TPOTY and YTPOTY winners announced!

Will Pedley announced as 2023 Transport Planner of the Year

Congratulations to Will Pedley, Senior Transport Planner at Oxford County Council, on winning the Transport Planner of the Year Award, presented at this year's Transport Practitioners Meeting.

Will was nominated for his work creating Oxfordshire County Council’s Decide & Provide transport planning guidance, making Oxfordshire County Council the first local authority in the UK to produce and adopt such guidance. Using his strategic thinking, he was able to produce guidance with a wider purpose, enabling a shift in the way problems are approached to deliver sustainable places and transport mitigation measures.

Pictured: Will Pedley receiving TPOTY award

Congratulations also to second place, Graham Grant, for instrumental role in establishing Active Travel England as a statutory Consultee in the planning system. And to the third place entry Stephanie Yu for leading the development of Arup’s Transport Carbon Analysis Tool.

All the finalists for this year's Transport Planner of the Year 

Grace Bailey announced as 2023 Young Transport Planner of the Year

This year, for the first time, the Young Transport Planner of the Year category was also introduced to the awards. Congratulations to Grace Bailey, Senior Transport Planner at Atkins, on winning the first Young Transport Planner of the Year Award.

Grace started her career as a transport planner just 5 years ago, but has been able to deliver an incredible body of work in such a short time. She has delivered innovative transport decarbonisation work for transformational Local Transport Plans in the Midlands and is at the forefront of helping local authorities achieving Net Zero targets.

Pictured: Grace Bailey receiving the first YTPOTY award

Congratulations also to second place, Victoria Heald, for her Diversity and Inclusion Assessment-Lite tool, that will enable transport professionals to better consider D&I on the planning and design process . And to the third place Aoife Dudley for her support as mental health champion at City Science and her work on designing a decarbonisation strategy for the Cotswolds.

All the finalists for this year's Transport Planner of the Year