Dr Pippa Mitchell, MRCagney - Pippa is a transport planner with a doctorate in Geography. She has extensive project management expertise for complex transport research and planning projects. She specialises in public transport projects from inception through to construction. This has included on-going involvement in the disruptions response to City Rail Link (CRL) construction since 2015. Pippa is passionate about sustainable transport and has managed several projects helping organizations to implement sustainable transport strategies. Pippa brings a professional approach to all her projects and with her academic background is always striving to improve and bring new ideas to any team.

Suresh is a Network Integration Manager for the PT Development group at Auckland Transport. He has over 10 years’ experience in the public transport sector leading design, planning and implementation of Auckland’s new bus network, managing implementation of PTOM and disruption management for construction of the CRL project. Suresh is passionate about creating a supremely liveable city - a city with, among other things, an outstanding public transport system that Auckland residents will choose to use.

James is a Civil Engineer at Tonkin + Taylor who specialises in geotechnical earthquake engineering, climate and hazard risk assessment, and adaptation planning. He is also a Team Leader in Tonkin + Taylor’s Data and Analytics sub-discipline which applies modern analytical techniques to help solve complex Environmental and Engineering problems. James has worked extensively with local and central government clients to assist with decision making across a broad spectrum of issues including insurance placement and claims settlement, asset management, consenting of major infrastructure projects, land-use planning and development.

Thomas Prince recently graduated from The University of Auckland. He studied a conjoint degree of engineering, specializing in Engineering Science – Operations Research, and a Bachelor of Music. He has joined WSP as a Graduate Transport Engineer in the Wellington office.

Becky and Nick are 2021 Civil Systems Engineering graduates from the University of Canterbury. Their honours thesis, in collaboration with Dr Tom Logan and PhD candidate student Mitchell Anderson, established an approach for measuring the 10, 15, or 20-minute city or neighbourhood. For generality, they refer to the 10/15/20 minute city as the x-minute city, where residents are within x minutes of daily amenities. As part of the project the team created an interactive dashboard to support councils and communities in their bid for more equitable and accessible neighbourhoods. Nick is passionate about reimagining our cities to be people-centred, rather than car dominant and has been involved in youth climate advocacy. He loves waving at people while riding around the city! As part of his Resilient Cities Geography class, he was part of the research team ‘Bursting with Stride’ who investigated the perceptions on walkability for older adults in Central North Christchurch. Nick is now working at ViaStrada as a Graduate Transport Engineer in Ōtautahi.

Becky and Nick are 2021 Civil Systems Engineering graduates from the University of Canterbury. Their honours thesis, in collaboration with Dr Tom Logan and PhD candidate student Mitchell Anderson, established an approach for measuring the 10, 15, or 20-minute city or neighbourhood. For generality, they refer to the 10/15/20 minute city as the x-minute city, where residents are within x minutes of daily amenities. As part of the project the team created an interactive dashboard to support councils and communities in their bid for more equitable and accessible neighbourhoods. In Becky’s final year at university she got involved on the UC Women in Engineering Executive, where she relished contributing to the club that helped her develop in earlier years of university by creating a welcoming community for all individuals. She now works as a Graduate Transport Engineer with GHD in Wellington and has enjoyed getting out for walks and exploring what the wonderful city has to offer!