Professor Phil Blythe, Director, Transport Operations Research Group, Newcastle University
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Phil Blythe is Professor of Intelligent Transport Systems and Director of the Transport Operations Research Group in the School of Civil Engineering and Geoscience at Newcastle University. He was appointed to the academic staff at Newcastle University in 1999 as a Senior Lecturer and to the Chair of Transport in March 2004. Phil has devoted his academic career to the development of the research area of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) which is essentially the use of Information, communications and computing technology applied to transport.
Phil's research portfolio covers a wide range of areas where ITS has been applied to transport including: road to vehicle communications; road user charging and toll systems; the use of smartcards in transport; navigation, location based services and the applications of GNSS; biometrics and transport security; mobile ad-hoc networks and pervasive computing; the use of mobile devices to deliver context specific and personalised travel and trip information; image processing applications; e-government; and future intelligent infrastructure. Phil is best known for his research in the area of road user charging. In the early 1990s he led major European Consortia which developed the basic technologies for road user charging and tolling (PAMELA; ADEPT; and ADEPT II) which largely formed the basis for the European DSRC-standards. He led the team that implemented the Cambridge Congestion charging trial in 1993-94 and has been involved in most of the major road user charging research initiatives across Europe including the review of charging options for London (ROCOL) which delivered the feasibility study for the subsequent implementation of the London Congestion Charging Scheme.
Recent research and advisory activities in this area include: advisor to the DfT on their response to the Treasuries plans for Lorry Road User Charging (and subsequently a member of one of the pre-qualified tendering consortia); member of the Cabinet Offices e-envoys policy working group on government smartcards; Peer review expert of TfL technology trials (which are looking at new technologies for the extension of the London Congestion Charging Scheme); provision of advise to DfT on the National Road User Charging Scheme as well as the DIRECTS trial; and most recently Phil has been appointed lead expert for the DTI Foresight research programme in the area of Intelligent Infrastructure and its implications on transport over a 50 year time-horizon (which is specifically looking at innovations in road user charging and demand management utilising future intelligent infrastructure). Phil holds a number of patents for ITS and ICT related inventions, publishes widely and provides knowledge outreach, consultancy and training courses in many aspects of ITS research. |
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Dr Erel Avineri, Reader in Travel Behaviour, Centre for Transport & Society, University of the West of England
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Dr Erel Avineri, Reader in Travel Behaviour, Centre for Transport & Society, UWE, Bristol Erel received his degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management
(B.Sc.) and Transportation Sciences (M.Sc., Ph.D.) from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. He has been a research fellow at the Ben-Gurion University (Israel). Recently appointed to reader, he has since 2004 been a member of The Centre for Transport & Society at UWE, Bristol. Erel has been a project manager and a consultant to more than 50 leading companies and government agencies in the areas of transport modelling, logistics and information systems. Erel's main expertise is in understanding the cognitive and social factors influencing travel behaviour. Inspired by the works of cognitive psychologists and behavioural economists, he develops models that help to predict and explain travellers' choices, and to explore ways to change travellers'
behaviour.
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Presentation: Information provision - how can we nudge travel behaviour change?
Providing travellers with reliable, clear and accurate information is considered by many to be an effective way to influence their choices.
But travellers' choices are also influenced by the way information is presented to them. In his talk, Erel will share with delegates the art and science of choice architecture to nudge people toward better travel choices - through the design of travel information systems.
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Michele Dix, Managing Director, Planning, Transport for London
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Michèle Dix joined TfL in 2000 as Director of Congestion Charging on a job-share basis with Malcolm Murray-Clark. Michèle started her career at the GLC after her PhD and became a chartered civil engineer through the GLC’s transport planning graduate scheme. She later went onto work for Halcrow Fox where she became a board director responsible for urban transport planning. Following 10 years in the private sector working on a range of studies Michèle, alongside Malcolm Murray-Clark joined TfL, as Directors’ of Congestion Charging, responsible for the design, implementation and application of London’s Congestion Charging scheme. In June 2007, they were promoted to Managing Directors, Planning. They are responsible for leading TfL’s strategic thinking on the future transport needs of London, testing and challenging solutions, providing clear direction on appropriate transport solutions for the future; coordinating the implementation of local plans and partnerships with the Boroughs; and developing major multi-modal scheme interchanges and initiatives. |
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Presentation: The future transport needs of London
Michele is responsible for leading TfL’s strategic thinking on the future transport needs of London, testing and challenging solutions, providing clear direction on appropriate transport solutions for the future; coordinating the implementation of local plans and partnerships with the Boroughs; and developing major multi-modal scheme interchanges and initiatives. This presentation will look at the work being carried out and the vital role that ITS has to play.
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Geoff Collins, Sales & Marketing Director
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Geoff is the Sales & Marketing Director for SCS, responsible for all permanent route management solutions and temporary roadworks schemes, where SPECS has been used to provide both safer and smoother traffic flows. Geoff has been involved in the design, implementation and monitoring of over 100 such schemes, giving an unrivalled understanding of the factors behind the successful operation of an average speed enforcement scheme.
