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Stephen Joseph OBE

Stephen Joseph has been Executive Director of Campaign for Better Transport (formerly Transport 2000) since 1988. He has previously worked for a range of environmental and voluntary organisations in the UK and abroad, including the British Youth Council, the Civic Trust and the Town & Country Planning Association.

At the Campaign, he has written or co-authored many publications and has been involved in promoting policies to give priority to public transport, walking and cycling and to reduce road building and dependence on cars and lorries.

He was awarded the OBE in 1996 for services to transport and the environment. He was a member of the Commission for Integrated Transport 1999-2005, having been one of the panel of external advisers on the Transport White Paper 1997-8, and was a member of the Standing Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment (SACTRA) during its inquiry on Transport and the Economy. He was also on the steering group for the Government’s Road User Charging Feasibility Study 2003-4.

In July 2004 he was given a Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the National Transport Awards. More recently, he has been involved in Government challenge panels on high speed rail and Ecotowns. He was awarded an honorary doctorate of science by the University of Hertfordshire in November 2010.

 


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