Erik Verroen is a transport planner specialized in mobility, transport and spatial planning. Nowadays, he is employed by the Dutch Ministry of Transport and the National Road and Water Authority (Rijkswaterstaat) as principal advisor on network development and transport modelling. He operates as an advisor and knowledge manager, focusing on the present and future needs of the transport system for passenger and freight transport, taking into account the public goals, the user characteristics and developments in the networks. In addition, he is strongly involved in the development and use of transport models for multimodal passenger and freight transport supporting national policy development and the extension and management of the national networks.Erik joined Rijkswaterstaat in 2014. Before that he worked as an researcher, consultant and manager at Twynstra Gudde consultancy and at the research institute of TNO. He worked for many different public clients and knowledge institutes, both in the Netherlands and abroad. His work can be characterized by connecting the worlds of transport research, policy development and political decision making, taken into account the management and governance needed for the decision making process.

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