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Towards Carfree Cities IX - Professionals' Day

Thursday 1 July 2010 is Professionals' Day at Towards Carfree Cities IX in York. The day's presentations and workshops will be accessible to all but are aimed in particular towards planners, developers, architects and professionals in fields related to transport and urban planning. There will be something for everyone. The aim is to enable professionals to implement carfree development or more generally minimise car dependence in their projects or municipality.

The event will be held within the medieval city walls of York at the Priory Street Centre, a short walk from the railway station. The centre is fully disabled accessible, has bicycle parking facilities and wireless Internet. The address is 15 Priory Street, York, YO1 6ET. See the Priory Street Centre website for location, directions and maps.

To register for Professionals' Day, see our Registration page and select the daily rate. Tea/coffee and lunch are provided.



Thursday 1 July: Day 4 - Professionals' Day
09:00 - 10:30
Main Hall Why Carfree

  • Welcome
  • "The Health and Environmental Benefits of Reducing Car Use: Low- and Zero-Car Scenarios in London and Delhi" by James Woodcock (Lecturer, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine)
  • "To Bring it all Together in the Real World: Walking and Cycling, Public Transport and the Role of Car-Sharing - The Bremen Experience" by Michael Glotz-Richter (Senator for Environment, Building, Traffic and Europe - City of Bremen, Germany)
10:30 - 10:45
Tea/Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:15
Main Hall Carfree Development Explained

  • "Exisiting Carfree Developments in Europe: An Overview" presentation by Markus Heller (architect, Berlin)
  • "Carfree, Low Car: What's the Difference?" presentation by Dr Steve Melia (Senior Lecturer, University of West of England; Co-ordinator, Carfree UK), followed by discussion
Denham Room
 Freight Transport in Carfree Areas

  • Workshop hosted by The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK)
Clementhorpe Room Sharing Cycling Best Practice

  • "Bicycle Integration with Public Transport - Best Practice Examples" by Elliot Fishman (Institute for Sensible Transport, Australia)
  • "Sustainable Mobility Planning and Innovation for European Cities: The CIVITAS MIMOSA, SPICYCLES and Velo.Info Projects" by Pascal van den Noort (Velo Mondial, The Netherlands)
  • "Conflict Minimisation Between Pedestrians and Cyclists on Shared Paths" by Elliot Fishman (Institute for Sensible Transport, Australia)
  • "Improving Cycling Mobility in Hilly Cities with Folding Bikes" by Massimiliano Amirfeiz (Green Mobility, Italy)
Micklegate Room World Carfree Day / PARK(ing) Day / European Mobility Week Organisers' Meeting

  • Half-day meeting for anyone interested in organising carfree local/national events from 16-22 September
12:30 - 13:30
Lunch
13:30 - 15:00
Meet Outside Excursion

  • Bicycle Tour - York's Cycling Infrastructure
Denham Room Carfree Development: Where Do We Go Next?

  • Workshop for everyone interested in building carfree, with Dr Jan Scheurer (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia), Markus Heller (architect, Berlin) and J.H. Crawford (author of Carfree Cities and Carfree Design Manual)
Clementhorpe Room Creating your Own Social Marketing Campaign for Cycling

  • Workshop hosted by Geoff Gardner (Managing Consultant, ATKINS)
Fishergate Room Room available for conference meetings / working groups;
contact to reserve
Micklegate Room World Carfree Day / PARK(ing) Day / European Mobility Week Organisers' Meeting (continued)

  • Half-day meeting for anyone interested in organising carfree local/national events from 16-22 September
15:00 - 15:30
Tea/Coffee Break
15:30 - 17:30
Meet Outside Excursion

  • Bicycle Tour - York's Cycling Infrastructure (repeated)
Denham Room Carfree Clinic for Politicians and Planners

  • Workshop led by Professor John Whitelegg (Liverpool John Moores University and Stockholm Environment Institute)
Clementhorpe Room Carfree Research: What Next?

  • An opportunity to network with transport and planning academics from around the world; led by Dr Steve Melia (Senior Lecturer, University of West of England; Co-ordinator, Carfree UK)
Fishergate Room Room available for conference meetings / working groups;
contact to reserve
18:30 - 21:00
Street Party
Community event with food and entertainment
location: Bishopthorpe Road, between Nunnery Lane and Scarcroft Road, York

Please contact with any questions.

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