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Higginson Martin Peter
5 The Avenue, Clifton, York,YO30 6 AS
(+44) 01904 63 67 04 / 62 79 27
Mobile (+44) 079 80 87 41 26
www.martinhigginson.co.uk
mhrc@waitrose.com
British
22/10/1946
Male
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Dates
1/3/2005 - present
1 Proprietor, Independent Business
2 Associate Member, Institute of Railway Studies, York University and National Railway
Museum, 2009 - present
Procuring and undertaking consultancy and research on rail, bus and integrated public transport
policies, commercial strategies, economics, regulation, operation and history
Martin Higginson Transport Research & Consultancy
5 The Avenue
Clifton, York, YO30 6AS
Transport research and consultancy
2006-14
Visiting Fellow, Transport Operations Research Group, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
17/6/2002 – 30/4/2005
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Principal Transport Planner
Procuring, managing and carrying out consultancy in public transport policies, planning, operations
and economics
Corus Rail Consultancy
PO Box 298
York
YO1 6YH
Railway consultancy
1999 - 14/6/2002
Head of Public Transport
Procuring, managing and carrying out research and consultancy in public transport policies,
economics, operations and planning
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Main activities and responsibilities
Transport Research Laboratory (TRL)
Crowthorne House
Nine Mile Ride
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG40 3GA
Transport research and consultancy
1993 - 1999
Economic Adviser
Preparing and presenting economic, statistical and policy advice; procuring and undertaking
research; managing economics and light rail committees
Confederation of Passenger Transport UK (CPT)
Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UN
National public transport trade association
1992 - 1993
Research & Development Officer
Carrying out research into consumer-related aspects of public transport in London
London Regional Passengers Committee - [now LondonTravelWatch]
Statutory consumer representative body
1991 - 1993
Lecturer, Economics and Business
Lecturing to American study-abroad undergraduate students on European economics, microeconomics and business management
Name and address of employer
Regents College
Regents Park
London
Type of business or sector
Higher education
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Name and address of employer
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Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
1983 – 1990
London Transport Senior Lecturer
Lecturing, course design and management, research, consultancy, research supervision;
presentation of annual London Transport Lectures
Birkbeck College and University College London
Higher education
1978 – 1983
Senior Research Fellow
Research and consultancy in public transport economics, regulation, finance, policies and planning
Transport Studies Group
Polytechnic of Central London
[now University of Westminster]
Higher education
Education and training
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1968 - 1972
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Title of qualification awarded
Principal subjects/Occupational skills
covered
BA Hons Business Studies (Transport)
Economics, Accountancy, Mathematics, Statistics, Law, Business, Policies, German; with particular
reference to transport
Name and type of organisation
providing education and training
City of London Polytechnic
[now London Metropolitan University]
Level in national or international
classification
2-II
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covered
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providing education and training
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providing education and training
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covered
1978 - 1987
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Thesis: The efficiency of British urban bus operation and its financing
Polytechnic of Central London
[now University of Westminster]
1991 - 1993
Kleines Deutsches Sprachdiplom
German language and literature
1972 – Present
Fellow 1995-Present
(Member 1972-95)
Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport
1991-96
Assessor, Road Passenger Transport (1986-91 Examiner)
1992, 1996, 2013 Henry Spurrier Travelling Scholarships
1995-96
Chairman, Metropolitan Section
1999-2000
Interchanges Working Group [Report Joining up the journey]
2001-03
Road Charging Working Group
2007- Present Chairman, North East England Policy Committee
2010- Present
Bus & Coach Forum; Strategic Rail Policy Group
Personal skills and
competences
Mother tongue(s)
English
Other language(s)
Self-assessment
European level
Understanding
Listening
(*)
Reading
Speaking
Spoken interaction
Writing
Spoken production
French
B2
C1
B2
C1
C1
German
C1
C1
C1
C1
C2
(*)
Social skills and competences
Organisational skills and
competences
Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
Get on with people from all walks of life
Extensive team leadership experience
Patience and perseverance
Heading professional and academic teams and organisations
Business organisation, planning, appraisal and management
Technical skills and competences
Project planning and management
Research
Quantitative and qualitative analysis
Comprehensive knowledge of and multi-faceted, mult-modal experience in public transport industry
Computer skills and competences
Word processing, spread sheets, presentations, data bases, photographic, use of Internet
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Artistic skills and competences
Other skills and competences
Driving licence(s)
Annexes
Skilled transport photographer, exhibiting at National Railway Museum 2005-06. Amateur painter,
participant in occasional classes
Proficient in French and German, with regular opportunity to practice skills through International
Public Transport (UITP) committee membership and international research and consultancy
Clean UK Driving Licence, Categories A, GH
1. Principal research and consultancy contracts
2. Main publications
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Annex 1
Principal research and consultancy assignments
1978-1989
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY CONTRACTS
1978-1982
ILEA, SSRC. The efficiency of British urban bus operators
1980
Sports Council. Public transport access to rural sports facilities
1982
Merthyr Tydfil Borough Council, Review of the transport undertaking (with MVA Consultancy)
1982-1983
National Consumer Council. Public transport fares and subsidies
1982-1983
SSRC. Alternative policies for financing public transport
1984
Bristol University. Transport Policy for elected members.
