The Institution of Highway & Transportation

Delivering Travel Plans through the Planning Process - Exeter

2 March 2010

A series of FREE SEMINARS to explore the DfT/CLG guidelines ‘Delivering Travel Plans through the Planning Process’ and the potential of using the planning process to deliver effective and sustainable travel plans.

Travel plans represent an important tool for promoting sustainable travel. They encourage effective use of current transport networks and support their enhancement and can contribute to wider goals, such as physical activity and social inclusion. Travel plans can be a key tool in achieving national, regional and local objectives.
 
These good practice guidelines aim to help all those involved in creating and implementing travel plans understand the processes involved and good practice steps for achieving successful and sustainable travel plans which can deliver wide ranging benefits. 
 
Locations
 
  • Exeter 2nd March
  • Liverpool 9th March
  • Nottingham 16th March
Speakers to include:
Document Authors: Sheila Holden & Lynda Addison
Travel Planning Experts: Conrad Haigh - MVA, Jon Harris - Mouchel
 
About the Seminars
Travel Plans are an important tool for promoting sustainable travel and ensuring that these travel plans are reliable, robust, effective and delivering modal shift away from private car usage is not only essential to the development sector, but with increasing budgetary pressures on government bodies and local authorities, it is also essential to the delivery of an effective transport system that will aid and reinvigorate industry and the economy in the coming years.
 
Following the launch of the document Delivering Travel Plans through the Planning Process in April 2009, the Department for Transport are keen to ensure that the guidance outlined in the document is disseminated as widely as possible to the transportation profession through a series of free seminars.
 
The seminars will be delivered by a partnership of industry experts including MVA, Mouchel, the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation, and the Royal Town Planning Institute on behalf of the Department for Transport.
 
Why you should attend
The guidelines will help all of those involved in creating, implementing and realising the benefits of travel plans, including local authority planners, transport and travel plan officers, developers and consultants. Travel plans can be a key tool in achieving national, regional and local objectives to manage the demand for movement and improve accessibility and address CO2 emissions from transport. They can also contribute to the delivery of other objectives, such as health, air quality and quality of life. If you wish to find out more about the guidelines, the summary and main documents can be found on the Department for Transport website here
 
Each seminar will include speaking slots from the main authors of the guidance, Lynda Addison and Sheila Holden and other travel planning experts, with case study examples of locally sourced development control, local authority process and travel plans. The day will include interactive workshops aimed at putting the policy into practice and best practice examples showing effective implementation of the guidance in varying settings.
 
Each event will start with an hour long key decision makers briefing aimed at senior transport professionals, such as Heads of Transport and Environment and key Local Politicians and Councillors.
 
This will be followed by a structured all day seminar for practitioners, which will explore the detail of best practice in this area of work. The day will include interactive workshops and one-to-one drop in clinics with experts and speakers.
 
A copy of the full document will be given to all attendees.
 
Who should attend?
  • Local authority elected members and officials concerned with the development and delivery of transport policy, health and mobility
  • Regional government officials
  • Highway and traffic engineering consultants
  • Transportation planning consultants
  • Developers, urban designers and planners
  • Academics and students
Locations
  • 2nd March – Devon County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QD
  • 9th March – Merseytravel, 24 Hatton Garden, Liverpool, L3 2AN
  • 16th March – Days Hotel Nottingham, 17-31 Wollaton Street, Nottingham NG1 5FW
Programme
Drop in clinics for one to one advice will be available during all the break sessions through out the day. The conference will count as one full day towards individual Continuing Professional Development (CPD) requirements.


For a full copy of the programme, please see Travel Planning Seminar Flyer  

We are sorry, BUT THIS SEMINAR IS NOW FULL.  Please continue to register as places may become available through cancellations and CIHT would like to gauge the interest for future events on this topic. If a place becomes available we will notify you by e-mail.  

 

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Delegate information

 

The 'Delivering Travel Plans through the Planning Process’ seminar is taking place on the 2nd March at  Devon County Council, County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QD.

Visitors to County Hall are encouraged not to travel by car, as car parking is very limited and suggest using alternative transport methods. Please be advised there are three rail stations in Exeter (St Davids, Central or St Thomas).  For details on travelling to County Hall, please click here.

Briefing and Conference:
We ask all delegates to enter through the main Reception via the Topsham Road entrance and sign in at reception where you will receive a delegate pass. If you are attending the Key Decision Makers Overview Briefing, this will now commence with registration between 08:45-09:00,  (NB: no tea or coffee will be served before the Briefing), followed by the Briefing  which will start promptly at 09:00 and end at 10.00. Refreshments will be served after the Briefing.

If you are attending the main Practitioners’ Conference, tea & coffee will be served in the ante chamber area from 10:00 to 10:30. The conference will start promptly at 10:30 with a Keynote Introduction. The conference is due to finish at approximately 17:00.

Accommodation:
If you are staying the night before the conference, County Hall suggests Buckerell Lodge Hotel. Please contact them directly to make a reservation on 0844 855 9112 and advise them that you are attending a conference on 2nd March at County Hall. It is advisable to book early as March is a busy time & rooms are subject to availability at the time of booking.  Alternatively, you may wish to visit the Exeter County Council website which provides a list of alternative accommodation. 



All enquiries and bookings to: Events Co-ordinator, CIHT, 119 Britannia Walk, London N1 7JE

t: 020 7336 1570 f: 020 7336 1556 e: conferences@ciht.org.uk  

 

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