Miss Kateryna Kryshkevych
School of Science, Engineering & Environment
Current positions
Lecturer
Biography
Kateryna Kryshkevych joined the University of Salford in 2022 as a Lecturer in Transport Engineering and Planning. She teaches on two Level 7 postgraduate programmes: Transport Engineering and Planning and Sustainable Air Transport. Kateryna is a module leader for four postgraduate modules, with her teaching focusing on transport planning policy and principles, as well as forecasting and appraisal techniques.
She is a Chartered Transport Planner and a full member of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT), where she currently serves as a Technical Champion. In 2025, Kateryna was awarded a Fellowship of Advance HE, recognising her commitment to excellence in teaching and learning in higher education.
Before entering academia, Kateryna worked in the transport industry, holding roles at leading UK consulting firms including WSP, Capita, and Royal HaskoningDHV since 2014. Her expertise spans a wide range of transport planning areas, including:
- Development of Transport Business Cases (highways and active travel)
- Economic appraisals and value for money assessments
- Use of appraisal tools such as AMAT, HEAT, and Greater Manchester’s PEAT Toolkit
- Scheme impact quantification using TUBA and bespoke models based on WebTAG
- In-depth knowledge of DfT and Welsh Transport Appraisal Guidance
- Stakeholder and public consultation
- Transport Assessments, Statements, Travel Plans, and EIA Transport Chapters
- Masterplanning and technical reporting for new developments and strategies
- Planning application auditing (Blackburn with Darwen Council, 2017–2023)
- Urban regeneration and sustainable transport projects
- Evidence preparation for planning appeals and public inquiries
- Junction capacity modelling (ARCADY, PICADY, LinSig) and network modelling
- Preliminary highway design (AutoCAD, AutoTrack)
- Application of current highway design guidance and development control policies
- Project and financial management of multidisciplinary schemes
Areas of Research
Transport business case
Economic appraisal
Value for money assessments
Active travel scheme appraisal
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Traffic flow modelling
Parking
Forecasting and appraisal
Masterplanning
Module Leader for:
- L7 Transport Planning: Policy and Principles
- L7 Transport Planning: Forecasting and Appraisal
Dissertation supervisor for L6 Civil Engineering and L7 MSc Transport Engineering and Planning.
Qualifications
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Transport Engineering and Planning
2013 - 2014