Ben Plowden

Director of Surface Transport’s Integrated Programme Delivery Directorate, Transport for London (TfL)

TfL MORNING SESSION: 11th November 2009
Session Speaker – ‘Cycling in London’

Ben Plowden is the Director of Surface Transport’s Integrated Programme Delivery Directorate, Transport for London . He is responsible for TfL programmes that contribute to local transport, safety and environmental improvements across London .

Prior to this he was director of TfL’s Smarter Travel Unit, using marketing and communications techniques to encourage people to make sustainable travel choices. Mr Plowden has held a number of other posts within TfL including Managing Director, Group Communications and Director of Borough Partnerships. Before coming to TfL, he spent ten years working in a variety of senior roles, including Age Concern England and the Council for the Protection of Rural England. In 1997 he became the first director of the Pedestrians Association, which he re-launched in 2001 as Living Streets.