--- title: Creating Places That Thrive url: "https://www.systra.com/ireland/creating-places-that-thrive/" type: page date_published: 2023-05-18 date_modified: 2025-03-04 schema: @type: WebPage language: en-IE word_count: 1194 reading_time: 6 min canonical: "https://www.systra.com/ireland/creating-places-that-thrive/" featured_image: "https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/05/l2-market-cities-and-urban-mobility-website-header.jpg" --- # Creating Places That Thrive ![Creating Places That Thrive](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/05/l2-market-cities-and-urban-mobility-website-header.jpg) At SYSTRA, our teams focus on designing and implementing sustainable and efficient transport solutions that enhance connectivity and accessibility. By integrating innovative engineering and consulting services, we aim to develop next generation transport plans that deliver sustainable liveable communities and economic growth. Cities and towns are not ends in themselves or a convenient way to socially organise populations, but an expression of the particular people who live in them, their needs and desires and ways of life. That doesn’t sound like such a radical idea today, but a glance at the history of urban planning , especially the heroic errors of the 20th century, makes it obvious that it is an idea that is not always well understood. ![thriving-cities](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/thriving-cities.jpg) We work collaboratively to develop transport systems that improve the movement of people and goods, reducing congestion and travel times.  Promoting [sustainability](https://www.systra.com/uk/sustainable-future/) and fostering economic growth feed into a wider vision of improving quality of life for communities – where user-friendly transport systems that are safe, reliable, and accessible to all.  We’ll be covering these themes and more throughout Interchange 2025. Talk to our team of specialists attending the conference,  **[browse their profiles below,](https://www.systra.com/ireland/creating-places-that-thrive/#h-meet-our-colleagues) ** and reach out to line up conversations around how we can help you create those places that thrive. [Download our creating places that thrive brochure](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2023/06/creating_places_that_thrive_brochure_web.pdf) [[ [Speak to our specialist teams](https://www.systra.com/ireland/creating-places-that-thrive/#h-meet-our-colleagues) ### PLACE-BASED SOLUTIONS  We work closely with clients and stakeholders to ensure transport solutions meet the specific needs and aspirations of the communities they serve.  Our place-based solutions focus on developing insight from the ground up. Our  [**Transport planning**](https://www.systra.com/uk/services/transport-strategy/transport-planning/)  is routed in expert modelling, stakeholder engagement and a placemaking philosophy.  ![l3-markets-active-travel-website-header](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/05/l3-markets-active-travel-website-header-1024x645.jpg) _markets Active Travel Read more sur Active Travel_ ![](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/gettyimages-1169227800-1024x683.jpg) _markets Local Transport Read more sur Local Transport_ ![Historic buildings along a street in Kilkenny, Ireland](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/05/streets-and-placemaking-1024x645.jpg) _markets Streets & Placemaking Read more sur Streets & Placemaking_ ![l2-market-cities-and-urban-mobility-website-header](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/06/l2-market-cities-and-urban-mobility-website-header-1024x645.jpg) - Expert Insights Marta LIUT ### Creating Liveable Communities – A People Centric Approach [ Read more ](https://www.systra.com/ireland/expert_insights/creating-liveable-communities-a-people-centric-approach/) [Join our community](https://www.systra.com/ireland/register/join-our-community/) ### USING DATA TO FORCAST FUTURE MOBILITY  From EV charging to e-scooters, we seek to understand changing behaviours. We’re planning for latent demand across a transforming transport environment.  Data plays a crucial role in shaping the future of mobility by enabling more informed decision-making and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the transport solutions we are working towards.  ![maas-header](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/06/maas-header-1024x645.jpg) _services Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Read more sur Mobility as a Service (MaaS)_ ![electric-vehicles-and-energy-transition-header](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/06/electric-vehicles-and-energy-transition-header-1024x645.jpg) _services Electric Vehicles and Energy Transition Read more sur Electric Vehicles and Energy Transition_ ![transport-data-analysis-and-visualisation-header-v2](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/06/transport-data-analysis-and-visualisation-header-v2-1024x645.jpg) _services Transport Data Analysis & Visualisation Read more sur Transport Data Analysis & Visualisation_ ![capture](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/10/capture-1024x566.png) _projects Five Cities Demand Management Study Read more sur Five Cities Demand Management Study_ ![South Hampshire Local Economic Impact Model (LEIM)](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/06/southampton-docks-solent-1024x396.jpg) _projects South Hampshire Local Economic Impact Model (LEIM) Read more sur South Hampshire Local Economic Impact Model (LEIM)_ ### Downloads & Resources [Join our community](https://www.systra.com/ireland/register/join-our-community/) ### Join our team at SYSTRA ![](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/03/careers-1024x323.jpg) Interested in progressing your [career](https://www.systra.com/ireland/careers/start-a-career-at-systra/) at SYSTRA? Find out more about opportunities in our careers section. [SEARCH CAREERS](https://www.systra.com/ireland/careers/start-a-career-at-systra/) ![start-a-career-at-systra-header](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/06/start-a-career-at-systra-header-1024x645.jpg) _Careers at SYSTRA Read more sur Careers at SYSTRA_ ![our-people-header-2](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2023/06/our-people-header-2.jpg) _Our Colleagues Read more sur Our Colleagues_ #### Meet our colleagues ![](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/youtube-thumbnail-3.jpg) #### Katie Hall Katie Hall, Business Director for the Consultancy team, is a versatile transport planner, project manager, and director. She has extensive experience in policy analysis, literature research, and data synthesis. Katie is well-versed in regional and national transport strategy, having contributed to the development of the regional Delivering a Sustainable Transport System (DaSTS) work program and worked as an Assistant Project Manager on a National Networks study for the Department for Transport. [Contact Katie](https://www.systra.com/uk/talk-to-our-team/) ![](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/youtube-thumbnail-2.jpg) #### Eifion Jenkins Eifion Jenkins has 25 years’ experience leading and developing projects in the transport technology sector. Eifion developed his expertise is intelligent transport systems and has managed and commissioned transport projects across the UK and Australia for governments and the private sector. He regularly advises local authorities throughout the UK on their data requirements and analytical tools. Eifion was instrumental in developing the complex Olympic Route Network (ORN) project as part of London’s 2012 Games. [Contact Efion](https://www.systra.com/uk/talk-to-our-team/) ![neill-birch](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/neill-birch.jpg) #### Neill Birch Neill Birch is our Business Director with responsibility for business development and project delivery in our Public Transport portfolio including Operations, Payment Means and Ticketing. He serves on our Senior Management Team for Consultancy. Neill has considerable transport operations and planning experience spanning four decades. His wide-ranging background covers hands-on experience of all principal modes of public transport, including bus and heavy rail, in a variety of European contexts. He is also an accomplished project manager and director, and a Member of the Association for Project Management. [Contact Neill](https://www.systra.com/uk/talk-to-our-team/) ![](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2025/03/youtube-thumbnail-1.jpg) #### Dan Brokenshire Dan is a talent acquisition professional at SYSTRA. [Contact Dan](https://www.systra.com/uk/talk-to-our-team/)