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Title: Director
Office: Birmingham, UK
Specialisation: Rail business planning, demand modelling,
revenue forecasting
Mike is an experienced rail business consultant and demand forecasting
expert, with over 20 years' experience in a wide variety of rail
studies. In the UK, Mike has worked extensively with the Strategic
Rail Authority, Network Rail and with the Department for Transport
in developing demand and revenue forecasting models and providing
advice on related issues.
As well as rail and multi-modal passenger demand forecasting, Mike
has also worked on freight forecasting, rail operational and performance
modelling, and rail fare pricing and yield management. Mike's expertise
has also regularly been applied in carrying out reviews of demand
forecasts and business case appraisals for rail passenger and freight
schemes as well as light rail and guided bus schemes, both in the
UK and overseas - on behalf of investment banks, concession bidders,
government bodies, rail infrastructure companies and rail operating
companies.
Representative Projects:
Client
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Project
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| SRA / DfT |
Demand forecasting advice for Greater Western rail re-franchising |
| Stagecoach Rail |
Demand forecasting advice for Thameslink / Great Northern
rail franchise bid |
| Keolis |
Development of demand forecasts for Docklands Light Railway
franchise bid |
| DfT |
Assistance and advice as part of the preparation and follow-up
work for 2004 Rail Review. Audit of Manchester Metrolink demand revenue and benefit forecasts |
| SRA |
Appraisal of national strategic scenarios associated with
the 2004 ORR Spending Review |
| Network Rail |
Demand modelling support for West Coast and East Coast Main
Line upgrade schemes |
Prior Experience:
Before joining Jacobs Consultancy, Mike worked within British Rail
HQ (in the Operational Research group and Network SouthEast headquarters),
and was the author of the 1997 UK railway industry's 'Passenger
Demand Forecasting Handbook'.
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