- David Thomas
David Thomas is a Welsh politician and member of Plaid Cymru. David Thomas is the Plaid canditate for Montgomeryshire constituency in the National Assembly for Wales election, 2007 David was born and raised in Haverfordwest and lives near Llanwddyn, having moved there in 1986. He was educated in the primary and secondary schools in Haverfordwest, at the Universities of Oxford (Keble College) and Wales (Cardiff and Aberystwyth) and the South Wales Theological College.
- Eamon Ryan
Eamon Ryan is an Irish Green Party politician. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South and is currently Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources. Before being appointed a minister, Ryan was party spokesperson on Transport, Enterprise, Trade & Employment and Communications, Marine & Natural Resources. Ryan was born in Dublin and first became involved in politics in 1998 when he was appointed to Dublin City Council.
- David Marshall
David Marshall (born May 7, 1941, Glasgow) is the Scottish Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow East, Scotland, since 2005. From 1979-2005 he was the MP for Glasgow Shettleston. David Marshall was educated variously at the Larbert High School; Denny High School; Woodside Senior Secondary School; and the Falkirk High School. He has been a member of the Transport and General Workers' Union since 1960 and a member of the Labour Party since 1962.
- Chan Kong Choy
Chan Kong Choy is the current minister of Transport in Malaysia since July 1, 2003, and a high-ranking member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA).
- Asaf Ali
Asaf Ali (1888-1953) was an Indian freedom fighter and noted Indian lawyer. He was the first ambassador from India to the United States of America. He also worked as the governor of Orissa. Educated in the St. Stephen's College, Delhi and called to bar from Lincoln's Inn in England, he entered the Indian independence movement and was imprisoned many times.
- Louise Ellman
Louise Ellman (born 14 November 1945) is the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Liverpool Riverside.
- Christian Wolmar
Christian Wolmar is a British journalist and author, best known for his books and commentary on transport, especially on Britain's railway network. Christian Wolmar has developed a reputation as one of the most visible commentators on transport, and has written for a very wide range of publications on the subject, as well as appearing regularly on TV and radio. He is currently writing a history of the railways, due to be published in 2007.
- Phil Hope
Philip Ian "Phil" Hope BEd (Exon) (born April 19, 1955) is a British politician as is the Labour and Co-operative Member of Parliament for Corby. He is currently a Parliamentary Secretary in the Cabinet Office. Phil Hope was born in London, the son of a Metropolitan Police commander, and was educated at the Wandsworth Comprehensive School and St Lukes College, Exeter where he was awarded a Bachelor of Education degree in 1978.
- Stanley Ho
Stanley Ho, GBS (born November 25, 1921), also known as Ho Hung-sun, Stanley Ho Hung-sun, is an entrepreneur in Hong Kong and Macau. Ho is sometimes nicknamed "The King of Gambling", reflecting the government-granted monopoly he held of the Macau gambling industry for over 35 years. Ho is the wealthiest person in Macau, and one of the wealthiest in Asia.
- Bob Braden
Robert Braden is an American computer scientist who played a role in the development of the Internet. His research interests include end-to-end network protocols, especially in the transport and internetwork layers.
- Karla Peijs
Karla Maria Henriëtte Peijs is a Dutch politician of the CDA. She was minister of Transport and Waterworks in the second and third Balkenende cabinet. In August 2006, she announced not accepting a position in a new cabinet. On March 1, 2007 she was appointed Queen's Commissioner for the province of Zeeland. zea:Karla Peijs
- John Leech
John Leech (born 11 April 1971) is a British politician and the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Manchester Withington. He is a member of the Transport Select Committee and was appointed a Shadow Transport Spokesperson in 2006.
- Max Graham
Max Graham is a house music producer and remixer from Canada. He was born in the United Kingdom and lived in Spain and the USA before settling in Canada in 1989. In 1994 Max discovered house music, which soon led to his contribution to the Canadian dance music scene. He started his professional production career in 2000, having played house music for ten years previously in Ottawa, Canada at the well-known Atomic night club.
- Greg Nickels
Gregory J. "Greg" Nickels (born August 7, 1955) became the 51st and current mayor of Seattle, Washington on January 1, 2002. He was elected to a second term November 8, 2005. Prior to becoming mayor, Nickels was legislative assistant to Seattle City Council member and future mayor Norm Rice from 1979 to 1987. Nickels was elected to the King County Council in 1987 (defeating longtime incumbent Bob Grieve), and reelected in 1991, 1995 and 1999.
