TRANSPORT ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- International Specialist on the Transport
- Vice - Chair of the Access & Inclusion Forum of the Chartered Institute of Logistics
Ann Frye is an international specialist on the transport needs of disabled and older people.
She advises public, commercial and professional bodies on policy solutions to meet mobility needs in all transport modes, and in the pedestrian environment.
Ann has led projects for the United Nations, the European Commission and the European Science Foundation on access standards and best practice. She has also advised Governments and transport authorities in Canada, Hong Kong, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland.
Ann has recently been appointed Chair of a newly formed Independent Gatwick Accessibility Group (IGAP) and is an adviser on accessibility to easyJet.
She is currently working with the International Transport Forum (ITF) and the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) on reciprocal arrangements for parking and car hire for people with disabilities globally. She is also working with the Department for Transport (through Clarement) on the development of training material on disability awareness for transport companies and with the Department for International Development - (through IMC High Volume Transport programme) on access issues for people with disabilities in low income countries of Africa and South East Asia. She is also advising on rail rolling stock accessibility.
Ann has worked in this field for over 25 years; until 2006 she headed the Mobility & Inclusion Unit in the UK Government Department for Transport where she delivered a major programme of research, legislation and policy to promote the mobility of disabled and older people in all public transport modes including aviation.
She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport and of the Institution of Highways and Transportation in the UK and an honorary Transport Planning Professional.
Ann is also vice-chair of the Access & Inclusion Forum of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport .
Job Titles:
- Transport Planner
- Transport Planner / Economist
Henri is Chairman of the World Road Association (PIARC) Technical Committee on Financing, Managing and Contracting of Road System Investment 2008-2011 and Director of IM Technologies Limited, a boutique transport consultancy, which he established in 1993.
Henri has a PhD in transport and other tertiary qualifications in computer science, accounting and finance, and is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.
Dr Henri Chua is a transport planner/economist with more than 30 years of international experience in transport consultancy gained in Asia, Australia, Europe (including CEE), and the Americas with clients including multi-lateral and private financial institutions, government agencies, transport operators and other private companies.
Henri has broad experience of air, road, rail, urban, multi-modal and freight transport and specialises in public-private partnership (PPP), private sector participation (PSP), traffic and revenue forecast and risk, multi-modal transport studies, road user charging (RUC) and tolling, inter-modal freight transport, economic and financial evaluation, business case development and audit, project management and leadership.
Henri has unique experience of PPP and PSP in transport with rare experience of acting for all PPP/franchise transaction stakeholders - government agencies, lenders, bidders and secondary market investors. Since 1990 Henri has worked on more than 50 PPP projects, including greenfield, modernisation, extension, widening, rehabilitation, network maintenance only, managed lane, urban, inter-urban and rural characteristics, with an approximate combined value of more than £20 billion, in 20 developed and emerging economies. Henri was part of the pioneering DBFO consultancy team as Traffic and Economic Advisor to English Highways Agency to develop the PPP road concept, now adopted worldwide. Henri has also worked for Mexican, Slovenian, Uruguayan and Welsh authorities to pioneer PPP highway concessions, and for the UK Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) as Business Case Analyst on a trailblazer public/private finance model for the East London Line (Railway) Extension project. Henri has repeatedly worked with World Bank Group, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Invest Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, monolines, private banks and companies on PPP options, and traffic and revenues for road project financing. Henri has also been Project Leader to the Polish highways directorate on development of PPP and toll motorway projects, and Specialist Advisor to ARZ Motorway Concessionaire on business organisation structure for independent maintenance and toll collection subsidiaries. He has also opined on PPP transport assets for secondary market investors.
Henri has global experience of traffic and revenue forecasting of road and public transport projects with a very strong performance record. Railway projects included: UK Northern Railway Franchise and Greece Athens Metro. Bus projects included: UK London Croydon and Australia Melbourne. Road projects included: Australia Brisbane CLEM7, Japan Tokyo City Centre, Hungary M5 Motorway, Germany A8 Ausburg-Munich "A-Model (lorry only)" Motorway, France Millau Viaduct, Scotland M74 DBFO Motorway, Chile Ruta 68, Mexico Farac 1 and USA Indiana Toll Road.
Henri has extensive experience of transport sector policies, cross-cutting issues, economic and financial assessments, project selection and prioritisation, value for money analysis, and business case preparation and audit, including OGC Gateway review procedure. Projects included: International Transport Specialist of the UNDP/Vietnamese Ministry of Finance Public Expenditure Review project team covering the transport sector, Project Director to assess EC policy on intermodal freight carrier liability, Economic Team Leader of SRA freight user benefits research for guidance on rail freight investment appraisals, Analyst of SRA value for money analysis of Northern Rail Franchise services, Specialist Advisor on TEE (Transport Efficiency and Economic) table and indirect taxation of Crossrail review and SRA's West Coast Route Modernisation projects, Specialist Advisor to GMPTE on benefits modelling and business case of RUC in Manchester, Financial Specialist to Asian Development Bank on two road projects in China, Framework Consultant on urban transport to the European Investment Bank on ex post evaluate four urban transport projects in Czech Republic and UK, and Project Director to a Middle-East airline on demand and strategic planning.
