The Baroness Brown of Cambridge awarded Honorary Fellowship of CIHT 

The Honorary Fellowship is the most senior grade of CIHT Membership and this has been awarded to The Baroness Brown of Cambridge for her ongoing exceptional record and continued outstanding contribution to highways and transportation.  

Neil Johnstone, President, CIHT said: 

“It gives me great pleasure on behalf of CIHT’s Council to award The Baroness Brown of Cambridge our Honorary Fellowship. We have made this award in in recognition of Baroness Brown’s sustained and inspirational work on climate action, including her role as Chair of our Route to Net Zero project advisory group.” 

Future Mobility Champion named winner of CIHT Institution Award 

Professor Glenn Lyons has been unveiled as the latest winner of the prestigious CIHT Institution Award.  

Neil Johnstone, President, CIHT said: 

“This CIHT Institution Award is in recognition of excellence within the transportation profession, and it celebrates individuals who, through their work, have made a significant contribution that has benefited the public and the profession.”   

“We are delighted to present Professor Glenn Lyons with the CIHT Institution Award as he has been at the forefront of developing new thinking and approaches to the planning of transport over the past 20 years.”  

“Professor Glenn Lyons was chosen by our Board of Trustees for amongst other things his ongoing research that is challenging the accepted view of many of us professionals and has undoubtedly extended knowledge in the field of highways and transportation.”  

Additional Notes 

The Baroness Brown of Cambridge 

Baroness Brown is an engineer, with a career in both academia and industry before becoming a Crossbench member of the House of Lords, where she is chair of the Science and Technology Committee and a member of the European Union Select Committee and its Environment Sub-Committee. 

Her major interests are climate change and the low carbon economy. She is Chair of the Climate Change Adaptation Committee; Chair of the Carbon Trust and acts as the UK’s Low Carbon Ambassador; and a non-executive director of the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.  

Professor Glenn Lyons 

Glenn is the Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility at UWE Bristol. The appointment bridges between academia and practice and Glenn is dividing his time between the university and Mott MacDonald (on secondment). At a time of significance for the transport sector, the position aims to co-develop and extend transport expertise in relation to understanding and responding to a changing and uncertain mobility landscape, which is shaped by technological possibilities and societal needs and preferences. 

Glen was also formerly the Professor of Transport and Society at UWE Bristol and was the Founder of the Centre for Transport & Society. 

Glenn’s achievement are too many to list here but it is safe to say that he has led the way in transport planning. Glenn has worked closely with CIHT and its members to challenge traditional thinking on how we plan transport interventions. Glenn was appointed by CIHT in 2015 to undertake the CIHT FUTURES study. His report and further work following the study has informed transport policy across the world.  

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