Chair Profiles
The National TravelWise Conference 2006, Bristol November 2nd & 3rd South West TravelWise Group
Acknowledgements The South West TravelWise Group would like to thank all the speakers, workshop presenters, debaters and the chairs for agreeing to take part in the conference. We would like to also give special thanks to the Conference Organisers, especially the Borough of Poole, Devon County Council, Wiltshire County Council, Bristol City Council, and Rhian Davies – the Marketing Coordinator for the NTWA. Thanks also go to all the South West TravelWise Authorities who have provided the delegate packs, especially Torbay Borough Council for their assistance. Finally we would like to thank our main sponsor Liftshare, and other sponsor South West Regional Development Agency, and all of our other exhibitors.
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Peter J R Brunt - Chartered Transport Planner, Chair Debate 6 Service Manager Transportation Planning - Torbay Council Peter currently heads up the Transportation Planning Team at Torbay Council, which is responsible for the Local Transport Plan process, the policy and strategy development of the Councils transportation network, sustainable travel, capital projects and development control. Throughout a career spanning over 37 years Peter has covered a wide variety of roles within the industry both in the private and public sectors. Outside work Peter spends much of his own time and holiday leave, when not house building or renovation cars, as a trustee for a locally based charity working with children bereaved due to the AIDS pandemic in Zambia, formally Northern Rhodesia. As the projects building engineer he is responsible for the design and construction of a community school and skills centre in Ndola and another community school in Lusaka visiting as often as practical to monitor progress and smooth out local problems. Peter also took up rowing a couple of years ago and recently completed a row from Brixham to Teignmouth to raise much needed funds for the charity. Married with three grown up children, Peter and his wife Amanda are planning a 30th Wedding Anniversary trip for 2007 to 'somewhere unforgettable' following a very busy year when one daughter got married to an Italian and another made them grandparents……………….'.its all about finding the right work /home life balance…………. but I haven't found it yet' Peter.Brunt@Torbay.gov.uk Lisa Buchanan, Debate 9 Lisa currently leads the Travel Choices Group at consultant Steer Davies Gleave. She is a travel behaviour specialist and has had an involvement in nearly all of the company's personalised travel planning activity, as well as extensive experience in both workplace and school travel planning. She joined the company in 1995 having completed a Masters in Transport Planning at Oxford Brookes University. Tom Cohen Chairman, Debate 7 Tom is an Associate based in Steer Davies Gleave's London office. He is deputy leader of the Travel Choices group in the company, which specialises in a range of travel behaviour change interventions. Tom's greatest interests in this field are the application of psychological principles to behaviour change interventions and the development of effective information tools. tom.cohen@sdgworld.net Barbara Davies BA (hons), MTD, MIHT, MCILT, Debate 5 Barbara Davies has over 25 years experience in the field of transport, starting as a Research Fellow at University of Westminster and then with a variety of local government councils (London Boroughs of Hammersmith and Fulham and Brent, Avon County Council, Bristol City Council). As of October 2006, Barbara is now Head of the Joint Transport Team for the West of England Partnership Office, consisting of four unitary authorities of Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire and a range of social, economic and environmental partners. Since July 2004, Barbara has played a key role in sub-regional transport through producing the Joint Local
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Transport Plan (JLTP) for the Greater Bristol Sub-Region (March 2006); the successful Transport Innovation Fund bid (November 2005) and Programme Entry for the £68m Greater Bristol Bus Network Bid (July 2006). Paul Henderson, European Project Manager, London European Partnership for Transport, Debate 10 Paul Henderson has been based in the Transport Strategy team at the London Borough of Bromley for nearly six years, working in the field of safe and sustainable transport. He currently runs the London European Partnership for Transport – a local government partnership representing London boroughs in Europe in the area of sustainable transport. Paul also manages two EU projects on Mobility Management – PIMMS (Partner Initiatives for the development of Mobility Management Services) and ASTUTE (Advancing Sustainable Transport in Urban areas to promote Energy efficiency) – in partnership with over a dozen cities and regions from across Europe. He is the Chair of the EUROCITIES Mobility Forum Policy Working Group on Road