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This section contains in-depth articles, conference papers, powerpoint presentations and other documents. Some documents are in PDF format. You may read this format using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
2008
- May 2008: DfT National Core Indicators Seminar, London.
A seminar was held at the Department for Transport to launch the National Core Accessibility Indicators which are now being used to monitor progress with delivery of Local Area Agreements in England.
The agenda of the seminar and presentations from the event can be downloaded by clicking the links below:
Seminar Programme (PDF 91 KB)
Richard Campbell, Department for Transport (to be added)
Derek Halden, DHC - DfT Core National Indicators: The Lessons so Far (PDF 1582 KB)
Iain Willis, Legal Services Commission - Equitable Access to Legal Advice (PDF 1521 KB)
Martin Bowman, SYPTE (on behalf of PTEG) - Useful Accessibility Indicators for Transport Authorities (PDF 94 KB)
2007
- September 2007: The Future of Retail Transport (PDF 370 KB) - Accessibility, Efficiency, Information and Flexibility.
- 2007: Tackling Social Inclusion in Transport (PDF 357 KB) - Some practical guidance on social inclusion issues in transport from the Glasgow lecture series.
- 2007: Consultation, Public Participation and Communication (PDF 267 KB) - Some practical guidance on public participation in the transport planning process from the Glasgow lecture series.
- 2007: Ten Years of the Skye Bridge (PDF 1552 KB) - Lessons, questions and implications of the Skye Bridge opening. Presentation given to the Institute for Transport and Rural Research.
2006
- 2006: Economic Change, Transport Appraisal and Rural Areas (PDF 51 KB) - How does rural accessibility change affect rural development?
2005
- November 2005: 10 things you need to know about Accessibility Planning - Accessibility planning - answers to ten simple questions.
- October 2005: Identifying Through Accessibility Planning how Sustainable Growth can be achieved in the Compact City: A case study of Edinburgh - Describes how measures of accessibility have been used in Edinburgh to support sustainable land use planning decisions. The paper explores the relationship between accessibility and travel demand by each mode and considers the circumstances in which improved accessibility by public transport and walking can reduce car use. First presented to the European Transport Conference, Strasbourg.
- October 2005: Civilising Pedestrian Crossing Facilities - Describes how new approaches to accessibility planning are encouraging more inclusive approaches to providing suitable pedestrian crossing facilities. These are illustrated through their application within a case study in West Lothian in Central Scotland. First presented to the European Transport Conference, Strasbourg.
- October 2005: Using Behavioural Psychology to Plan, Market and Manage Transport (PDF 345 KB) - Why do we need to use psychology to understand motivations of stakeholders transport? How can we explore motivations and perceptions? What can we do with this information to market, plan and manage transport? Presentation by Alex Hilliam to the European Transport Conference, Strasbourg.
- April 2005: Scottish Accessibility Briefing 2005 - Seminar presentations covering what accessibility planning is, training and advisory programme, and the future for accessibility planning and modelling in Scotland.
- April 2005: Tackling Barriers to Modal Shift - Building bridges to modal shift needs to tackle issues broadly and systematically overcome all the problems faced by each group. If any barrier remains, then behaviour change will not be achieved. Understanding the factors likely to motivate behaviour change is of crucial importance.
- January 2005: Viewpoint: Accessibility Planning - Now that the national guidance has been finalised, will the new accessibility planning approaches deliver practical change on the ground?
Other years
- September 2004: Accessibility Planning - There is nothing unusual in top-level statements about improving accessibility, but rather than accessibility improvements being expressed as broad unmeasurable aspirations the accessibility planning process defines a framework to clarify accessibility goals and manage progress with delivery.
- May 2003: CO-OPERATE - Archive of the original CO-OPERATE (co-ordinating rural transport) project, with seminar presentations.
Last updated November 2007 by Gareth.