- Clive Efford
Clive Stanley Efford (born 10 July 1958) is a British politician and the Labour member of Parliament for Eltham.
- Olivia Mitchell
Olivia Mitchell is an Irish Fine Gael politician. She is a TD for Dublin South and is currently the Fine Gael spokesperson for Transport. Olivia Mitchell was born in Birr, County Offaly. She was educated locally and at Trinity College Dublin where she qualified with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Politics. She first became involved in politics in 1985 when she was elected to Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. She served on that authority until 2003.
- Colm Imbert
Colm "Peter" Imbert is a politician from Trinidad and Tobago. He is a member of the House of Representatives of Trinidad and Tobago and the People's National Movement (PNM) and is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Diego Martin East. He is also the Minister of Works and Transport of Trinidad and Tobago which he will remain as until the General Elections which is carded for October of 2007 or his post is changed by the Prime Minister.
- John Elliot
Sir John Elliot was a British transport and railway manager. He joined Southern Railway in 1925 as a public relations assistant and continued in various posts with the company until it was nationalised, with the rest of the railway system, into British Railways in 1947. He continued to work for the nationalised company, rising to Chairman of the Railway Executive, until he was appointed as Chairman of London Transport in 1953, a post he held until 1959.
- R Ramakrishnan
Rangaswami Ramakrishnan is from Tamilnadu in India. He comes from an old family from southern India. He is an industrialist with interests in graphite, leather, motor cycle, transport, finance and heavy industry. He was also actively involved in politics being a former sheriff of Madras, now Chennai and is also a former member of the Rajya Sabha: the upper house of the Indian parliament having served as its vice-chairman.
- Joel Garreau
Joel Garreau is the author of Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies – and What It Means to Be Human , published in 2005 by Doubleday. Joel is a reporter and editor at The Washington Post and principal of The Garreau Group, the network of his best sources committed to understanding who we are, how we got that way, and where we’re headed, worldwide.
- G.S. Bali
G.S. Bali is the Transport Minister of Himachal Pradesh. He is the son of M.S. Bali. He was born on 27 July, 1954 at Kangra. He has Diploma in Mechanical Engineering. He got married on 20 June, 1977. He is Founder president of "Himachal Nagrik Sudhar Sabha". Plus, he was Vice Chairman and later Chairman of "Himachal Social Bodies Federation". He was the Convener of "Indian National Congress Vichar Manch" from 1990 to 1997.
- Huguette Labelle
Huguette Labelle holds a Doctor of Philosophy, Education. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada. She has been awarded honorary degrees from twelve Canadian Universities and has received the Vanier medal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, the Outstanding Achievement Award of the public service of Canada, the McGill Management Achievement Award and l'ordre de la Pleiade.
- Richard Bull
Richard Bull (14 July 1914 - 5 February 1942) was a United States Navy aviator during World War II. He was born in New York City on 14 July 1914. He enlisted in the Navy on 16 July 1938 at Miami, Florida, and underwent flight training at the Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., before winning his wings on 12 October 1939. Appointed ensign on 21 November 1939, he was assigned to Patrol Squadron 22 (PatRon 22) on that date. On 28 November 1940, Ens.
- Steve Rothman
Steven R. "Steve" Rothman (born October 14 1952 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American Democratic Party politician, who is a member of the United States House of Representatives for New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District (map). First sworn into the United States Congress on January 3, 1997, he now is serving his fifth two-year term in office. Rothman also sits on the powerful Committee on Appropriations in the House. He attended Washington University Law School.
- William Cornelius van Horne
Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, KCMG (February 3, 1843 - September 11, 1915) was a pioneering North American railway executive. Born in Chelsea, Illinois, in the United States, he moved with his family to nearby Joliet, Illinois when he was eight years old. Van Horne began working on railroads in 1857, serving in various capacities on the Michigan Central Railway until 1864, …
- Nicholas Saunders
Nicholas Saunders (January 25 (or possibly July 25), 1938 – February 3, 1998) was a free-thinking British figure of the 'alternative' movement from the 1970s until his death in a car crash in South Africa. He researched, self-published and distributed a series of editions of 'Alternative London'. These were encyclopaediac guides to living in London particularly for young people squatting, living on low incomes, on the fringes of conventional society, …
- Paul Dunne
Paul Dunne was an Irish soccer player during the 1950s and 1960s in the League of Ireland. Dunne joined Bohemians in 1959 after spells with Transport F.C. and Rathfarnham. He started off in the Bohs "B" team but progressed to the first team and made his debut against Cork Hibernians in October 1959. He impressed enough to keep his place at left half for the rest of the 59/60 season, playing 22 games and scoring 3 goals.
