Places programme
The challenges and opportunities from creating better places through better and more integrated transport
The Places sessions look at the positive role that transport – particularly when approached with an integrated transport mindset – plays in creating places that support happier and healthier lifestyles with equitable access to employment, health, education, leisure and nature.
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4 March 2025
Session 1 – 11.45-13.00
The positive role of transport in placemaking
As the scene setter for the places stream the session will look at the importance of systems thinking, the changing policy and governance landscape and how the new focus on integrated transport, particularly through investment in active travel and public transport, creates new opportunity for economic development and regeneration.
5 March 2025
Session 2 – 11.30-12.30
What works for major cities
Opportunities and solutions depend on the setting, this session will look at transport-led regeneration and development project exemplars in high-demand areas. What is the complex interplay between public transport, active travel, reducing car dependency and broader placemaking and development potential
Session 3 – 13.30-14.30
What works for small towns and rural areas
Continuing the theme that opportunities and solutions depend on the setting, this session will explore what is possible in low-demand and rural areas such as market towns and their surrounding rural areas. In this context how can transport hubs act as catalysts for development and regeneration and at the same time offer a viable alternative to private car use by providing connections between active travel and public transport services.
Speakers
The full speaker line up will be released after Christmas, but confirmed speakers include:
Iain Painting, Planning Director, Stantec
Ben Plowden, Associate, PA Consulting | Chair, Transport Planning Society
Rachel Hickman, Assistant Director Investment and Operations, GLA
Gesine Junker, Head of Masterplanning with architect WW+P
Niels Stange, Project Manager, Senior Mobility Specialist, Sweco DK