Professor John Parkin

• Qualifications:BSc (Eng) (Hons) ACGI (Imperial) MSc (Salford) PhD (Leeds) PGCE (Bolton) CEng FICE FCIHT FCILT FHEA
• Position:Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering
• Department:FET - Geography and Environmental Management
• Telephone:+4411732 86367
• Email:John.Parkin@uwe.ac.uk

About me

I worked for consulting engineers before joining academia, and after being Deputy Director of the Centre for Transport and Society, I am now Emeritus Professor of Transport Engineering. 

Area of expertise

I have been involved in all stages of the promotion of transport schemes including policy formulation, modelling and forecasting, operational analysis and economic appraisal, design and construction, and evaluation. I have experience across all modes of transport and have a particular interest in cycling. I have written 'Designing for cycle traffic'.

I have led teams undertaking quantitative and qualitative empirical research and evaluations of sustainable transport interventions and autonomous vehicle trials. My work explores the links between infrastructure design and user behaviour. A specialism is street design, with an emphasis on human-scale mobility. Research includes e-scooter safety, side road crossing user behaviour, eye movement of cyclists; passing distances; pedestrian and cyclists trust in autonomous vehicles real-world trials. I have been involved in writing Designing for cycle traffic, DMRB CD195, Local Transport Note 1/20, the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans Technical Guidance, and the forthcoming Manual for Streets 3.

Commissioner on the North Wales Transport Commission (2022 to 2023)

Panellist on the Welsh Roads Review Panel (2021 to 2022).

Chair of the Universities' Transport Study Group (2019 to 2022)

Department for Transport Walking and Cycling Infrastructure group (2014 to date)

Editor, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers Municipal Engineer (2012 to 2016)

Member of the Joint Board of Moderators (2010 to 2016, and continue as an assessor.

Chair of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation Individual Route Assessment Panel (2017 to 2021).

Publications

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