Institute for Climate Change & Sustainable Development

Our publications

Our publications

Journal articles, posters and presentations

Bajada, T., Satariano, B. and Mariotti, I. (2025) ‘The Digital Nomad as a Worker and a Tourist.’, in Buhalis, D. et al. (eds) Proceedings of the Mediterranean Tourism Knowledge Exchange and Policy Conference 2025 ‘Mediterranean SEA - Sustainability, Experience,Artificial Intelligence’ - Book of Abstracts. St. Julian’s, Malta: Mediterranean Tourism Foundation, 82, Beagugonville, Triq Jules Verne, San Pawl tat-Targa, Naxxar NXR2365, pp. 144–147. 

Bajada, T. and Chetcuti Zammit, L.(2025) ‘A data driven approach to understand patterns of children as victims of road injury crashes, case study: Malta’, in Vadeby, A. and O’Hern, S. (eds) RoadSafety on Five Continents - RS5C. Proceedings, Conference in Leeds, UnitedKingdom, 3-5 September 2025. Leeds, United Kingdom: VTI2025, pp. 31–33.

Reci D, Pavli F, Sammut F, Bajada T, and Copperstone C (2025). Determinants of fruit and vegetable consumption among adults living in Malta. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 84(OCE4): E283

Scerri, K., Attard, M. (2025) Walking Women: Gender Differences in Perceived Physical Exertion when Walking Short Distances. Research in Transportation Economics, 111, 101565.

Scerri, K., Martinez, L., Betancur Arenas, J., Keseru, I., Attard, M. (2025)  Understanding the barriers and facilitators of designing and implementing active mobility interventions in Brussels and Malta. Cities and Health, 1–18. 

Scerri, K., Attard, M. (2025) Active travel street intervention ideas in Malta: evaluating citizen feedback using sentiment analysis. Journal of Transport Geography, 126, 104241.

Ison, S.G., Attard, M. (2025) Special Issue Editorial – Urban transport planning and policy. Transportation Planning and Technology, 1-2. 

Attard, M., Bergantino, A.S., Intini, M. (2025) Effects of local urban characteristics and driving behaviour on injuries among pedestrians and cyclists in Malta. Transportation Research Procedia, 82, 81-92. 

Bajada, T. (2025a) L-Avventuri Urbanistiċi ta’ Ġanni u Marija: Ġabra ta’ Stejjer dwar il-Mobilità Sostenibbli. Malta.

Bajada, T. (2025b) The Adventures of John and Mary in the City: A Collection of Stories about Sustainable Mobility. Malta.

Bajada, T. and Satariano, B. (2025) ‘The impact of COVID-19 partial lockdown on traffic-related air pollution in a car-oriented island.’, in Zhang, J. and Jiang, Y. (eds) Research Handbook on Transport and COVID-19. Edward Elgar Publishers, p. 362. Research Handbook on Transport and COVID-19

Bajada, T. (2025) ‘Ports’. In Baldacchino, G. (Ed.), On the Edge (pp.40-47). Malta Tourism Observatory. Progress Press, Malta.

Bajada, T. and Satariano, B. (2025) ‘From hectic and busy outdoors to hectic and busy indoors? Mobility and activity related insights of families with kids during the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in Malta.’, Transportation Research Procedia, 82(July 2023), pp. 674–695. 

Jin, Z., Mao, H., Chen, D., Li, H., Tu, H., Yang, Y., Attard, M. (2024) A Multi-objective Optimization Model of Autonomous Minibus Considering Passenger Arrival Reliability and Travel Risk. Communications in Transportation Research, 4, 100152.

Scerri, K., Attard, M. (2024) The challenges to implementing pedestrian-focused interventions using a multi-stakeholder approach – the case study of Malta. In Tira, M. et al. (eds) New Challenges for Sustainable Urban Mobility: Volume I, Springer Nature

Attard, M., Canas, C., Scerri, K., Maas, S., Giuliano, S.J. (2024) Nudging walking and cycling in extreme car dependent communities. In Tira, M. et al. (eds) New Challenges for Sustainable Urban Mobility: Volume II, Springer Nature 

D’Orso, G., Torrisi, V., Migliore, M., Attard, M. (2024) A GIS-Based Approach to Enhance Safety and Accessibility of Shared Mobility Services. Lecture notes in Artificial Intelligence, 14825, 57-72. DOI10.1007/978-3-031-65343-8_4

Gao, K., Jia, R., Liao, Y., Liu, Y., Najafi, A., Attard, M. (2024) Big-data-driven approach and scalable analysis on environmental sustainability of shared micromobility from trip to city level analysis. Sustainable Cities and Society, 115, 105803.

