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Dr Dave Milne

Dr Dave Milne

  • Position: Lecturer in Transport Geography
  • Areas of expertise: Spatial network models of transport systems; geographic understandings of transport planning; social geography of modern mobility; historical geography of mobility since the Industrial Revolution.
  • Email: D.S.Milne@its.leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 1967
  • Location: Room 3.02, Institute for Transport Studies (34-40 University Road)

Profile

Prior Employment

  • Senior Assistant Engineer, JMP Consultants Ltd., Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineers, Leeds (1988-91).

Qualifications

  • 1998 PhD, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.
  • 1988 MSc(Eng), Transport Planning and Engineering, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds.
  • 1987 BA(Hons), Geography, School of Geography, University of Leeds.

Relevant Experience

  • Leader of ITS input to EC DGVII TRANSPRICE and AFFORD projects, principally in the area of traffic and transport modelling to assess impacts of transport pricing measures;
  • Extensive use of SATURN traffic model to assess network impacts of demand management policies under a series of UK Engineering and Physical Research Council funded studies;
  • Use of START strategic model to investigate demand and equity impacts of road pricing in London during a UK Economic and Social Research Council funded study;
  • Course Director of well established Intermediate SATURN Workshops short course, providing training in traffic modelling techniques for transport professionals.
  • While with JMP Consultants: extensive application of traffic modelling techniques (especially SATURN and CONTRAM) for assessing the performance of proposed traffic schemes during studies funded by UK national and local government agencies.
<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons): Geography (School of Geography, University of Leeds, 1987)
  • MSc (Eng): Transport Planning and Engineering (ITS, University of Leeds, 1988)
  • PhD: Modelling The Network Effects of Urban Road User Charging (ITS, University of Leeds, 1998)

Research groups and institutes

  • Spatial Modelling and Dynamics

Current postgraduate researchers

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>