Four members have been awarded bursaries following the submission of their papers in December and their presentations to the Board in January under the theme of 'A harder edge for soft measures: what can we do to encourage and accommodate all transport users?'. They are:

• Katie Clarke (Transport Planning Associates) - Why is it so hard to be soft? How perceptions of effectiveness and acceptance of measures can be improved to encourage smarter travel;
• Rebecca Fishburn (Atkins) - Reaching the target audience: how can we encourage increased mode shift if our surveys are biased towards those already using smarter modes?
• James Gleave (Central Bedfordshire Council) - Helmets, a help or hindrance when promoting cycling?
• Helen Jones (MVA Consultancy) - London 2012: a platform for a successful behaviour change programme?

The Board agreed that £500 bursaries should be awarded to each and that Rebecca Fishburn should be given the TPS Bursary Paper of the Year Award (Rebecca is pictured below receiving the award from Keith Buchan at the Annual General Meeting).

The papers are now available by clicking on the name of the paper above.

We will be inviting further bursary applications later this year - more details are on the bursary page.