MSc Transport Planning Welcome to MORE 2025

Tom Cohen (Course Leader), Rachel Aldred, Paulo Anciaes, Enrica Papa

Tom Cohen is Reader in Transport Policy and a member of the Active Travel Academy. He is the course leader of the MSc.

Rachel Aldred is Professor of Transport and Director of the Active Travel Academy.

Paulo Anciaes is Principal Research Fellow in Transport and Health at UCL. He contributes to our Transport-Planning courses as a part-time visiting lecturer.

Enrica Papa is Professor of Transport Planning. Her main research interest is in sustainable accessibility planning.

The suite of Transport Planning courses (MSc, Postgraduate Diploma, Postgraduate Certificate) is designed to prepare its students to perform at the highest standard in a wide range of transport roles. It teaches the essential practical skills of transport planning: students learn the fundamentals of transport, acquiring the techniques and knowledge required to practise in the transport sector. Alongside this, the course teaches students to think critically so that, in addition to knowing how to ‘do’ transport, they complete the course with a zeal to find better ways of doing things, a confidence to question orthodoxy, and the rigour necessary to follow through on the challenges they pose.

The courses are embedded in industry, with senior practitioners from all parts of the transport world contributing their expertise as guest lecturers, mentors and advisers. We’ve been teaching transport at Westminster for over fifty years and this is reflected in the impressive number of alumni who have reached highly influential positions in their fields.

The cohort is diverse, drawing students from a mixture of UK-based and international backgrounds, with a large proportion studying part-time alongside their existing work in transport. This enriches the experience for all concerned as those already working in the field share their experience whilst those who are newer to transport bring fresh thinking to bear.

Teaching is further enriched by the strong links that exist between the courses in Transport Planning and their ‘siblings’ across the School of Architecture + Cities: Logistics and Supply Chain Management, and Air Transport Planning and Management. 

The MSc course has for many years been accredited by the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT); graduates are not required to take the Institute’s exams. It also forms part of the pathway to the Transport Planning Professional (TPP) qualification, managed by the Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation and the Transport Planning Society.