Stephen Glaister

Stephen Glaister CBE (born 21 June 1946) is Emeritus Professor of Transport and Infrastructure at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, where he was also director of the Railway Technology Strategy Centre.^[1]

He was chair of the Office of Rail and Road from early 2016 until 31 December 2018. He remained a member of the ORR Board until 2020.

He is a former board member of Transport for London and former director of the RAC Foundation.^[2]

He is a fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and has been an advisor to many transport-related organisations and committees since the late 1970s. He has been cited as an expert on transport policy.^[3]

Professional life

Glaister has, amongst other things, been: the director of the Railway Technology Strategy Centre; a board member of Transport for London (2000 to 2008); and director of the RAC Foundation (2008 to 2015).

He was first appointed the Chair of the Office of Rail and Road in March 2015,^[4] a position he was most recently reappointed to in January 2018.^[5]

He has published widely on transport matters and was appointed a CBE for services to public transport in 1998.^[6] He has also published regarding the regulation of the water and gas industries.^[6]

Other roles

• Member, Joint Science Research Council/Social Science Research Council Transport Committee (1978 – 1980)
• Member, UK government first Advisory Committee on Trunk Road Assessment (1977 – 1981)
• Editor, Economica (1979 – 1982)
• Specialist Adviser to the Parliamentary Select committee on Transport (1981-1983, 1988,1990)
• Non-executive Board member, London Regional Transport (1984 – 1993)
• Economic advisor, British Rail Policy Unit and InterCity strategy (1980 – 1993)
• Managing Editor, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (1987 – 1999)
• Member, Independent Review of Road Charging Options for London (ROCOL) (1998 – 2000)
• Economic Advisor to the Rail Regulator (1993 – 2001)
• Economic Advisor, Office of Gas Supply (1996 – 2002)
• Advisor to Buses sub-group, Commission for Integrated Transport (1999 – 2003)
• Member, steering group for the Department of Transport's National Road Pricing Feasibility Study (2003 – 2004)
• Member, HS2 Analytical Challenge Panel (2011)
• Co-chair, Transport Safety Commission (2013)