For the first time in its 19 year history, this event was co-hosted by the RTPI, in recognition that the Conference has now become a key event in the UK planning calendar.
The Conference recognises the dramatic shift in transport planning, arguably as great as that from land use to spatial planning, with the emphasis firmly on integration and sustainability. The implementation of new policy directions, and their ‘fit’ with sustainable transport planning, will undoubtedly play a central role in strengthening civil society and delivering places in which people want to live and work.
The event was launched
and chaired by RTPI President Jim Claydon.
It brought together professionals across
government, the planning community and the
private sector with an interest in sustainable
development, spatial planning, urban design
and transport planning.
The RT Hon John Gummer,
looked at the national policy picture and
the challenges it presents for transport planning.
Other influential MP’s,
including Theresa Villiers MP, Shadow Secretary
of State for Transport and John Leech for the
Liberal Democrats reflected on how far recent
developments in planning policy, including
the planning and local government White Papers,
are knitting together in practice.
From the
Planning Inspectorate, Leonora Rozee and Chris
Shepley (a former Chief Planning Inspector)
debated how far the system has caught up
with policy shifts at regional and local level.
They looked at how RSSs and LDFs have dealt
with transport planning and integration issues
in practice.
We also examined the constraints on implementing
sustainable transport infrastructure from the
business, technical and political perspectives,
with speakers including Karen Dee, Head of
Infrastructure at the CBI and experts from
DfT. Others reflected on national funding
experiences, and speakers from the USA and
New Zealand provided an international perspective
and highlight how they are adapting to transport
challenges
The conference mixed plenary sessions with a panel debate, coupled with workshops on: the new DfT guidance on securing travel plan through the planning process; how to select appropriate transport modelling techniques; how to ecological (carbon) footprint development plans; and a study tour of the King’s Cross/St Pancras Regeneration Area. Masterclasses were held on the practical implications of the new guidance on transport assessment, and on the potential pitfalls of the new Manual for Streets.
| presentations | ||
| Chairman | Jim Claydon, President - RTPI | |
| Session
1: Challenges for Transport Planning
- The National Policy Picture Views and reflections on how recent developments in planning policy, including the Planning and Local Government White Papers, are (or are not) knitting together in practice, and the implications for integrating transport strategy in the UK. |
Rt Hon Rosie Winterton MP, Minster for Transport, Department for Transport | |
| Rt Hon John Gummer, MP for Suffolk Coastal | ||
| Rt Hon Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet and Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury | ||
| Session
2: What Does ‘Soundness’ Mean
in Relation to Transport - A Critique
of the LDF Process Does the planning system help or hinder transport integration? |
Chris Shepley, Principal - Chris Shepley Planning & former Chief Planning Inspector & Past President - RTPI |  |
| Leonora Rozee, Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Policy - The Planning Inspectorate (PINS) | |
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| Session
3: Panel Debate Practical implications of sustainable development for transport How will our approach to transport need to change? |
Chaired by Stephen Joseph, Executive Director - Campaign for Better Transport | |
| Prabhat Vaze, Head of Integrated Transport Economics and Appraisal, DfT | |
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| Karen Dee, Head of Infrastructure - Confederation of British Industries | |
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| Ben Plowden - Transport for London | ||
| Workshops | Lynda Addison - Addison Associates | |
| Alan Bain - JMP | |
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| John Barratt - Stockholm Environment Institute & Gordon Baker - JMP | |
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| Chairman | Colin Bell, Partner - GVA Grimley | |
| Session 4: Securing Infrastructure Funding | ||
| Challenges of securing funding for sustainable transport infrastructure | Neil Scales, Chief Executive and Director General - Merseytravel | |
| Implications of the new Local Transport Act for the way we work | Andy Southern, Managing Director - Atkins Plc | |
| Session 5: International Contrasts | ||
| One
transportation planet Antipodean Contrasts or one Transportation Planet - how politics and community preferences are affecting good practice as NZ interprets integrated and sustainable transportation planning for this millennium. |
Malcolm Douglass - DCS Ltd New Zealand |  |
| Embedding travel demand management
into US policies - lessons for the UK Recently the US has changed planning requirements for the use of federal transportation funds and has focused on tolling and pricing to address traffic congestion. Is the king of car culture now showing the UK how TDM should be done? |
Jon W. Martz, Vice President - Government Relations for VPSI Inc. President - Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT-USA) | |
| Session 6: Masterclasses | ||
| Implications
of the New Guidance on Transport Assessment (in association with www.TransportAssessment.org) Find out how the new TA guidance has changed the way the process now works. The session will detail what is now expected from planners, development control officers and applicants, and emphasise the importance of the relationship with travel plans. |
Richard Pettitt, Director - JMP
Consulting Tim Jones - Barrister |
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| Implications of the New Manual For
Streets A thought-provoking session to explore whether the much hyped new manual is helping to create the sorts of places we aspire, or potentially creating a dangerous new breed of professional robot. |
John Dales, Director - Urban Initiatives | |