1984-1987
London Transport. LRT bus service tendering; the activities and intentions of independent operators.
1985-1986
Local Government Training Board. Implications of impending legislative change: operational needs of management.
1987
Tecnecon for Thames Water. Public transport aspects of the Thames tideway study.
1987-1989
TRRL. Tourist coaches in London.
1989
Resolution Pty, Canberra for Bus & Coach Association of Queensland. The future provision of Brisbane’s bus services:
options for change.
1993-1999
CONFEDERATION OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT
1993
The potential impact of VAT on bus fares. Submission to HM Treasury.
1994
Fuel duty rebate: the impact of the Autumn 1993 Budget.
1995
Perspective on the structure of the bus industry: deregulation to 2000
1995
Park and ride bus services: opportunities and prospects
1996
Fuel duty rebate Submission to HM Treasury
1998
Impact of the two year experimental ban on coaches in the outside lane of motorways. Paper to Department of Transport
1998
Trans-Pennine Public Transport. Review for presentation to Government Office for the North West
Annual
Pre-Budget submission to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
1999-2002
TRL
Stage two report: a study of traffic demand into and out of Lisbon. (1999) for Lusoponte Lisboa
Purbeck integrated transport study (2000) (with TR&IN Consultancy) for Purbeck Heritage Committee, Dorset
Feasibility study for Passenger Auto Trans, St.Petersburg, Russia: Expansion of commercial activity (2000) (with
International Capital Partnerships Ltd and Linklaters CIS)
All England Public Transport Information Plan [PTI2000]: Independent evaluation of state of readiness (2000), for
DETR
An assessment of potential Park & Ride sites in Birmingham and other UK locations for the Volvo Mobility Concept
(2000) for Volvo Mobility Systems
Blackburn Bus Study (2000) for Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Real Time Public Transport Information and Intelligent Bus Priority Scheme (2001) for Surrey County Council
Demand for Public Transport (2000-2002) Manager, EPSRC LINK FIT project for new edition of the 1980 TRRL ‘Black
Book’, published 2004
Cost of transport in the European Union in order to estimate and assess the marginal costs of the use of
transport (2001) for European Commission
North Staffordshire LRT Pre-Feasibility Study (2000-2001) for City of Stoke on Trent Council
Multi-Modal Transport information (2001) Project for Highways Agency
Hastings Multi-Modal Study (2001) Review for Countryside Agency
Filling the Gap (2001) Review of proposed intermediate bus service for Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Best Value Review of Bus Subsidies (2001) for Greater Manchester PTE
Improving Interchange and Access to Selected Stations within the London South Central Area, including
accommodating Cross River Tram (2001-2002) for Cross River Partnership
2002-05
CORUS RAIL
Dodworth (Barnsley) proposed new station and Park & Ride site, 2002-03 for Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Derby Station Access Study, 2002-03 (with Colin Buchanan & Partners) for Derby City Council
Edinburgh Waverley Redevelopment – Rail Operational Planning Study, 2002-03 for Railtrack Scotland
Birkenhead Tramway Development, 2003 (with Colin Buchanan & Partners) for Birkenhead 2020 Vision
Northern Rail Franchise: Advice to Bidders: preparation of revised advice, 2003 for Rail Passengers Committee for
North Eastern England
Adviser on public transport operation and regulation for expansion of commercial bus services, St.Petersburg,
2003 for TRL
Adviser on strategic public transport policies and scheme development,2003 to City of York Council. Projects:

Review of transport implications of proposed major development on a brownfield site in the City Centre

Preparation of rural transport strategy
Short Term Priorities and Strategic Direction for Surface Access to London's Airports,2003 (with SKM) for
Transport for London
Kildare Route Project, 2003-04 for Iarnrod Eireann (Irish Rail): transport planning and inter-modal interchange aspects
Chiltern Railways, 2003 Evergreen Phase 2 Operational Review for Strategic Rail Authority.
