Cycling & walking

Prescribing Cycling for Health 

Sam Robinson, Director, Love to Ride

Why aren't we prescribing cycling for health? Love to Ride present a case study that gets behind the project to see how the unique benefits of cycling can impact people and their lives in a remarkable way. We will also take a look at programme outcomes and survey responses from Love to Ride project cities around the world.

E-Cycle Service Delivery

Chris Gregory, Director, A-To-There Ltd

The Isle of Wight Council Access Fund programme includes interventions which aim to facilitate service delivery using electric bikes, especially in the care sector. Delivery of domiciliary care services is a major trip generator on the Island, and the programme includes a project which enables care visits to be made using electric bikes instead of cars and vans. The project partner is Island Healthcare Ltd.

Safety implications of increasing cycle exposure

George Ursachi, Agilysis Limited

This talk presents an analysis of the relationship between cycling risk and cycling exposure in England’s cities and explores what effort, and when, should be focused on in different life-cycle stages of a cycling community. A variety of data sets create cycling exposure and cycling risk levels for English cities. The talk provides a tool for road safety strategists around the UK and abroad.

Beyond the Bicycle: a practical guide to inclusive cycling

Neil Andrews, Wheels for Wellbeing

Wheels for Wellbeing is a charity offering a fleet of over 200 cycles (handcycles, tandems, tricycles, recumbents, wheelchair cycles, side-by-sides and bicycles) that disabled people of all ages can use to enjoy cycling's health and wellbeing benefits. Disabled people are half as likely as non-disabled people to be physically active, resulting in shorter average life expectancies. Our new Guide to Inclusive Cycling shows how cycling can be made more inclusive. 

Active travel – the miracle pill

Hannah Chivers, Cycling UK

If you invented a pill which addressed social isolation, lack of confidence, ill-health both physical and mental, helped improve air quality, reduced congestion, and helped create healthy streets, you’d be wise to patent it. This seminar will explore the alternative to an actual pill: Cycling UK’s community cycling programmes, especially in Portsmouth, where Cycling UK are integrating community work, campaigning and lobbying on transport issues, and community participation to shape local authority decision-making.

The future of London’s Cycle Routes

Dr. Alex Longdon, Strategy Planner & Sophie Edmondson, Principal Sponsor, Transport for London 

What should an ideal Strategic Cycle Network for London look like by 2041? Where are the most important corridors and areas for investment in cycling? Our presentation will outline the spatial analysis of complex and varied datasets, including the new Cycling Network Model for London (Cynemon), the updated Analysis of Cycling Potential, and population and employment forecasts, and show how to translate evidence-led findings into real life projects. 

An ambitious cycle strategy for Southampton

Iain Steane, Transport Policy Team Leader, Southampton City Council

Southampton has ambitious plans for its future. Over the next decade the city will see a denser city centre, major leisure and retail opportunities and an increase in jobs and productivity. The 'dark side' to this ambition is the impact on the city and its transport network.  To tackle these issues, a 10-year, £25m Southampton Cycle Strategy was developed in collaboration with stakeholders including Public Health, Planning and Environmental Health, and externally with interest groups, campaigns and businesses. 

Walking the way to health and fitness

Helen Corkery, Project Manager, South, Living Streets

A generation ago, 70% of us walked to school – now it’s just over half.  The government’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy includes targets to increase walking for the whole population and, specifically, to see 55% of primary school children walking to school by 2025. WOW, the year-round walk to school challenge, is having a big impact across the UK, delivering strong results from small investments and, after just five weeks, we see an average 23% increase in pupils walking to school.

Secured by Design: taking cycle security to the next level

Luc Bonnici, Public Sector Sales Manager, Cyclepods

This talk will explain briefly what Secured by Design (SBD) is and how it applies to our industry. A new 'gold standard’ gives public sector clients confidence in their investment, and the SBD marque acts as a theft deterrent. We will be looking at stand-alone cycle racks all the way up to 2-tier cycle hubs. Luc, a Sport Science Graduate, is well placed to offer expert advice on how councils can get the best value from their schemes whilst offering the best possible user experience to the cyclist. 

Pedestrian priority street design: a case study

David McKenna, Studio Associate Director, IBI Group

IBI have designed and delivered two recent, pedestrian priority schemes in Kidderminster and Chester. Both schemes were standard highway environments re-designed to increase economic activity by creating spaces where pedestrians feel comfortable to spend time and hence money, whilst also accommodating traffic, including buses. Video evidence is used to review whether the approach is successful. The Chester scheme has received particular praise from local blind Access Group representatives.

What do cyclists want and what do they actually do?

Patrick Charles Lingwood, Bedford Borough Council

This talk is an examination of over 15,000 cyclists’ and non-cyclists’ attitudes and choice of cycling infrastructure. The Department for Transport (DfT) has pledged to double cycling by 2025. A key challenge facing local authorities is providing the right kind of infrastructure, we present evidence from 15 surveys conducted in the UK, Ireland, Australasia and North America which capture findings with particular relevance to current cycle and public health policy.