Transport Practitioners' Meeting 2026

The Transport Practitioners’ Meeting (TPM) is the must-attend annual gathering for transport planners, modellers, placemakers and urban transport designers, bringing together practitioners, policymakers and academics for two days of papers, debate and networking.

Date: 15 - 16 July 2026

Location: Manchester Metropolitan University

The Transport Practitioners’ Meeting (TPM) is the must-attend annual gathering for all transport planners, modellers, placemakers, and urban transport designers. This event brings together practitioners, policymakers, and academics who will present numerous topical papers over the course of two days, fostering lively debates, networking opportunities, and the dissemination of the latest thinking across the profession. TPM serves as the annual meeting place for the wider transport and built environment community, offering two days of world-class networking, idea sharing, and spirited debate.

We are excited this year to be heading to Manchester. The city’s well-connected transport infrastructure, recent bus franchising and the expansion of the Bee Network make it a natural meeting point for TPM. Manchester boasts a rich history of innovation and industrial heritage, making it an ideal backdrop for discussions on the future of transportation and promises to offer a compelling and engaging backdrop for the conference that encourages knowledge exchange, networking, and forward-thinking.

• Sessions covering the latest developments and emerging best practice on a wide variety of topics including Global Trends, Shared Economy, Smart Cities, Transport Economics and many more!
• Hands-on workshops and over one hundred unique paper presentations highlighting challenges, solutions and innovations in the transport sector
• Sponsored networking drinks reception, prestigious annual awards ceremony and dinner
• Two-day discounted rates, discounts for select membership organisations, return of the two-for-one Local Authority rate

* Dinner included with this rate​
** Local Authorities receive two bookings for the price of one on two day bookings

Dinner tickets are sold separately at £59pp.

Please note as with conferences of this nature, speaker and session times are subject to change. A final version of the programme will be available in delegate documentation packs. Please check back for updates and new speakers.