EU Voyager Project: High Quality Public Transport for 2020, 2002-04 Expert Adviser on bus and coach industry
EU HiTrans Project, 2003-05: Public Transport for Medium-sized cities in the North Sea Region, with Interfleet
Technology
Desborough Station feasibility and Park & Ride studies, 2003-04: for Corus Property
Chorley Buckshaw Village station, 2004 for Lancashire County Council
Route re-opening feasibility studies:

Luton-Dunstable, 2004 for Dunstable Town Council
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York-Beverley, 2004 for Carl Bro

Borders Rail, 2004 for Waverley Route Trust
Regional Planning Assessment for North East England, 2004 for Strategic Rail Authority
Transport Integration Opportunities in the Katowice Region, Poland, 2004 with PRKB, for the Marshall of Silesia
Response to SRA consultation on the ECML Route Utilisation Strategy and Franchise Replacement, 2004 for Rail
Passengers Council
Optimisation of Norwich-Ely train service, 2004-05: for Rail Passenger Committee for Eastern England
Evaluation of route capacity and timetabling aspects of ECML franchise bid, 2005 for GNER
2005-
MARTIN HIGGINSON TRANSPORT RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY
Network Rail, 2005, with Corus: Chitts Hill level crossing closure proposal
Tyne Valley Community Rail Partnership, Nexus and Northumberland County Council, 2005: Tyne Valley Rail Study
Middlehaven Ultra Light Rail Consortium, 2005, with Newcastle University: Middlehaven Ultra Light Rail proposal
review
Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History (National Railway Museum and University of York), 2005:
Mapping Bus Services
Institute of Railway Studies & Transport History (National Railway Museum and University of York), 2005: The end
of tramways in York and London
Iarnrod Eireann [Irish Rail], 2005-06, with Corus: Kildare Rail Project: Accessibility Evaluation
European Commission, 2006-07, with Interfleet Technology: The impact of possible technical harmonisation
initiatives addressing the urban rail sector
Confederation of Passenger Transport UK, 2006: Potential impact of London Low Emission Zone on coaches
Confederation of Passenger Transport UK, 2006: Coach Industry Prospectus
Confidential study for a potential market entrant, 2006: Review of ticketing equipment suppliers
Bus & Coach Professional, 2006: Review of York ftr bus service
Rail Safety & Standards Board, 2006, with JMP Consulting: Good practice in station adoption schemes
Confidential study for commercial client , 2006: Review of myki smart-card ticketing project, Victoria, Australia
Roads & Road Transport History Association, conference 2006: The Evolution of Municipal Trading
Department for Transport, 2007, with Momenta: Safe and Fuel-Efficient Driving [SAFED]: Feasibility Study for Buses
and Coaches – Research and Development of Good Practice Guide
North East Assembly, 2007, with Independent Rail Consultancy Group: Morpeth – Bedlington Rail Service
Feasibility Study
National Railway Museums, UK and Sierra Leone, 2007: development of link between National Railway Museum, UK
and Sierra Leone National Railway Museum, to identify SL museum's needs for collaborative assistance
Newcastle University, 2007 – 13: Postgraduate teaching, MSc Transport: Characteristics of Public Transport Systems;
Economic & Environmental Assessment of Transport Systems; postgraduate research supervision and examination
Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company Translink, 2007-8: Advisor:
Bus Companies: Key Performance Indicators Review
Northern Ireland Railways: Benchmarking comparison with mainland British Train Operating Companies
London TravelWatch, 2007: London Underground PPP Review: Submission for House of Commons Transport
Committee
Gerson Lehrman Group, 2008- ongoing: Confidential investment advice to finance houses and analysts from the the
UK, USA, Germany, Spain, Austria, Australia, Singapore on UK and multinational transport industries: bus; railway
signalling equipment; organisation, financing and regulation; market outlook
EC Marie Curie Actions, STaR City Programme, 2008: Tourism and its transport implications in an Eco-Town, Obidos,
Portugal
Passenger Focus, 2008: Penistone Line Tram Train Trial: Research Methodology
Dundee University, 2008, with Newcastle University: An inclusive digital economy supporting older and disabled
people and other disenfranchised groups
Roads & Road Transport History Association, 2008-: Editor, Companion to Public Road Transport History in Great
