Consultancy and research experience
and capabilities in public transport

Independent assignments and working with
large and small consultancies, universities,
governmental and European institutions

Policy development
• Bus, coach, heavy and light rail and
• multi-modal strategy and scheme development
• for central and local government and the •
• transport industry

Economics and efficiency
• Guidance on methods of economic analysis,
• interchange planning, park & ride design and
• implementation, bus priorities and financing
• regimes for national and international
• policy-makers

• Efficiency analysis, benchmarking and best
• practice identification

• Competition, tendering and franchise
• replacement: system design and strategy
• development

Market intelligence
Advice to bidders and investors

Strategies, planning, integration and operation
• Bus-rail integration: route design, station •
• accessibility, access planning for operators
• and authorities

• Regional transport strategy preparation
• authorities and operators

• Planning for railway station, route and service
• enhancement and re-opening

• Planning, management and operation of road
• and rail services

Operational and technological analysis:
optimisation of efficiency and effectiveness;
implementation of innovative technologies;
international regulatory harmonisation

Communities
• Community rail and station adoption schemes:
• identification of best practice; member of
• Heritage Line Community Rail Partnership
• steering group

• Rural transport: evaluation of the needs of
• older people

Historical development of transport
University and museum research into economic
and social aspects: for details see separate web
page