West Midlands Franchise Bid 2016-12-20 As part of the DfT franchise assessment team David was the technical analyst for rail performance measures. Transport Franchising Rail David Rickmann Data Scientist My research interests include transport as a system, data science and asteroid mining. Related Northern and Transpennine Express franchise bid assessment. Scotrail Franchise Bid Remote Sensors Pilot Modelling Automated Train Operation integration. Schedule 8 recalibration.