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Modellers should re-brand as ‘analytical transport planners’ says van Vuren

Peter Stonham
15 May 2026
 

Tom van Vuren, Chair of the Modelling World event, has said: “What transport modellers really do is analytical transport planning” and they should re-title themselves as such.

In a message ahead of this year’s event in Leeds next month, which will have a focus on the evolution of transport modelling, van Vuren says “as modellers we are using our skills and experience to understand current and future transport systems and quantify the impacts of different possible...

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