Led by CIHT South West's Bristol Emerging Professionals Group, this event will look at the Future Transport Zones which are trialing new technologies. The session will be lead by John Preston, Professor at the University of Southampton.
Future Transport Zones are Cities/Areas that have been chosen by the government to trial new technology across the zone. The hope is to gain insight into how these technologies can advance and improve the mobility of people and goods.
3 “zones” have been chosen to receive funding for trials:
Our speaker John Preston, helps lead the FTZ in Southampton and will give a presentation about what they have learned. We will then have a collaborative discussion about how this may be insightful into the Bristol situation.
John Preston is Professor of Rail Transport within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.
Professor Preston has just completed a term of office as Head of the Transportation Research Group (2015-20). He was previously Head of the Civil, Maritime and Environmental Engineering and Science Academic Unit (2011-2014), Director of the Transportation Research Group (2008-10) and Head of the School of Civil Engineering and the Environment (2010-11). He has almost 40 years of experience in transport teaching and research, having previously held posts at the Universities of Leeds and Oxford. His research in transport covers demand and capacity modelling, regulatory studies, economic appraisal and land-use and environment interactions. His initial work concentrated on rail but subsequent work has covered all the major modes of transport. He has held almost 160 research grants and contracts, worth over £22 million, and has published around 370 articles, book chapters, conference and working papers. He has successfully supervised over 30 doctoral students.
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