Ms Celine Crawford:

To give Deputy Lowry an idea of the evolution, we have looked at our research submissions over the years. It is interesting to see how they have changed. Out of the nearly 1,200 submissions that we received this time around, which is the highest that has ever been received by any TRA conference to date, the greatest number of research papers are on sustainable mobility of people and goods, which is closely followed by our second area, which is safe and inclusive transport. Looking at this conference about six to eight years ago, it was all in the area of efficient and resilient systems and about the infrastructure focus. One can see from our research, the topics of conversation and what is driving the discussion that it has totally shifted into the idea of sustainable and safe transport.

The most papers we received were 140 on sustainable mobility of people and goods for urban, regional and rural transport. From our research papers, it is interesting to see that the focus has really shifted, like the Deputy was talking about, to the idea of sustainable and integrated transport. That was followed up by zero emissions transport. The third largest category was about people-centred, inclusive, safe mobility. There has been a real shift over the years of the conference, from looking at the research papers submitted, into the areas of sustainable and safe mobility.