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« on: September 30, 2020, 07:49:41 »

I have 'attended' the build up events looking at the Exeter and Oxford areas - very interesting / useful in terms of looking ahead and thinking about the sort of way we could / should be going.  Also spoke during the Bristol one. I will be signing up for next Monday.

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Getting Britain Back on Track - ConnectedCites: Rail at the Heart of Build, Build, Build

Online Conference 5th October

Due to government restrictions the live conference with Sir Peter Hendy scheduled for 5th Oct has been postponed to 2021. This online event will describe a vision of a green Build, Build, Build with rail at its heart, and how it can be delivered.

Changed travel patterns and social distancing mean Pullman quality public transport, with the rush hour spread throughout the day, can provide everyone with a service equivalent to today?s 1st Class - but without the expense of operating peak services.

Garden Settlements along rail lines will enable a new kind of lifestyle where active travel and public transport are the norm, giving people easy access to both the country and facilities of a city without having to worry about congestion, parking, pollution and health.

The Planning White Paper is intended to enable the building of more homes, faster. Learn what it says about transport, and achieving decarbonisation.

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Attendance is free but registration is essential

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/back-on-track-connectedcities-rail-at-the-heart-of-build-build-build-tickets-123161698957

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« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2020, 08:03:19 »

From the Eventbrite information

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Back on Track - ConnectedCities: Rail at the Heart of Build, Build, Build

by Love Architecture Ltd 

Railways at the heart of Britain?s recovery from Covid

About this Event
Due to government restrictions the live conference with Sir Peter Hendy scheduled for 5th Oct has been postponed to 2021. This online event will describe a vision of a green Build, Build, Build with rail at its heart, and how it can be delivered.
Changed travel patterns and social distancing mean Pullman quality public transport, with the rush hour spread throughout the day, can provide everyone with a service equivalent to today?s 1st Class - but without the expense of operating peak services.
Garden Settlements along rail lines will enable a new kind of lifestyle where active travel and public transport are the norm, giving people easy access to both the country and facilities of a city without having to worry about congestion, parking, pollution and health.
The Planning White Paper is intended to enable the building of more homes, faster. Learn what it says about transport, and achieving decarbonisation.

Speakers
Challenge
Professor David Begg, Publisher and Chief Executive of Transport Times (TBC)
Martin Tugwell, President CIHT
Camilla Ween, Head of Communications, ConnectedCities
Transport
Mike Smith, Strategy & Planning Director, London & South East, Network Rail
Laura Shoaf, Managing Director, Transport for West Midlands (TBC)
Andreas Markedes, Past President CIHT & Director Markedes Assocs
Planning
James Harris, Policy and Networks Manager, Royal Town Planning Institute
Richard Simmons, Trustee and Chair of Policy Cttee, CPRE (Campaign to Protect Rural England)
Jenny Raggett, Transport for New Homes
Delivery
Jon Sandford, Master Developer Team, Homes England
Dr Nicholas Falk, Director, URBED Trust
Andrew Williams, Principal Development Manager, Network Rail Property
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11.30-13.00 - Transport
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14.00-15.30 - Planning
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16.30-18.00 - Delivery
Registration - The event is free but prior registration is essential.
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« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2020, 08:39:57 »

I hope that you will write this up afterwards. Unfortunately I am otherwise engaged on Monday so cannot join
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« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2020, 09:27:34 »

I hope that you will write this up afterwards. Unfortunately I am otherwise engaged on Monday so cannot join

It's potentially an exhausting day.  Convention seems to be to replace all-day conferences with sessions of perhaps an hour or two (Saturday's annual RailFuture conference has six speakers in 90 minutes) but this one has six hours running time spread out over a nine hour day with twelve speakers.   Knowing how much time it takes up to write up 90 minutes, I may offer brief notes only.
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