Britain and Ireland
Embassy of Switzerland in the United Kingdom and Presence Switzerland, with Passenger Transport Networks,
2008-14: Urban Transport and Rail Industry Comparisons Workshops and Study Tour Programmes, London and Berne
Association of Community Rail Partnerships, with Independent Rail Consultancy Group, 2009: The Value of Rail
Volunteering
World Bank, for Ministry of Roads, Transport & Bridges, Sudan and Sudan Railways Corporation, with David
Coughtrie Associates, 2009: Options for Enhancing Private Sector Participation in the Provision of Rail Operations in
Sudan
European Commission, 2009-10: LINK European Forum for Intermodal Passenger Travel, UK/Ireland National Focus
Point
Association of Local Bus Managers (ALBUM), 2010-11: Adviser: Competition Commission Investigation into the
Supply of Bus Services; Department for Transport Concessionary Fares inquiry; Parliamentary Inquiry into Local Buses
BBC4 Time Shift Series, 2010: Historical Adviser, The Golden Age of the Coach
Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company Translink, 2010-: Strategic Transport Adviser
Norfolk Green, 2011: Response to Government's Red Tape Challenge
Nexus (Tyne & Wear PTE), 2011: Evaluation and advice on Quality Assurance Monitoring
Transport for London, with AA DriveTech, 2011-14: Bus Driver Quality Monitoring
Vienna University of Economics & Business (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien), 2011-2: Adviser, Intermodal
Transportation Solutions Project
Association of Local Bus Managers (ALBUM), 2012: Preparation of Submission to House of Commons Transport
Committee Inquiry into the Competition Commission Local Bus Market Investigation
Spanish Association of Bus Operators (ATUC), Annual Conference 2012: Seminar presentation The Funding of
Public Transport in the UK
Norfolk Green / Association of Local Bus Company Managers (ALBUM), 2012: The Impact of Competition on the
Demand for Local Bus Services
Association of Local Bus Managers (ALBUM), 2012-continuing in 2015: Retained Adviser, Consultation Responses
FSR European University Institute, Florence, 2013: 3rd European Urban Transport Regulation Forum: Presentation
Tendering Entire Urban Public Transport Networks
Portland Fuel Trading Co Ltd, 2013-14: International Market Development
Keolis Downer Australia, 2014: Sydney Light Rail proposal
Quebec Urban Transport Association (ATUQ), Montreal (conference, 2014): Economic spinoffs generated by the
workplace parking levies in the city of Nottingham
Transportøkonomisk Forening (TØF) (Danish Transport Economists’ Association), 2014-5: UK Study Tours:
Community Rail, 2014 and Park & Ride, 2015 (forthcoming)
West Lindsey District Council, Lincolnshire (with Social Research Associates, 2015): A review of Rural Transport
provision across the district of West Lindsey
UITP/United Nations, Russia, 2015 (forthcoming): Training course on public transport finance and funding
Annex 2
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
Higginson M (1980) On the buses: municipal bus operation under contrasting policies. Transport Studies Group, Polytechnic of Central, London.
Higginson M & White PR (1982) The efficiency of British urban bus operators. Transport Studies Group, Polytechnic of Central London.
Higginson M (1984) Buses after ‘Buses’: possible implications of the 1984 White Papers. Department of Extra-Mural Studies, University of London.
Higginson M (1986) London Regional Transport bus service tendering: the activities and intentions of independent bus and coach operators.
Department of Extra-Mural Studies, University of London.
Higginson M (1987) Competition and London’s bus service. In Transport UK 1987, Policy Journals Ltd, Newbury.
Higginson M & Cloke P (ed) (1990) An introduction to international transport deregulation. Deregulation and transport, David Felton Publishers,
London.
Higginson M (1991) Deregulate: who dares? International conference. ‘Competition and ownership of bus and coach services’, Macquarie
University, New South Wales, Australia: reprinted in Transport Planning and Technology, vol,. 15, 185-201.
Higginson M & Marshall AN (1991) Tourist Coaches in London. Contractors report 185. Transport and Road Research Laboratory.
Higginson M (1993) Tramway London: background to the abandonment of London’s trams, 1931-1952 (ed). Birkbeck College, University of London,
with London Transport Museum.
Higginson M & Scott-Hellewell D (1994) Investment in public and private transport. Public transport in the commercial world, CICC Publications.
