Wednesday 19th October 2022
Royal College of Anaesthetists, London
Details
Date: Wednesday 19th October 2022
Registration: from 8.45
Conference starts: 9.30
Conference closes: 16.30
Location: Royal College of Anaesthetists, Churchill House, 35 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4SG
Transport is relevant to everyone, but transport is not equally safe for everyone. It is no longer good enough to improve things for the majority. Policies and services are expected to demonstrate consideration of the needs of all users. PACTS wants to spotlight the places where improvements in equality have been achieved as well as bring to light areas where inequality has been identified and is being addressed.
Hear from a wide range of experts on how improvements to equality could be made in transport safety.
Conference themes
- How unequal safety outcomes manifest among different demographics and communities
- Equality in Euro NCAP testing, including the use of inclusive crash-test-dummies.
- Safe pavement access for the partially sighted
- The success of targeting a road safety campaign within a specific population
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Speakers, chairs and panel members
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- Ruth Cadbury, Member of Parliament for Brentford and Isleworth, and Co-Chair of the Transport Safety APPG
Keynote address: A Westminster view - Matthew Avery, Chief Research Strategy Officer, Thatcham Research
Equality across transport modes – vehicle design
- Zoe Cotton, TfL
What equality in transport safety means for different demographics and communities - Blanche Shackleton, Head of policy, public affairs and campaigns, Guide Dogs UK
What equality means – for the visually impaired - Nicola Wass, CEO, SoMo
- Rebecca Hawthorne, Travel Demand Manager, Birmingham City Council
Improving transport safety equality within the South-Asian community in East Birmingham, Message not received - Dr Kay Inckle, Campaigns & Policy Manager, Wheels for Wellbeing
Equity, accessibility and safety in active Travel - Helen Davies, Principal Policy and Strategy Officer, TfWM
Equality across transport modes – public transport use
Panel discussion: other perspectives in equality in transport safety
- Emily Cherry, Chief Executive, Bikeability Trust
- Dan Phillips, Innovation Fellow, Royal College of Art
- Jennie Martin, Secretary General, ITS United Kingdom
- Jerome Sewell, Head of Rollsafe, green transportation division of Unique Talent CIC
- Sarah Gayton, Street Access Campaigns Coordinator, National Federation of the Blind of the UK
Click here to watch the recording of the conference on YouTube
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 9.00 | Registration, refreshments, and networking | |
| Session One – Kris Beuret OBE, Research Lead, Temple Group | ||
| 9.30 | Welcome: Key themes for the conference | Kris Beuret |
| 9.40 | Morning Keynote: A Westminster view | Ruth Cadbury MP, Member of Parliament for Brentford & Isleworth, and Co-Chair of the Transport Safety APPG |
| 10.00 | Equality across transport modes – public transport use | Helen Davies, Principal Policy and Strategy Officer, Transport for West Midlands |
| 10.20 | Equality across transport modes – vehicle design | Matthew Avery, Chief Research Strategy Officer, Thatcham Research |
| 10.40 | Questions and discussion | |
| 11.00 | Coffee and networking | |
| Session Two – Equality, Accessibility and Safety – Ian Greenwood, PACTS Trustee | ||
| 11.30 | What equality means – for anyone walking | Stephen Edwards
CEO, Living Streets |
| 11.50 | What equality means – for the visually impaired | Blanche Shackleton, Head of policy, public affairs and campaigns, Guide Dogs for the Blind Association |
| 12.10 | Equity, accessibility and safety in active Travel | Kay Inckle, Campaigns & Policy Manager, Wheels for Wellbeing
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| 12.30 | Questions discussion, summing up | |
| 12.50 | Lunch and networking | |
| Session Three – Chaired by Jennie Martin, Secretary General, ITS United Kingdom | ||
| 13.40 | Afternoon Chair | Jennie Martin |
| 13.50 | Panel – other perspectives in equality in transport safety | Emily Cherry, Bikeability
Simon d’Vali, Principal Engineer, Bradford MDC Dan Philips, Innovation Fellow, Royal College of Art Jerome Sewell, Head of Rollsafe, green transportation division of Unique Talent CIC |
| 14.35 | What equality in transport safety means for different demographics and communities | Zoë Cotton, TfL |
| 14.55 | Improving transport safety equality within the South-Asian community in East Birmingham, Message not received | Rebecca Hawthorne, Travel Demand Manager, Birmingham City Council and Nicola Wass, CEO, SoMo |
| 15.20 | Questions and summing up | |
| 15.40 | Tea and networking | |
| 16.30 | Close | |
