Matthew Lugg OBE has marked his inauguration as the new elected president of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) with a call for transport to be driven by its users’ needs.
He was welcomed into the year-long role at an event attended by industry leaders and other key stakeholders at the CIHT’s London offices on Wednesday (20 June).
Mr Lugg’s 35-year career within the highways and transportation industry has seen him in leading public sector and, more recently, private sector roles. He is currently director of public services at WSP in the UK.
He has been involved in the CIHT for over 30 years and has served as its vice president, as a trustee and as a member of its council.
He said: ‘My presidential theme aims to ensure that transport infrastructure and services are driven by the needs of users.
‘We all have to ask what people actually want from transport and to engage and communicate with them to get the best outcomes, otherwise we risk designing infrastructure not fit for purpose.
‘As we move towards a brave new world of autonomous vehicles we have to think about the people they will serve. It is difficult to predict the pace of change, but CIHT is keen to engage more with younger and a wider range of professionals to get their views around the sorts of environment we should be designing for the future.’
He added: ‘My key priorities over the next year include expanding CIHT’s membership, growing our international presence and developing a new range of relationships with academia, the private and public sector. I will also champion career development, continue to push forward with CIHT’s diversity and inclusion agenda.’
The CIHT said the overarching theme for Mr Lugg’s year – ‘Delivering Better Services for People’ – will help ‘demonstrate transport infrastructure’s contribution to a prosperous economy and a healthy and inclusive society’.
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