Achille Fonzone
Achille Fonzone

Prof Achille Fonzone

Professor

Biography

Achille is Professor of Transport Analysis and Planning at Edinburgh Napier University.
He has a background in Civil Engineering, a PhD in Transport and Planning, a Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
He has authored 50 peer-reviewed publications, 20 presentations in conferences, and several book chapters and scientific reports. He has published in the top-ranking transport scientific journals, including Transportation Research Part A, B and C and Analytic Methods in Accident Research. He is Associated Editor of the Journal of Intelligent Transport Systems and member of the Editorial Board of Sustainability. He has edited special issues of Transportation Research Part A and Journal of Intelligent Transport Systems.
He is leading the evaluation of the large Horizon 2020 project SUNRISE, promoting sustainable mobility at the neighbourhood level through co-creation in 6 countries in Europe, and the societal research in the Innovate UK/C-CAV flagship project CAV Forth, which will build and operate a fleet of level 4 full-size buses for the first time in the world. In response to the challenges generated by the outbreak of COVID-19, Achille has established and is leading a research group on the impacts of the pandemics on transport and location choices.
He has active research collaborations with leading researchers in the UK and the rest of Europe, Japan, and the USA. He has been invited to give talks at top international Universities and transport organisations. He is full member of the EPSRC Review College and fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Research Areas

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93 results

The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on travel choices: The case of Scotland

Journal Article
Fountas, G., Fonzone, A., & Olowosegun, A. (2025)
The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on travel choices: The case of Scotland. Research in Transportation Economics, 110, Article 101537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2025.101537
This study aims to identify the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on travel choices of Scottish residents. Specifically, we examine possible changes in two dimensions of tra...

Generation Z’s Travel Behavior and Climate Change: A Comparative Study for Greece and the UK

Journal Article
Demiris, A., Fountas, G., Fonzone, A., & Basbas, S. (2025)
Generation Z’s Travel Behavior and Climate Change: A Comparative Study for Greece and the UK. Big Data and Cognitive Computing, 9(3), Article 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/bdcc9030070
Climate change is one of the most pressing global threats, endangering the sustainability of the planet and quality of life, whilst urban mobility significantly contributes to...

The retailer perspective on the potential for using urban consolidation centres (UCCs)

Journal Article
Akgün, E. Z., Monios, J., Cowie, J., & Fonzone, A. (2024)
The retailer perspective on the potential for using urban consolidation centres (UCCs). Research in Transportation Economics, 103, Article 101413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2024.101413
This paper examines the role of supportive policies and value-added services which may incentivise retailers to use an urban consolidation centre (UCC). The methodology is a c...

Aberrant Behaviours of Drivers Involved in Crashes and Related Injury Severity: Are there Variations between the Major Cities in the Same Country?

Journal Article
Fonzone, A. (2024)
Aberrant Behaviours of Drivers Involved in Crashes and Related Injury Severity: Are there Variations between the Major Cities in the Same Country?. Journal of Safety Research, 89, 64-82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2024.01.010
Crash data analyses based on accident datasets often do not include human-related variables because they can be hard to reconstruct from crash data. However, records of crash ...

An empirical analysis of the factors influencing Scottish residents’ compliance with COVID-19 travel restrictions

Journal Article
Semple, T., Fonzone, A., Fountas, G., & Downey, L. (2023)
An empirical analysis of the factors influencing Scottish residents’ compliance with COVID-19 travel restrictions. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 178, Article 103842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2023.103842
This study uses survey data to investigate the factors affecting compliance with the Scottish Government’s COVID-19 travel restrictions. The survey contained self-reported dat...

Automated bus services – To whom are they appealing in their early stages?

Journal Article
Fonzone, A., Fountas, G., & Downey, L. (2024)
Automated bus services – To whom are they appealing in their early stages?. Travel Behaviour and Society, 34, Article 100647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2023.100647
Amidst a period of operational and financial challenges for the bus industry, the advent of Automated Buses (ABs) could be an opportunity to boost the attractiveness of public...

Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips during the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland

Journal Article
Semple, T., Fountas, G., & Fonzone, A. (in press)
Who is More Likely (Not) to Make Home-Based Work Trips during the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Case of Scotland. Transportation research record, https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981221119192
In this study, we use survey data (n=6,000) to investigate the work trip patterns of Scottish residents at various points of the COVID-19 pandemic. We focus specifically on th...

The Impact Of COVID-19 On Future Public Transport Use In Scotland

Journal Article
Downey, L., Fonzone, A., Fountas, G., & Semple, T. (2022)
The Impact Of COVID-19 On Future Public Transport Use In Scotland. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 163, 338-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2022.06.005
This paper examines the determinants of changes in future public transport use in Scotland after the COVID-19 pandemic. An online questionnaire was distributed to 994 Scottish...

DATASET: The impact of Covid-19 on travel behaviour, transport, lifestyles and residential location choices in Scotland

Dataset
Downey, L., Fonzone, A., & Fountas, G. (2022)
DATASET: The impact of Covid-19 on travel behaviour, transport, lifestyles and residential location choices in Scotland. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17869/enu.2022.2853752
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Edinburgh Napier University’s Transport Research Institute has been undertaking a study, funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC), in...

Analysis of Pedestrian Accident Injury-Severities at Road Junctions and Crossings using an Advanced Random Parameter Modelling Framework: The Case of Scotland

Journal Article
Olowosegun, A., Babajide, N., Akintola, A., Fountas, G., & Fonzone, A. (2022)
Analysis of Pedestrian Accident Injury-Severities at Road Junctions and Crossings using an Advanced Random Parameter Modelling Framework: The Case of Scotland. Accident analysis and prevention, 169, Article 106610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2022.106610
This paper investigates the determinants of injury severities in pedestrian-motor vehicle accidents at signalised and unsignalised junctions, and at physically-controlled and ...

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  • COST Action TU1004 "Modelling Public Transport Flows in the Era of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)”

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