- Henry B. Plant
Henry Bradley Plant (October 27, 1819 - June 23, 1899), was involved with many transportation projects, mostly railroads, in Florida. Eventually he owned the Plant System of railroads which became part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. Plant City, located near Tampa, was named after him.
- Róisín Shortall
Róisín Shortall is an Irish Labour Party politician. She is a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin North West and is currently the Party Spokesperson for Transport. Róisín Shortall was born and reared in Drumcondra, Dublin. She was educated at Dominican College, Eccles Street; University College Dublin, and St. Mary's College of Education, Marino. She worked as a teacher for the deaf before seeking public office.
- James Fairchild
James Fairchild is the chairman of the Transport Yorkshire Preservation Group, an organisation based in Leeds, England which owns and restores a number of historically important vintage buses.
- Salih Usar
Salih Usar is the Minister of Public Works and Communications in the 20th Government of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, in the cabinet of Prime Minister Ferdi Sabit Soyer. He was appointed to his portfolios in April, 2005.
- Brian Langton
The Hon Brian Langton (b. 24 January 1948) is a former Australian politician, who served both as mayor of Kogarah in the St George area of Sydney and as the member for Kogarah in the NSW State Parliament.
- Serge Deslières
Serge Deslières is a Quebec politician and teacher. He is the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Beauharnois in the Montérégie region south of Montreal. He represents the Parti Quebecois and is a member of the party since 1969 and MNA since 1994. Deslières went at the Université de Montréal and obtained a bachelor's degree in remedial education in 1979.
- Bode Thomas
Bode Thomas (1918-1953) was a Nigerian chief from Oyo and a former minster of Transport during the nation's colonial period. He was born to a wealthy trader in Lagos and attended C.M.S. Grammar School, a missionary school founded by Samuel Ajayi Crowther. After completing his studies, he started work at the Nigerian Railway Corporation. In 1939, he went to London to study law and returned later establish what became a successful practice in Lagos.
- Albert Hunt
Albert Hunt was the inventor of the wigwag, a grade crossing signal used in transportation. Hunt was a mechanical engineer from Southern California. He invented the wigwag in 1909 out of the necessity for a safer railroad grade crossing. Hunt was associated with the Pacific Electric interurban streetcar railroad.
- Ivan Bogorov
Ivan Bogorov (1818-1892) was a noted Bulgarian encyclopedist from the time of the National Revival. Educated in medicine, he also worked in the spheres of industry, economy, transport, geography, journalism and linguistics. Born in Karlovo in 1818, Bogorov studied at the Phanar Greek Orthodox College in Istanbul, and at 19 he moved to Odessa to study at the Richelieu High School.
- Tomasi Vuetilovoni
Tomasi Vuetilovoni, commonly known as Tom Vuetilovoni, is a Fijian politician, who is the current Minister for Tourism and Transport, posts which he assumed following the parliametnary election held on 6-13 May 2006. Previously, he served as Minister for Commerce, Business Development, and Investment from July 2000, when he joined the interim government that was formed in the wake of the failed Fiji coup of 2000.
- John H. Riley
John H. Riley (January 19, 1947-March 6, 1994) was an American attorney and railroad transportation administrator. He was born and raised in New York, and moved to Minnesota after graduating from law school. Riley went to Washington DC in 1978 as an aide to U.S. Senator David Durenberger (R-Minnesota) and was his chief counsel and later, his chief of staff.
- John Donnellan
John F. Donnellan is a former Irish politician and sportsperson. He served as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála (TD) for Dáil Éireann for twenty-five years. He played Gaelic football with his local club Dunmore McHales and with the Galway senior inter-county team in the 1960s.
- Carol Telbisz
Carol Telbisz (1853-14 July 1914) was an Austro-Hungarian public figure of Banat Bulgarian origin and a long-time mayor of Temesvár (modern Timişoara, Romania). Born in Nagycsanád, Kingdom of Hungary (today Cenad, Romania) and descending from the old Banat Bulgarian family of Telbiz from Stár Bišnov (today Dudeştii Vechi, Romania), …