Transport Economists’ Group
Formed in 1973, the Group provides a forum for people involved in transport economics to meet regularly and discuss matters of mutual interest. Membership is open to both economists working in transport and all others whose work is connected with transport economics. The aim of the Group is to improve the quality of transport management, planning and decision making by promoting lectures, discussions and publications related to the economics of transport and of the environment within which the industry functions.
NOTICE OF AGM
The 2025 AGM will be held on Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 17:00 GMT ONLINE.
The Agenda and papers can be found at TEG AGM.
Details of past AGMs can be found here at Annual Reports & Accounts.
Members who wish to attend should register by clicking on the link below to send us an email before 18:00 GMT on Tuesday 25 March 2025.
I wish to attend the March TEG AGM at 17:00 GMT
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Meeting Wednesday 26 March 2025 at 18:00 to 19:30 GMT
Ian Palmer and Tom Sansom of Transport for Greater Manchester will speak on Bus franchising in Greater Manchester: economics of the case for franchising and early transport outcomes.
Ian Palmer is Head of Modelling and Analysis at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) (formerly Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE)) and leads the economic appraisal behind the Greater Manchester capital programme. He has been the driving force behind the modelling and appraisal of various transport funds for the city region. More recently, Ian played a leading role in the delivery of the economic and financial aspects of the bus franchising case for Greater Manchester. Prior to joining TfGM/GMPTE, Ian worked as a consultant at MVA on large model systems and as a researcher into modelling traveller choice behaviour at ITS Leeds.
Tom Sansom is an Evaluation Officer at TfGM, specialising in the monitoring and evaluation of the transport outcomes and wider impacts or a full range of initiatives across the spectrum of modes in Greater Manchester. With bus as the main form of public transport in Greater Manchester, Tom has a longstanding interest in corralling evidence to improve the area’s bus services and infrastructure. Before working at GMPTE, Tom was employed by Halcrow Fox as an economist and by ITS Leeds as a researcher on the externalities and pricing of travel systems.
After introducing the chronology of bus franchising developments in Greater Manchester, our talk will focus on economic and financial aspects of case making in developing the assessment of the bus franchising proposals. It will conclude with some insights on the performance of the bus network in the city region in relation to reliability and punctuality, plus early findings on overall bus patronage trends.
Please register to attend by clicking on the link below to send us an email before 18:00 GMT on Tuesday 25 March 2025. It will help if you can also include your name and position and whether you are a TEG member.
I wish to attend the March TEG meeting at 18:00 GMT
(Alternatively, email with Subject “I wish to attend the March TEG meeting at 18:00 GMT” to Attendance@transecongroup.org)
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