The world is changing its perspective on what is an appropriate speed for motor vehicles wherever they share public spaces with people. 30km/h or 20mph is becoming the new global norm for urban and village streets shared between motors and people. 

Gone are the days of designing our streets around cars and instead there is a recognition that a healthy city, town or village needs a far better balance in risk and convenience between the people inside and those outside motor vehicles.

With most of the larger urban authorities having already set a 20mph limit as a norm, it is increasingly clear that what is good for residents in cities is also good for residents in towns and villages.

Already thousands of parish councils have called on their county council to set a 20mph limit as a norm. Some counties have already done so.

This conference will feature speakers from several counties who have already or are saying 20’s Plenty for our places.

We will also feature a session where the Welsh Government will outline its plans to replace the national 30mph limit with a 20mph default with exceptions.

The conference will provide an in-depth perspective of the challenges and opportunities for 20mph in shire counties and rural communities. It will reveal not only how it may be done successfully, but also demonstrate the outcomes from such a change.

Who you will meet...

• Highway Officers
• Transport Planners
• Road Safety Professionals
• Transport Engineers
• Local Councillors
• Public Health Officers
• Urban Designers
• Road Danger Reduction Professionals

Programme

09.00   Registration and Tea & Coffee served

09:50 Welcome           

• Deborah Sims, Immediate Past President, Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation
• Liz Leffman, Leader, Oxfordshire County Council

10:00: Session 1: Setting a national 20mph limit for Wales

Welsh Government - National 20mph Limit (by video)

• Lee Waters, Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Welsh Government

How we are explaining it - The engagement process      

• Robert Kent-Smith, Deputy Director - Transport Strategy & Policy, Welsh Government

How we are doing it - The technical process

• Ian Bradfield, Principal Policy Lead – Roads, Welsh Government

The police role

• Jason Williams, Gwent Police

The local authority role

• Kaarina Ruta, Transport Assistant, Welsh Local Government Association

Followed by Q & A

11.30: Coffee break

12:00: Session 2: 20mph visions

Society

• Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, School of Geography and the Environment of the University of Oxford

Emissions at 20mph       

• Sam Bailey, Consultant, Future Transport

20's Plenty for all of Us

• Rod King MBE, Founder & Campaign Director, 20's Plenty for Us

Q & A

Campaigner of the Year Award 

• Rod King MBE, Founder & Campaign Director, 20's Plenty for Us

13.00: Lunch

14:00: Session 3: 20's Plenty for the Rural Counties

20mph as a norm in Oxfordshire - Plans

• Andrew Gant, Cabinet Member for Highway Management & Pete Sudbury, Cabinet Member for Climate Change Delivery and Environment, Oxfordshire County Council

20mph outcomes in county towns and communities     

• Phil Jones, Chair, Phil Jones associates

20mph as a norm in Cornwall - Plans     

• Philip Desmonde, Cabinet Member - Transport Portfolio, Cornwall Council

Using GPS data to show 20mph zone compliance

• Dan Saunders, Head of Products, Basemap

            Q&A

15.10: Comfort break

15:25: Session 4: Community Campaigning

Empowering Campaigners          

• Anna Semlyen, Campaign Manager, 20's Plenty for Us

Empowering Campaigners

• Adrian Berendt, Campaign Manager - South East, 20's Plenty for Us

Campaigning in Cornwall            

• Dean Evans, County Lead Campaigner, 20's Plenty for Cornwall

Campaigning in North Yorkshire              

• Ian Conlan, County Lead Campaigner, 20's Plenty for North Yorkshire

            Q&A

16:25: Final thoughts

• Rod King MBE, Founder & Campaign Director, 20's Plenty for Us
• Deborah, Sims, Immediate Past President, Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation

Exhibition Opportunities

The recognition of benefits from setting such a standard now goes far beyond road danger reduction to include a more attractive public realm, public health, active travel, noise and emission reduction, traffic reduction, etc. and are complementary to so many other public realm interventions. This is also being adopted around the world in the form of a 30kmh limit for urban and community spaces and as an essential element in a "safe system" approach to road safety.

By exhibiting at this year's 20’s Plenty event you will meet with highways officers, transport planners, road safety and road danger reduction professionals, local councillors, public health officers and key service providers who are tasked with improving road safety, reducing emissions, traffic reduction, and implementing and enforcing 20mph zones across the UK.

Please contact:

Jason Conboy

Commercial Development Manager

jason.conboy@landor.co.uk

0207 091 7895