Cui, J., Attard, M. (2024) An Overview of Peer-to-peer Accommodation Operation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Responses, Strategies and Opportunities. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

D’agostini, E., Jo, S., Attard, M. (2024) Chartering Policies and Operational Efficiency of Shipping Lines: Exploring Strategic Changes in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Shipping and Trade, 9, 18.

Tu, H., Attard, M., Yang, Y., Scerri, K., Muscat, A., Li, H. (2024). On-demand automated bus services: Opportunities and challenges. Communications in Transportation Research, 4, 100134.

Cui, J., Attard, M. (2024) COVID-19 and Short-term Housing: Economic and Social Impacts and Implications. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment 

Rocchi, L., Rizzo, A.G., Paolotti, L., Boggia, A., Attard, M. (2024) Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability of Coastal Roads. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 29, 43.

Scerri, K., Attard, M. (2024) Understanding the impact of laziness and pedestrian intervention on car dependency within the context of a European island. Research in Transportation Business annd Management, 54, 101121.

Camilleri, R., Attard, M., Hickman, R. (2024) Participatory Policy Packing for Transport Backcasting: A Pathway for Reducing CO2 Emissions from Transport in Malta. Sustainability, 16(1), 430.

Attard, M., Balbontin, C. (2024). Workshop 6 report: Micromobility movement in urban transport. Research in Transportation Economics, 103, 101399.

Bajada, T. 2024. "A scoping exercise to explore the potential of green travel planning for the tourism industry." in Buhalis, D., Brandão, F., Mangion, M.L., Efthymiou, L., (eds), 2024,
The Mediterranean Tourism Knowledge Exchange and Policy Forum “ARTS – Amidst Rapid Transformational Shifts” – Book of Abstracts, Mediterranean Tourism Foundation, Malta ISBN: 978-9918-0-1035-6

Ausiannikava, L., Camilleri-Fenech, M. and Bajada, T. (2024) ‘Rerouting Municipal Waste Collection in Malta. An Examination of Waste Collection Routes with Proposed New Systems using GIS Methodology.’, Global Journal of Human-Social Science: B Geography, Geo-Sciences, Environmental Science & Disaster Management, 24(3), pp. 1–24.

Bajada, T, Satariano, B and Chavoshi, S.H. (2024). The Importance of Location for Coworking Spaces and the Timed City Concept, Experiences, Perceptions, and Reality in Malta. In I. Mariotti, E. Tomaz, G. Micek and C. Méndez-Ortega (Eds) Evolution of New Working Spaces Changing Nature and Geographies (pp. 107-118) Springer.

Borg, R.; Camilleri Fenech, M. Investigating the Use of Plastic and Its Disposal in Agriculture in Malta. Preprints 2023, 2023101732

Bajada, J., Grech, J., Bajada, T. (2024). Deep Reinforcement Learning of Autonomous Control Actions to Improve Bus-Service Regularity. In: Nowaczyk, S., et al. Artificial Intelligence. ECAI 2023 International Workshops. ECAI 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1947. Springer, Cham.

Pace, A., Attard, M., Camilleri, M., Valentino, G. (2023) Urban Growth in a Mediterranean Island-State: A Data-Driven Study of Malta’s Development Permits in the Last Thirty Years. Sustainability, 15, 16063.

Attard, M., Guzman, L., Oviedo, D. (2023Urban space distribution: the case for a more equitable mobility system. Case Studies in Transport Policy, 14, 101096.

Scerri, K., Attard, M. (2023) People as planners: stakeholder participation in the street experimentation process using a virtual urban living lab. Journal of Urban Mobility, 4, 100063.

Rocchi, L., Rizzo, A.G., Paolotti, L., Boggia, A., Attard, M. (2023) Cambiamento climatico e vulnerabilità delle strade costiere: una valutazione applicata al caso di studio di Malta. Rivista di Economia e Politica dei Trasporti, 1, 162-166. ISSN 2282-6599.

Attard, M. (2023) Climate Change and Urban Logistics. The Routledge Handbook of Urban Logistics, Routledge. Chapter 23.

