CIHT ran an evening lecture & discussion session in London on 10th October. If you were unable to attend on the day, delegates had the opportunity to join in as a webinar.
The aim of the lecture was to take the philosophy developed within Manual for Streets 1 and 2 for creating quality public realm on our streets and considering how it should apply at junctions.
As Manual for Streets 2 says:
'In place terms... junctions can be seen as an opportunity. By definition they are accessible placesfrom several directions, and so tend to be a good location for buildings that attract significant numbers of people,such as shops and public buildings. Junctions are also the most natural way for people to find their way around an area, whether on foot or in a vehicle, and so are a good place for landmark buildings and other distinctive features, such as public art'.
Sometimes these aims can be in conflict with other aims, such as increasing vehicular capacity or addressing road safety concerns.
The session considered the competing objectives of junction design and looked at how they can be reconciled.
Those who attended:
Timings:
Registration & Tea/Coffee: 17.30
Presentations: 18.00
A discussion/debate followed.
Those attending the webinar session joined in from 18.00 till approximately 19.00.
Speakers:
Phil Jones, Phil Jones Associates
Phil Jones is a Chartered Engineer with extensive experience in the planning and design of highway and other infrastructure, with particular expertise in traffic analysis and transport planning associated with new developments. He is the Principal of a UK consultancy, Phil Jones Associates, which combines transport planning, design and research activities. Phil is part of the team that produced Manual for Streets for the DfT, a comprehensive guide to the design of urban and residential streets published in 2007. More recently he worked on national policy/guidance on street design for the Scottish Government, published in 2010 as Designing Streets and was a lead writer on Manual for Streets 2 for CIHT/DfT/CABE. This document extended the principles of MfS to busier urban streets and was published in 2010. Phil specialises in achieving synergy between transport planning and urban design, with the aim of creating places and spaces that meet aesthetic, social and functional aims.
Peter Jones, UCL
Peter Jones is Professor of Transport and Sustainable Development in the Centre for Transport Studies at University College London (UCL). He is a member of the UK Independent Transport Commission, the CIHT Urban Design Group and Chair of the UK Sharing the Streets Network; and a member of the newly created London Roads Task Force. He co-authored the publication ‘Link and Place: A guide to Street Planning and Design’, and has been involved in applications of the principles in several towns and cities in the UK and overseas. He is co-editing, with Phil Jones, a major new resource for the CIHT on ‘Streets and Planning in the Urban Environment.
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