About Ethos
Ethos is an award-winning transport consultancy providing clear, practical advice across the transport sector.
Established in 2013, we have grown into a nationally recognised specialist transport consultancy, delivering projects for local authorities, combined authorities, public sector organisations and strategic partners across the UK.
Today, Ethos is trusted by public sector organisations to deliver some of the country’s most complex and high-profile transport, parking and active travel commissions. Our work helps create safer streets, support thriving places and improve the way people travel, enabling our clients to deliver positive outcomes for the communities they serve.
As a focused specialist consultancy, we combine technical excellence with a collaborative and client-focused approach. Every project benefits from director-level involvement, ensuring our advice is effective, robust and closely aligned with our clients’ objectives.
We believe successful projects are built on strong relationships, open communication and a genuine understanding of the challenges our clients face, allowing us to provide advice that is both commercially aware and tailored to each commission.
Our expertise spans transport strategy, active and sustainable transport, parking, traffic engineering, road safety, stakeholder engagement, concept design, decarbonisation and business case development. Whether supporting national programmes, developing long-term strategies or delivering local improvements, we provide practical, evidence-led solutions that are deliverable, innovative and designed to create lasting value.
We are appointed to several national frameworks, including ESPO 664_25 and Scotland Excel Engineering and Technical Consultancy, reflecting the confidence our clients place in the quality of our work. Above all, we pride ourselves on being approachable, responsive and trusted advisors who consistently go the extra mile to deliver successful projects.
We measure our success not by the number of commissions we complete, but by the long-term relationships we build, the trust we earn and the positive difference our work makes to communities across the UK. That philosophy is our ethos, and it continues to shape every project we undertake.
Over 20+ years experience
Over 750 products delivered
80% of clients returned for more work
What are we proud of?
“Ethos were chosen to create the new car parking and sustainable transport best practice guidance due to the clear experience and expertise demonstrated in their tender submission. Throughout the contract, they exerted this experience and expertise, producing a thoroughly impressive piece of work that was achieved despite challenging timescales and political pressures.”
“Ethos provided an in-depth study into the walking and cycling provision across the District that will become a very useful document in the future. The outputs of the project were met on time and we welcome the opportunity to work with the team again.”
“I found Ethos to be very professional. I was happy with the work they carried out to identify a preferred route option and concept design for a new active travel path near Lochgilphead. Their response time to any query and request for information was excellent, and I would happily work with them again.”
“I found Ethos to be very professional. I was happy with the work they carried out to identify a preferred route option and concept design for a new active travel path near Lochgilphead. Their response time to any query and request for information was excellent, and I would happily work with them again.”
“Ethos demonstrated that they understood the brief very well and were able to produce comprehensive and very well-informed plans and costs when looking at taking the options forward. The team used innovative community engagement tools which led to a larger than expected response from the communities involved. I found Ethos* very approachable and easy to deal with. The team produced very professional results, and the project was delivered on time, within the agreed budget.”