Higginson M (1994) Maria took our bus: how about you? An investigation of policies and practices for tourist coaches in major European cities.
Report to Chartered Institute of Transport.
Higginson M (1995) Terminals and interchanges: success and failures, whys and wherefores. Paper to PTRC seminar on the Planning and Design
of Terminals and Interchanges.
Higginson M, McConville & Sheldrake J (eds) (1995) Recent development in urban transport. Transport in transition: the UK and European
experience. Avebury.
Higginson M (1996) The impact of changes in value added tax on public transport Public Transport International, vol.45, 1996/5 September.
Higginson M (1997) Towards fair and efficient pricing in transport: policy options for internalising the external costs of transport in the European
Union. Paper to European Commission, reprinted in proceedings, The Chartered Institute of Transport in the UK, vol. 6, No. 2 June.
Higginson M, Hey K & Shledrake J (eds) (1997) Investing in transport: who pays? Urban Transport, Ashgate.
Higginson M (1998) Interchange theory and practice in Britain. Paper to UITP International Conference on Intermodal Interchange, Vienna
Higginson M (1999) Alternative sources of funding. Public Transport International, Vol.48, 1999/5 September 1999, 14-22
Higginson, M (2000) The value of information technology in bus priority. Indian Journal of Transport Management, Vol.24, No.2, February, 85-92
Institute of Logistics and Transport (2000) Joining up the Journey: guidance on passenger transport interchange (Member of Working Party)
Collis B and M Higginson (2001) Britain’s Tram Revolution. Railway Strategies, December, 66-69
Institution of Highways and Transportation Network Management Notes on uses of IT in transport, published by as supplements to
Highways & Transportation
 Information Technology in the Supply of Public Transport Information (1999)
 Intelligent Bus Priority (1999)
 Park and Ride (2001)
British Parking Association (2002) Briefing on Park & Ride
Landor Conference: Demand Responsive Transport (2002) Future Types of Demand for Public Transport
UITP (International Public Transport Association) (2003) Focus Paper Public Transport Financing (Editor/Chairman of Working Group)
Landor Conference: Understanding the Transport User (2003) Triggers for Change: Transport pricing and its effect on modal choice
EU Interreg 111B (North Sea Region) HiTrans Best Practice Guide 4 (2005) Public transport – mode options and technical solutions (joint
author)
The evolution of municipal trading (2007) Roads & Road Transport History Association Public or Private Conference Papers 2006
Die Londoner Mautgebühr: Fluch oder Segen (2007) Der Nahverkehr, Düsseldorf, 3/2007, 47-49 [In German: London Congestion Charging]
Public Transport Infrastructure Funding (2007) Public Transport International, UITP, Brussels, No.2/2007, 24-27
City-Maut London – Erfahrungen mit einem umstrittenen Mittel der Verkehrslenkung (2007)
Zentrum für Integrierte Verkehrssysteme Conference [in German] Nutzungsabhängige Finanzierung von Mobilität, Darmstadt
Good practice in station adoption (2008) Rail Safety & Standards Board, Report T639 [With C Yapp, JMP Consulting]
Integrated and sustainable public transport Can British cities learn from Switzerland? (2009) CILT Focus, Vol.11, No.2, February, pp42-48
Recommendations and Strategies for Passenger Intermodality in Europe (2010) LINK European Forum on Intermodal Passenger Travel
(Reviewer)
Influencing Modal Share in Markets where Overall Growth is not the Primary Concern of Providers (2010)
UK Transport History and Policy Network, Inaugural Workshop: Marketing and Branding Im/mobility, National Railway Museum, York
Competition Commission Inquiry into Local Bus Services (2010-11)
Initial Evidence from ALBUM; ALBUM Survey Report
House of Commons Transport Commitee (2012) Competition in the local bus market: Written evidence from The Association of Local Bus
Company Managers
Workplace Parking Levies as an instrument for transport policy (2013) in Public Transport International, UITP Journal, No.3, Autumn
House of Commons Transport Commitee (2013) Passenger transport in isolated communities. Written evidence from The Association of Local
Bus Company Managers (TIC 021)
Higginson M (editor and contributing author) (2013) Companion to Road Passenger Transport History in the UK. Roads & Road Transport
History Association
Higginson M (2015, forthcoming) in Grieco M and C Poolley Embedding History in Transport Studies and Policy: Chapter 'Influencing Modal Share
in Markets where Overall Growth is not the Primary Concern of Providers'
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