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Following the launch last July, the finalists for the Transport Planning Society Bursary Competition for 2020 have been announced.
The latest competition on the topic of 'A transport system that is accessible for everyone – how do we make this happen?' attracted the highest number of applicants to date; indicating what an important topic this is.
The judges spent a lovely afternoon listening to the finalists present thier papers and they along with the Board of the Transport Planning Society are delighted to announce that all of the six finalists will be awarded a bursary of £500 for their work.
The overall winner will be announced at the TPS AGM in March.
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.
All of their papers are on the Bursary section of the TPS website so please do have a read at https://tps.org.uk/bursaries
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