IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF CONGESTED ROAD TRANSPORT NETWORKS OUTSIDE CITY CENTRES

Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Construction Engineering (CICE)

Loughborough University

An opportunity exists for an Engineering Doctorate Student to join Leicestershire County Council (LCC) as part of the prestigious four-year Engineering Doctorate programme at Loughborough University, leading to the award ‘Doctor of Engineering’.

LCC is the Local Transport Authority for the county and has responsibility for transport networks in a number of market towns, as well as areas of the Principal Urban Area of Leicestershire. LCC Local Transport Plan for 2011-2026 focuses on sustaining the local economy and reducing the impact of transport on the environment. They have a state-of-the-art integrated transport, land-use and demand model (LLITM) and in 2011, were Transport Times Local Transport Authority of the Year