Consultants

Dr Steven Cassidy, BA (Hons) DipEP PhD CMILT

Director

My favourite city: Barcelona

My favourite way to travel: Train + my kids + bottle wine

Currently working on: Developing "25 products to change the (mobility) world".  Helping Scotland become a smartcities world leader.  Trying to develop a solution which will help my Mum and Dad stay mobile.  Also developing the Mobility Index and co-supervisor of Sara on her PhD research at St Andrews.

Fiona Blackley, MA (Hons) MSc MCIHT MILT

Principal Consultant

My favourite City: Edinburgh

My favourite way to travel: Sled pulled by husky dogs

Favourite weblink right now: Guardian Datablog

Currently working on: Carrying out research into the links between transport and tourism for our EC project Renaissance. Planning and delivering a bespoke training programme on Prioritisation Frameworks for the Department of Regional Development in Northern Ireland.

Matthew Hanrahan, BEng (Civil) Dip. Arts

Principal Consultant

My favourite city:  Seville

My favourite way to travel: Cross-country train

Currently working on: Project management of the development of a Transport Master Plan for the Holy Cities of Makkah and Medinah.

Umberto Pernice, BSc, MBA

Senior Project Manager

Favourite City: Vancouver and Rome

Favourite way to travel: Any boat, my new bike

Currently working on: Business Development and RTD activities in the Smart Cities and Smart Moblity field.

Bethan Garner, MA (Hons)

Principal Consultant

My favourite city: St Andrews, Scotland

My favourite way to travel: Downhill Skiing

Favourite weblink right now: bethlikes.com

Currently working on: Encouraging people to walk more within their commutes

Ralph Anderson, BSc (Hons) MSc

Senior Consultant

My favourite city: Edinburgh (although Barcelona and Munich are fighting hard for the spot)

My favourite way to travel: Kayak/ Legs/ Snowboard

Favourite Weblink at the Moment: Tough Mudder UK

Currently working on: A final push on the RENAISSANCE CIVITAS+ project to complete the final deliverables of this four year project. In particular the evaluation of dissemination and exploitation efforts on the project and the synthesis of recommendations for future scientific research.

Anna Rothnie, BSc (Hons)

Consultant

My favourite city:  Edinburgh

The coolest way to travel: On my little feet

Favourite weblink right now: BBC News (specifically the historic timeline in lunch breaks)

Currently working on: Research for projects mainly relating to health and walking/cycling such as: SBRI walking app, an innovative cycling technology and a proposal for the Public Health Research Programme.

Lisa Lynch,

Junior Consultant

My favourite city:  Edinburgh

The coolest way to travel: Motorbike

Favourite weblink right now: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/admissions/ug/

Currently working on: Monthly management accounts. Illustrative product/service design for Metro Vancouver. Assisting in finalising Case Studies and Project Financial Reporting for the RENAISSANCE CIVITAS+ project.

Diane Louise McDonald, BA(Hons) PG Dip

Office Manager

My favourite city: Barcelona

My favourite way to travel: Chairlift up a snowy mountain

Currently working on: preparing management accounts and archiving.

Sara Tilley, BSc (Hons) MA

Ph.D student

My favourite city: Amsterdam

My favourite way to travel: Train

Currently working on: My Ph.D which examines the travel behaviour of population groups in associated with the 'second demographic transition' such as the elderly population and single parents.

Favourite weblink right now: Straight Statistics

Dr George Hazel, BSc MSc PhD FCIHT MICE FCILT OBE

External Consultant

My favourite city: Edinburgh

My favourite way to travel: Cycling

Currently working on: Presentation for CUTA 2012 talking about how to capture land value increase around transit stations. Also working on a paper for the IPI Conference in Pheonix in June where I will be talking about the application of the Transport Retail Model to the future of parking. We have been developing products that are the practical outputs form our analysis of the future of mobility based on retailing principles.  Just presented a paper on Sustainable Cities in Erbil, Kurdistan.

Favourite weblink right now: Pricetags blog