Keynote for the ITF-Eurostat Conference on Promoting Data-Driven Decision-Making
Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
November 4, 2025
We have more data than ever before, but are we using it effectively?
Common Barriers:
Openness builds trust and empowers collaboration.
Good analysis starts with good data.
Powerful, free, and adaptable tools for transport analysis.
stplanr package for transport planning and modelling.geopandas and pandana for network analysis.Capacity building is not just about tools, it’s about people.
From local data to national strategy with plan.activetravelengland.gov.uk.
pct R package).The Network Planning Tool (npt.scot).
spanishoddata package provides access to Spain’s national origin-destination mobility survey.spanishoddataHow can you apply these principles?
The landscape is always changing.
Source: Kotov, Lovelace, and Vidal-Tortosa (2024)
Results created with the eurostat and giscoR packages to download and map official geospatial data for the region.
Southeast Europe Map
github.com/robinlovelace/presentationsr.lovelace@leeds.ac.uk