Professor Mark Wardman

Profile

Key Research Interests

• Demand Forecasting and Elasticities
• Stated Preference Methods and Choice Modelling
• Values of Time and Service Quality Attributes
• Railways
• Environmental Valuation

Employment History

• Jan 2007: Director, ITS
• Dec 2004: Professor of Transport Demand Analysis, ITS
• Aug 2004: Director of Research, ITS
• Aug 1999: Reader in Transport Economics, ITS
• Aug 1997: Principal Research Fellow, ITS
• Oct 1994: Senior Research Fellow, ITS
• 1989-1994: British Rail Senior Research Fellow, ITS.
• 1988-1989: Lecturer in Quantitative Transport Economics, School of Business and Economic Studies, University of Leeds.
• 1984-1988: Research Assistance/Fellow, ITS

Education

• B.Soc.Sc Economics University of Birmingham, 1982
• MA Transport Economics University of Leeds, 1983
• PhD Transport Economics University of Leeds, 1987

Professional Engagements

• Editorial Advisory Board, Transportation, 2008-
• Chair, Methodological Innovations Committee, European Transport Conference 1999- 2003.
• Visiting Professor School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster (2005-);
• Associate Editor, Transportation Research E.
• Editorial Advisory Board, Journal of Choice Modelling 2007-
• Advisor to British Railways Passenger Demand Research Forum 1989-95.
• Advisor to Rail Passenger Demand Forecasting Subscription Service 1996-98
• Member of Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook Update Steering Committee 2001-2002
• Editor of PDFH4.1 (August 2005)
• Member of Yorkshire Water Authority Willingness to Pay Advisory Panel 2002 and 2006
• Member of DfT Peer Review Group on UK Study of Attitudes to Noise from Aviation Sources 2004-2007
• Member of Netherlands Value of Time and Reliability Study Advisory Panel 2007
• Advisor to Competition Commission on four enquiries (2004-2005)

Research Projects and Experience

• 2011: European Wide Meta-Analysis of Values of Travel Time
• 2011: Estimating the Value of a Range of Local Environmental Indicators, for Defra
• 2010: Research into Effects of Park and Ride Parking Supply on Public Transport Demand, for Transport Scotland
• 2010: Updating Elasticities of Department for Transport's Strategic Fares Model, for Department for Transport
• 2009: Projections of Future Levels of Personal Travel in Greater London, for Transport for London
• 2009: Advice on Surveys to Examine the Effectiveness and Acceptability of Measures to Encourage Cycling within Greater London, for Transport for London
• 2008: Value of Time and Elasticities Meta-Analysis, for Department for Transport
• 2008: MVA Crowding Study Peer Review, for Department for Transport
• 2008: Advisory Study into the Acceptability and Effectiveness of Road User Charging, for Transport for London
• 2007-2012: Accent Stated Preference Research Fellowship
• 2007: Station Enhancements, for Passenger Demand Forecasting Subscription Service.
• 2006-2007: M6 Toll Road Study, for Department for Transport.
• 2006-2007: External Factors Data Extension and Modelling, for Department for Transport.
• 2006: Fares Evidence in Scotland: A Review, for Transport Scotland
• 2005: National Express/Thameslink Great Northern Inquiry, for Competition Commission.
• 2005: TSU Centre Evaluation, for ESRC.
• 2005: First Group/ICEC Franchise Inquiry, for Competition Commission
• 2004: Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook Update Review, for Association of Train Operating Companies,.
• 2003-2006: Rail Research UK, EPSRC.
• 2003-2004: Generalised Journey Time Reformulation, for Association of Train Operating Companies.
• 2001-2004: Demand for Public Transport – A Practical Guide. EPSRC.
• 2001-2003: Measuring Demand for an Integrated Inter-Urban Public Transport Network EPSRC.
• 2001-2002: High Speed Line Study for Strategic Rail Authority.
• 2001: Review of Research relevant to Rail Competition for Short Haul Air Routes, for Eurocontrol.
• 2000-2001: Leeds First Project, for Northern Spirit and Railtrack

Research groups and institutes

• Economics and Appraisal