Mary Creagh

CEO

Living Streets

Mary is the Chief Executive of Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking. She was the Labour MP for Wakefield 2005-2019, Shadow Secretary for the Environment, Transport and International Development and chaired Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee.

She is an influential, international thinker on climate change and environmental policy, and has shaped UK government policy on net zero, single use plastics, fast fashion, green finance, air pollution, flooding, biodiversity, heatwaves, and resource efficiency.

Latest contributions

Transport & Infrastructure

11 February 2021

Design deemed ‘crucial’ for new public transport infrastructure

Good design is crucial for the future of public transport infrastructure and the creation of facilities that are seldom an end in themselves, aided by having effective champions within organisations a...

Transport & Infrastructure

11 February 2021

Putting design at the heart of public transport infrastructure

Design Council and NLA present a panel event to discuss the value of design in public transport infrastructure. Transport infrastructures and stations are much more than transport nodes. These plac...

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