TORG are pleased to announce our seminar series for this semester. All seminars will take place on Wednesday lunchtime, 1300-1500, in Room 2.32, Cassie Building, Newcastle University.
Wednesday 9th February
"Practical Considerations in the Implementation of ITS in Public Transport"
Mr Richard Holland, Principal Transport Planner, WYG Environment Planning Transport Ltd.
Wednesday 16th February
"Competition Commission Inquiry into the Local Bus Service Industry"
Dr. M P Higginson, Advisor to Association of Local Bus Company Managers [ALBUM] and Visiting Researcher in TORG
Wednesday 2nd March
"Where Do the Buses Go? New Developments in Public Transport Mapping Information"
Dr. Gareth Evans, Research Associate in Public Transport Systems, TORG
Wednesday 9th March
"Highway Network Management for Environmental Benefit"
Glyn Rhys-Tyler, Researcher in Sustainable Transport, TORG
Wednesday 16th March
"On The Rebound - The Unintended Consequences from Transport Innovation and Transport Policy"
Yvonne Hübner, Senior Research Associate, TORG
Wednesday 23rd March
"The Role of Transport Infrastructure in The Delivery of Local Development Frameworks"
Vinny Holden, Senior Consultant and Simeon Butterworth, JACOBS consultancy
Wednesday 30th March
"Traffic and Environmental Management: A Local Authority Perspective"
Ed Foster, Environment and Safety Manager - Regulatory Services and Public Protection, Environment and Regeneration Directorate, Newcastle City Council
Details about each individual seminar topic and the speaker will be distributed closer to the day of the seminar itself.
The TORG seminars are intended to disseminate ongoing research and encourage detailed discussions of a diverse range of transport topics in an informal setting and are part of a wider programme within the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences<http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/>, all of which are free of charge and open for external guests to attend. Please let Miss Emma Simblett<mailto:[log in to unmask]> know if you wish to attend a TORG seminar to allow names of external guests to be noted. After the seminar, and where suitable content is available, we try to make the presentations available online<http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/seminars/index.htm>, subject to our presenters giving their permission for us to do so.
We look forward to seeing you.
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