Peter is a national lead for WSP in the field of Walking and Cycling. He has been involved in many national research projects in his field. Peter has been involved with designing and delivering active transport projects for over 30 years. He enjoys public speaking and enjoys presenting without slides and the comfort of power point. Peter is a civil engineer, with a strong safety background but more recently has been enjoying the urban design realm of place making.

Ken Lee-Jones is a cycling enthusiast who has many years experience in Auckland: planning, designing and building cycling and shared path Infrastructure. He started with North Shore City Council in 2003 and in 2010 joined Auckland Transport (AT). From 2014 to 2019 Ken was the Road Development Manager Central for Auckland Transport. He managed a small team that was primarily responsible for cycling and walking projects in Auckland Central. Projects included the AT component of the Nelson Street Cycleway, the Mount Roskill Cycleway, the upgrade to the Tamaki Ngapipi Intersection (top 10 in the safety projects in NZ), Ian McKinnon Drive Cycleway, and most recently the New Lynn to Avondale Shared Path. Ken is now a specialist consultant with a focus on cycling and shared path projects including developing community projects. Ken is a Chartered Engineer of New Zealand with experience in Transportation Engineering and Project Management. He is a cycling advocate and has recently toured in Spain and Portugal on bike, completed the Cape Town Cycle Tour in March this year and looks forward to doing the Tour Aotearoa in 2022.

Tracy has over 18 years of experience working in both Local Government and consultancy in New Zealand, the UK and Ireland. She is an experienced transport planner with projects involving transport policy development and implementation to scheme delivery. She is passionate about creating a transport environment that provides genuine travel choice (including active modes) and that provides people of all ages and abilities with an environment that encourages as much independent travel as possible.

Saeid is an experienced project manager and team leader. His career has focused on integrated transport planning considering a wide range of complex socio-economic and land use issues. Saeid is a specialist at translating complex concepts into simple messages. Saeid has over 15 years of professional experience in urban, transport and regional planning in Iran, New Zealand and Australia. He is a PhD candidate in Planning at Auckland University.

Michael walks the fine line between traffic engineering and transport planning, and steadfastly refuses to commit to being either. His background is in transport modelling and the economic evaluation of transport investments, but his heart lies in building healthy, accessible and sustainable communities. Combining these, he has applied his analytical perspective to walking, cycling and micro-mobility, and is responsible for developing transport models for these modes for both Auckland and Tauranga. Through these platforms Michael has been involved in most major cycling projects across both cities, including the Auckland Harbour Bridge shared path, New Lynn to Avondale shared path, Glen Innes to Tamaki Drive, Totara Street, and countless others, as well as the wider cycling programmes for both cities. The son of a Dutch immigrant, Michael likes to think he’s genetically predisposed to cycling. But the number of times he’s fallen off his bike would suggest otherwise.

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Chartered Professional Engineer with 10+ Years Contracting Experience, now 3 Years Pre-Construction and Contract Administration