Attard, M. (2023) Planning for Bus Rapid Transit in an island context. The challenges of implementing BRT in Malta. Research in Transportation Economics, 100, 101309.

Attard, M., Budd, L.,  Le Pira, M., Yen, B.T.H. (2023) Editorial: Introducing a new chapter for the journal Research in Transportation Business and Management, 100965.

Scerri, K., Attard, M. (2023) Assessing Perceptions of Pedestrian-focused Intervention in a Car Dependent European Island. Transportation Research Procedia 69, 29-36.

Scerri, K., Attard, M., Duives, D., Cats, O. (2023) Analyzing the Impact of Perceived Exertion on Walking for Short Distance Trips: a Comparative Case Study of Malta and the Netherlands. Transportation Research Record. 

Scheiber, S.; Bajada, T.; Mifsud, W.J.; Montebello, S.C. Exploring the Potential for Timed Cities in Malta: The Case of PaolaSustainability 202315, 16397

T. Bajada, W. Mifsud, and S. Scheiber, Transforming urban mobility and public space through slow streets. A stakeholder approachJ. Urban Mobil., vol. 4, no. February, 2023, doi: 10.1016/j.urbmob.2023.100068

Bajada, T. (2023). Exploring bus reform in Malta. In R. Hickman & C. Hanningan (Eds.), Discourse Analysis in Transport and Urban Development. Interpretation, Diversity and Controversy (pp. 172-184). Edward Elgar Publishing 

Satariano, B., Bajada, T. (2023). The impact and complex effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the working environment and the use of coworking spaces in Malta. In M. Akhavan, M. Hölzel, D. Leducq, (Eds.), European Narratives on Remote Working and Coworking During the COVID-19 Pandemic (pp. 125-132). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 

Attard, M. (2022) Editorial: Active travel and sustainable transport. Communications in Transportation Research 2, 100059

Attard, M., Mulley, C., (2022) Transport and Pandemic Experiences: An Introduction. In Attard, M., Mulley, C. (eds) Transport and Pandemic Experiences. Emerald Publishing. Chapter 1.

Maas, S., Attard, M., Caruana, M.A. (2022) Motivators and barriers for shared bicycle use in ‘starter’ cycling cities: Evidence from BSS user surveys in three Southern European island cities. Transportation Research Procedia, 62, 67-74.

Camilleri, R., Attard, M., Hickman, R. (2022) Understanding barriers to modal shift in Malta: A practice-theoretical perspective of everyday mobility. Journal of Transport Geography 104, 103446.

Bajada, T., Attard, M. (2022) A decade following the Malta bus reform: attitudes towards service quality. In Kotzebue, J.R. (ed.) Towards Sustainable Transport and Mobility: Perspectives on travelling and commuting in small island states. Hamburg University Press. Chapter 9.

Attard, M., Maas, S., Cañas, C. (2022) The challenges of active travel in the islands of Malta. In Kotzebue, J.R. (ed.) Towards Sustainable Transport and Mobility: Perspectives on travelling and commuting in small island states. Hamburg University Press. Chapter 6.

Attard, M., Dimitriou, L. (2022) Current trends in gender, work and transport: an island perspective. In Wright, T., Ison, S., Budd, L. (eds) Gender, Work and Transport. Emerald Publishing. Chapter 3.

Thomopoulos, N., Attard, M. (2022) Autonomous Vehicles. In Buhalis, D., (ed), Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing, Edward Elgar Publishing.

Camilleri, R., Attard, M., Hickman, R. (2022) Future Low-Carbon Transport Scenarios: Practice Theory Based Visioning for Backcasting Studies. Sustainability, 14, 74.

Maas, S., Attard, M. (2022) Policies to promote cycling in Southern European island cities: challenges and solutions from three ‘starter’ cycling cities. Transportation Research Procedia, 60, 52-59.

Maas, S., Attard, M. (2022) Shared mobility services in Malta: user needs and perceptions. In Tsoutsos, T. (ed) Sustainable Mobility for Island Destinations, Springer Nature. Chapter 5. 

Bajada, T. 2022. “The Value of Space in Urban Environments” in Dawra Madwarna.

Satariano, B., & Bajada, T. (2022). The emergent inequities and inequalities resulting from lockdown and social distancing measures taken to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic within a Maltese scenario. Symposia Melitensia, 18, 65-88.

