Transport
Sponsored by Dr Simon Norton
This award is for campaigners working anywhere in the UK to improve access, create sustainable, integrated solutions and/or help change the way people think about transport to meet the challenges of our time.
While any transport campaigner who meets the criteria is welcome to apply, we are keen to broaden the take up of this award and increase applications from those campaigning on issues or in areas that have been under-represented in previous years. This includes, for example, rural buses and railway lines; aviation; traffic levels; integrated transport strategies; and improving access to the countryside.
Winner
Eugene Ring
‘Opening of Baguley Halt, Wythenshawe’ - Wythenshawe Railway Action Group
Eugene is campaigning with others to open a rail halt at Baguley, Wythenshawe. Having spent most of his life in Wythenshawe, and having volunteered locally and worked with young people, Eugene has witnessed their social isolation from their peers in more affluent areas caused by them being “off the track” or “bus trapped”.
Finalists
Steven Dymond
‘Free Bus Travel for Adults with a Learning Disability’ - Cornwall People First
Steven campaigns as Chair of Cornwall People First, a charity run by and for adults with a learning disability. He is challenging Cornwall Council's changes to the free bus passes issued to all adults with a learning disability, who can now only travel free after 9.30am. This impacts on people's independence and imposes higher costs as well. The campaign also aims to challenge the poor local bus service.
Chris Dale
‘Cheshire Campaign for Better Transport’ - TravelWatch NorthWest
Chris campaigns with Cheshire CBT and TravelWatch NorthWest to change the way that public transport users are treated and served by operators and Local Transport Authorities. Many operators fail to recognise what their passengers want and enforce corporate ideas on local operations. Chris wants transport to be seen not as a single issue, but as one that is connected to many areas of concern and planning.
Award Judges
Stephen Joseph
Stephen became the executive director of Campaign for Better Transport in 1988. His transport policy expertise is widely regarded, and he is regularly called to serve as a governmental advisor. He has led numerous successful policy campaigns, is frequently quoted by the national press, and is a regular author of research and opinion pieces.
He was awarded the OBE in 1996 for services to transport and the environment, In 2008 he was honoured with a PTRC Lifetime Achievement Award 'for furthering the role of transport planning in sociey'.
Vaughan Lindsay
Vaughan has been Chief Executive of the Dartington Hall Trust since February 2004. The Trust is committed to helping people realise inspired ideas through several strands of activity, from the arts and education to ecology, social research and commercial enterprise.
After graduating from Oxford University with a BA in Geography and obtaining an MSc in Demography from the London School of Economics, Vaughan went to work for Procter & Gamble, though moved quickly to the Kings Fund where he was sponsored through an MBA at the London Business School. His next move was to join Sheila at Shelter, spending six years as Director of Resources, before becoming Deputy Director of NCVO. Headhunted by the internationally renowned strategic management consultancy McKinsey while at NCVO, Vaughan then spent six years advising blue chip organisations on their strategy, marketing and sales. He is married with a daughter and lives in Devon.
Simon Norton
Simon is a mathematician at Cambridge University with a particular interest in sustainable transport. He is also Co-Coordinator of the Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk branch of Transport 2000, the national environmental transport campaign.
