Dr. C G B (Kit) Mitchell

Founder and President of Partners for Livable Communities

Dr Mitchell retired from Transport Research Laboratory in 1994. In 1970 he moved from the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, to join the team at the Road Research Laboratory studying the Cabtrack and Minitram automatic public transport systems. He then managed research on dial-a-bus in Britain and worked with the operators to implement services in Harlow and the West Midlands.

He became Head of Access and Mobility Division in 1975, responsible for research on the effects of transport policies on different groups of people. From 1982 he ran the Environment Divison. From the early 1980s he also ran TRRL's research on transport for disabled people and led the team that produced the DPTAC specification for local buses. After retirement from TRL, he worked for Transport Canada for a year as a Visiting Expert, advising on the implications of ITS for elderly and disabled travellers. Subsequently, he has helped the European Commission with the evaluation and review of intelligent vehicle projects.

He is co-chair of the TRB Committee on Accessible Transportation and Mobility, a member of the Committee on the Safe Mobility of Older Persons and was a member of the task force that produced the TRB report "Transport in an aging society - a decade of experience". He is a Council Member of the UK Institution of Highways and Transportation.