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The Hon. David Campbell MP
Minister for Transport NSW
Les Wielinga
Director General
Ministry of Transport NSW
 David Marchant CEO
ARTC
 Rodd Staples Acting CEO
Sydney Metro
 Chris Lock CEO
Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation
 Shashi Verma Director of fares and ticketing
Transport for London
 Peter Bentley COO
ConnectEast
 Bob Menzies
Head of Delivery, CGB
Cambrideshire County Council UK
Alan Warren
Divisional Manager
Brisbane Transport
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Mr Neil Smith,
Director Transit Systems Australia Mr. Neil Smith has 37 years of experience working in the urban transport industry as a manager, consultant, company owner and academic. He commenced with the Busways group in western Sydney in 1972, and purchased a majority share in Manly Bus Service in 1975. In 1976 he established the consultancy Urban Transport Systems, working with private bus companies in NSW and Queensland and the Macarthur Development Board (NSW) in the development and implementation of urban bus networks. Between 1981 and 1994 he was the Managing Director of Peninsula Buslines in Gosford (NSW) and between 1985 and 1991 a Director of Bayside Buslines (QLD). During this period he served on the Executive Committee of the Bus and Coach Association (NSW). He was closely involved in the establishment of links between BCA (NSW) and the Institute of Transport Studies at the University of Sydney, with a focus on the development and management of the Certificate in Transport Management course. In 1995 he worked full-time as a Senior Lecturer at the Institute and obtained a Masters in Transport Management from the University of Sydney in 1994. Mr. Smith has been a Director of Swan Transit (Perth) and Torrens Transit (Adelaide) from their establishment in 1995 and 2000. These companies are now the largest urban bus operators in both Western and South Australia. In 2005 these companies entered the ferry business with the purchase of the Bay Islands Taxi Service (Redland Bay, QLD) and expanded in 2006 with the purchase of the car ferry operator Sea Stradbroke (Cleveland, QLD). Throughout his career Mr. Smith has focused on designing and implementing efficient and customer focused public transport networks in NSW, WA, SA and QLD. He has spoken extensively at industry forums in Australia and overseas on transport operations, industrial relations, public transport marketing and urban transport contracting. Mr. Smith is currently responsible for service development, industrial relations and government relations in Perth and Adelaide, and for corporate development.Appearing: Pre-Conference Day- Bus Rapid Transit Australia 2010 2pm Maximising the operational performance of BRT
- Reducing travel times and improving schedule reliability
- Design considerations for improving headways in high-travel
corridors
- Servicing potential demand to attract additional riders
Mr Neil Smith, Director,
Transit Systems Australia Day Two - Wednesday 24 February 2010 2.10pm Overcoming capacity constraints through the expansion of dedicated busways
- Expected operational impact of the O-Bahn busway development
- Integrating BRT with other modes of transport
- Future initiatives to reduce dwell time delays on the suburban network
Mr Neil Smith, Director,
Transit Systems Australia 4.20pm Panel discussion: Delivering transport services effectively while managing costs
- What incentives are required to get people to use public transport?
- Extracting maximum value from existing capacity and existing infrastructure through improved service planning, timetabling and ticketing
- Travel Demand Management measures to manage congestion
- Changing the focus of public transport from a community service obligation to a customer service orientation
Chief Executive Officer,
Metlink Victoria Chief Executive Officer,
Metro Tasmania Mr Neil Smith, Director,
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