Continuing the EDI theme of this year's TP Day Campaign, our latest blog is an interview with Hiba Abo Slo, who recounts arriving in London from Syria and finding a transport planning apprenticeship with Arup, and offers her perspective on the value of EDI to the profession.

Read the interview here.

The Future Transport Visions Group (FTVG) is again inviting early career professionals from across the transport sector to submit research ideas for funding.

You can submit an idea as an individual or as a group, or you can sign up to join a team you think has an interesting topic. Find out more and express your interest here.

A panel of TPS Board judges have picked three winners for the Transport Planning Day photo competition launched earlier this year.

The photos had to relate to the theme of this years campaign, equality, diversity and inclusion. 

Featuring of host of excellent speakers, the event entitled 'Gender on the Agenda: Making streets and public space work for everyone' will explore practical approaches to making public spaces and transport systems welcoming to all. 

Register for the event here.

Stephanie Stewart, a Senior Analyst at TP Day sponsor Citi Logik, discusses her route into transport planning, what it's like working in a male-dominated sector and the importance of EDI.

At TPS's virtual panel debate, supported by the British Transport Police, Transport for London and Women in Transport, TPS calls on industry to “be better allies” in the stand against hate crime. 

The event was part of TPS's Transport Planning Day campaign which culminates with Transport Planning Day on the 15th November.

We are inviting TPS members to inform the development of our responses to two government consultations:

• Creating a Road Collision Investigation Branch (RCIB) 
• Future of transport regulatory review: zero emission vehicles

Mark Frost, TPS Chair, gives his final message to members before Transport Planning Day 2021 on 15 November.

Mark discusses the successful campaign building up to TP Day, the importance of this year's theme, and the wider context of COP26.