The Transport Planning Society Board is delighted to announce that six Young Professionals have  been shortlisted for Bursaries in the 2020 TPS Bursary Competition.

We are looking forward to working with them on their proposals based around this years’ topic:

A transport system that is accessible for everyone – how do we make this happen?

The successful Bursarians for this year are:

Victoria Heald – Atkins - Building barriers through bias? Establishing measures to tackle unconscious bias in transport planning.

Rachel Kirby – Jacobs - Could a more accessible transport system be a by-product of the Covid-19 pandemic? A case study of Leeds.

Ruth Carr-Gomm – Jacobs - Making Glasgow’s Transport System Accessible for All – The Role of Driverless Pods.

Lauren James – Sustrans - Paving the road to accessibility: A growing need for more inclusive transport policy to enable cycling accessibility for all, no matter of ability, or disability. A case study of London.

Anna Newey – Mott Macdonald - How the use of symbol systems and nudge theory instead of written language can increase equality in our transport systems.

Ruby Stringer – ITP - Putting our best foot forward – achieving true accessibility for everyone by prioritising walking in low-income countries.

Each Bursarian will receive £500 on producing a satisfactory paper and presenting to the TPS Board.

The TPS Board will then award the accolade of Bursary Paper of the year for 2020.

Joanna Ward TPS Board member responsible for the organising the bursary competition said ‘We are delighted with the record number of entries and interest that we have had this year in the bursary competition and look forward to working with the finalists and seeing the work they produce on this important topic’.