Safety and serves on the EUROCITIES Mobility Forum Management Committee, is on the International Programme Committee for ECOMM (European Conference on Mobility Management) and represents the UK on the Board of EPOMM (European Platform on Mobility Management). In addition to this he is Secretary of the NTWA and has recently been co-opted onto the Board of the ACT Paul.Henderson@bromley.gov.uk Mike Ginger, Bristol CC, Debate 1 Has worked to promote sustainable travel for nearly 20 years. Led Avon's Cycle Team and co-ordinated a substantial programme of infrastructure improvements and promotional activities 1987-1996-sometimes in the face of significant scepticism. Part of the first LTP co-ordinating group for Bristol City Council. Current areas of work cover Smarter Choices programme (car clubs, workplace travel plans, cycle promotion, personalised travel planning, travel awareness etc); air quality action plan; accessibility planning; policy issues. In spare time works two allotments, enjoys travelling (but one flight a year only), is involved in neighbourhood community projects and organises cycling outings. Bob Hewitt, Bristol CC, Debate 3 Bob has been involved in transport planning in the Bristol area for over 30 years. He first worked for Avon County Council then, following its abolition in 1996, for Bristol City Council, where he is Transport Planning Manager. His first degree was in economics, where he first developed his interest in transport, and he is also a chartered town planner, although has always worked on the transport side of that profession.
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His experience is mainly on the strategic planning side. He led the team that produced the first Bristol Local Transport Plan for which the council was awarded Centre of Excellence status in 2001. Although he has been involved in major transport bids and projects he has always had an interest in the softer measures side of transport, and is proud of the pioneering work in Bristol carried out in his team, particularly in respect of travel plans for employers and developers, personalised travel planning, travel awareness and sustainable travel promotion, car club development, air quality and climate change. And, for the record, he cycles to work daily but doesn't very often use buses. bob_hewett@bristol-city.gov.uk Brian Moreland, Head of TravelWise Northern Ireland, Debate 4 I am a career civil servant with a background in a range of administrative fields and currently hold the grade of Principal Officer. Between 1995 and 2001 I gained experience in a campaign promoting the benefits of home energy efficiency and worked closely with organisations such as the DETR and the Energy Saving Trust. Armed with respectable skills in campaign development I grasped the opportunity to change direction and move into the sustainable transport domain in 2001. With NI’s future transport direction set out in a 10 year Regional Transportation Strategy, I set about developing the province’s TravelWise Campaign, which was introduced in late 2003 to brief employers, commuters and schools on the benefits of sustainable transport. I currently manage a team of 5 staff specialising in different aspects of sustainable transport that includes walking, cycling, public transport and car sharing. I oversee an ambitious TravelWise Safer Routes to Schools programme that targets 40+ schools annually with a range of sustainable measures valued at over £1M. I also direct a very successful Car Share Scheme that has over 1800 members and growing daily. My strengths lie in project development, implementation, management and communication. I am a firm believer that success lies in valuing the opinions of the people around you coupled with good teamwork. Mike Sweet, Bristol City Council, Debate 2 Background: Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Early career with consulting engineers. Bristol City Council since 1996; currently Team Manager dealing with transport models and transport studies for the Council's Transport Planning Group. Experience: Construction projects - highways structures and water resources projects (many years ago!). Transport Studies and Models; development control; master planning. mike_sweet@bristol-city.gov.uk Simon Timms, Devon County Council, Debate 8 Simon is employed as Head of Culture at Devon County Council. After his childhood ambitions to be a jockey came to nothing, he embarked on a career in archaeology. He has been County Archaeologist for Devon and more recently has worked as Policy Integration Manager in Devon County Council's Environment Directorate. In that role, he played a lead role in the preparation of the Devon Local Transport Plan 2001-2006 for which Devon
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County Council was awarded Centre of Excellence status by DfT. He is a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. In a personal capacity, he is a Trustee of the National Trust". Simon.Timms@devon.gov.uk
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