Ruth heads up one of the City of Edinburgh Council’s Strategy and Development teams within the Transport Strategy and Partnership service area. She is passionate about placemaking and ensuring that streets and spaces are inclusive, healthy, welcoming and safe for everyone.
Her team delivers a range of placemaking and mobility strategies including the city’s local transport strategy – the ‘City Mobility Plan’, and key place-based strategies including the Princes Street and Waverley Valley Strategy. Her team is also responsible for undertaking statutory and advisory duties to monitor and improve the city’s air quality, including delivery of Edinburgh’s Low Emission Zone. She has been pivotal in establishing an independent Accessibility Commission for Edinburgh to ensure streets and spaces are as accessible as possible for disabled people. She is also playing a critical role in delivering work for women’s safety including supporting the creation of a new Women’s Safety Street Design Guidance Factsheet.
Ruth has worked for local government on and off for 14 years and has also worked in the private sector delivering master planning and regeneration projects. She trained as a town planner and urban designer, and is a proud Mancunian.