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Authors & Acknowledgements
 
John Barwise Joh Barwise
Editor
John Barwise is a former BBC Environment Correspondent. He is a certified Environmental Auditor and associate member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment. John was Head of Environmental Policy and Research at the University of Surrey before taking up the BBC post. He is consultant editor for a number of environmental publications and writes regularly on environmental issues.
 
Alan Whitehouse Alan Whitehouse
Making Connections
BBC Transport Correspondent with over 25 years reporting on transport issues on TV, radio and the press. Alan was the first ever Transport Journalist of the Year in awards sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Transport and has won many awards since for his outstanding reporting on transport.
 
Christian Wolmar Christian Wolmar
Perceptions of Risk
Writer, broadcaster and transport journalist. Christian publishes regularly in The Independent, The Observer, The Evening Standard, the Daily Express, and Rail magazine. He is a member of the National Cycling Strategy Board with a special interest in intermodal transport and uses his bicycle as his principal means of transport. His latest book The Subterranean Railway, a social history of the Tube will be published in January 2005.

 

Professor David Begg Professor David Begg
Getting the North West moving
Chairman of the Commission for Integrated Transport and Non-Executive Director of the Manchester Passenger Transport Executive. He is Chairman of the National Transport Advisory Group, a Non-Executive Director for the Shadow Strategic Rail Authority, Transport for London and British Railways Board. He is Director of The Centre for Transport Policy at The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and advised the Government during the preparation of the Integrated Transport White Paper and the Transport 10 Year Plan.
 
Andrew Winstanley Andrew Winstanley
Who Should Pay?
BBC London Transport Correspondent, He recently won two Royal Television Society London awards including 'Journalist of the Year'. Andrew has extensive knowledge of city transport issues and reports regularly on London’s Congestion Charging Scheme.
 
Monica Fundingsland Monica Fundingsland
Transport Planning
Currently undertaking a PhD on Strategic Environmental Assessment of Local Transport Plans and Regional Transport Strategies at the University of Manchester, on behalf of Transport Research Laboratory (TRL). Monica has a masters degree in Environmental Sustainability and has worked for the Norwegian oil industry and as a research associate at both the University of Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow.
 
Lynn Sloman Lynn Sloman
Going Soft on Transport
Policy advisor, writer and academic researcher on transport and environmental issues. She runs specialist consultancy ‘Transport for Quality of Life’, helping government, local councils, and voluntary groups develop new initiatives to cut traffic. She lives in rural mid-Wales - without a car.
 
Monica MacLeod Monica MacLeod
Delivering the Goods
Transport journalist with over 20 years experience working on transport logistics, freight and distribution for national and international newspapers and magazines, including International Freighting Weekly. She has previously won the prestigious Society of All Cargo Correspondents Journalist of the Year.
 
Natalie Quirk Natalie Quirk
North West People
Freelance journalist in the North West. She has worked for various national and regional newspapers, television and radio organisations and is a regular BBC News reporter for GMR.
   
Original report writers
Steven Joseph Steven Joseph
Managing Demand for Transport
Executive Director of Transport 2000 and member of the Commission for Integrated Transport. Transport 2000 undertakes authoritative research on transport and environmental issues and advises government and non-governmental organisations on transport issues.
 
Professor John Whitelegg Professor John Whitelegg
Professor of Sustainable Transport at Liverpool John Moores University and Professor of Sustainable Development at York University's Stockholm Institute of the Environment. John is Editor of World Transport Policy and Practice magazine and author of several books and special reports on transport planning and management. He is managing director of Eco- Logica which specialises in transport issues. John is a local councillor in Lancaster.
 
University of Salford
Ralf Henson & Graham Scolefield
Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment, University of Salford. Writer/Reviews - Ralph Henson, Senior Lecturer in Transport Studies and Graham Scholefield former lecturer. Research and publications include sustainable transport systems, transport demand management, road accident data and highway network analysis.
 
Liverpool John Moores University
School of the Built Environmet part of the Faculty of Technology and Environment. Writer/Reviews - Professor Lewis Lesley, Professor of Transport Science and President of the Merseyside Cycling Campaign and Susan Glover who specialises in environmental management & planning and professional planning studies.