Bridget has worked in the social service sector for the past 25 years working across a variety of demographics. Bridget is employed as a Lead Adviser for the Halberg Disability Sport Foundation and has a Bachelor of Social Services majoring in Disabilities Studies. She is currently enrolled as a Masters student studying social change within the disability sector. Bridget has a keen interest in the outdoor recreation spending many weekends in the hills or on the rivers. Her love of the outdoors flows through into her professional work where she leads the national recreation project for the Foundation.

Jeff has worked as a Senior Planner with the Palmerston North City Council. He trained as a planner at Massey University and began his career at Whangarei District Council. He later worked in local government in England for 5 years before returning to Palmerston North in 2006. Jeff is passionate about community engagement and loves working with others to deliver projects - particularly if they get people active and most of all out there having fun.

Dave Charnley is the Urban Designer for Palmerston North City Council working as part of a multi-disciplinary planning and strategy unit City Future. An award winning Landscape Architect with a passion for realising shared cultural landscape and reconciliation with nature, Dave has extensive experience across a range of urban projects and has spent the majority of his professional career in private practice before joining PNCC in 2016. Dave's core role at PNCC is to seek quality design outcomes through promoting collaborative city making and co-creation across the organisation, with the development and design community and on community led projects.

Marieke Esveld Communications and Engagement Advisor Communications and Public Affairs Auckland Transport Experienced in leading public and stakeholder engagement surrounding walking and cycling infrastructure projects, with a passion for creative engagement, inclusivity and environmentally responsible infrastructure.

Throughout her life, Lyndal Johansson has been a keen advocate for walking and cycling as vital elements in the everyday personal transport mix. For the past five years, she has been lucky enough to have worked at Sport Hawke's Bay contracted to the iWay project that began in Hastings but now encompasses Napier as well. Her role as Community Cycling Development Officer for both Napier City Council and Hastings District Council has seen her spearhead the “soft side” to the promotion of walking and cycling in and around the urban centres of the twin cities. During this time Lyndal has established cycle skills training in schools and within different adult populations, as well as organising and running numerous community and school events.

Jared has a background in human factors, applied social psychology and environmental psychology, and has a passion for putting people at the centre of decisions around how we optimise our use, enjoyment and access of our vibrant cities, places and spaces. In the cycling space he has led real-world trials looking at improving cycle stability in relation to common roadside hazards and balancing the needs of cyclists and motorists across a wide range of environments through improved design.

Dr Hamish Mackie (Director, Mackie Research & Consulting) has 18 years of research and consultancy experience in various areas of human factors and ergonomics, with the last ten years spent mostly in the transport sector. All of Hamish’s work has the underlying theme of more human centred systems, with a particular focus on road safety, and the intersection of health and transport. Future Streets is a collaborative project involving Auckland Transport, The Māngere-Otahuhu Local Board, Mackie Research, Auckland University, Otago University, Dovetail Consulting, Auckland University of Technology, Massey University, Transport Engineering Research Ltd and the Māngere Community.

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