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Prof David Metz
Chadwick Building
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT
Appointment
- Honorary Professor
- Dept of Civil, Environ &Geomatic Eng
- Faculty of Engineering Science
Biography
I am an honorary professor in the Centre for Transport Studies at UCL. I
was formerly Chief Scientist at the Department for Transport. Earlier in my career I was a member of the scientific staff of the Medical Research Council and a civil servant in various Whitehall departments. I have a BSc (Chemistry) and MSc (Biochemistry) from UCL and a PhD (Biophysics) from KCL.
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Research Summary
My research interests focus on the growth of travel demand, particularly as this is influenced by demographic factors, and on how this demand is met by investment in the transport system, as this is influenced by transport policy and new technologies.
See my website www.drivingchange.org.uk for current commentaries, my main publications, and details of my most recent book 'Travel Fast of Smart?'.
Appointments
| 1997 – 2005 | Visiting Professor | Centre for Ageing and Public Health | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom |
| 1992 – 1997 | Chief Scientist, Department for Transport | , United Kingdom |
