The Government has committed to a £90 billion infrastructure investment plan for transport. Such investments are justified on their ability to accommodate travel demand, solve congestion and overcrowding problems and generate economic growth long in to the future. 

However, many of the assumptions which underpin our projections of future travel have been shown to be limited or wrong. As we look ahead to greater automation and ICT adoption across society, these assumptions look even more uncertain.

Against this backdrop, the Commission on Travel Demand has undertaken the largest ever investigation of its kind in the UK. It’s shown the need for a step-change in how we think about travel demand, how we plan for the future and what kinds of evidence are taken seriously in policy. The implications for climate policy, investment plans and placemaking are far reaching.

This event reveals the finding and recommendations and explores the implications of policymakers, practitioners and researchers.

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Programme

13.15 Registration – Tea and Coffee served

Welcome – Event Chair
Jillian Anable, Professor of Transport and Energy, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds

All Change? The future of travel demand and the implications for policy and planning

Report Key Findings, and the implications for decision making, practitioners and researchers
Greg Marsden, Chair of the Commission on Travel Demand

Afternoon tea and coffee

The challenges for decision-makers, practitioners and researchers

Session Chair: Peter Jones, Professor of Transport and Sustainable Development, University College London

Creating Better Places

Strategic Planning - a vision-led approach
Nicola Kane, Head of Strategic Planning and Research, Transport for Greater Manchester

The role of parking in future cities
Nicola Spurling, Lecturer in The Theory and Methods of Social Futures, University of Lancaster

Planning for new development
Keith Mitchell, Chairman, Peter Brett Associates

Managing Traffic and Growth
John Dales, Director, Urban Movement                                                                                                                                                

Making Better Policy

Session Chair: Elaine Seagriff, Director of Planning, CH2M                                                           

Ewa Kmietowicz, Transport and Agriculture sector Team Leader, Committee on Climate Change

Mark Ledbury, Deputy Director, Transport Appraisal and Strategic Modelling, Department for Transport (invited)

Greg McClymont, Urban Transport Lead, National Infrastructure Commission

Glenn Lyons, Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility, UWE Bristol

Where Next?
Greg Marsden and Jillian Anable                                                                                                                                                                               

17.45 Formal close followed by drinks reception