Job Titles:
- National and International Expert in Public Transport and Proprietor of the Independent Business Martin Higginson Transport Research & Consultancy
- Transport Research & Consultancy
Dr Martin Higginson is a renowned national and international expert in public transport and proprietor of the independent business Martin Higginson Transport Research & Consultancy, which provides analysis and advice on policy development, strategy, planning, operations, technology; integration, economics, finance and investment for the bus, light rail and rail industries. He has a unique combination of practical experience in industry, academic knowledge and exposure to the commercial discipline of consultancy. He holds visiting research fellowships at the universities of Newcastle [Transport Operations Research Group] and York [Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History].
Job Titles:
- Advisor to Boards on Market Growth, Stakeholder and Customer Relations, Investment Planning and Benefits Realisation ( 1987 - Dat
Elizabeth provides independent strategic support, as a NED, and as a consultant on projects ranging from a few days to a year or more. She helps Boards, organisations and teams to clarify what they and their stakeholders want to achieve; to plan, and to measure delivery. Elizabeth works across all the transport and place making sectors, on decision making and business improvement.
Advisor to Boards on market growth, stakeholder and customer relations, investment planning and benefits realisation (1987-dat
Finella analyses policy and institutional issues, and the impacts of transport technology, applications and measures, investments and deployments. She covers all modes and intermodal, freight, passenger and intelligent transport, Europe's satellite navigation system (GALILEO), and transport security. She works across stakeholder groups and with the European Commission and United Nations.
Job Titles:
- Transport and Information Technology Consultant
Ian Catling is a transport and information technology consultant with over 35 years' professional experience in Government, academic research, the computer services industry and consultancy.
Since establishing the Ian Catling Consultancy (ICC) in 1983 he has become recognised worldwide as an expert in the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS). He has two key areas of ITS experience: the first is travel information systems, in whose development and implementation he played a vital role; the second is the development and application of systems for electronic fee collection (EFC), concentrating on those relating to road user charging (RUC) or electronic road pricing (ERP) and on Electronic Toll Collection (ETC). He has played a particularly active role in the development of such systems using "tag and beacon" Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC), using satellite positioning and cellular communication, and using Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR).
He is an experienced project manager and has directed ITS technology trials, studies and implementations in three continents.
Job Titles:
- Independent Consultant
- Eur Ing C.Eng., FCIHT, MICE, MICLT, MTPS
Keith Keen is an Independent Consultant specialising in policy and deployment issues of Intelligent Transport Systems and Services. Previous experience includes 17 years with the European Commission managing transport research & intelligent transport systems research and deployment. Earlier transportation experience based in the UK covered periods with the Greater London Council's tansportation department, Atkins, and computer & transportation consultant Wootton Jeffreys.
Job Titles:
- Director of Social Research Associates
Kris Beuret OBE FCILT FIHT is the Director of Social Research Associates (SRA) a company which specialises in public involvement and research into social aspects of transport. Kris has advised Government, the House of Commons Transport Committee, TfL and the DfT on equality issues.
Kris Beuret is the Director of Social Research Associates (SRA) a company which specialises in public involvement and research into social aspects of transport. Kris has advised Government, the House of Commons Transport Committee, TfL and the DfT on equality issues. She has also served on the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) and is currently a Commissioner of the Independent Transport Commission www.theitc.org.uk.
Recent Projects
Attitudes to road and rail travel in Britain http://www.theitc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/0995-159_Road-pricing_Mar2016.pdf
Paying for Roads and Road Use: public priorities and acceptability http://www.theitc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ITC-ORR-Road-Rail-Attitudinal-Report-Final.pdf
Children and Travel http://www.theitc.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ITC-Occasional-Paper-9-Children-and-Travel-April-2016-1.pdf
Road safety and the integration of Education, Training and Publicity Work
Study of the role of taxis in journey choices
Modal choice decision making
Docklands Light Railway Walking Audits (2006 to date)
The link between public transport use, perceptions of security and walking
Major Roads for the Future study. Co-author with David Quarmby assessing what England needs from its major road network by 2040.
Nigel has specialist expertise in rail operations, making best use of network capacity and in improving rail surface access to airports where he has represented public and private sector clients in the development of rail projects for major UK airports. He is a Geography graduate with 30 years management experience in British Rail, the private sector and support to government, spanning passenger and freight operations, customer service, commercial and planning roles as a senior manager.
Job Titles:
- Coordinator
- Previously Project Manager for European DRIVE Project CIDER. Led BT 's Involvement in DRIVE Project SOCRATES and PLEIADES, QUARTET, & LLAMD in Framework 3
- Specialist Knowledge of the Intelligent Transport Systems
Nigel thinks out-of-the-box, and then progresses ideas to create deliverable concepts. A particular strength is in risk assessment - the ability to identify potential problems at an early stage, and ways to overcome these, to create viable solutions and plans. He brings a broad technical skill base including: requirements capture, systems specification, architecture development, design, integration and evaluation. Technology specialisms include audio, data and video systems, radio and mobile systems, particularly mobile data and sustainable design. He also offers commercial and business analysis skills required for the preparation of bids, project work, and direct customer contact. He has extensive experience of leading teams of people with a wide range of skills and abilities, ensuring the delivery of a variety of innovative IT projects and systems, to tight time, cost and quality targets.
Following 10 years of wide-ranging experience as a UK Government senior civil servant leading high-profile teams in policy development and managing change, I am working now as a independent consultant focusing on policy development in the roads sector.