Sustainable Transport in the Lake District – Presentations and discussion
Online via Zoom
Starts: Fri 7th October 2022, 9.00 am
Ends: Fri 7th October 2022, 11.00 am
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Come and hear experts discuss some of the challenges and opportunities for sustainable travel in the Lake District, and contribute to the debate by pre-submitting questions.
This event is part of the research that was detailed in the Lake District National Park Management Plan. ACTion with Communities in Cumbria is hosting this event for the Sustainable Transport and Travel Key Outcome Group.
The event will inform the framing of three research priorities of the LDNPP Management Plan Outcome 5, namely:
- How visitors and residents would like to move [to and] around the park
- How to address congestion and net zero with respect to transport
- Better awareness of relevant global innovation in the transport and mobility sector, specifically in relation to behaviour change and implementation
and in doing this, understand more clearly the appetite for change across stakeholder groups and the nature of any changes possible and needed in regard to Lake District access and transport.
The experts who will present ideas and contribute to the discussion at the event are:
- Professor Jillian Anable, Chair of Transport and Energy, Leeds University –scenarios for future access and travel to the Lake District that take into account current and emerging understanding of the social trends in how people travel and the imperatives and legal obligations to decarbonise travel.
- James Berresford, Deputy Chair of the Peak District National Park – visitor economy & national parks scenarios that balance the need to widen access whilst limiting car-borne journeys, referring to studies on traffic omissions, attitudinal surveys, and plans for recreation hubs and rail and trail connectivity.
- James Blake, CEO of the Youth Hostel Association - future scenarios of access and transport that tackle the current social exclusion linked to car dependency and cost.
- Stephen Joseph, Transport Policy Advisor - scenarios based on best transport practice available in the UK under existing policy frameworks, notably integrated public transport in Cornwall, moves towards traffic management and charging for car parking Snowdonia, car clubs, DRT, e-bike hire, zero carbon commuting including structured car sharing, and rural hubs. Linking to wider spatial planning and economic development policies, recognising the LDNPA transport will be influenced by activities in the areas around it like West Cumbria.
Our chair for the event will be Steve Curl.
This is a free event, but registration is essential and must be completed by 12 noon on Thursday 6th October in order to guarantee your place at the event. Once all the available places are taken we will hold a waiting list and may make more places available.
If you would like to pose a question for the panel to consider, you can detail this in your Eventbrite registration. We plan to have two sets of panel discussions on submitted questions. Submission of questions will close at 12 noon on the 3rd October.
There will also be online polls for event participants as part of the event. The learning from the event will be used to inform subsequent broader engagement.
The event will be recorded, and this will be available on the ACT website afterwards.
This event is part funded by The Lake District National Park Authority and Friends of the Lake District.
For security reasons the Zoom weblink will be emailed to you on the day. You won't be able to share the link with others, so if you aware of someone else that wishes to attend please request that they register themselves.
On the day we operate a waiting room system to join the meeting, so you are welcome to join us from 8:45am to allow for the extra few minutes this takes up. We will start the meeting as close to 9am as we can.
For any enquiries please contact: info@cumbriaaction.org.uk