TPS Members who commit to working to the professional standards required under the Society’s Code of Professional Conduct will become Registered Members of TPS and be permitted to use MTPS as post-nominals. Designated Members, who are already committed to complying with the Code of Professional Conduct will also be able to use MTPS, as well as TPP, as post-nominals.

It is conventional practice that post-nominals for membership of learned societies and professional institutions come after academic and professional qualification, Chris Jones BA TPP MTPS, or for example.

The use of MTPS will help identify them in their work as transport planners, as well as raising the profile of transport planning as a profession.

The Code of Professional Conduct requires Registered and Designated Members to:

• ensure that they acquire, and use wisely and faithfully, the knowledge that is relevant to their work in the service of others;
• adopt the highest standards of professional conduct, openness, fairness and honesty;
• give due weight to all relevant law, facts, published guidance, best practice, and the wider public interest; and,
• be aware of the issues that transport planning activities and outcomes raise for society, and listen to the aspirations and concerns of others.

In addition, members must accept the Society’s disciplinary process should there be any complaint about their alleged failure to comply with the Rules of Professional Conduct.

There will be no extra subscription but those member wanting to use MTPS as a post-nominal must sign an undertaking that they have read, have understood and will comply with the Code of Professional Conduct, and ensure that their subscription is fully paid.

A copy of the Code of Professional Conduct can be downloaded by clicking here, and a Registered Membership form is now available by clicking here. For further information contact the Society at info@tps.org.uk.