P.M Bunting & Associates
Dr. Bunting had twenty-five years experience in policy and economics research; consulting; education and training.
He held a Bachelor of Applied Science (aerospace science), University of Toronto; Master of Science (engineering economics), Loughborough
University of Technology, U.K; and a Doctorate in Philosophy (ethics) from Queen's University at Kingston, Canada.
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P. Mark Bunting, Ph.D., P.Eng.
CAREER:
- Government - Canadian Transport Commission; Transport Canada
- University Transportation Research - Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transport at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario; Transport Technology Assessment Group at Loughborough University, U.K.
- Private Sector -- Cole, Sherman & Associates, Toronto; P.M. Bunting & Associates, Kingston, Canada.
TEACHING:
- Queen's University, Kingston, Canada (transport policy);
- York University, Toronto (business ethics, administrative ethics);
- Seneca College, Toronto (public speaking); and
- Goodyear, Canada in Napanee Ontario (public speaking and meeting skills);
- Toastmasters International (public speaking and meeting skills).
SOME PROJECTS:
- railway passenger policy, including research on rail privatization in Britain (1998);
- for Province of Alberta, Transportation and Utilities Department (1996 -1998) - assessment of regulatory reform impacts;
- for the Ontario Motor Coach Association and other clients (1995-1997) - Ontario bus deregulation (various projects, including member surveys);
- for Province of Ontario Ministry of Transport (1995) - review of deregulation and privatization of intercity coach and local bus services in Britain;
- for Province of Alberta, Transportation and Utilities Department (1995) - Canadian intercity bus deregulation (a review of policy options);
- for Office of the Greater Toronto Area (1991) - urban planning policy advice and editorial/ writing support.
SOME PUBLICATIONS:
URBAN TRANSPORTATION
"Making Public Transport Work". McGill/Queens Press, 2004. Hardbound; 161 pages. ISBN 0-7735-2607-2
PASSENGER RAIL
"Changing Trains: A Commercially Sustainable Railway Passenger Policy for Canada", a report on the challenges facing Canada's passenger
railway at the end of the 20th century, and the strategic choices and policies that can produce a passenger system for the 21st century.
45 pages. ISBN: 0-9691818-1-7
ARTICLE: VIA RAIL
"Choosing the Right Route for Via Rail Sell-off",
Financial Post, March 13, 1999
ARTICLE: HIGH-SPEED TRAINS
"High-Speed Train Service Should Stay in Station", Financial Post, December 5, 1998
A Canadian firm, established in 1990, P.M. Bunting & Associates provided the following professional services to suit client needs:
- TRANSPORT RESEARCH & CONSULTING: Transport economics (costing, pricing, user charges, financial analysis, cost benefit analysis); transport policy, regulation and institutional studies, passenger transport strategy.
- RESEARCH SUPPORT: Literature & state-of-the-art reviews; internet searches; economic and financial analysis including engineering economics (discounted cash flow analysis) and cost benefit analysis.
- EDUCATION AND TRAINING: Public speaking skill development; effective business meetings; transport policy and economics; professional & business ethics.
- MANAGEMENT SUPPORT: Project management (but not construction management); meeting planning & facilitation; writing and editing services.
Mark was an established force in Canadian transportation policy research, an enthusiastic teacher, a well-liked and active
member of the Kingston community. His death from cancer in August, 2000
stopped a brilliant career in full-flight.
Those wishing to remember Mark might consider sending a donation to a fund to assist
the Department of Philosophy, in Mark's name. The address is: Memorial Donations,
Office of Advancement, Dept. of Development, Summerhill, Queen's University at Kingston,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6 Cheques should be made payable to Queen's University
and marked "for the use of the Dept. of Philosophy, in memory of Mark Bunting".
In addition, colleagues might like to know that the Canadian Transportation Research Forum awarded their bursary for best undergraduate
paper of 2000 in Mark's name.
Estate of P.M. Bunting,
676 Truman Drive, Kingston, Ontario, Canada K7M 5B9