Geoff joined SCS in 2004, following ten years in the machine vision industry. He graduated from Nottingham University in 1991, is a Chartered Engineer and a member of the IET, IHT and AIRSO.
During the five years Geoff has worked with SCS, the Average Speed market has developed from a little-utilised, quirky solution to a widely implemented, well understood casualty reduction and traffic management tool.
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Presentation: SPECS3 average speed enforcement
SPECS3, the new generation of the highly successful SPECS average speed enforcement system has finally been recommended for Home Office Type Approval. SPECS3 brings the latest technological developments to the time over distance concept, offering even greater benefits to those trying to control traffic safety, whilst reducing congestion, emissions and achieving extremely high compliance rates.
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Kevin Clinton, Head of Road Safety, RoSPA
14:45 |
Kevin Clinton is the Head of Road Safety at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA). He is responsible for developing, managing and promoting RoSPA’s road safety policies, products and services, including its driver and motorcyclist training courses.
Kevin represents RoSPA on the Department for Transport’s ministerial Road Safety Advisory Panel, the Child Road Safety Sub-Group, Cyclist Training Standards Board and the Road Safety Research and Dissemination Group. Kevin also sits on the Driving Standards Agency’s Lifelong Driver Development Steering Group. He has given evidence to several Parliamentary Inquires conducted by Select Committees, including Inquiries into Road Safety, Novice Drivers, Motorcycling, Sentencing Policy and Drink Driving.
Kevin also sits on many other bodies, including the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, the BSi, and the Advisory Board of the Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards. He is Secretary to RoSPA’s National Road Safety Committee.
Kevin has produced a wide range of road safety education and training resources and good practice guidelines, and is responsible for the road safety section of RoSPA’s website, www.rospa.com/roadsafety, and the satellite websites: www.childcarseats.org.uk, www.helpingLdrivers.com, www.orsa.org.uk and www.stoppingdistances.com. Between them, the websites receive over 1.5 million visits and road safety documents are downloaded around 600,000 times, each year.
Kevin is RoSPA’s main Road Safety Spokesperson, regularly giving comment and interviews to the media.
Kevin is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Road Safety Officers, and a member of the Association of Industrial Road Safety Officers.
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David Jamieson, Council Member, IAM
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David is the former Member of Parliament for Plymouth Devonport who retired in 2005 after 13 years. He served as a Transport Minister from 2001 to 2005 and had particular responsibility for Road Safety. Before that he was a Government Whip responsible for legislation in Education and Health.
He came to Parliament after 22 years in education having taught mathematics and was Vice Principal of a large Community College in Plymouth until 1992.
Currently, he is a council member of the Institute of Advanced Motorists, a director of Roadsafe and President of the Motor Cycle Industry Association.
David is married with 3 grown up children.
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Brian Wadsworth, Strategy Consultant, Mouchel
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Brian is a transport strategy, business and public affairs consultant working for Mouchel. Until January 2008 he was Director of Strategic Roads, Planning and National Networks at the Department for Transport, where he developed the strategy that led to the "Managed Motorways" investment programme announced by the Secretary of State for Transport on 15th January this year. Previously he was Director of Logistics and Maritime Transport, with lead responsibility for the Department’s freight transport policies, and before that, Director of Finance. For six years up to January 2009, Brian has served as Chairman of the Board of the European Maritime Safety Agency a European Commission regulatory Agency based in Lisbon. He was also Chairman of the international Consultative Shipping Group for eight years. Under the previous Conservative Government he was involved in many transport sector privatisations. He has also worked at British Airways, BOC and as a consultant to the World Bank on transport development projects. Brian is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport and a Member of the Royal Institute of Navigation." |
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Elizabeth Dainton, Research Development Manager, RAC Foundation
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Elizabeth has an MA in Geography from Trinity College, Cambridge and an MSc with Distinction in Transport Planning from Oxford Brookes University. She began her career in local government as a Transport Policy Officer, where she was responsible for developing a market-led approach to transport planning. In July 2006 Elizabeth was awarded ‘Best Paper by a Young Transport Planning Professional’ at the 4th UK Transport Practitioners Conference. Elizabeth joined the RAC Foundation as Research Development Manager in October 2006. Since this time she has researched, presented and commented on issues of interest to the motorist including commuting, business travel, shopping, low carbon vehicles, car dependency and virtual mobility. |
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Alan Rookes, Associate Director for Road Safety, Capita Symonds
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Alan has been involved in Road Safety Engineering for over 30 years with safety audit playing an increasing role since the early 1990s. He has undertaken nearly 400 safety audits ranging from multi-million pound motorway and trunk road developments to small traffic management schemes. Alan moved from local authority in 1996 and now works as an Associate Director for Capita Symonds. When Alan was 17 he was achieved the Queens Scout badge.
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