Transport, greek myths and urban planning

This episode features an interview with Andreas Markides.

Based around his book Urban Myths. Urban Myths is an intriguing and fascinating read that explores the prism of ancient Greek civilisation and myths as a reference to show how human behaviour, values and frailties are timeless.

Andreas Markides BSc MSc CEng FICE FCIHT AoU is a chartered civil engineer with a masters in Transport Planning from Imperial College. In the past he had been chairman of Colin Buchanan and Partners and he is now chairman of Markides Associates, a consultancy which employs 35 transport planners and engineers.

In 2013 Andreas had led the Government’s Planning Commission for the island of Cyprus and he was the President of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) in the UK during 2017/2018.

He has appeared as expert witness at many public inquiries and he has led several town centre regeneration as well as urban extension projects. He has written many learned papers and presented at numerous conferences.