Christopher Fisher, Principal, Fisher Associates
The role of seaborne transport
What role did this play before we had roads? Does what goes around come around? Are you doing multi-modal studies without all the modes? Some of the questions that I will be asking in a review of the potential for coastal marine passenger transport now and in the future. Of interest to anyone concerned with transport planning who is trying to make the square peg of demand fit into the round hole of supply in coastal and estuarine regions.

JoHn Harris, Technical Director – Smarter Choices, Mouchel
Putting Trips in the Piggy Bank - Make or Break?
This paper examines the issues around trip banking and the use of trip credits to provide headroom on the road network to enable partial or full development. At a time where national transport policy is supporting 'smarter choices first'  and the development sector can ill-afford heavy infrastructure solutions to unlock sites, the 'pay as you go' model for Section 106 contributions and S278 works seems attractive. But can we really trust the idea of borrowing trips from the network and awarding them to someone else? Jon Harris will draw on his experience of wide area and residential travel planning to show that trip crediting really is a valuable and workable tool, and that if we are smart about which interventions are going to be most effective and where - then  as a profession we can all have confidence in this approach. Jon will share how the 'Circular 02/07' approach, which supports trip crediting, has been applied in both strategic and localised situations, drawing on case studies that have been through the appeal, public inquiry and more straightforward planning application processes.

John Qualtrough, Partner, Bircham Dyson Bell
Preparing for the Community Infrastructure Levy
The introduction of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) will place new demands on Local Planning and Transport Authorities throughout the country. This workshop will highlight the key messages to enable delegates to be better informed regarding preparation for CIL.

Julia Gregory, Head of Transport, Planning and Policy, BAA Stansted Airport
Planes, trains and automobiles…………….
You may ask why has an airport operator set up and developed over 30 new bus and coach services in the last ten years, the answer is one of commercial reality. In order to grow and be succesful, we must mitigate our impacts and provide good quality public transport access.
Stansted Airport is a lean and efficient airport, which means additional challenges when planning the surface access needs for 22 million passengers a year and 11,500 employees. Any changes to the transport network means an immediate and costly impact.
Over 150 of the 198 companies on-airport employ less than 50 people. Therefore, we plan for both small and large businesses.
Since the Airport Travel Plans’s inception in 1997, when the airport had 6,500 employees to today when there are 11,500, our single occupancy car driver mode share has fallen from 97% to 73%.   This is a 48% reduction per hundered employees by car.
How have we done this:

• Partnership with anyone – public transport operators, housing developers, airport companies, local authorities
• Talking the commercial speak of  business and transport speak of surface transportation.
• Choosing our strategy carefully and taking calculated risks

Richard Fullager, Legible London Delivery Manager
A tour of the Legible London initiative: pedestrian wayfinding in the Capital
Learn about Transport for London’s Legible London pedestrian wayfinding system, and experience the on-street signs first hand.
The Legible London system has been designed to give pedestrians in London the confidence to make more journeys on foot. Based on extensive research, the map-based system highlights key landmarks and uses a five-minute walking circle to help users orient  themselves and estimate the length of their journey. Installation is currently underway in three pilot areas, each chosen to test the system in a different pedestrian environment:

• South Bank and Bankside
• Clear Zone area (Covent Garden and Bloomsbury)
• Richmond and Twickenham

After discussing the system and how users have responded, we’ll take a walk through central London to see the signs in action.

Neil Paulley, Director of TRL Academy
Delivering LTP3: Specifying problems, identifying solutions, and finding funding – the eternal triangle
Drawing on findings from the EPSRC-funded DISTILLATE research project, this workshop will present tools and guidelines to help authorities in developing and delivering sustainable transport strategies and schemes. Using case study examples, it will examine the process of problem identification and the ways in which solutions can be generated. It will go on to consider the relationships between funding sources and the kinds of schemes and strategies that can be financed. At the end of the session there will be an opportunity to see and use a web-based tool that has been developed to facilitate access to all DISTILLATE products.

Sheila Moorcroft, Research Director, Shaping Tomorrow
2030 – End of the road for driving?
By 2030 our cities will be very clever. Our surroundings – buildings, bus stops, bill boards, cars, phones, even our clothes - will have varying levels of inbuilt intelligence, sensing, tracking and communications capabilities. This level of connectivity and interaction will fundamentally change how we manage our lives and living spaces – at home, work and play - and all points in between.
In addition, other trends such as generational differences, concern about the scale and speed of climate change impacts, and potential resource shortages, despite the current fall in prices, are adding to the mix and the pressures for change.
As a result, city based mobility will be very different. How different depends on the choices we make, but in 20 years time: 

• Car ownership could go into decline, replaced by alternative forms of ‘usership’
• Intelligent journeys could create seamless, real time, interchange between modes of transport
• Petrol vehicles may be becoming as unacceptable on the streets as smoking has become in pubs
• New forms of localism could create very different city solutions, such as skyscraper farms
• Leisure travel could be more virtual than physical

The combination of the recession, financial crisis and a shift in attitudes to climate change are creating a rush of new approaches to transport, city living and design. They present an opportunity for fundamental change.
In her presentation, Sheila will explore some of the trends enabling fundamental changes in city based mobility and outline some possible destinations.