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Stephen Rutherford
Brian Arrowsmith
David Bradshaw
Philip Bates
Richard Edmunds
Mike Lampkin
Simon Morris
George Terzis
Peter Bartlett
Peter Brocklebank
Paul Byron
Iain MacDonald
Geoff Smith
Robert Whitehouse
Alan Duff
Jon Judah
Robert Cairnduff
Stuart Turnbull
Roger Harman
Riccardo Mattei
Paul Riley






Key Staff

Geoff Smith

Title: Associate Director

Office: Birmingham

Specialisation: Public Transport Planning, Appraisal.

Geoff has over 20 years of experience in transport planning specialising in public transport planning and appraisal including 7 years of consulting and 13 years in Local Government including Transport Planning Manager at Centro. He specialises in the development of transport strategies and plans including multi-modal appraisal and economics. He has undertaken light rail planning studies, park and ride, rail and bus planning and airport surface access studies. He has also undertaken market research, data collection, model development and monitoring studies.

Representative Projects:

Client

Project

Sewta Rail Strategy for South East Wales for 2009 - 2018
Birmingham City Council Birmingham City Centre Metro (light rail) Underground Study
Centro Visum Matrix Update Study - Birmingham City Centre Bus Passenger Interviews and OD matrix creation
West Midlands Regional Assembly Bewdley - Kidderminster Railcar (Ultra-light rail) Study
Centro Visum Calibration Study - Stated preference surveys and calibration of model parameters
Warwickshire County Council Warwickshire Transport Studies including Warwick Town Centre Traffic Management and Warwick District Transport Strategy
Consortium of Authorities led by Warwickshire Improving Access to Birmingham International Airport and the NEC from the North East Catchment Study
Centro Stated preference (Facility Valuation) study
Warwickshire County Council Warwickshire Airport Options Appraisal Study

Prior Experience:

Before joining Jacobs Consultancy Geoff undertook a wide range of transport planning studies throughout the UK including West Midlands Rail Capacity Study, various studies of new passenger rail lines, stations and service improvements, Rail Franchise Advise work, Light rail and Ultra-light rail studies including due diligence advice to concession companies, Bus Network and interchange studies, public transport strategy studies, Bus Park and Ride studies, specialist market research studies and provided advice regarding transport appraisals for development schemes.

Before joining the private sector Geoff was Transport Planning Manager at Centro where he spent 10 years planning, appraising and securing funding for transport investments including Midland Metro, Jewellery Line (Rail), Bus Quality Partnerships - including Line 33, bus stations - including Walsall and West Bromwich, and rail park and ride schemes. Geoff was responsible for prioritisation of Centro's Capital Programme and was instrumental in the development of the West Midlands Balanced Package Approach.

Geoff Smith
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