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Mayer Hillman (born London, 1931) is a Senior Fellow Emeritus since 1992 at the Policy Studies Institute, University of Westminster where he worked for at least thirty years.
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A qualified architect and town planner, he completed a doctoral thesis on transport, planning and environmental issues in 1970 at the University of Edinburgh.
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Hillman co-authored a 1990 study, One False Move, which equated the reduction in child casualties on British roads in recent decades with the loss of freedom that they have experienced. He is a strong proponent of personal carbon trading (and specifically personal carbon allowances, a concept he helped develop).
He believes public policy should be more socially and environmentally conscious, and has been an animated speaker on a variety of topics, latterly action on climate change.
Hillman is a lifelong cyclist, arguing against compulsory helmet laws in 1992, and in favour of cycling's health promotion possibilities in a BMA report in 1992.