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This course will provide a comprehensive grounding in the latest business case appraisal approaches for transport projects. It will introduce the five cases that make up a transport business case: the Strategic, Economic, Commercial, Financial and Management Cases. It will highlight current guidance in WebTAG and HM Treasury’s “Green Book” on Appraisal and Evaluation and provide an understanding of the key concepts used in appraisal.

Following an overview of the entire scheme appraisal process on day one, the second day will focus on the economic case and the principles, tools and techniques used in economic appraisal, including cost-benefit analysis, discounting and presentation of results. The course will be delivered through a combination of presentations and workshops.

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Course Fees

Standard Fee: £545 

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £495 

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This one-day course will highlight common mistakes that can occur during the planning and design of bus interchanges and infrastructure. Exploring issues that may at first appear minor, but if not identified and addressed early can result in challenging and costly remedial work during the construction and post opening phases of the project. Many of these design issues occur because the designers or those approving the design may lack the specialist knowledge of bus interchange requirements, vehicle manoeuvrability and transport operations.

Taught through practical examples and case studies, the course will provide an introduction to the topic, allowing potential issues to be recognised and removed at the design stage enabling costly and time consuming issues to be avoided.

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Course Fees

Standard Fee: £385 

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £365 

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This course provides an introduction to the modelling tools commonly used, providing delegates with an understanding of the applicability of different models to various situations, and equips practitioners with simple techniques for checking model outputs.

The course is designed for people with limited or no experience of transport modelling activities who are responsible for requesting or commissioning models, such as those working in the fields of strategic transport planning, strategic land use planning, development management and economic growth/regeneration. It is also suitable for those with managerial responsibility for modelling teams, who are looking for a broad overview of techniques and issues.

Programme and Booking Form

Full programme here

Course Fees

Standard Fee: £545 

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £495 

Booking

Click book now to pay online by card or return a completed booking form to the Events Team at info@ptrc-training.co.uk.

Continuing cut-backs and restraint in funding of highway construction and maintenance has led to even greater need for practitioners to gain an appreciation and understanding of cost-effective highway design, specification and implementation.

The principles of highway engineering apply not only to the construction of major new road schemes, but also to smaller improvements, deconstruction and on-going road maintenance. Design approaches are related to DMRB, also to the Manual for Streets. This two-day course will consider the roles and responsibilities of highway authorities and consultants.

Additionally it will guide participants through highway design and construction of new or remodelled roads.


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Course Fees

Standard Fee: £545 

CILT & TPS Member/Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £495

Booking

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Any data-led transport project will require the use of statistical and other mathematical techniques at some stage, whether this be in determining the scale of a perceived problem, establishing how much data to collect, analysing data, dealing with problems in data sets, or when undertaking before and after monitoring. This one day course equips delegate with working knowledge of the statistical techniques that should be applied at different stages in projects to ensure that the evidence base underlying decisions is robust. Packed with hands on exercises, and supported by useful reference material, this one day course is a must for anyone wishing to increase their confidence in practical mathematics.

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Course Fees

Standard Fee: £385 + VAT

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £365 + VAT

Booking

Click Book Now to book online with a card or return a completed booking form to the Events Team at info@ptrc-training.co.uk.

This course is designed to introduce all aspects of project management to transportation practitioners and to provide fundamental knowledge to project management practice. It teaches people skills rather than a methodology such as PRINCE, Projects or Agile. You will understand the importance of human capability in project management to leverage processes and methodologies and in getting the best out of everyone involved in the project for a successful delivery including the project manager.

Pre-course questionnaires will be completed by participants and the course is tailored to reflect their requirements.

Programme and Booking Form 

Full programme here

Course Fees

Standard Fee: £385 

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £365 

Booking

Click book now to book online with a card or return a completed booking form to the Events Team at info@ptrc-training.co.uk.

Course Fees

Standard Fee: £385 

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £365 

Booking

Click Book Now to book online with a card or return a completed booking form to the Events Team at  info@ptrc-training.co.uk.

This course provides an introduction to the modelling tools commonly used, providing delegates with an understanding of the applicability of different models to various situations, and equips practitioners with simple techniques for checking model outputs.

The course is designed for people with limited or no experience of transport modelling activities who are responsible for requesting or commissioning models, such as those working in the fields of strategic transport planning, strategic land use planning, development management and economic growth/regeneration. It is also suitable for those with managerial responsibility for modelling teams, who are looking for a broad overview of techniques and issues.

Programme and Booking Form

Full programme here

Course Fees

Standard Fee: £545 

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £495 

Booking

Click book now to pay online by card or return a completed booking form to the Events Team at info@ptrc-training.co.uk.

This course is split over two days. On the first day delegates will examine ‘human factors’ associated with road safety and will particularly focus on the implementation of the ‘safe systems’ approach to casualty reduction and its relevance in road safety audit and applied engineering practice, as one way of ensuring that safety is given sufficient consideration in the design process.

