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| Kath Tierney |
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| Senior Travel Planner |
Kath Tierney is involved in all aspects of sustainable travel, including initial research, analysis of current travel arrangements, service design, marketing, service delivery, monitoring and evaluation of the results. She has worked directly on the implementation of travel planning in workplaces and residential sites, undertaking detailed site accessibility surveys, organising face-to-face survey work, and developing options for implementation by the client or by RATC on the client’s behalf. She undertakes facilitation of focus groups, presentations at seminars and workshops. She enjoys problem-solving, using a variety of techniques, from databases to on-line surveys.
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TRANSPORT & SOCIAL EXCLUSION
Kath Tierney has worked on a range of transport projects designed to alleviate social exclusion. This has required the deployment of a range of both traditional consultation methods (e.g. telephone and face-to-face surveys, focus groups, community workshops and public meetings) and less conventional ones designed to ensure individuals and groups who do not usually participate in consultation programmes are reached. She has developed a short training programme for local volunteers interested in assisting with questionnaires and focus group work. She frequently uses her database and IT skills in survey analysis and when helping community transport organisations to upgrade their data systems and office environment, helping to get them ‘tender ready’.
TRANSPORT & HEALTH
Kath Tierney has specialist knowledge of all aspects of travel in the context of the NHS and healthcare, from travel planning in major hospitals, to reducing travel on business by community-based NHS staff or improving access to healthcare in rural areas. She has a sound understanding of current NHS policy with reference to transport and transport. Her understanding of personalised travel planning is being deployed to develop techniques that encourage people to build active travel into their everyday routines.
TRAVEL PLANNING
Kath Tierney is closely involved in the development and implementation of travel plans, including: comprehensive site audit and investigation; staff travel habits surveys, including design and use of databases and spreadsheets for analysing the data that has been collected; facilitation of staff meetings and focus groups; development of travel plan steering groups; preparation of publicity material and marketing campaigns; target-setting and monitoring. She has developed and delivered induction and support programmes for newly-appointed travel plan coordinators. She has assisted clients with all aspects of the recruitment of travel plan coordinators.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1996 - Richard Armitage Transport Consultancy: Travel Planner.
1996 - Whittles (Solicitors), 23 Princess Street, MANCHESTER, M2 4ER
1974 - 79 Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council - Library Assistant (1977 - 79) and Housing Assistant (1974 - 77)
EDUCATION
University
BA Open - Maths and Economics, 1985-90, Open University.
School
7 'O' levels and 2 'A' levels
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Kath returned to work in 1996, after 17 years’ absence. During this time she raised her two children and was a leading contributor to local education governance and policy in Tameside, Greater Manchester, serving as a School Governor and on the Schools Appeals Panel.
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