So I pondered earlier whether “The woman who stops traffic” on Channel 4 had worked in Marlow long term – has the number of cars on the road dropped sustainably, or just for the one day? I got a Google alert this morning which answers some of the question… Bucks free press – TV mom …
I think I have got a bit “blogged down” recently with the conference. It was a lovely idea to post something on each session, but it meant I didn’t want to write anything else until I had got that out of the way. I will write about my workshop session once I have prepared some …
Every Journey Matters,Clare Mulholland, Transport for London The final presentation of the day (before the afternoon workshops) was from the conference sponsors, Transport for London. Clare spoke about the “Every Journey Matters” resource, a book and website looking at travel to school across the globe. I was pleased to get Clare to speak as I …
Video Presentation: too cool for school,Guillaume Drapier, Dae Kyung Ahn, Nicholas Reddall, Royal College of Art Back in October we issued a call for papers – asking for submissions on the theme of “a new tool for walk to school”. This was the paper we chose. These three are industrial design students at the Royal …
A Teen View of Sustainable Travel,Hodden Abdullahi and Blossom Young, Tower Hamlets Hodden is the deputy youth mayor of Tower Hamlets. This post is voted fro annually by the young people of Tower Hamlets, to represent them and work on their behalf. The elections were in full swing at the time of the conference, so …
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New Tools from the Walk to School Campaign, Andrew Fielding, Walk to School Campaign, Living Streets Tracey McBride, Walk to School Scotland Campaigner Sam Potter, Walk to School (Secondary Engagement) So then we came to my session. I started by thanking everyone for the huge effort they put into Walk to School in 2007 – …
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How to engage with teenagers,Alex Wood, People and Planet One of the themes of the second session of the day was communicating with teenagers. People and Planet is a student led group in Universities and Sixth Forms which campaigns on ending world poverty, defending human rights, and protecting the environment. Alex is an intern at …
Traffic Noise, Noise Action Week and the Walk to SchoolPhillip Mulligan, Environmental Protection UK The link between walking to school and noise is perhaps not the most obvious one, so I wanted Phillip to speak and help our delegates make the links for this year’s Walk to School week. For Walk to School week we …
The Future of School TravelEmma Sheridan, ModeShift I invited Emma to speak at the conference as she is someone who I greatly admire professionally, and she is an inspirational speaker to listen to.She is also hugely knowledgeable and influential in school travel as the chair of ModeShift (a forum for school travel professionals), Regional STA …
Marketing Active Travel – the lessons that can be learnt from the National Obesity Social Marketing Campaign. Chris Holmes, National Social Marketing Centre Chris’s was a great presentation to open the event. He really got everyone thinking about marketing behaviour change, and what it is that we are trying to do with the Walk to …
