Conference programme
5 July 2023 Programme
Please note that the Conference Programme is currently under development and subject to change
10:00
North School
Registration opens. Tea & Coffee served in the Exhibition area
11:00
South School
Opening plenary
Speakers to be confirmed
12:30
North School
Lunch served in the Exhibition area
13:30
South School
Winning hearts and minds (and avoiding conspiracy theories)
Chaired by: TBC
How can we avoid a "culture war"?
Robert Davies, Chair, Road Danger Reduction Forum
The electoral consequences of councillors taking a stance on LTNs: A study across Greater London
Jamie Furlong, Research Fellow &
Athena Brook, Research Associate, Active Travel Academy, Westminster University
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
Embedding active travel in communities: who cares about what?
Dr David Janner-Klausner, Co-founder, Commonplace
East School
LCWIPS session
Chaired by: TBC
Update on LCWIPs
Kevin McCann, England Programme Manager, Sustrans
LCWIP Octopus Toolkit: West Yorkshire
Nigel Wilkinson, Regional Director, Mott MacDonald
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
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 9
Data and the evidence base
Chaired by: TBC
Achieving Vision Zero: Unlocking the Potential of Cycling Sensor Data
Philip McAleese, Co-founder, See.Sense
Room 11
Breakout
Chaired by: TBC
Speakers to be confirmed.
15:00
North School
Afternoon break. Tea & Coffee served in the Exhibition area
15:30
South School
Safety
Chaired by: TBC
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
Vision Zero in Oxfordshire
Cllr Andrew Gant, Oxfordshire County Council, Cabinet Member for Highway Management & Alison Hill, Chair, Cyclox
East School
New development
Chaired by: TBC
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
Waterbeach Barracks: A new town fit for the 21st Century
Wesley Wroe, Associate and Waterbeach Project Lead, Stantec
17:00
North School
2nd Afternoon break. Tea & Coffee served in the Exhibition area
Room 9
Chaired by: TBC
Active travel: the rainbow of rural solutions
Adrian Oliver, Active Travel Co-ordinator, Swale Borough Council
Rural transport opportunities: Oxford
developing rural and inter-urban connectivity through the Ise Valley Greenway
Richard White, Associate Director, Waterman Group
Mass cycling in a small town – transferable lessons from a Greek holiday island
Neil Guthrie, Gold Standard Cycling
Strategic active travel strategy for Oxfordshire
Ben Coleman, Associate Director, PJA
Rural transport opportunities
Scott A Urban, College Lecturer in Economics for Visiting Students, Hertford College, Oxford
Room 11
Breakout
Speakers to be confirmed.
Active travel: outside the city
17:30
South School
Day 1 closing plenary
Speakers to be confirmed.
18:30
North School
Networking reception.
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
Day 2 opening plenary
Speakers to be confirmed.
11:00
North School
Morning break. Tea & Coffee served in the Exhibition area
11:30
South School
Managing mixed modes
Chaired by: TBC
Rebalancing our priorities for our streets –Lambeth Kerbside Strategy
David Wilson, Climate Response Strategy Manager, Transport & Public Realm, London Borough of Lambeth
Improving accessibility at bus stop cycle bypasses and continuous footways
Robert Weetman and Sam Wakeling, Technical team, Living Streets
Reallocating Green Time from traffic to active travel modes
Korak van Tuyl, Principal Engineer, Traffic Control, Transport for London Engineering
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
East School
Walking
Chaired by: TBC
Mapping social infrastructure and walkability in Greater Manchester
Ian Cookson, Research Assistant, Healthy Active Cities, Sustainable Housing and Urban Studies Unit, University of Salford
Overcoming obstacles to active pavement use
Sushila Dhall, Chair, Oxford Pedestrians Association
What about walking? Experiences of new efficient approaches to walking network development
Laura Wells, Transport Strategy Manager, Brighton & Hove Council and Amber Kenyon, Senior Transport Planner, Mott MacDonald
Supporting the implementation of walking to school
Katherine Holcroft, Head of Major Projects, Living Streets
Room 9
Making cycling more inclusive (40 mins)
Chair: Rosie Rowe, Head of Healthy Place Shaping, Oxfordshire County Council
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Josh Lenthall, Chief Executive Active Oxfordshire
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Dr Dianne Regisford, Founder of Black Women Bike
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Jennifer Tait, Wheels for All, Oxford
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Annette Pattinson, Director, Joyriders Oxfordshire
Led by Mark Smith, Regional Account Manager, Energy Saving Trust Local Government Support Programme
Case studies from across the country who are implementing a range of infrastructure and behaviour interventions to increase active travel
Room 11
Breakout
Speakers to be confirmed.
13:00
North School
Lunch. Lunch was served in the Exhibition area
14:00
South School
Active travel across Oxfordshire
Chaired by: TBC
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
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
Quickways – a quicker way to a cycling future
Patrick Lingwood, Active Travel Lead, Oxfordshire County Council
Workshop (30 mins) Co-production in active travel: lessons from Oxfordshire
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Joaquim Muntané, Active Travel Officer, Oxfordshire County Council
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Cllr Emily Kerr, Councillor at Oxford City Council
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Dr Alison Hill, Chair of Cyclox, Oxford’s cycling campaign
East School
The reality of changing travel behaviours
Chaired by: TBC
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
Community engagement: lessons from the front line
Claire Stocks, Director, Walk Ride Greater Manchester CIC & Katie Finney, Director, Amity CIC
Room 9
Less traffic, more living
Motor traffic inside Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and on boundary roads: results from a systematic review of London schemes
Rachel Aldred, Director, Active Travel Academy, Professor of Transport, School of Architecture and Cities, University of Westminster
Room 11
Breakout
Speakers to be confirmed.
15:30
North School
Short afternoon break. Tea & Coffee served in the Exhibition area
15:45
South School
Closing plenary
Speakers to be confirmed.
16:30
Event close
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