Bajada, T., Satariano, B. & Chavoshi, S. H. (2022). Presenting coworking spaces and chrono-urbanism as a policy package for sustainable mobility in post-pandemic Malta. In I. Mariotti, M. di Marino & P. Bednář (Eds.), The COVID-19 Pandemic and the future of working spaces (pp. 136-148). Oxon: Routledge. 

Bajada, T. and Attard, M. 2022. "A Decade Following the Malta Bus Reform: Attitudes Towards Service Quality" in Ed. Kotzebue, J.R. Towards Sustainable Transport and Mobility. Perspectives on Travelling and Commuting in Small Island States. Hamburg University Press 

Bajada, T. and Satariano, B. 2022. "Narrations of the Countries in Eastern and Southern Europe: Malta" in Akhavan, M., Hölzel, M., Leducq, D. (Eds). (2022). Exploring effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on New Working Spaces: Worldwide narratives by the academia and media. Working paper1/ Series nº001. COST ACTION – CA18214 The Geography of New Working Spaces and the Impact on the Periphery

Bajada, T., Satariano, B., Camilleri Fenech, M. and Radmilli, R. 2022. Food security in Malta, The Round Table, 111:2, 252-253, DOI: 10.1080/00358533.2022.2058284 

Di Marino, M. and Bajada, T., (2021) Book review: New Workplaces – Location Patterns, Urban Effects and Development Trajectories. A Worldwide Investigation. Urban Studies pp. 303.

Musselwhite, C.B.A., Attard, M. (2021) Public transport use in later life. In Mulley, C., Nelson, J. and Ison, S.G. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Public Transport, Routledge. Chapter 28.

Cañas, C., Attard, M. (2021) Policy and Planning for Walkability. Encyclopedia of Transportation. In: Vickerman, Roger (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Transportation vol 6. Pp. 340-348. United Kingdom: Elsevier Ltd.

Pangbourne, K., Attard, M. (2021) Transitions and disruptive technologies in transport planning. In: Vickerman, Roger (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Transportation vol 6. pp. 309-313. United Kingdom: Elsevier Ltd.

Attard, M. (2021) Introduction to Transport Policy and Planning. In: Vickerman, Roger (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Transportation vol 6. pp. 1-1. United Kingdom: Elsevier Ltd.

Nocera, S., Attard, M. (2021) Active Travel and Mobility Management. Journal Special Issue in Research in Transportation Business and Management, 100663.

Maas, S., Nikolaou, P., Attard, M., Dimitriou, L. (2021) Examining spatio-temporal trip patterns of bicycle sharing systems in Southern European island cities. Research in Transportation Economics 86, 100992

Bajada, T., Attard, M. (2021) A typological and spatial analysis of pedestrian fatalities and injuries in Malta. Research in Transportation Economics 86, 101023

Maas, S., Nikolaou, P., Attard, M., Dimitriou, L. (2021) Spatial and temporal analysis of shared bicycle use in Limassol, Cyprus. Journal of Transport Geography 93, 103049

Nocera, S., Attard, M. (2021) Editorial: Social and health implications of active travel policies. (Volume Editors). Research in Transportation Economics 86, 101071

Maas, S., Nikolaou, P., Attard, M., Dimitriou, L. (2021) Heat, hills and the high season: A model-based comparative analysis of spatio-temporal factors affecting shared bicycle use in three Southern European Islands  13, 3274

Attard, M., Cañas, C., Maas, S., (2021) Determinants for walking and cycling to a university campus: insights from a participatory Active Travel workshop in Malta Transportation Research Procedia 52, 501-508

Maas, S., Nikolaou, P., Attard, M., Dimitriou, L. (2021) Classifying bicycle sharing system use in Southern European island cities: cycling for transport or leisure? Transportation Research Procedia 52, 565-572

Maas, S., Bugeja, M., Attard, M. (2021) Sustainable tourism mobility in Malta: Encouraging a shift in tourist travel behaviour through an innovative smartphone app for trip planning. In Zamparini, L. (ed) Sustainable Transport and Tourism Destinations. Emerald Publishing. Chapter 6.

Pajarito, D., Maas, S., Attard, M., Gould, M. (2021) Path of least resistance: geo-games and crowdsourced data to map cycling frictions. In Skarlatidou, A. & Haklay, M. (eds) Geographic Citizen Science Design. No one left behind. UCL Press, London. Chapter 8, 165-185.

