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Professor Tony May, Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering at the University of Leeds, has over 40 years' experience in transport planning and traffic engineering. He has been a professor at Leeds since 1977, where his principal research interests have focused on urban transport and sustainability. He has served as Director of the Institute for Transport Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research. He was elected to Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1995, and awarded the OBE for services to transport engineering in 2004. Between 1985 and 2001 he maintained a link between research and teaching at Leeds and practical experience in consultancy with MVA Ltd, of which he was a director. Prior to 1977 he spent ten years with the Greater London Council, where he was responsible for policy on highways, traffic management, demand management and transport-related land use planning for the capital. He retired from the University of Leeds in 2009, but is still active in research, consultancy and professional development. He has been a consultant to a consultant to the OECD, the International Transport Forum, the World Bank, the US Transportation Research Board, the Singapore Land Transport Authority, the New Zealand Ministry of Transport and the Thailand Commission for the Management of Land Transport. He is currently President of the World Conference on Transport Research Society.
Green Transport for Eco-Friendly Cities: A European Perspective
In 2009 the European Commission published its Urban Mobility Action Plan, demonstrating clearly the need for national and international governments to address the growing problems of urban transport. The first action in the Plan is the encouragement of national governments and, through them, cities to develop Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. Even this step will not be easy. While countries like France and the UK have up to 30 years’ experience of the development of such plans, many European countries have no such context, with governments typically leaving the initiative on urban transport to city governments. A detailed review of UK Local Transport Plans has demonstrated that cities’ performance in their Plans has been very variable. Differences emerge in the development of strategies, in their willingness to employ demand management measures and, in particular, in their ability to gain consensus over their proposals and to secure their effective implementation. In this, the UK experience confirms the conclusions of earlier reviews by the European Conference of Minister of Transport (now the International Transport Forum).
This presentation will consider the requirements of an effective Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, highlight the barriers to progress, and suggest ways in which these can be overcome. In doing so, it will draw on a recent five year research programme which has worked with cities to develop decision-support tools to facilitate effective and sustainable urban transport plans.
Professor Tony May, Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering at the University of Leeds, has over 40 years' experience in transport planning and traffic engineering. He has been a professor at Leeds since 1977, where his principal research interests have focused on urban transport and sustainability. He has served as Director of the Institute for Transport Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research. He was elected to Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1995, and awarded the OBE for services to transport engineering in 2004. Between 1985 and 2001 he maintained a link between research and teaching at Leeds and practical experience in consultancy with MVA Ltd, of which he was a director. Prior to 1977 he spent ten years with the Greater London Council, where he was responsible for policy on highways, traffic management, demand management and transport-related land use planning for the capital. He retired from the University of Leeds in 2009, but is still active in research, consultancy and professional development. He has been a consultant to a consultant to the OECD, the International Transport Forum, the World Bank, the US Transportation Research Board, the Singapore Land Transport Authority, the New Zealand Ministry of Transport and the Thailand Commission for the Management of Land Transport. He is currently President of the World Conference on Transport Research Society.
Green Transport for Eco-Friendly Cities: A European Perspective
In 2009 the European Commission published its Urban Mobility Action Plan, demonstrating clearly the need for national and international governments to address the growing problems of urban transport. The first action in the Plan is the encouragement of national governments and, through them, cities to develop Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans. Even this step will not be easy. While countries like France and the UK have up to 30 years’ experience of the development of such plans, many European countries have no such context, with governments typically leaving the initiative on urban transport to city governments. A detailed review of UK Local Transport Plans has demonstrated that cities’ performance in their Plans has been very variable. Differences emerge in the development of strategies, in their willingness to employ demand management measures and, in particular, in their ability to gain consensus over their proposals and to secure their effective implementation. In this, the UK experience confirms the conclusions of earlier reviews by the European Conference of Minister of Transport (now the International Transport Forum).
This presentation will consider the requirements of an effective Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, highlight the barriers to progress, and suggest ways in which these can be overcome. In doing so, it will draw on a recent five year research programme which has worked with cities to develop decision-support tools to facilitate effective and sustainable urban transport plans.
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