The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) is pleased to announce the election of Professor Glenn Lyons as its new President for 2024 / 25.

Glenn was elected President of CIHT at the Institution’s AGM on 19 June 2024. At his Presidential Inauguration event at the CIHT’s offices in London, Glenn emphasised ‘the importance for all of us of authentically being sustainable, professional and inclusive’.

Professor Glenn Lyons, President, CIHT said: 

“CIHT has developed three main themes of Climate action, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and Professionalism. We will be looking to further expand how we use these in our work and ensure they are at the heart of what we continue to do over the next 12 months.” 

“Climate action will require us to think and act differently. Technologically tweaking business as usual isn’t going to make the changes we need to achieve net-zero. The longer we drag our feet on collective action, the worse things are going to become. I am keen to better understand where CIHT members stand on climate action at both a personal and professional level.”

The next 12 months will see Glenn and CIHT embark on an ambitious programme of activity. This will include more technical outputs including whitepapers, research projects and thought leadership articles, in-person (where relevant) events including roundtables and seminars, an enhanced role in influencing politicians and decision makers and a concerted effort to play back to the members more of what they want. 

Next week will see CIHT launch a brand-new project that will link into the Institution’s core themes with an emphasis on climate action.

Further information

Professor Glenn Lyons

Glenn is the Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility at UWE Bristol. The appointment bridges between academia and practice and Glenn is dividing his time between the university and Mott MacDonald (on secondment). At a time of significance for the transport sector, the position aims to co-develop and extend transport expertise in relation to understanding and responding to a changing and uncertain mobility landscape, which is shaped by technological possibilities and societal needs and preferences.

Glenn was also formerly the Professor of Transport and Society at UWE Bristol and was the Founder of the Centre for Transport & Society.

Glenn’s achievement are too many to list here but it is safe to say that he has led the way in transport planning. Glenn has worked closely with CIHT and its members to challenge traditional thinking on how we plan transport interventions. Glenn was appointed by CIHT in 2015 to undertake the CIHT FUTURES study. His report and further work following the study has informed transport policy across the world.

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