Attard, M., Ison, S.G. (2020) Urban transport. (Volume Editors). Research in Transportation Business and Management 36, 100594.

Wang, S., Zhen, L., Xiao, L., Attard, M. (2020) Data-Driven Intelligent Port Management Based on Blockchain. Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 2040017. DOI: 10.1142/S0217595920400175 

Cañas, C., Attard, M. and Haklay, M., 2020. A citizen science approach to assess the perceived walkable environment and identify elements that influence pedestrian experience at the University of Malta, in Tira, M., Pezzagno, M. and Richiedei, A. (eds.), Pedestrians, Urban Spaces and Health. London: CRC Press, pp. 93-96 

Maas, S., Attard, M., Caruana, M.A. 2020   Assessing spatial and social dimensions of shared bicycle use in a Southern European island context: The case of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 

Attard, M., Camilleri, M.P., Muscat, A. 2020    The technology behind a shared demand responsive transport system for a university campus 

Pajarito, D., Maas, S., Attard, M., Gould, M. (2020) Path of least resistance: geo-games and crowdsourced data to map cycling frictions. In Skarlatidou, A. & Haklay, M. (eds) Geographic Citizen Science Design. No one left behind. UCL Press, London.

Bugeja, M., Dingli, A., Attard, M., Seychell, D. (2020) Comparison of Vehicle Detection Techniques applied to IP Camera Video Feeds for use in Intelligent Transport Systems. Transportation Research Procedia 45, 971-978.

Maas, S., Attard, M. (2020) Attitudes and perceptions towards shared mobility services: Repeated cross-sectional results from a survey among the Maltese population. Transportation Research Procedia 45, 955-962.

Attard, M. (2020) Mobility justice in urban transport. Transportation Research Procedia 45, 352-359.

Casado-Sanz, N., Guirao, B., Attard, M. (2020) Analysis of the Risk Factors Affecting the Severity of Traffic Accidents on Spanish Crosstown Roads: The Driver’s Perspective. Sustainability, 12, 2237. doi:10.3390/su12062237

Yi, W., Wang S., Attard, M. (2019) Construction site layout for minimization of transportation cost: step-by-step teaching approach. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference of Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies (HKSTS) Transport and Smart Cities. Edited by A. Chow, S.M. Lo, L. Li. pp 333-337.

Mifsud, D., Attard, M., Ison, S.G. (2019) An exploratory study of the psychological determinants of mobility of older people in Malta. Research in Transportation Business and Management Vol. 30, 100373.

Casado-Sanz N., Guirao, B., Galera, A.L., Attard, M. (2019) Investigating the Risk Factors Associated with the Severity of the Pedestrian Injured on Spanish Crosstown Roads. Sustainability. Vol. 11, pp 5194.

Vlahogianni, E., Papantoniou, P., Yannis, G., Attard, M., Regattieri, A., Piana, F., Pilati, F. (2019) Analysis of Mobility Patterns in Selected University Campus Areas. In: Nathanail E., Karakikes I. (eds) Data Analytics: Paving the Way to Sustainable Urban Mobility. CSUM 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Vol. 879. Springer.

Papantoniou, P., Vlahogianni, E., Yannis, G., Attard, M., Valero Mora, P., Campos Diaz, E., Tormo Lancero, M.T. (2019) Investigating Mobility Gaps in University Campuses. In: Nathanail E., Karakikes I. (eds) Data Analytics: Paving the Way to Sustainable Urban Mobility. CSUM 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, Vol. 879. Springer.

Attard, M. (2019) Exploring the potential of LRT to encourage urban regeneration and support more sustainable commuting to and from Valletta. In Ferbrache, F. and Knowles, R. (eds) Transit Oriented Development and Sustainable Cities: economics, community and methods, Edward Elgar Publishing. Chapter 4.

Attard M. (2019) The Sustainability of Landforms and Landscapes. In: Gauci R., Schembri J. (eds) Landscapes and Landforms of the Maltese Islands. World Geomorphological Landscapes. Springer, Cham 

Boggia, A., Massei, G., Pace, E., Rocchi, L, Paolotti, L., Attard, M. 2018, Spatial multi-criteria analysis for sustainability assessment: a new model for decision making. Land Use Policy vol. 71, pp 281-292. 

