Senior Management Group

Chair: Mr. Rob Methorst |

Working Group Leader 4: Coherence and Integration 

Email: rob.methorst@rws.nl

Rob Methorst was born in 1950 and graduated at Groningen university as a human geographer - land use planner. Currently he is a senior consultant and traffic safety research supervisor at the AVV Transport Research Centre of the Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management in the Netherlands. From the start of his carrier he worked in the field of transport and traffic safety, first 3 years for a local authority, then 10 years as the secretary of the then experimental Regional Road Safety Board, dealing with the co-ordination and stimulation of new traffic safety policy strategies and knowledge management. The following that he worked 10 year as head of traffic policy at the Dutch Pedestrians Association. Here he focussed on creating an adequate knowledge base, policy innovation and lobbying. In his current job at the ministry the universal experience and networking are used to help improving the quality of policy making on the national level.

Vice Chair: Mr. Jim Walker

Email: jim.walker@walk21.com

Jim is the Vice Chair of the PQN Project and has been involved in developing, managing and promoting access projects for 15 years. He is an experienced policy advisor, strategy writer and project manager for access issues across the health, leisure, tourism, transport and planning sectors. He has a degree in Environmental Management and specialises in writing and implementing communication strategies with expertise in online, onsite and printed marketing solutions. Jim is Chair of Walk21 and Director of London Walking Forum. He has been a Nature Conservation Manager, Trail Manager and a Ranger in UK, New Zealand and United States.

Hector Monterde i Bort |

Working Group Leader 1: Functional Needs 

Email: hector.monterde@uv.es

Qualifications:
- Psychologist (degree in 1981 by University of Valencia –Spain-)
- Ph. Dr. in 1989 by University of Valencia (Spain).
- Title of the thesis: “Risk Perception and Decision-Taking in Simulated Situations of Driving”.
- University lecturer’s exam: 1988
- Extraordinary doctoral award by University of Valencia, 1990
- Associate Professor exam: 1992
- National research award “Gonzalez del Pino”, Spanish Ministry of Defence, 1996
Associate Professor of the University of Valencia. Dept. of Methodology of Behavioural Sciences. Matters: Psychometry (psychological testing), Statistical Data Analysis and Computers. Responsible of research group #0522 of University of Valencia. Principal researcher and responsible on behalf the University of Valencia for the EU project SIZE (Life Quality of Senior Citizens in Relation to Mobility Conditions –Contract No: QLRT-2001-02399 of the 5th Framework Program ) (2003-2006).
Professional activities:
Professional Psychologist. Board member (1990-1996) of the official association of Spanish psychologists (Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos, COP). Representative in the Federal Coordinating Board of Psychology and Road Safety of the COP (1988-1996). International representative of Spanish associations of psychologists in the EFPPA Task Force on Traffic Psychology since 1996.

Ralf Risser |

Working Group 2 Leader: Perceived Needs 

Email: ralf.risser@factum.at

Education and Exams

2005 Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden
1988 Docent (lecturer) University of Vienna, Austria
1977 Ph.D. from University of Vienna, Austria

Professional Appointments and Positions

1994 - Lecturer at Technical University Vienna, Lectures in Traffic Sociology
1988 - FACTUM OHG founded (SME, Consulting and Research Work in Traffic), Director & Owner; National and International Research work with FACTUM
1988 - Docent at University of Vienna, Lectures in Traffic Sociology
1977-1987 Traffic psychologist, Austrian Road Safety Board
2005 - Associate Professor, Department of Technology and Society, Lund University

Examples of other Positions, Assignments and Awards

1988 - Secretary of ICTCT, the International Co-operation on Theories and Concepts in Traffic Safety
1988-2005 Chairman and Co-Chairman of the Austrian Association of Psychologists, Section Traffic Psychology
1989 - Founder (1989) and Member of INFAR, an Association dealing with testing, training and rehabilitation of car drivers in Austria
1993-2003 Convenor of the Task Force Traffic Psychology of EFPPA, the European Federation of Professional Psychologists' Associations
2003 - NORBIT Nordic Organisation of Behaviour in Traffic: Member of Chairing Committee

Daniel Sauter |

Working Group Leader 3: Durability and Future Prospects 

Email: daniel.sauter@urban-mobility.ch

Daniel has been working as a sociologist for the past 20 years in the field of walking, road danger reduction, the analysis of mobility patterns and inclusive public spaces, as well as the development of related policies and strategic concepts.
Between 1990 and 2001 he co-managed the Swiss pedestrian organisation, represented the International Federation of Pedestrians at the United Nations and participated in COST Action C6.
Since 2001 he has been operating his own business, Urban Mobility Research, where he has headed a number of research projects for federal departments, the city of Zurich and national institutions like the Swiss National Science Foundation. Most recently he has completed studies about inclusive public spaces and active mobility patterns for children and young adults.
His international involvement is reflected in speaking engagements in Europe and North America, in contributions to European research programmes, the International Charter for Walking, and in the organization of the 6th WALK21 conference in Zurich 2005.