Ann-Marie is a Chartered Professional Engineer with more than 20 years of experience planning, designing and reviewing multi-modal transport projects in urban environments. Her focus is on sustainable travel modes such as walking, cycling and public transport, and how these ways of travelling contribute to vibrant and liveable communities. She also has a keen interest in sustainability and climate change and how carbon emissions from transport can be reduced for a better world.

Gemma is passionate about people-centric design and shaping urban spaces that are healthy, resilient, and well-connected by safe, efficient, multi-modal transport. As Principal Advisor for Transport at Christchurch City Council, Gemma specializes in planning and designing for active modes and public transport movements and has a key interest in safe streets and places. She has a leading role in promoting safe outcomes for all road users on the network regardless of age and ability. Gemma chairs the Transport Planning Society Aotearoa NZ and sits on the Transportation Group’s Safety Sub-group.

Jose is a Principal Urban Designer at Auckland Transport with over 25 years of experience in transport infrastructure and urban development. He integrates strategic design into transport projects, aligning investment with community aspirations and long-term urban outcomes. Jose advises across strategy and delivery, mentors teams, and fosters inclusive, resilient environments. His expertise spans urban planning, business case development, and stakeholder engagement, supported by a background in architecture, landscape, and urban design. Jose is committed to design excellence and public value. His work reflects a belief in the power of place, people, and partnership to shape better cities.

Jeanette is a Technical Director at Abley. She works across the Abley transport planning, engineering and safety teams providing technical leadership. She is a Chartered Professional Engineer with over 30 years of diverse civil engineering experience. Jeanette has expertise across all modes, understands the people-based approach to planning and design and brings this all together in her projects. Jeanette regularly designs, peer reviews and safety audits street design projects and enjoys working in multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects. Jeanette understands the often-conflicting objectives when designing a street and has the ability to work through these with stakeholders. She also develops industry guidance and training, including developing Pedestrian Network Guidance for Waka Kotahi. Overall, Jeanette’s passion is creating great and safe places for people.

Chris was a founding member of Living Streets Aotearoa Incorporated in 2002 and has served on its Executive Council for many of the years since then including as secretary and currently as Treasurer. He also currently leads its campaign to decrease the frequency of pedestrians being obstructed by motor vehicles parked across and along footpaths. He has built links with other groups to form the informal coalition, Foots4Feet, to strengthen efforts to encourage RCAs to provide and manage the use of infrastructure for pedestrians that enable them, whatever their age or level of ability or disability to move about their communities independently, safely and enjoyably. Chris has never owned a car although once had an affair with a motorcycle that included sliding along one of the bridges at the Three Sisters on the northern end of the Desert Road. So, having flirted with being a statistic, he has had all the benefits of relying on walking and cycling and public transport for getting around the various places he has lived. Chris was a three-term city councillor in Palmerston North where he championed efforts to enhance conditions for pedestrians, cyclists and bus users, including through urban design, and before that was a political adviser.

Gemma is passionate about people-centric design and shaping urban spaces that are healthy, resilient, and well-connected by safe, efficient, multi-modal transport. As Principal Advisor for Transport at Christchurch City Council, Gemma specializes in planning and designing for active modes and public transport movements and has a key interest in safe streets and places. She has a leading role in promoting safe outcomes for all road users on the network regardless of age and ability. Gemma chairs the Transport Planning Society Aotearoa NZ and sits on the Transportation Group’s Safety Sub-group.

Andy Irwin writes design standards and guidance for AT and provides advice to designers in AT and Council as well as to those working for developers. He has worked for 20 years for AT following North Shore City Council after 21 years in Local Government road engineering in UK. Living in leafy Beach Haven, he is passionate about birds and trees, volunteering to restore local bush with Pest Free Kaipatiki.

Lennart is an urban mobility specialist with Mobycon who runs the Auckland office in New Zealand. He is an urban problem solver with experience from a wide range of countries on multiple continents including The Netherlands, North-America, the Middle-East, Australia and New Zealand. Because of his wide ranging experience he is an expert in translating global best practice into local solutions. He specializes in capacity building, workshop delivery and project management of complete street planning and design. He has extensive experience on the topics of road safety, intersection design, roundabout design and network planning.