Integrating Active Travel and Public Realm
This document provides guidance on potential strategies and recommendations to improving active travel and placemaking opportunities in towns.
This guidance is presented in the form of case studies demonstrating active travel and public realm schemes that have been completed successfully in a range of locations.
Some of the challenges that might be common to towns and that will be covered in this guidance are:
Improving connectivity between natural features (e.g. canal side, riverside) and active travel infrastructure.
Improving public realm in response to cycling schemes
The Role of Traffic Management in Regenerating Cities
Description:
Crown Commercial Service hosted this webinar, which aimed to give an overarching view of Crown Commercial Service Traffic Management Solutions and how new traffic management measures create a better environment for all users combining responsibility towards Safer Streets, Clean Air Zone and management of anti-social behaviour.
As Towns continue to prepare their Business Cases and look at the delivery phase of the projects, it is important that Towns look at what routes to market are available in this area and to consider factors such as; sustainability, social value and carbon net zero when aligning projects with their own local priorities and targets.
About the speakers:
Irene Crothers (Senior Account Manager – North Team) joined CCS in June 2019 responsible for developing customer engagement primarily in the Local Authority and Not for Profit sectors in the North East, Yorkshire & Humber region.
Alex Byrne (Senior Account Manager – North Team) joined CCS in July 2019 following 10 years in the education sector working to support recruitment and staffing solutions with a range of customers across the North. At CCS he has been supporting Local Authority & Education customers to access a range of CCS solutions.
John Woolcock (Commercial Agreement Manager - Technology Services) has over 20 years’ experience in procurement. Public and private sector infrastructure and housing predominantly in procurement of large infrastructure projects.
Sonya Watts (Commercial Agreement Specialist – Technology Services) has worked for over 20 years in a procurement and commercial role in the Public Sector. She has experience in Network Services, Tech Services and Transport.
Mark Baxter (Commercial Agreement Executive – Technology Services) carries 18 years’ experience in Public Sector Procurement with HMPO, MoJ and CCS. Marl also has experience working in Charity Sector procurement as a contractor for the Royal Voluntary Service.
Louise Harvey (Commercial Agreement Manager – Technology Services) has 22 years’ experience in private sector for an International Book Wholesaler. Louise is currently managing Road Traffic business and will work as a support to John Woolcock across all Transport related frameworks.
Matt Wells (Commercial Agreement Manager) is currently managing the Supply chain within the transport area.
Cycling for Everyone
Cycling is an ideal way to get around our towns – for work, shopping, education, leisure etc. But unfortunately at the moment many people are excluded from cycling. To help cycling become more inclusive in our towns, Arup, together with Sustrans, has produced this guidance with a number of recommendations that local councils can follow.
A guide for inclusive cycling in cities and towns
Cycling is an ideal way to get around our towns – for work, shopping, education, leisure etc. But unfortunately at the moment many people are excluded from cycling. To help cycling become more inclusive in our towns, Arup, together with Sustrans, has produced this guidance with a number of recommendations that local councils can follow.
How Walking and Cycling Can Improve Towns
Investing in active travel can bring a range of benefits to people and places, but it is often thought of as a “city” issue. This recorded webinar looks at the benefits that active travel can bring to towns and the measures that can be taken to improve walking and cycling. The recorded webinar looks at both high streets and residential areas and consider economic, health, environmental and social impacts.
About the speaker:
Susan Claris is a transport planner who has worked for Arup for more than 25 years. For the last seven years she has been championing the role of active travel, particularly walking, both within Arup and externally. Susan has spoken at numerous conferences and events over the years on the importance and benefits of walking and recently gave evidence to the UK Government Transport Committee on walking as part of their enquiry into Active Travel.
She has appeared in technical and national media and national podcasts, talking about walking. She is the Vice President of Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking, and a Trustee for the Charity.
In Summer 2019, Susan was awarded the title of Transport Planner of the Year by the Transport Planning Society on the basis of her work in raising the profile of transport planning and, particularly active travel, as well as being a champion for diversity in the transport planning profession.