Sir Moir Lockhead has been Chief Executive and Deputy Chairman of FirstGroup since its formation in 1995. Originally a mechanical engineer, he joined Grampian Transport in 1985 as General Manager and went on to lead the successful employee buy-out of GRT Bus Group PLC. In 1996, he was awarded the OBE for services to the bus industry and in 2008 he was awarded a Knighthood for services to transport. He is a past President of the Confederation of Passenger Transport.

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport is the professional body for the logistics, passenger transport, transport planning and related industries sector and is dedicated to supporting, developing and representing all specialisms at all stages of career development.

To support our ambitious research programme we have begun our first phase of recruitment involving 8 research studentships and 9 postdoctoral fellowships. As part of this activity we are looking to appoint a postdoctoral research fellow to work in the area of: Intelligent Transport Systems.

The successful candidate, who will work alongside colleagues in the University’s Centre for Transport Research, will have a PhD or be about to complete a PhD in Transport Engineering or Transport Planning or a cognate discipline. A good knowledge of Intelligent Transport Systems is required and enthusiasm for digital technology and innovation relevant to society and the economy is essential, as is the ability to work in a cross-disciplinary team.

This post is funded by ESPRC and is available for a period of 3 years.

Click here for more info and application details.
 
Informal enquiries may be made to:
Professor John Nelson (j.d.nelson@abdn.ac.uk) and Professor John Farrington (j.farrington@abdn.ac.uk) The closing date is 19th February 2010.

• - the contribution of public transport to climate change and economic development,
• - the role of public transport in the Climate Change Bill and National Performance Framework (NPF),
• - how to balance service delivery and carbon reduction targets for public transport in an uncertain economic climate, and
• - future priorities for enhanced public transport systems in Scotland.

Participating in the workshop were a number of policy makers and practitioners in Transport Planning/Policy, creating an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience on key issues of public policy in transport.

Professor John Nelson and Dr Jillian Anable from University of Aberdeen, Terri Vogt from First Group and Professor Tom Rye from Edinburgh Napier University held the talk interactively with workshop participants in three sessions spanning from NPF delivery in Scotland for public transport, public transport contribution to the national climate change and identification of mode shift opportunities to meet the CO2 emission reduction target set by Scottish Government.

Presentations are available for download below:

John Nelson & Jillian Anable presentation

Terri Vogt presentation

Tom Rye presentation

2nd October 2009: Christian Wolmar, a writer and broadcaster specialising in transport, has been appointed to an Honorary Research Fellowship in CTR. He has spent nearly all of his working life as a journalist, and was at The Independent from 1989 to 1997, mostly as transport correspondent. Christian has become one of the UK’s leading commentators on transport matters and has won several awards for his work. Christian’s new book on how the railways changed the world, Blood, Iron and Gold is to be published in September by Atlantic Books (see http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/books/)