Conference programme
10:00
North School
Registration opens. Tea & Coffee served in the Exhibition area
11:00
South School
Opening plenary: active travel as a daily norm
Welcome from session Chair, Cllr Andrew Gant, Cabinet member for Highways Management, Oxfordshire County Council
Jesse Norman, Active Travel Minister, Department for Transport (video)
Chris Boardman, Commissioner, Active Travel England
Filip Watteeuw, Deputy Mayor, Mobility, Public Space & Urban Planning, Ghent, Belgium
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Ruth Cadbury MP, Co-Chair, All Party Parliamentary Group Cycling & Walking Committee
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Cllr Louise Upton, Cabinet Member for Planning and Healthy Communities & Champion for Cycling, Oxford City Council
Followed by panel and audience Q and A
12:30
North School
Lunch served in the Exhibition area
13:30
South School
Winning hearts and minds (and avoiding conspiracy theories)
Chair: Alison Hill, Chair, Cyclox
How can we avoid a 'culture war'?
Robert Davis, Chair, Road Danger Reduction Forum
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Dispelling the myths with data: mapping Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) and modal filters
Martin Lucas Smith, Developer, CycleStreets
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Embedding active travel in communities: who cares about what?
John Howard, Head of Growth, Commonplace
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LTNs and how they work: A study across Greater London
Jamie Furlong, Research Fellow, Westminster University
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Community modal shift: a campaigner’s experience Jamie Clarke, public engagement advisor and freelance campaigner
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East School
LCWIPS session
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Chair: Will Haynes, Infrastructure Director, Sustrans
Update on LCWIPs
Kevin McCann, England Programme Manager, Sustrans, and Becki Cox, Researcher, University of Glasgow
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LCWIP Octopus Toolkit: West Yorkshire
Amber Kenyon, Senior Transport Planner, Mott MacDonald and Vanessa Urschel, West Yorkshire Combined Authority
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Buckinghamshire Greenway and Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP)
Jonathan Fuller, Principal Strategy Transport Officer & Benjamin Feeney-North, Senior Transport Strategy Officer, Buckinghamshire County Council
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Creating a community-led LCWIP for a market town
Robin Tucker, Chair, Oxfordshire Cycling Network,Co-Chair of CoHSAT, the Coalition for Healthy Streets and Active Travel in Oxfordshire (and Founder Member of Abingdon Liveable Streets)
Room 10
Active travel innovation showcase
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Chair: Daniel Simpson, Commercial Director, Landor LINKS
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Active travel: making the case for asset management
Chris Spong, Director, Hyperion
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How cycle parking can support diversity and inclusion
Simon Scarfe Growth Strategy Manager, Cyclehoop
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Temporary vs permanent data collection for transport schemes
Ayanda Collins, Operations Director, Smart Transport Hub
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Cycling behaviour change data uncovered
Sam Robinson, Director, Love to Ride
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Planning for maintenance of active travel schemes
Paddy Hastie​, Winter Equipment Manager, Peacock Salt
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Room 9
Data and the evidence base
Chair: Sally Copley, Executive Director, External Affairs, Sustrans
Transforming active travel: leveraging cycling sensor data for safety, evaluation and beyond
IreneMcAleese, Co-founder & CSO, See.Sense
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Is subsidising repair associated with increased cycling? Evaluation of the Fix Your Bike scheme
Beth Hiblin and Sally Cairns, Transport for Quality of Life and Tom Cohen, Senior Lecturer, Active Travel Academy, University of Westminster
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Mind the data gap: understanding children’s trips and child-friendly streets
Lucy Marstrand-Taussig, Design Policy Lead for Streets, Transport for London and Asa Thomas, Research Associate Active Travel Academy, University of Westminster
Walkability toolkit: a data-driven approach to making places more walkable
Jordan di Trapani, Principal Consultant, SYSTRA
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Maximising modal shift: an
AI-based approach
Chris Neil, Business Development Manager, VivaCity
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Room 11
Critical issues in active travel and how to address them
Led by Brian Deegan, Director of Inspections, Active Travel England
The Quad
Advance bookings have now closed.
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Please visit the Landor LINKS front desk during the event to reserve a place.
