{"id":1626,"date":"2021-10-27T12:02:41","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T12:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/?page_id=1626"},"modified":"2021-10-27T12:02:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T12:02:41","slug":"george-beard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/festival-content\/george-beard\/","title":{"rendered":"George Beard"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1626\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1626-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1626-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1626-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-1626-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"><h3 class=\"widget-title\">Why we need to think smaller<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>This presentation discusses the current challenges with our \u2018big vehicle\u2019 dominated transport system, how micromobility and the notion of \u2018thinking smaller\u2019 can make things better, and what is needed in the form of supporting policy, infrastructure and technology<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"widget-title\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1628\" src=\"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/George-Beard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/George-Beard.jpg 500w, https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/George-Beard-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>George Beard, Head of New Mobility, TRL<\/h3>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n<p>Dr George Beard is a chartered psychologist with a background in research methods, statistics, human factors and psychology. George has ten years of experience designing, conducting and leading social and behavioural research in the transport sector.<\/p>\n<p>George\u2019s research interests lie in understanding how we can move people and goods more effectively, more sustainably and more safely than we do currently.<\/p>\n<p>As head of new mobility at TRL, George leads TRL\u2019s research agenda and strategic direction in this area. George is an experienced researcher; having delivered numerous projects for public and private sector clients including the DfT, Highways England, TfL, TfGM, the ETI, the European Commission, various manufacturers and transport operators, Motability and Citizens Advice.<\/p>\n<p>George is an accomplished author, with papers published in peer-reviewed journals and academic conferences. George is a member of the International Electric Vehicle Policy Council.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1626-0-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This presentation discusses the current challenges with our \u2018big vehicle\u2019 dominated transport system, how micromobility and the notion of \u2018thinking smaller\u2019 can make things better, and what is needed in the form of supporting policy, infrastructure and technology George Beard, Head of New Mobility, TRL Dr George Beard is a chartered psychologist with a background [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-notitle.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1630,"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1626\/revisions\/1630"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roadsafetygb.org.uk\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}