Event starts at 6.00pm

One of the aims of the Transport Planning Society is to support the development of younger professionals.  We do this in many ways, but one of the most successful has been the annual TPS Bursaries. 

The scheme is designed to provide young transport planners with the opportunity and funding (usually £500) to conduct a piece of innovative and structured thinking on a topic of current relevance to transport planning.  Successful applicants work with a mentor (normally a TPS Board member) to prepare a paper and present it to the TPS Board.  The paper is published on the TPS website and many end up being accepted by major conferences such as the Transport Practitioners Meeting, providing the opportunity for even greater exposure for the bursary holder.  Previous bursary holders have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of writing and presenting their paper and have found it to be a valuable part of their professional development.

We are therefore pleased to launch the 2010 TPS Bursary scheme. We will be providing details of this year’s scheme, so come along and find out all about it, and hear from some of the young professionals who have benefitted from the scheme in the past.

• Sam Wright, TfL – Planners are from Venus, Transport Engineers are from Mars. How can we get them to work together on Earth? (2006)
• Chris Mason, Hyder Consulting – Peak Oil and the effect it might have on transport usage and transport planning (2008)
• Niall Baker, MVA – Sustainable Transport: Securing Jobs (2009)
• Ian Bruce, MVA – Impact of the recession on the case for High Speed Rail (2009)

TPS Members free with membership card. Non-members £10, payable on the evening.  Priority will be given to TPS members. 

Please register early by emailing info@tps.org.uk with your name, organisation, telephone number and, if you are a TPS member, your TPS membership number.  Alternatively, click here for a downloadable form and return it to: Transport Planning Society, 1 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA. Or by fax to: 020 7799 1325. 

We are very grateful to MVA for hosting the event, and for supporting their staff in taking part in the TPS bursary scheme.