Case Studies

Jayne Black

Having graduated in Geography from Lancaster University in 1997, Jayne Black found what she felt was the perfect job, as a Transport Planning Technician with Stoke-on-Trent City Council. “I had always been interested in environmental issues, and felt that this was a job where I could actually make a difference”. read more

Laura Cannell

Laura Cannell completed a geography degree at Lancaster University in 2004. The undergraduate course included some planning modules that particularly interested her and encouraged her to pursue a career that would allow her to expand this interest. read more

Becky Gray

Becky graduated from the University of Bristol in 2002 with a BSc in Economics and, after some time travelling in Australia, joined the Transport for London, TfL Transport Planning graduate scheme in 2003. As part of the scheme, she completed a Masters at Imperial and University Colleges London, studying part time over two years read more

Roger Himlin

Roger, whose first degree is an undergraduate Master’s in Physics from Manchester University, began working in the transport field almost by accident in 2002. Having applied for a job that required a mechanical engineering degree on an off chance, he was told that there was a different vacancy that would be more suitable and he ended up working as a traffic modeller for Capita Symonds in Carlisle. read more

Thibault Henry

“Had I been told three years ago that I would be now be working as a Transport Planner in London I would not have believed it!” When Thibault Henry started studying civil engineering in France, he did not know his career would take a very different turn to his colleagues. For his last year, he took the opportunity to study in the UK as part of the Erasmus Programme and decided to widen his engineering bckground by joining the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle University in September 2005, and that led to him successfully completing a Masters in Transport Engineering and Operations. read more

Jim Peacock

Jim Peacock, who has a first degree in Modern European Studies from UCL, studied for a Masters in Transport Planning and Management at the University of Westminster, where he completed his studies in 1998, having chosen for researched his dissertation Local Public Transport in the Former GDR, which involved him in detailed survey, analysis and appraisal of the public transport systems in the cities of Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden. read more

Amy Tigg

Having graduated with a joint Geography and Economics degree from Glasgow University, Amy Tigg worked within Network Rail’s Scottish Track Renewals Department. But, after three years with Network Rail, Amy decided that she wanted to broaden her career horizons while remaining in transport. “Having a couple of friends who had recently undertaken Masters courses in Transport Planning and who were happily employed in the industry, I decided to investigate further. " read more