Active Travel: safer streets for all

Half-day conference

Monday 12 August 2024
09:00 - 12:00

Join this year's Active Travel half-day conference exploring how the built environment industry is empowering Londoners to make safe journeys by walking, wheeling and cycling.

Active travel is crucial for reducing pollution, promoting sustainability, and creating healthier streets. According to TfL’s Travel in London 2023 Annual Overview, daily cycle journeys increased by 20% between 2019 and 2023, highlighting a growing trend of Londoners embracing active travel.

As we develop active travel infrastructure and embrace different modes of micromobility, it is important to ensure that streets are safe and accessible to all Londoners. In 2023, TfL reported 95 fatalities and 2,981 serious injuries on London roads, with 80% involving pedestrians, cyclists, and motorcyclists. According to the Sight Loss Councils, unregulated e-scooters and e-bikes have negatively impacted the confidence of blind and partially sighted people in navigating streets safely.

As the capital transitions to facilitate more active journeys, how can the built environment industry work to ensure all Londoners experience safe and inclusive access to our streets? Now the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) spans across all London boroughs, what steps are being taken to increase connectivity and access to commutes by walk, wheel, or cycle between boroughs and between inner and outer London?

This half-day conference brings together voices from across the built environment and active travel community to explore the challenges and opportunities of widening access to safe journeys by walking and micro-mobility.

We reserve a number of free tickets for active travel communities, associations and organisations. Please contact connie.hatt@nla.london if you would like to enquire about these spaces.

Download speakers presentations

Alex-Tallon_TfL.pdf
Tim-Martin_LB-Brent.pdf
Nick-Tyler_University-College-London-(UCL).pdf
Louise-Krupski_London-Borough-of-Lewisham.pdf
Isabelle-Clement_Wheels-for-Wellbeing.pdf
Katie-Mulkowsky_Momentum-Transport-Consultancy.pdf

Speaker biographies

Professor Nick Tyler

Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering, University College London (UCL)

Benjamin O’Connor

Director, New London Architecture

Matt Griffiths-Rimmer

Director of Communications and Partnerships, Hadley Property Group

Alexander Tallon

Senior Safety Strategy Manager, Transport for London

Tiffany Lam

Strategy Lead for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Sustrans

Katie Mulkowsky

Senior Consultant, Momentum Transport Consultancy

Prisca Thielmann

Associate Director, Maccreanor Lavington

Tim Martin

Transport Planning Manager, London Borough of Brent

Isabelle Clement MBE

Director, Wheels for Wellbeing

Cllr Louise Krupski

Deputy Mayor, London Borough of Lewisham

Venue

The London Centre
3 Aldermanbury
London
EC2V 7HH

Accessibility

There are 4 steps to the main entrance, with a level access entrance via the Guildhall West Wing approximately 200 feet away. There are toilets and accessible toilets via stairs or a lift to the lower ground floor. If you would like more information, or have any access requirements, please let us know what these are and how we can best accommodate these by emailing events@nla.london.