Room 7
Active Travel England – Design and Planning Surgeries for local authorities: free slots throughout the day
Surgery details to follow – please email Daniel Simpson for further information
15:00
North School
Afternoon break Tea & Coffee served in the Exhibition area
15:30
South School
Road danger reduction
Chair: Jwan Kamla, Senior Road Safety Engineer, Jacobs, CIHT EM Vice Chair and Committee member, SoRSA
Vision Zero in Oxfordshire
Cllr Andrew Gant, Oxfordshire County Council, Cabinet Member for Highway Management & Alison Hill, Chair, Cyclox
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The role of enforcement and education: how police can support active travel
Inspector Kevin Smith, South Yorkshire Police, Sheffield Neighbourhood Policing team
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Reducing road danger at a stroke of the pen – procurement and HGV safety standards in London
Tom Bogdanowicz, Senior Policy and Development Officer, London Cycling Campaign
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A data-driven, proactive approach to road safety
Madeleine Francis, Business Development Manager, VivaCity
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Beryl and TRIG: making bike share schemes even safer through technological innovation
Sacha Manson-Smith, Chief Technology Officer, beryl
East School
Managing mixed modes
Chair: Tina Glover, Associate Director, Project Centre
Rebalancing priorities for our streets – Lambeth Kerbside Strategy
David Wilson, Climate Response Strategy Manager, Transport & Public Realm, London Borough of Lambeth
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Improving accessibility at bus stop cycle bypasses and continuous footways
Robert Weetman and Sam Wakeling, Technical team, Living Streets
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Helping visually impaired people cross cycleways at bus stop bypasses
Tom Bailey, Director, Streets Systems and Anna Butler
Project Manager,
Transport for Greater Manchester
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Reallocating Green Time from traffic to active travel modes
Kornelis van Tuyl, Principal Engineer, Traffic Control, Transport for London Engineering
Cycle-Rail Toolkit Refresh: Cycle-Rail Guidance 2023
Yvonne McMinn, Associate, SYSTRA
Room 10
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Design & engineering workshop
Led by Erik Tetteroo
Dutch Cycling Embassy
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HOD (Hybrid Oriented Development), the urban planning tool for H4: Human, Health, Happiness and Hybrid bike+train
Are you done with the failed concept of Car Oriented Development, and ready for a mobility revolution? Hybrid Oriented Development, in short HOD, can be regarded as the Dutch style TOD. HOD is an urban planning model based on the Hybrid bike train system, that connects regions in a most sustainable way. Find out how in this workshop....
Room 9
Active travel: outside the big city
Chair: Agnese Polonara, Senior Consultant, SYSTRA
Active travel: the rainbow of rural solutions
Adrian Oliver, Active Travel Co-ordinator, Swale Borough Council
The toolkit approach to improving the design and implementation of cycle routes in new developments in Cambridgeshire
Tam Parry, Principal Transport Officer, Cambridgeshire County Council
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A strategic active travel network for Oxfordshire
Melissa Goodacre, Infrastructure Strategy Team Leader, Oxfordshire County Council & Ben Coleman, Associate Director, PJA
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Greater Cambridge Partnership: rural and peri-urban active travel corridors
Alex Sargent, Associate Director, Transport Planning, WSP
Rural transport opportunities
Scott A Urban, College Lecturer in Economics for Visiting Students, Hertford College, Oxford
The Quad
Advance bookings have now closed.
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Please visit the Landor LINKS front desk during the event to reserve a place.
Room 7
Active Travel England – Design and Planning Surgeries for local authorities: free slots throughout the day
Surgery details to follow – please email Daniel Simpson for further information
17:00
North School
Afternoon break Tea & Coffee served in the Exhibition area
17:30
South School
Closing plenary: reducing car dependency
Chair: Roger Geffen, Policy Director, Cycling UK
Cllr Dan Levy, Active Travel Champion, Oxfordshire County Council
Ian Walker, Professor of Environmental Psychology, Swansea University
Rachel Aldred, Professor of Transport, University of Westminster, and Director of the Active Travel Academy
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Followed by panel and audience Q and A
18:30
North School
Networking reception
19:00
Main entrance
Relaxing social cycle ride (6.8km/4.2 miles, cycling confidence level easy, no hills. Thames Path is surfaced all the way but does not have street lighting). Own bikes only, no registration needed. Download route
19:30
Day 1 close
6 July 2023 Programme
Please note that the Conference Programme is currently under development and subject to change
09:00
North School
Registration opens Tea & Coffee served in the Exhibition area
09:30
South School
Opening plenary: Civilised and healthy streets
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Chair: Steph Bortoli, Head of Communication and Engagement, Project Centre
Ansaf Azhar, Director of Public Health, Oxfordshire County Council
Suzy Charman, Executive Director, Road Safety Foundation
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Ahmadreza Faghih Imani, Co-convenor, Urban Sustainable Environments, Imperial College
Philip Ellis, CEO, Beryl
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Followed by panel and audience Q and A
10.45
North School
Morning break Tea & Coffee served in the Exhibition area
11:15
South School
Accelerating the cargo bike ecosystem
Chair: Oli Ivens, Head of Consulting, MP Smarter Travel
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Peter Eland, Technical & Policy Director, Bicycle Association
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Richard Smith,. Director, Action Streets
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Robin Haycock, Chief Technology Officer, Fernhay
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Emily Harrup, Transport and Sustainability Joint Lead,
Colchester City Council
In the UK, the private sector is steaming ahead with developing the cargo bike ecosystem. But where is the public sector support?
