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Transport Planning Society

Keith Buchan
15 July 2011
Keith Buchan is chair of the Transport Planning Society and director of consultancy MTRU, the Metropolitan Transport Research Unit.
Keith Buchan is chair of the Transport Planning Society and director of consultancy MTRU, the Metropolitan Transport Research Unit.

 

“So, what do you do?”

Like many LTT readers, if I’m asked this question at a social event I say, “I’m a transport planner”. This usually produces one of two reactions. The first is slight bewilderment, since many people cannot believe anyone has actually planned the transport system; the second is a mild (or sometimes not so mild) complaint such as “you’re the bloke that stops me parking my car”.

But what does it really mean to be a...

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