CEO Outlook: Keeping public transport on track, with Anne Graham, National Transport Authority

It is an interesting time to be overseeing the management and evolution of Ireland’s public transport network. Not only has the pandemic dramatically reduced passenger numbers on trains, trams, buses and taxis, at least temporarily, but the rapid move towards environmentally sustainable modes of transport is also introducing new and interesting challenges. 

As CEO of the National Transport Authority (NTA), Anne Graham is tasked with helping to develop solutions for these challenges and others, while also creating strategies to build the public transport system of the future. In this episode of the EY CEO Outlook Podcast, Anne Graham tells host Richard Curran the story of her rise through the public service to the role she holds today, and her vision for the public transport system of tomorrow. They discuss:

·         The challenge of providing public transport in rural areas, and how residential planning must play a role. 

·         The planned electrification of the bus fleet, battery range, and future technology

·         How to encourage more women into engineering

·         Why the NTAs mission around sustainability is helping drive talent recruitment 

·         The concept of ‘mobility as a service’ and making one ticket allow access to several modes of transport