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 the 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 several counties who have already or are saying 20’s Plenty for our places too. We will also feature a session where the Welsh Government will provide 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   Chair
            Deborah Sims, Immediate Past President, Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation

09.55   Welcome
            Cllr Liz Leffman, Leader, Oxfordshire County Council

Session 1: Setting a national 20mph limit for Wales

10.00   Welsh Government - National 20mph Limit
            Lee Waters AM, Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Welsh Government

            How we are explaining it - The engagement process
            Katherine Owen, Future Integrated Transport Communications Manager, 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

            Q&A

11.30   Coffee break

Session 2: 20mph visions

12.00   Society
            Prof Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, School of Geography and the Environment of the University of Oxford

            Policing
            PC Mark Hodson, West Midlands Police

            20's Plenty for all of Us
            Rod King MBE, Founder and Campaign Director, 20's Plenty for Us

            Q&A

            Campaigner of the Year Award
            Rod King MBE, Founder and Campaign Director, 20's Plenty for Us

13.00   Lunch

Session 3: 20's Plenty for the Rural Counties

14.00   20mph as a norm in Oxfordshire - Plans 
            Cllr Andrew Gant, Cabinet Member for Highway Management, Oxfordshire County Council
            Cllr Pete Sudbury, Cabinet Member for Climate Change Delivery and Environment, Oxfordshire County Council

            20mph as a norm in Scottish Borders - Outcomes
            Philippa Gilhooly, Team Leader, Traffic and Road Safety, Scottish Borders Council

            20mph as a norm in Cornwall - Plans
            Cllr Philip Desmonde, Cabinet Member - Transport Portfolio, Cornwall Council

            Q&A

15.10   Comfort break

Session 4: Community Campaigning

15.20   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

16.20   Review
            Rod King MBE, Founder and Campaign Director, 20's Plenty for Us

16.30   Closing summary
            Deborah Sims, Senior Vice President, Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation

16.40  EVENT CLOSE

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