Spare a Thought for the Transport Minister

Professor Eric Sampson has had a public service career which has spanned almost 40 years, in which he has tried to support the policies and plans of a large number of Transport Ministers who represented a range of political affiliations. The near-impossibility of requiring Ministers to make evidence-based transport decisions against a background of "management" pressures, while at the same time being expected to follow their party's political and financial agendas, became of increasing concern to him. These pressures are as follows: safety, environmental impact, throughput, accessibility and inclusion, integration, privacy and security. This lecture offers reflection on the role of Ministers' full-time official advisors - the Civil Service - and the ways in which it can be difficult to find a path between the different pressures when a real issue emerges. Real examples are used.

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  TRL

  Crowthorne House, Nine Mile Ride
  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom  RG40 3GA
• Authors:
  • Sampson, Eric
• Publication Date: 2012-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: 16p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Lectures; Political factors; Transportation policy
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01365748
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9781846089947
• Report/Paper Numbers: TRF006
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 2012 2:59PM