Hannah Budnitz

Hannah Budnitz joined Oxford University's Transport Studies Unit in October 2019 as part of the Park and Charge project.

She completed her PhD at the University of Birmingham, where she was researching the relationship between travel choices, internet accessibility and extreme weather, and the opportunities that trends in improving ICT and increasing space-time flexibility of work and travel offer for more resilient responses to transport disruption. Prior to starting her doctoral studies, Hannah worked as a transport planner in the UK for first Arup, then Reading Borough Council. She also holds a BA in Urban Studies from Columbia University and an MSc in City and Regional Planning from Cardiff University.

As part of the Park and Charge project, Hannah will be researching the barriers to electric vehicle adoption, particularly where at-home charging is not achievable due to residential / parking layouts and urban form, and investigating the acceptability of a combined parking and charging service as a solution. She is also interested in delivering innovative transport schemes through public-private-academic partnerships such as that formed for the Park and Charge project.

In addition, she is still working on publications exploring the influence of weather on internet activity and assessing the potential of telecommuting and other forms of flexible working patterns to offer sustainable and resilient accessibility.

Hannah tweets (@HBudnitz), writes a monthly blog and sometimes write for professional publications, such as The Planner and transportXtra. She was Chair of the Transport Planning Network (2016-2020), supported by the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Transport Planning Society, and regularly presents at professional conferences.