Greengauge21 was established in 2006 as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. The company was founded by Jim Steer, one of the UK’s leading transport sector specialists.

Greengauge21 has no vested interest and is not seeking to be part of any direct beneficiary (construction company, operating company etc.). It is a registered company, limited by guarantee, that seeks to act in what it believes is the national and the public interest, by bringing forward the necessary data and arguments so that a debate can take place, so that the many parties that should be involved in such a ground-breaking initiative are fully informed.

Jim Steer, the founder of Greengauge21, also founded the transport consultancy Steer Davies Gleave in 1978. Jim was Managing Director there until 2002, when he took a three-year secondment to the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) in London, as Managing Director, Strategic Planning. Jim returned to the consultancy in 2005 as a Director. He has thirty years consultancy experience, and is an authority on rail planning and policy, and on the experience in Britain of rail privatisation.

Julie Mills is a transport economist specialising in railway strategy and planning, both in the public sector and in transport consultancy. In 2002 she led the major Atkins study into the feasibility of a north-south high speed railway line. Between 2003 and 2005, Julie headed the Strategic Rail Authority’s regional planning team and she is currently working as an independent transport consultant.

Jim Steer and Julie Mills