London Analytics: transport research for safe, sustainable communities

A randomly selected picture of transport in London

In addition to our research services, we review transport models, supply technical editing services, develop business cases, and model accessibility. Our pioneering work in walkability benchmarking for TfL puts us in a uniquely strong position to supply the best solutions for you on walkability monitoring, pedestrian flow counts, and the economic appraisal of walking schemes. If you need to monitor cycle flows, or get a better understanding of cyclist perceptions and attitudes, then have a look at our cycle pages.

The London Analytics Research Journal is our platform for in-house publishing of leading-edge research. The fourth issue contains the paper: Network Speed-Flow Curves: the empirical evidence of their existence.

For more information about London Analytics, phone [+44] (0)20 7627 8924 now, or email us via the contact form.

Recent projects

Andrew Smith's team at London Analytics have worked on a wide variety of projects for a range of local, national and international clients. Some of our recent projects include:

  • monitoring and analysis of the impact of the introduction of Red Routes in the West Midlands;
  • advice to the World Bank on monitoring walkability in developing countries;
  • project management for the study to monetise improvements to the public realm;
  • analysing London boroughs' Local Implementation Plans [LIPs] on behalf of Transport for London [TfL];
  • origin-destination matrix estimation for the Dutch National Transport Model [LMS];
  • technical support to the Central London Partnership's web-based survey of the route choices of cyclists commuting into the centre of London;
  • building a catalogue of the policy levers available to the proposed TfL Road Plan, and an analysis of knowledge gaps, for the TfL Surface Policy & Strategy team;
  • processing Census 2001 and National Travel Survey data;
  • analysis of automated pedestrian counters;
  • review of available software solutions for LTP and LIP programme management and automating the compilation of the annual performance report;
  • assessment of the attitudes and changes in behaviour of participants in the Travel Options personalised travel planning programme;
  • monitoring changes in cycle flows in London after the 7/7 bombs;
  • production of area-wide traffic speed-flow and flow-delay curves for TfL Road Network Performance, and the Mayor's transport team;
  • development of causal chains with London Councils and TfL and London Boroughs: mapping inputs, outputs and outcomes, identifying the linkages, and monitoring success;
  • creation of the the International Walkability Benchmark, an objective, reproducible measure of the quality of the public realm across an entire area;
  • research into the motivational factors for starting cycling, for continuing to cycle, and psychological, physical and institutional barriers that hinder the take-up of cycling.
  • calibration and validation of the pedestrian model used by the Jill Dando Institute of Crime Science in its criminological analysis of exposure to street crime.