Stephen Glaister (born 21 June 1946) is Emeritus Professor of Transport and Infrastructure at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering,

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, where he was also director of the Railway Technology Strategy Centre. He was chair of the

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from early 2016 until 31 December 2018. He remained a member of the ORR Board until 2020. He is a former board member of Transport for London and former director of the RAC Foundation. He is a fellow of the

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and has been an advisor to many transport-related organisations and committees since the late 1970s. He has been cited as an expert on transport policy.

Professional life

Glaister has, amongst other things, been: the director of the Railway Technology Strategy Centre; a board member of Transport for London (2000 to 2008); and director of the RAC Foundation (2008 to 2015). He was first appointed the Chair of the Office of Rail and Road in March 2015, a position he was most recently reappointed to in January 2018. He has published widely on transport matters and was appointed a

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for services to

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in 1998. He has also published regarding the regulation of the water and gas industries.

Other roles

* Member, Joint Science Research Council/Social Science Research Council Transport Committee (1978 – 1980) * Member, UK government first Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment (1977 – 1981) * Editor,

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(1979 – 1982) * Specialist Adviser to the Parliamentary Select committee on Transport (1981-1983, 1988,1990) * Non-executive Board member,

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(1984 – 1993) * Economic advisor, British Rail Policy Unit and InterCity strategy (1980 – 1993) * Managing Editor, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (1987 – 1999) * Member, Independent Review of Road Charging Options for London (ROCOL) (1998 – 2000) * Economic Advisor to the Rail Regulator (1993 – 2001) * Economic Advisor, Office of Gas Supply (1996 – 2002) * Advisor to Buses sub-group, Commission for Integrated Transport (1999 – 2003) * Member, steering group for the

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's National

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Feasibility Study (2003 – 2004) * Member
HS2 Analytical Challenge Panel
(2011) * Co-chair
Transport Safety Commission
(2013)

References

External links

Centre for Transport studies
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