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Andreas Markides as vice-chair of the Academy of Urbanism (AoU) was instrumental in organising and running this seminar on rapid transport and urban recovery, which produced some key outputs and recommendations, as outlined in the report by Dr Nicholas Falk below: 

People from outside my profession will invariably refer to my fellow professionals as highway engineers or transport planners and sometimes as just traffic consultants. There is a huge difference between these terms but for the purpose of this article I shall use the term “highway engineer” to represent myself and all of my misunderstood fellow professionals.

Andreas Markides

The London Resort Theme Park is a nationally significant infrastructure project located on the Swanscombe Peninsula, within Kent, which lies on the south bank of the River Thames, approximately 30 miles to the east of London.

MA are very proud to announce that, together with supporters from MA Aarchitects, Peacock & Smith, AHMM, CBRE, DWD, Reside, West End Project, Town Legal, Countryside, New Steer, MAA, HGH, Murphy's, HEOR and Gillings Planning, we have managed to raise more than £7,000 for Crisis. 

With the nation filling out census forms, MA's Edward Holmes provides his thoughts on what the census means to transport planning and the limitations of the 2021 census. 

Andreas Markides, as the new vice chair of the The Academy of Urbanism, is pleased to make a contribution to the Academy’s journal with the following article:

https://journal.theaou.org/articles/everything-flows/

As discussed in our recent article ‘Once a Highway, Always a Highway?’ understanding the fundamentals of what constitutes a ‘highway’ and the process of removing highway rights can be critical to new development.

The concept of what constitutes a highway was established long ago, when there were few written laws and local authorities were not in existence.

Coming towards the end of a turbulent year for us all, we are proud to announce that Markides Associates is now wholly owned by its employees. We believe that employee ownership offers a number of highly valuable benefits to our business and staff. We are in no doubt that this move will help us further expand our already talented team and allow us to retain our stability and independence over the long term.

Markides Associates recently completed a feasibility and cost study for the expansion of existing 20mph zones within the town of Kendal on behalf of Kendal Town Council. Referencing the latest policy guidance for the implementation of 20mph speed limits, MA undertook a GIS-based analysis of average recorded speeds across the town, with this being used to determine the suitability of reducing speeds across the town.