Mass Transit Taskforce appoints 32 transport and infrastructure specialists to advisory group
The Mass Transit Taskforce has appointed a group of expert advisers to provide strategic guidance, technical expertise and industry insight as it explores how mass transit schemes can be delivered more quickly, efficiently and cost effectively in the UK.
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The advisory group comprises 32 transport and infrastructure specialists from across the public and private sectors, including transport planners, engineers, legal experts, academics, operators and consultants. The advisers were selected by Taskforce members: Bridget Rosewell, Richard de Cani, David Milner and Jason Prince.
The advisers will support the Taskforce by reviewing evidence, providing technical and strategic advice, identifying barriers to delivery and sharing lessons from major transport projects. Their input will help ensure the Taskforce’s findings and recommendations are informed by a broad range of professional expertise, perspectives and practical experience.
Bridget Rosewell CBE, Chair of the Mass Transit Taskforce, said, “The appointment of our expert advisory group is an important step in the work of the Mass Transit Taskforce, and we’re grateful to those who have agreed to share their expertise and insight.
“Drawing on experience from across the transport sector and beyond, the expert advisers will help us examine the evidence, challenge established thinking and identify practical ways to deliver mass transit schemes more quickly and efficiently in the UK.”
The Mass Transit Taskforce expert advisers are:
Sophie Allison, Managing Director, West Midlands Metro
Iain Anderson, Managing Director, Colas Rail
Alex Barron, Associate Director, Transport Strategy Centre, Imperial College London
Neil Blagburn, Programme Delivery Director, Rail, AECOM
Omer Bor, Strategic Advisor, Pine Economics
Paolo Carbone, Head of Light Rail Capital Programmes, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, and Chair of UITP Light Rail Committee
Andrew Carter, Chief Executive, Centre for Cities
Melanie Corcoran, Executive Director of Transport, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Simon Coulthard, Head of Light Rail, Network Rail
Peter Cushing, Light Rail Commissioner, Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority
Rachel Fisher, Chief Executive, Royal Town Planning Institute
Manish Gupta, Group Director, Corporate Finance, Transport for London
James Hammett, Managing Director, UK Tram
Paul Hirst, Partner, Global Infrastructure and Head of Transport Sector, Addleshaw Goddard LLP
Peter Jones, Technical Director, MPT Consortium
Nicola Kane, Director, Steer
Mustafa Latif-Aramesh, Partner and Parliamentary Agent, TLT LLP
Martin Lax, Transport Planning and Development Director, Transport for Greater Manchester
Professor Greg Marsden, Professor of Transport Governance, University of Leeds
Vicki Matthews, Director, VM Enabling Transport
Patricia Moore, Managing Director Europe, Middle East and Africa region, Turner and Townsend
Bob Morris, Former Chief Operating Officer, Transport for Greater Manchester
Robbie Owen, Partner, Parliamentary Agent and Head of Infrastructure Planning and Government Affairs, Pinsent Masons LLP
Ben Plowden, Chief Executive Officer, Campaign for Better Transport
Lucy Sayer, Partner, Carter Jonas LLP
Rachel Skinner CBE, Managing Director, Transport and Mobility, WSP
Robin Totten, Head of Strategic Transport Planning and Programme Director Bus Rapid Transit, Translink
Frank Tudor, Commercial Services Director, Transport for Greater Manchester
Danny Vaughan, Chief Network Officer, Transport for Greater Manchester
Zoe Watters, Partner, Deloitte
Carl Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Light Rail Safety and Standards Board
Dr Janet Young CBE, Director General, Institution of Civil Engineers.