Inspiring the Next Generation: CIHT and BCoE Explore Careers in the Bus Sector  

In the latest 'Transport Talks' podcast episode, the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) has worked in partnership with the Bus Centre of Excellence (BCoE) to explore how to inspire the next generation and explore careers in the bus sector.  Featuring an interview with extremely experienced transport professional Leon Daniels who shares his insights on how to attract and retain talent in the bus sector.

From Accidental Entry to Industry Leadership Leon Daniels, Chair of the BCoE Advisory Board and former Managing Director of Surface Transport at Transport for London, joined CIHT’s Justin Ward to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the industry. 

With a career spanning the UK, Hong Kong, and the USA, Daniels brought a global perspective to the conversation. Leon Daniels candidly shared that his own entry into the bus industry was accidental, evolving from a publishing role into sightseeing and eventually London’s tendered bus market. While not a recommended route, his story underscores the importance of seizing opportunities and finding passion in unexpected places.

Phil Jones helped make history after the Welsh Parliament passed a resolution to introduce a national 20 mph default speed limit. Phil chaired the Welsh 20mph Task Force Group which led to this change.

Kate Carpenter is a Road Safety Professional passionate about evidence/intelligence for casualty prevention and public health through road design, operation and network management.  Kate has given evidence to Select Committee hearings on road safety.

Both are valued CIHT members. 

Justin Ward interviews Phil Jones and Kate Carpenter about the lessons of the 20mph speed limit in Wales

In this latest episode of CIHT’s podcast “Transport Talks” we spoke to Rebecca Paramor, CIHT Emerging Professional of the Year 2024/25, Site Engineer, Morgan Sindall, and Grace Prendergast, Carbon Analyst, FM Conway, role model for the Highways Sector Council Ways of Life Campaign.

Rebecca and Grace take us through:
· Varying routes into the sector
· The plethora of opportunities available
· The direct role that their skills and aspirations have in future proofing the sector
· How to change perceptions of the sector and attract skilled young professionals to the sector
Listen to the podcast to discover insights from two of our emerging professionals around just how emerging professionals can and do shape the future of the transport system.

In the latest episode of CIHT’s Transport Talks, sponsored by AtkinsRealis, experts Simon Shapcott, Net Zero Director, and Jo Bacon, Social and Behavioural Science Technical Director, dive into the pressing impacts of climate change on transport systems.

This podcast explores an insight into TRICS - the system of multi-modal trip generation analysis for developments in the UK and Ireland.  The podcast provides unique insights into work developed by TRICS that tells us how trips have changed over time and how this is reshaping the landscape - from drive thrus increasing to shifts in supermarket shopping trends.

Featuring an interview with Ian Coles is Managing Director at TRICS Consortium Limited.

Ian has worked on the TRICS project for almost 34 years, having first encountered it upon joining JMP as a Technical Assistant in 1991. He went on to eventually be the TRICS Project Manager for some 20 years, with this role continuing upon TRICS becoming an independent Limited Company in January 2015 (and about to celebrate 10 years as such in 2025). In 2023 he became Project Director and was appointed Managing Director in September 2024.
Ian’s TRICS project milestones through his career include the introduction of Multi-Modal surveys in 2000, the implementation of Standardised Assessment Methodology (SAM) surveys for monitoring developments with Travel Plans in 2005, delivering TRICS as a live web application in 2007, and the TRICS 7 system upgrade and redesign in 2013. Along the way he has seen much change in the industry and has ensured that TRICS continues to adapt, evolve and innovate to meet the needs of its users, also known as the TRICS Community. More recent and ongoing work has been directing the commission of TRICS 8, which is a major system upgrade and redesign (currently under development), plus the further integration of TRICS with Vision Led Transport Planning.

Listen in as we dive into the Institution’s transformative EDI journey, from acknowledging the importance of diversity to embedding inclusion into professional practice as one of CIHT’s three overarching themes.

In this episode of Transport Talks, CIHT's podcast, we speak to Dr. Lalitha Krishnamoorthy, AI and Digital Lead at Stantec,  about how Ai can play a vital role in shaping the futur eof transport.

In this episode of Transport Talks we talked to Emmanuel Afolabi, founder of the FestHub, a community organisation founded in 2021 to inspire young people into Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM) through innovative programmes that make a career in STEM an attractive choice.