Mifsud, D., Attard, M., Ison, S.G. 2017, Old Age. What are the main difficulties and vulnerabilities in the transport environment? In Musselwhite, C. (Ed) Transport, Travel and Later Life, Transport and Sustainability vol. 10, Chapter 3 pp 65-92, Emerald.

Bajada, T. & Titheridge, H., 2017, The attitudes of tourists towards a bus service: implications for policy from a Matese case study. Transportation Research Procedia, 25C, pp. 4114-4133. 

Ison, S.,  Cowie, J. 2017,  The Routledge Handbook of Transport Economics - Chapter 16 The environment in the provision of transport Maria Attard.

Mifsud, D., Attard, M., Ison, S. 2017, To drive or to use the bus? An exploratory study of older people in Malta  - Journal of Transport Geography, 64, pp. 23-32. 

Camilleri-Fenech, M., Oliver-Sola, J., Farreny, R., Gabarrell, X. 2017,  Where do islands put their waste? – A material flow and carbon footprint analysis of municipal waste management in the Maltese Islands - Journal of Cleaner Production.

Ison, S & Attard, M. (ed.) Research in Transportation Business and Management Elsevier.

Bajada,T., & Titheridge, H. 2016, To contract or to operate publicly? Observations from the bus service reform transition process in Malta, Research in Transportation Economics, Volume 59, Pages 281-291, ISSN0739-8859.

Attard, M., Haklay, M., Capineri, C. 2016, The potential of Volunteered Geographic Information (VGI) in future transport systems. Urban Planning. vol. 1(4) pp. 6-19.   

Bajada, T., & Titheridge, H. 2016, The attitudes of tourists towards a bus service: Implications for policy from a Maltese case study, Presentation edn, WCTR 2016 SIG G3 Planning and Policy, Shanghai.

Bajada, T., Mifsud, D. & Di Ciommo, F. 2016, 'Accessibility as an indicator of transport equity. The case of public transport infrastructure in Malta, and its impact on the elderly', Xjenza Online - Journal of The Malta Chamber of Scientists, , no. 4, pp. 72-81.

Bajada, T. 2015, 'The Malta Bus Service Reform: Implications for policy from a 'natural experiment' of attitudes towards bus service quality, and modal shift.' in Sustainable Urban Transport, ed. Attard, M., & Shiftan, Y., Emerald Insight, , pp. 93-119.

Bajada, T. & Titheridge, H. 2015, Evaluating Public Transport Policy: A Stakeholder Approach in a Maltese Context. Conference Presentation, WCTRS, SIG3, Urban Transport Planning and Policy edn.

Bajada, T. & Titheridge, H. 2015, 'To contract or to operate publicly? Observations from the bus service reform transition process in Malta. Santiago, Chile., Thredbo 14 Conference. International Conference Series on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport., 30th August to 3rd September.

Attard, M. 2015, The Impact of Global Environmental Change on Transport in Malta, Xjenza Online - Journal of the Malta Journal of Scientists.

Attard, M. & Shiftan Y. (ed.) 2015, Sustainable Urban Transport.

Attard, M., Ison, S.G. 2015, The effects of road user charges in the context of weak parking policies: the case of Malta. Case Studies in Transport Policy. Vol. 3(1) pp 37-43.  

Muscat, A., Attard, M. 2015, Intelligent Transport Systems: Potential for Technological Innovation and Policy Support. Paper presented at the Annual Engineering Conference on Energy and Transport: Challenges and Opportunities organised by the Chamber of Engineers, Malta, Smart City, Malta, 21st May 2015

Mifsud, D., Bajada, T., Attard, M., Di Ciommo F. 2015, Elderly and public transport accessibility. The case of elderly users in Malta, presented at the TEA COST Action Special Session held in Valletta, Malta, 13 April.

Muscat, A., Attard, M. 2015, Quantification and comparison of pollution generated by a door-to-door demand responsive transport system. Poster presented at the WCTRS SIG G3 International Conference on Climate Change Targets and Urban Transport Policy held in Valletta, Malta, 13-14 April.

Attard, M., Von Brockdorff, P., Bezzina, F., Mifsud, D. 2015, Congestion in Malta – the implications on Climate Change  . Poster presented at the WCTRS SIG G3 International Conference on Climate Change Targets and Urban Transport Policy held in Valletta, Malta, 13-14 April.  

