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Looking forward to 2021, we realise that our mission to empower people, places and economies to thrive has never had greater relevance then it has now, especially in light of the impacts of the last year.

At Steer, our Urban and Regional Dynamic Models (UDM and RDM) are large-scale systems models of how people, employers, transport and land use interact over wide areas and long periods of time.

Climate patterns are changing globally, and it comes as no surprise that climate change remains the top-most perceived threat to our future. More countries are making the challenging call for a global response to deal with its impacts and the actions that need to be taken. We caught up with Ashley Conrad-Saydah to find out more about California’s place in combating climate change.

A new version of the Green Book has been published. It is the Green Book that sets the framework for how the UK Government appraises its spending decisions and also how it subsequently evaluates these.

At the end of March 2020, the EU suspended the airport slot requirements by issuing a waiver¹ covering the end of the Winter 2019 (W19) and the whole of the Summer 2020 (S20) scheduling season. The slot rules oblige airlines to use at least 80% of their take-off and landing slots in order to keep them the following year.

Congratulations to Puja Thomas-Patel, Senior Consultant from our Los Angeles office, for receiving a 40 Under 40 Award from the Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT).

Appointed to her position just over a year ago, we speak to Margaret (Meg) Cederoth who is an accredited Urban Planner with over 20 years of experience working in transportation and sustainability planning, land use, and international planning.

Steer is proud to be one of the first organisations to have signed the ‘Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Charter’, which has been launched today. The Railway Industry Association and Women in Rail have launched the Charter to champion equality, diversity and inclusion in the UK rail industry and as a commitment to build a more balanced higher-performing sector.

Air freight is of great importance to the UK economy. During the COVID pandemic, in strong contrast to the performance of passenger air services, air freight has held up relatively well, with a fall of only 32% at London Heathrow airport compared to a 65% reduction in passengers to the end of August.

Yesterday we set out three factors that we think will determine the future rate and scale of public transport use. The new lockdown in England will lead to an immediate drop in the use of public transport. But over time restrictions will be relaxed. How may the first of our three factors affect the future demand for travel by bus and rail?