Paul Osborne Joins SYSTRA from Sustrans

Paul Osborne has joined SYSTRA to lead and develop its cycling capabilities. Paul pioneered the national Safe Routes to Schools initiative and has over 20 years’ experience at Sustrans, where he led its education travel initiatives and directed a range of infrastructure and behaviour change projects.

His skills and experience cover travel behaviour change, cycling and walking feasibility studies, scheme design, strategy development, policy analysis and bid preparation. One of his first tasks at SYSTRA will be the preparation of a cycling and walking strategy for the North East Combined Authority.

Paul is a qualified transport planner and civil engineer. He was Sustrans’ Regional Director for Yorkshire & the Humber.