Attard, M. 2014, 'Global Environmental Change and Small Island States and Territories: Economic and Labour Market Implications of Climate Change on the Transport Sector of the Maltese Islands'. Position Paper presented at the Symposium on Global Environmental Change and Small Islands, organised by the Centre for Labour Studies and the Institute for Earth Systems, 1-5 December. Valletta.

Bajada, T. 2014, Planning Bus Service Reforms that Meet People's Needs, Conference Presentation edn, RGS-IBG Post Graduate Forum Mid-Term Conference, Loughborough University, UK.

Bajada, T., Titheridge, H. & Muñoz, J.C. 2014, 'A Comparative Analysis of Two Public Transport Reforms: The Cases of Transantiago and Arriva Malta.', Conference Presentation edn, EUROGEO Conference, The Power of Geography and the Role of Spatial Information, Valletta, Malta.

Bajada, T. 2013, The Case of Malta's Bus Reform: Its Impact on People's Attitudes to Bus Travel and Implications for Policy., Poster edn, RGS-IBG Post Graduate Forum Mid-Term Conference, Geographical Transitions, Birmingham, UK. 

Bajada, T. 2013, The Malta Bus Reform: Implications for policy from a 'natural experiment' of perceived bus service quality and attitudes towards modal shift., Conference Presentation edn, NECTAR Conference, Dynamics of Global and Local Networks, Azores Islands.

Chetcuti Zammit L. 2013, Bayesian hierarchical modelling of traffic flow with application to Malta’s road network  

Mifsud D. 2013, Eco-sustainability aspects of the Country-Specific Recommendations for Malta 

Mifsud D, 2013, The role of Public Transport in addressing Sustainable Mobility for the Elderly Population in Malta

Mifsud, D., Attard, M. 2013, Public Transport Reforms and their Impact on Accessibility: The Case of Malta  Presented in the Poster Session JRP13-007 (Planning, Implementation, Evaluation and Technology: Enhancing Accessible Transportation and Mobility for Older Adults and People with Disabilities) in the 92nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington DC, US.

Ison, S.G., Attard, M. 2013, 'The Smeed Report and Road Pricing: the case of Valletta, Malta.' Bank of Valletta Review. vol. 47(Spring) pp. 1-23.

Checuti Zammit, L., Scerri, K., Attard, M., Bajada, T. 2013, 'Computationally Efficient Estimation of High-Dimension Autoregressive Models – with Application to Air Pollution in Malta.' Xjenza. vol. 1(1) pp 42-50. 

Mifsud D. 2012, Public Transport as a tool towards Sustainable Mobility for the Elderly Population    

Attard, M. 2012, 'Reforming the Urban Public Transport Bus System in Malta: Approach and Acceptance.' Transportation and Research A: Policy and Practice. vol. 46(7) pp. 981-992.  

Chetcuti Zammit L. 2012,  Spatio-Temporal Models for Traffic and Air Pollution.

Chetcuti Zammit, L., Scerri, K., Attard, M., Bajada, T., Scerri, M. 2011, Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Air Pollution Data in Malta. Paper presented at 11th International Conference of Geocomputation 2011, organised by the Geocomputation Community, University College of London.

Bajada, T., Attard, M. 2011, 'Using GIS as a tool to improve road safety.' In Borg, R.P. et al. (eds) Sustainable Development: Civil Engineering and the Built Environment. Proceedings of an International Conference. Malta.

Attard, M. 2011, 'A preliminary assessment of the Park and Ride Scheme in Floriana, Malta.' In Borg, R.P. et al. (eds) Sustainable Development: Civil Engineering and the Built Environment. Proceedings of an International Conference, Malta. 

Attard, M., Enoch, M.P. 2011, 'The role of policy transfer in the introduction of road pricing in Valletta, Malta.' Transport Policy. Vol. 8(2) pp. 544-553.  

Attard, M., Ison, S.G., 2010, 'The Implementation of a Road User Charge – The Case of Valletta, Malta.' Journal of Transport Geography. Vol. 18(1) pp. 14-22.

Attard, M., Enoch, M.P., 2007, Valletta dumps V-licence for state-of-the-art road pricing scheme. Traffic Engineering and Control. Vol. 48(6) pp. 262-264.

Reports

The external costs of passenger and commercial vehicles use in Malta

Sustainable transport through engineering techniques 


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