Day two covers international road safety engineering and audit process, with a focus on the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Decade of Action and it compares and contrasts typical UK practices and conditions with those likely to be encountered internationally.

Programme and Booking Form

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Course Fees

Standard Fee: £545 

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £495 

Booking

Click Book Now to pay online with card or please return a completed booking form or contact the Events Team at info@ptrc-training.co.uk.

This course will introduce delegates to the causes of accidents and how they can be addressed by engineering, education and enforcement. It will particularly focus on the use of road safety audits as one way of ensuring that safety is given sufficient consideration in the design process.

The course is designed for road safety auditors who wish to refresh and update their knowledge, those looking to meet CPD requirements, and for people with limited or no experience of road safety auditing activities who wish to learn more about this area of work. People working in the fields of transport planning, development management, regeneration and urban design will find this one day course and indispensable introduction to road safety engineering techniques and audit methods.

It is also suitable for those with managerial responsibility for engineering design, road safety audit and project development teams, who are looking for a broad overview of techniques and issues.

Programme and Booking Form 

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Course Fees

Standard Fee: £385

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £365


Booking

Click book now to book online with a card or return a completed booking form to the Events Team at info@ptrc-training.co.uk.

This course is designed to introduce all aspects of project management to transportation practitioners and to provide fundamental knowledge to project management practice. It teaches people skills rather than a methodology such as PRINCE, Projects or Agile. You will understand the importance of human capability in project management to leverage processes and methodologies and in getting the best out of everyone involved in the project for a successful delivery including the project manager.

Pre-course questionnaires will be completed by participants and the course is tailored to reflect their requirements.

Programme and Booking Form 

Full programme here

Course Fees

Standard Fee: £385 

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £365 

Booking

Click book now to book online with a card or return a completed booking form to the Events Team at info@ptrc-training.co.uk.

The increasing frequency of flooding and a growing awareness of the effects of climate change are drivers towards a greater recognition of the importance of effective surface water drainage systems.

This two day course aims to provide up-to-date information on current practice concerning design, construction and maintenance of highway drainage systems. Legislation with particular reference to the Flood & Water Management Act 2010 together with design and construction standards, appropriate materials and innovative solutions will be covered, focusing on achieving effective and maintainable drainage systems. Due emphasis is given to environmental aspects arising from climate change, the provision of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) and mitigation of flood risk. The course is presented by recognised experts in their field, who have extensive experience in the highways industry.

Programme and Booking Form

Full programme here
 
Course Fees

Standard Fee: £545

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £495 

Booking

Click book now to pay online by card or return a completed booking form to the Events Team at info@ptrc-training.co.uk.

This course provides an introduction to the modelling tools commonly used, providing delegates with an understanding of the applicability of different models to various situations, and equips practitioners with simple techniques for checking model outputs.

The course is designed for people with limited or no experience of transport modelling activities who are responsible for requesting or commissioning models, such as those working in the fields of strategic transport planning, strategic land use planning, development management and economic growth/regeneration. It is also suitable for those with managerial responsibility for modelling teams, who are looking for a broad overview of techniques and issues.

Programme and Booking Form

Full programme here

Course Fees

Standard Fee: £545 

CILT Member/ Local Authority/ Charity Fee: £495 

Booking

Click book now to pay online by card or return a completed booking form to the Events Team at info@ptrc-training.co.uk.

What is TPM?

The Transport Practitioners’ Meeting is a unique opportunity for transport professionals to engage with each other and inspire the profession. For over 20 years, we have brought together transport practitioners to be empowered to make transport a force for good. The world today faces unprecedented transport, logistics and planning challenges, making the conference an even more invaluable space to debate, share and engage. TPM provides a home for the profession, an arena to find common solutions, to ensure that transportation managers are ready to build a world that is better than before.

Why attend TPM?

• Sessions covering the latest developments and emerging best practice on a wide variety of topics including Global Trends, Shared Economy, Smart Cities, Transport Economics and many more!
•  Hands-on workshops and over one hundred unique paper presentations highlighting challenges, solutions and innovations in the transport sector
•  Sponsored networking drinks reception, prestigious annual awards ceremony and dinner
•  Two-day discounted rates, discounts for select membership organisations, return of the two-for-one Local Authority rate

Where is TPM being held?

#2025TPM will be held 9th and 10th of July 2025 in Manchester at The Manchester Metropolitan University. There is plenty of opportunity to get involved be it presenting a poster or presentation, sponsoring a network session or simply soaking in the atmosphere – The Transport Practitioners’ Meeting is a must attend event for any practitioner!

Pricing

Please note that an RSVP for the dinner must be received at least one week prior to the event. Any no shows for RSVPs to the dinner event are subject to a £50 administration fee. Cancellation of an RSVP is accepted up to three days before the event.