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Incentivising businesses towards using cargo bikes
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Are new laws needed to police the safe use of cargo bikes?
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Updates on cargo bike standards and driver training schemes for the UK
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How can a 'level playing field' be created when comparing van and cargo bike deliveries?
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Normalising the use of cargo bikes in logistics and delivery planning
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Ensuring that infrastructure is fit for cargo bike purposes
East School
Enabling more walking
Chair: Becki Cox, Researcher, University of Glasgow
Mapping social infrastructure and walkability in Greater Manchester
Graeme Sherrif, Reader in Environment and Society, and Ian Cookson, Research Assistant, Healthy Active Cities, University of Salford
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Walking wins out: St Ebbe’s School, Grandpont, Oxford case study
Laura Di Giacomo, Active Travel Champion, St.Ebbe’s Primary school, Grandpont, Oxford
Overcoming obstacles to active pavement use
Sushila Dhall, Chair, Oxford Pedestrians Association
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What about walking? Experiences of new efficient approaches to walking network development
Andrew Snellgrove, Principal Transport Planner, Brighton & Hove City Council & Amber Kenyon, Senior Transport Planner, Mott MacDonald​
Supporting the implementation of walking to school
Katherine Holcroft, Head of Major Projects, Living Streets
Room 10
Widening
participation
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Chair: Chris Harrison, Regional Director, Project Centre
Amplifying unheard voices: women and girls
Susan Leadbetter, Principal Consultant, WSP
Street Voice: a Citizens’ Jury organised in Oxford
Alison Chisholm, Qualitative Research, Primary Health, University of Oxford &
Juliet Carpenter, Director of Research, Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation, Kellogg College, University of Oxford
Community engagement in liveable and active neighbourhoods: working at the speed of trust
Tara Said, Sustainable Transport Assistant & Julian Sanchez, Commissioning Delivery Manager, Essex County Council
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Community engagement: lessons from the front line
Claire Stocks, Director, Walk Ride Greater Manchester CIC & Katie Finney, Director, Amity CIC
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Widening the active travel narrative
Andrew Hewitson. Senior Public Health Practitioner, and Martin Porter, Project Manager, Highways and Transport, Lancashire County Council
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Room 9
Making cycling more inclusive (40 mins)
Chair: Rosie Rowe, Head of Healthy Place Shaping, Oxfordshire County Council
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Ellie Clarke - Jacques, Active Neighbourhoods Manager, Active Oxfordshire
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Dr Dianne Regisford, Founder of Black Women Bike
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Jennifer Tait, Cyclability CIC
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Annette Pattinson, Director, Joyriders Oxfordshire
Co-production in active travel: lessons from Oxfordshire
Workshop (40 mins)
Joaquim Muntané, Active Travel Officer, Oxfordshire County Council,
Cllr Emily Kerr, Councillor at Oxford City Council and
Dr Alison Hill, Chair of Cyclox, Oxford’s cycling campaign
Room 11
Active travel’s potential in planning
Led by Graham Grant, Director of Planning and Development, and Sophie Edmondson, Principal Inspector, Active Travel England
The Quad
Advance bookings have now closed.
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Please visit the Landor LINKS front desk during the event to reserve a place.
Advance bookings have now closed.
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Please visit the Landor LINKS front desk during the event to reserve a place.
