Cycling and Walking Innovations 2021: programme

10.00 - 11.15

Delievering the walking and cycling revolution: plenary panel featuring the UK’s leading walking and cycling advocates

2020 was an 'unprecedented' year for active travel in many ways. How do we 'accentuate the positive' for 2021 and beyond, and deliver the Government's promised 'walking and cycling revolution'?

Chair: Lucy Marstrand, Healthy Streets Adviser, Project Centre
Panellists:

Will Norman, Walking & Cycling Commissioner, London

Dame Sarah Storey, Active Travel Commissioner, Sheffield City Region

Adam Tranter, Bicycle Mayor for Coventry

Simon O'Brien, Cycling and Walking Commissioner, Liverpool City Region 

11.15 - 11.45 Networking

11.45 - 13.00
Option 1: A 'once-in-a-generation' opportunity to build back better: innovation showcase

This session will highlight how progressive local authorities, supported by service suppliers and consultancies, are making the most of new thinking and opportunities

Chair: Hannah Dayan, Cycling and Walking Development Officer, TfWM

Active travel – making the case
Laurence Oakes-Ash, CEO, CityScience

Cycling's new normal
Sam Robinson, Love to Ride

Launching our latest innovation, the Mobility Corral
Anthony Lau, Founder and Design Director, Cyclehoop

From pop-up to permanent: physical infrastructure
Jeanette Holder, General Manager, Rediweld Traffic Products

Technology: supporting active travel
Tom Bailey, Director, Streets Systems

Option 2: E-bike share and cargo bike innovation

E-bikes and e-cargo bikes have exploded in popularity and the surge suggests signficant demand; will e-bike schemes give a major boost to bike share, utility cycling and first / last mile logistics?

Co-Chairs: Beate Kubitz, mobility consultant and Michael Barratt, Development Impact Assessment Lead, Transport for London

The future of bike sharing: A retrospective look at how the past should be used to shape the future
Duncan Robertson, UK Manager, Dott

Santander Cycles Leicester: e-bike scheme - governance & sponsorship model 
Andy Salkeld, Cycling Coordinator, Leicester City Council

Helping local authorities to reduce congestion and carbon
Ed Pegram, Commercial Partnerships Manager, Raleigh

Pedal-powered cargo, passenger and large-scale logistics services
Benjamin Knowles, CEO, Pedal Me

Removing barriers to cycling in cities
Philip Ellis, CEO and Co-Founder, Beryl

13.00 - 13.30 Networking

13.30 - 14.45
Activating the city

Creating safe, attractive accessible environments for walking and cycling

Chair: Laurence Oakes-Ash, CEO, CityScience

Creating green corridors
David Moores, Technical Director, and Ben Coleman, Associate, PJA

Lighting sensitive active travel routes
Will Clarke, Director, SolarEye 

Creating cycle and pedestrian-friendly junctions
Sjors van Duren, cycling and mobility advisor, Royal HaskoningDHV

Walking The Greater Manchester Way
Natalie Ralph, Account Director, Diva Creative

14.45 - 15.00 Networking

15.00 - 16.15
Pedestrian networks and proximity planning: plenary panel

2020 saw walking gaining in popularity for convenience, health and wellbeing. How can towns and cities support local walking networks beyond low traffic neighbourhoods, 15 min centres and pedestrian safety schemes

Chair, Susan Claris, Transport Planner, Arup

Walkability planning tools: maximising investment impacts
Anna Rose, Director, Space Syntax

Walking as a Service
Glenn Lyons, Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility, UWE Bristol

Running local walking for health schemes
Ed Nicholas, Ramblers Walking for Health

Footways: transforming London's walking infrastructure
Emma Griffin, co-founder of Footways, London Living Streets

Walking in liveable neighbourhoods
Tienery Lovell, Inclusive Design Manager, Sustrans

Panel Q and A