Achille is Professor of Transport Analysis and Planning at Edinburgh Napier University since 2021.
He has a background in Civil Engineering, a PhD in Transport and Planning, a Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
Before joining Edinburg Napier University, he worked at Politecnico di Bari and Imperial College London. He held visiting positions at King’s College London, University of California Davis, and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
Achille’s current research is in the area of mobility attitudes and behaviour in relation to smart and sustainable mobility. His research aims to promote a more equitable, cleaner, and safer mobility, making the most of the opportunities generated by automation, data and connectivity, and new means of transport and business models.
He has authored tens of peer-reviewed publications and other scientific outputs. He has published in the top-ranking transport scientific journals, including Transportation Research Part A, B and C, Travel Behaviour and Society, and Analytic Methods in Accident Research.. He is Associated Editor of the Journal of Intelligent Transport Systems.
He is leading the societal research in the Innovate UK/C-CAV flagship project CAV Forth, which has built and is about to operate a fleet of level 4 full-size buses for the first time in the world.
