New Bus Users UK Board member

Following a unanimous vote at its 2013 AGM, Tracy Jessop, has been appointed to the Board of Bus Users UK. Tracy is currently Assistant Director for Travel and Transport at Norfolk County Council, where she manages the authority’s portfolio of services for strategic transportation issues. She leads a team of staff delivering public transport, covering bus, rail, demand responsive transport and park & ride. She also works on integrated passenger transport including education and social care transport; intelligent traffic systems; travel information; development control; and travel planning. A co-opted Board Member of the Community Transport Association UK for 2013, Tracy is an active member of the Association of Transport Coordinating Officers, spending a year as Chair during 2012, as well as the Transport Committee of the Association of Directors of Environment, Planning and Transport.

Tracy said, ‘I am very passionate about changing the shape of transport service at a national level and challenging providers to be the very best they can be, recognising that by working together the final outcome is often much better and more sustainable.’