Leon DANIELS

Biographical note
Leon joined Transport for London in April 2011 after a career in Government, Shipping Tourism and public transport. He spent 27 years in the private sector and was in business both on his own account and as a Director at FirstGroup plc. He has wide national and international experience having worked in Hong Kong and USA, and has overseen several significant business acquisitions and sales at home and overseas. After 13 years at FirstGroup plc he joined TfL ahead of the London 2012 Olympic Games to oversee the delivery of surface transport in what is now recognised as a hugely successful world-class event. His TfL responsibilities include the safe and efficient running of London’s roads, bus services, taxis, cycle hire, river services, Overground, DLR, Emirates Airline and Trams.

Presentation: Connected and autonomous vehicles and the future of mobility in urban area
Technology and data underpin everything we do and have been critical in delivering fundamental improvements to our services for customers. However, technological developments often require us to change the way we operate. Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) are no exception and they will disrupt established patterns of transport globally. A failure to engage with this change could have significant detrimental impacts on future cities including increased congestion, lower air quality and an increase in private car journeys.
Public transport authorities/operators and policy makers must embrace this change and ‘Lead the TRANSITion’. Much has been written and said about what CAVs will be able to do, but less attention as been paid to what policies and regulatory frameworks cities need to put in place to harness the benefits from these new technologies to help tackle air pollution, congestion and social exclusion.