Will slow travel ever leave its luxury bubble?
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20 Jan 2020
Will slow travel ever leave its luxury bubble?

With greening our routines top-of-mind, reducing the environmental impact of our transport options is an important consideration for many. As price and infrastructure make scaling back on air travel difficult, how can brands and industries lend a helping hand to the eco-keen?

Scott Cohen

Scott Cohen is a professor of tourism and transport and director of research in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Surrey. His research is primarily focused on societal issues in the contexts of travel, mobility, and transport, with particular interests in hypermobility, sustainable mobility, autonomous vehicles, and business and lifestyle travel. He publishes regularly across high-impact business, social science, and environmental science journals.

Jonathan English

Jonathan English is an urban planning consultant and doctoral candidate in urban planning at Columbia University.

Clarisse Cuhna Linke

Clarisse Cunha Linke is the country director for the Institute for Transport and Development Policy (ITDP) in Brazil.

Dr. Phillipp Rode

Dr. Philipp Rode is an associate professorial research fellow at LSE and the executive director of LSE Cities, an international centre that focuses on urban development and city change.

Megan Carnegie

Megan Carnegie is a journalist and editor. She has written for Courier, Time Out, Guardian Weekend, Creative Review, The Telegraph, Evening Standard, and more. Outside of work, she can be found reading, running, and killing off her houseplants.