in the EU and Switzerland. Transport Policy, Volume 18, Issue 3, May 2011, Pages 533-543
- Marsden, G. and Rye, T. (2010) The governance of transport and climate change. Journal of Transport Geography Volume 18, Issue 6, November 2010, Pages 669-678
- Rye, T. & Mykura, W. (2009). Concessionary bus fares for older people in Scotland – are they achieving their objectives? Journal of Transport Geography, Volume 17, Issue 6, November 2009, Pages 451-456
- Rye, T., Hunton, K., Ison, S.G. and Kocak N (2008). The role of market research and consultation in developing parking policy. Transport Policy, Volume 15, Issue 6, November 2008, Pages 387-394.
- Rye, T. & Ison, S.G. (2008). The European and Asian experience of implementing congestion charging: its applicability to the United States, in Richardson, H. W. & Chang-Hee, C. B. [Eds.] Road Congestion Pricing in Europe, Implications for the United States, Edward Elgar Publishing, London, pp. 272-292.
- Ison S.G. and Rye T. (2008) (eds). The Implementation of Transport Demand Management Measures. Ashgate, Surrey, UK.
- Rye, T. (2008). Mind the gap! The UK’s record in international perspective, in Docherty, I. & Shaw J. [Eds.] Traffic jam - Ten years of 'sustainable' transport in the UK, Policy Press, London.
- Rye, T., Gaunt, M. & Ison, S. (2008). Edinburgh's Congestion Charging Plans: An Analysis of Reasons for Non-Implementation. Transportation Planning and Technology, 31 (6), pp. 641-661.
- Rye, T. & Carreno, M. (2008). Concessionary fares and bus operator reimbursement in Scotland and Wales: No better or no worse off? Transport Policy, 15 (4), pp. 242-250.
- Mohamed, M. J., Rye, T., & Fonzone, A. (2019). Operational and policy implications of ridesourcing services: A case of Uber in London, UK. Case Studies on Transport Policy.
- Akgün, E. Z., Monios, J., Rye, T., & Fonzone, A. (2019). Influences on urban freight transport policy choice by local authorities. Transport Policy, 75, 88-98.
- Rye, T., & Wretstrand, A. (2019). Swedish and Scottish National Transport Policy and Spend: A Social Equity Analysis. Sustainability, 11(7), 1894.
- Pomponi, F., D’Amico, B., & Rye, T. (2019). Who Is (Likely) Peer-Reviewing Your Papers? A Partial Insight into the World’s Top Reviewers.
- De Gruyter, C., Rose, G., Currie, G., Rye, T., & van de Graaff, E. (2018). Travel plans for new developments: a global review. Transport Reviews, 38(2), 142-161.
- Paulsson, A., Isaksson, K., Sørensen, C. H., Hrelja, R., Rye, T., & Scholten, C. (2018). Collaboration in public transport planning–Why, how and what?. Research in Transportation Economics, 69, 377-385.
- Hrelja, R., Rye, T. and Mullen, C (2018) Partnerships between operators and public transport authorities. Working practices in relational contracting and collaborative partnerships. Transportation Research Part A, 116, 327-338.
- Rye, T., Monios, J., Hrelja, R., & Isaksson, K. (2018). The relationship between formal and informal institutions for governance of public transport. Journal of Transport Geography, 69, 196-206.
- De Gruyter, C., Rose, G., Currie, G., Rye, T., & van de Graaff, E. (2018). Travel plans for new developments: a global review. Transport Reviews, 38(2), 142-161.
- McTigue, C., Rye, T. and Monios, J. (2018) Identifying barriers to implementation of local transport policy: an analysis of bus policy in Great Britain. Utilities Policy 50, 133-143.
- McTigue, C., Rye, T., & Monios, J. (2018). The role of reporting mechanisms in transport policy implementation by local authorities in England. Case studies on transport policy, 6(3), 319-328.
- Hrelja, R., Monios, J., Rye, T., Isaksson, K., & Scholten, C. (2017). The interplay of formal and informal institutions between local and regional authorities when creating well-functioning public transport systems. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation, 11(8), 611-620
Membership in professional organizations
- Committee of the US Transportation Research Board (1999 / 2006)
- (Chair of) Parking Management Sub-committee, US Transportation Research Board (2003 / 2009)
- Previously or currently Scientific Committees of the European Transport Conference, the SIG10 of the World Conference on Transport Research, Thredbo Conference Series on Passenger Transport Regulation and the MobilTUM (Technical University of Munich) annual sustainable transport conference. ( / )
- Scottish Cabinet Secretary for the Environment special advisory group on air quality ( / 2019)
- (Chair of the) Universities Transport Studies Group (UTSG) (2016 / 2019)
- (Member of) Editorial Boards of Transport Policy Journal and Journal of TDM Research ( / )
- Research and Evidence Group, Transport Scotland, as part of National Transport Strategy Development process (2017-2018) (2017 / 2018)
- (Evaluator for) Belgian and Austrian research councils ( / )
- EU H2020 (evaluator and project reviewer) ( / )
Functions
- Supervision and Completions: PhD Philine Gaffron 2006, Ian Buchan 2008, Guido Ferilli 2010, Clare McTigue 2018, currently supervising four PhD one MRes (2006 / 2019)
- External examiner of twelve PhD theses: three in Australia, one in Belgium, one in Sweden, and the balance in the UK. In 2018 examined one thesis at University of Sydney; in 2015 examined three theses at UCL, Loughborough and Monash (Melbourne); and in 2 ( / )