This one-day course is aimed at those with a good level of experience of working with development travel plans and is designed to develop delegates' appreciation and practical skills of the travel plan at key stages of the planning process.  Supported by short presentations, structured workshop sessions enable delegates, who are provided with materials, to develop a 'real life' travel plan to understand the processes, motivations and contraints of the different parties involved.  The course will cover:

 

The course leaders are David Knight (Transport Planning Associates) and Richard Adams (Richard Adams Consulting). David and Richard have over 25 years experience between them in travel planning and advise both Developers and Transport and Highway Authorities on development travel plans.

David Knight is a widely experienced Transport Planner with 14 years experience working on travel planning projects and over 20 years providing transport and highways advice on development projects. He was an appointed adviser on the Government's Travel Plan Site Specific Advice scheme between 2001 and 2006, and has led the development of numerous travel plans for a wide variety of organisations and land uses. This has included both the planning and implementation stages. He has advised on best practice travel plans and has undertaken a number of commissions for Transport for London including co-authoring guidance, developing tools and auditing development travel plans submitted in support of planning applications. David lectures in Demand Management on Surrey University's Transport Planning MSc Course and has spoken at conferences in the UK and Europe.

Richard Adams specialises in developing and implementing strategies which influence travel behaviour, primarily through the development and implementation of projects and policy to support positive sustainable travel choices. He has over 12 years' experience of using these techniques in the public and private sectors and has worked extensively in the development planinng context for both private and public sector clients. For three years Richard reviewed and advised on travel plans submitted to the Highways Agency in South West England as part of the planning process. He has written and contributed to regional and national guidance on travel planning and the planning process.