Room 7
Active Travel England – Design and Planning Surgeries for local authorities: free slots throughout the day
Surgery details to follow – please email Daniel Simpson for further information
12.45
North School
Lunch served in the Exhibition area
13.45
South School
Active travel across Oxfordshire
Chair: Clllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye, South Oxfordshire District Council
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Active Travel in Oxfordshire: A qualitative study of walking and cycling amongst commuters and older adults living in market towns
Rosie Rowe, Head of Healthy Place Shaping, Public Health and Community Safety Directorate, Oxfordshire County Council & Tricia Jessiman, Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol
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Implementing School Streets in market towns: opportunities and challenges
Mark Gregory, Team Leader, Travel Plans Team, Oxfordshire County Council & Clare Dowling, Programme Manager, Behaviour Change Sustrans
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Quickways – a quicker way to a cycling future
Patrick Lingwood, Active Travel Lead, Oxfordshire County Council​
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An active travel vision and strategy for England’s Economic Heartland
Abigail Nichols, Project Lead, England’s Economic Heartland and Simon Jay, Technical Director, Atkins
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East School
The reality of changing travel behaviours
Chair: Roxanne De Beaux
Executive Director, Camcycle
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Cycling and walking bias and prejudice in transport: why we need to look beyond infrastructure
Christian Bodé, Director, Technical Practice Leader Streets, UK&I, Aecom
Place, people and persuasion: a case study on impacting active travel behaviour using both campaigns networks and behaviour change interventions
Jenny Box, Deputy director of behaviour change, & Duncan Dollimore, Head of advocacy and campaigns, Cycling UK
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Putting lived experience at the heart of inclusive design
Steph Bortoli, Head of Communication and Engagement, Project Centre
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A ‘Users First’ collaborative design for a new neighbourhood
Wesley Wroe, Associate and Waterbeach Project Lead, Stantec
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Targets to increase cycling: why are they always missed
Neil Guthrie, Gold Standard Cycling
Room 10
Driving up quality and consistency: M&E best practice
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​Led by Maxine Gregory, Senior Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University
This panel discussion and Q&A session will explore the evolving approach to monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to enhance the evidence base for active travel. Our panel will provide expert views on the power of data and insight, the challenges, and working towards a collective vision to drive up quality and consistency.
Maxine will chair the discussion which will include:
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Tom van Vuren, Policy Director, Transport Planning Society and Visiting Professor, University of Leeds;
Beth Hiblin - Associate at Transport for Quality of Life and Founding Director of The Smarter Choice Consultancy
Dr Stephen Parkes, Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University and Co-Director of the Active Travel Research Group
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Room 9
Shared micromobility
Chair: Mark Strong, Managing Consultant, Transport Initiatives
From a poor reputation to record ridership: lessons from Marseille's bike-sharing scheme
Amira Haberah, Founder, Fifteen
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Beryl Annual Rider Report: What the findings tell us
Phil Ellis, Beryl CEO and Cofounder
Making services work for riders in multi-operator cities
Tim Caswell, City Development Lead, TIER Mobility
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How to mobilise quickly: a West Midlands bike-sharing case study
Liberatus Fusi-Akpodono
Solutions Lead
Serco
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Getting ready for e-scooters and beyond: what is needed to ensure safe and inclusive micromobility for all?
George Beard, Head of New Mobility, TRL
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Room 11
How good engagement is key to active travel delivery
Led by Orla Campbell, Head of Regional Engagement, Active Travel England
The Quad
Advance bookings have now closed.
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Please visit the Landor LINKS front desk during the event to reserve a place.
Advance bookings have now closed.
​
Please visit the Landor LINKS front desk during the event to reserve a place.
Room 7
Active Travel England – Design and Planning Surgeries for local authorities: free slots throughout the day
​Surgery details to follow – please email Daniel Simpson for further information
15.15
North School
Comfort break
15.30
South School
Closing plenary: Delivering active travel – how to make different choices around transport
Led by Meredith Glaser, Executive Director, Urban Cycling Institute, Amsterdam
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Panellists:
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Cllr Liz Clements, Cabinet Member for Transport, Birmingham City Council
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Cllr Andrew Gant, Cabinet Member for Highway Management, Oxfordshire County Council
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Cllr Lana Hempsall, Deputy Cabinet member for Highways, Infrastructure and Transport, Member Champion for Sustainable Transport, Norfolk County Council
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Brian Deegan, Director of Inspections, Active Travel England
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Clare Maltby,Director for the Midlands & East region at Sustrans
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How can city and regional leaders prioritise what’s best for their active travel futures?​
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What is the reality of active travel funding in England – and Wales, Scotland, N Ireland and Europe?
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Politicians and decision-makers need direct knowledge and experience of what happens when different choices are made around how we make journeys
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The benefits of active travel are often outside the mobility domain (health, wellbeing, accessibility), and not included in mainstream transport investment thinking
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How to escape a vicious cycle of infrastructure-led roads investment which limits the funding / opportunities for active travel
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We need our politicians and decision-makers to have vision – and to give them the resources to validate the vision....
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Then plan what the streets should look like
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Monitor and evaluate to drive up quality and consistency
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Followed by panel and audience Q and A
16:30
Event close
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