Industry leaders and campaigners have been recognised in the 2023 New Year Honours List, including the past secretary general of ITS (UK) Jennie Martin (pictured below), who was awarded an MBE for services to transport technology.
Ms Martin, who recently stepped down from the leadership role, joined the intelligent transport systems industry body in 1998 and took over as secretary general in 2004.
She said: 'I have been very fortunate to work in the ITS sector during the last quarter century of exciting and rapid development. It has been deeply satisfying to see how transport technology has improved the journeys of people and goods over that time. I have been privileged to work with so many dedicated and talented ITS experts, true pioneers in their field, and this award is just as much for them.'
The society’s president, former transport minister Steve Norris, said the award was 'richly deserved for her tireless efforts on behalf of all our members'.
Also included in the King’s New Year honours list was Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, who was made a CBE in recognition of her campaign against air pollution.
Ms Adoo-Kissi-Debrah has been fighting to introduce the Clean Air (Human Rights) Bill - or "Ella's law", named after her daughter, who died at the age of nine in 2013. Ella was the first person to have air pollution listed as a cause of death at an inquest in the UK.
Southwark Coroner's Court noted that levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) near Ella's home exceeded World Health Organization and European Union guidelines and found that air pollution 'made a material contribution' to Ella's death.
Research from Southampton University found a 'striking association' between Ella's admissions to hospital for asthma and spikes in air pollution. Ella’s home was 25 metres from the South Circular, one of London's worst hit areas for air pollution.
Ms Adoo-Kissi-Debrah told the BBC that the award was 'an absolute honour, and recognition for the campaign'.
Other awards include:
Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Dawn Elizabeth Childs FREng - president, Women's Engineering Society. For services to engineering.
Commanders of the Order of the British
Professor Robert Alan Dover - chairman, Advanced Propulsion Centre UK. For services to the automotive industry.
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Anthony John Christopher Poulter - non-executive director, Department for Transport. For services to the transport industry.
Fiona Ann White - lately deputy director, train strategy and operations, Department for Transport. For public service.
Mark Wild - lately chief executive officer, Crossrail Ltd. For services to public transport.
Dr Nina Crampton Baker DL for services to the history of women in engineering.
Elizabeth Anne Jackson - head of space exploration, UK Space Agency. For services to the space sector.
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Nigel William Goodband - detective sergeant, British Transport Police and chair, British Transport Police Federation. For services to policing.
Richard Charles Barrington Stevens DL - managing director, Go South West. For services to transport and to the community in Plymouth, Devon.
Dr Oluwole Olawale Folayan - co-founder, Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers UK. For services to equality, diversity and inclusion in engineering.
Lieutenant Commander Anthony James Eagles - RN lately helicopter policy specialist, Civil Aviation Authority. For services to aviation safety
Anthony David Rapson - lately head of the general aviation safety strategy study, Civil Aviation Authority. For services to general aviation and to aviation safety.
Stephen Slater - director and chief executive officer, Light Aircraft Association. For services to diversity in the aviation industry.
Elizabeth Mary Deignan - For services to cycling.
Medallists of the Order of the British Empire
Neil Atherton - bus driver, Arriva North West and Wales. For services to public transport and to the community in Liverpool and Widnes during COVID-19.
Enyojo Opaluwa-Pinheiro - founder and chair, Passenger Services BAME Network, Department for Transport. For services to diversity and inclusion.
Stephen Burns - road sweeper, Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. For services to the community in Portglenone, County Antrim.
And Det Sgt Brian Power of the British Transport Police was awarded a King's Police Medal (KPM) for services to policing.
Recipients of the New Year Honours are selected by independent committees, with those chosen then formally approved by the prime minister and the king.
