Finella McKenzie provides independent consultancy across a range of modes and transport and mobility issues including CCAM (connected, cooperative and autonomous mobility), waterborne transport, rail, freight transport and logistics. She has been involved in many challenging projects including the European Commission study on funding Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) deployments to support its Action Plan, developing a European Engagement Plan for the UK rail industry, and co-editing a dynamic website for the World Road Association on ITS in road network operations. She has wide experience in developing and assessing proposals which are seeking financial support for innovative research & near market deployments of products, systems and services, and investments in infrastructure. Finella’s professional career started in the UK civil service where she held a range of policy positions in the Departments for Transport and the Environment.
Recent Projects
- World Road Association’s (PIARC) Combined Web Resource on Road Network operations and Intelligent Transport Systems.
- Evaluator of Project Proposals, EU research and development programmes , Trans-European Network-Transport Programmes (TEN-T), Marco Polo Programme.
- UK Rail Industry – European Engagement Plan.
- PI3LOTS Consortium Framework Contract to Provide Technical, Legal & Organisational Support for Implementation of the ITS Action Plan.
- The Kavarken Intermodal Link.
- Coventry University’s Integrated Transport & Logistics Grand Challenge.
- UK National Contact Point, Transport Policy & Applications, EU’s 7th Framework Programme of Research & Technological Development (FP5-FP7).
- The ITS (UK) Practitioner’s Guide to Europe.
- Transport Research & Innovation Portal.
- Video Information Highway.
- SMARTRANS – Research Council of Norway’s Intelligent Freight Transport Research Programme (2007-2013).
- Department for Transport’s (DfT) Road Vehicle and Safety Standards’ (RVSS) and Roads Performance Strategy’s (RPS) Unit-Level Evidence Research Strategy and the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7).
Finella McKenzie. BSc (Hons) University of St Andrews
Brighton, East Sussex
Tel: +44(0)1273-390512 / Mobile: +44(0)7980-838-265
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