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05/04/2024

A research report published today explores the effects of ‘bus stop bypasses’ - and other arrangements involving a bus stop and cycle track - on pedestrians.

18/04/2023

Hot off the press today:

The new 'Outdoor Accessibility Guidance' is now available to view online and download via the Paths for All website

Well done to all who contributed to this

The guidance is designed to help make our outdoor places and spaces, routes and facilities more accessible, and outdoor experiences more inclusive, so they

17/09/2022

I was recently invited to deliver an online talk plus Q&A to the Southern Branch of the INSTITUTE OF HIGHWAY ENGINEERS about the new versions of the DfT's new 'Inclusive Mobility' and 'Guidance on the use of Tactile Paving Surfaces' documents

You can listen to it all here:

for the IHE Southern Branch

28/07/2022

A groundbreaking new report on ‘Rail Workforce Reform’ has concluded that inadequate railway staffing is undermining the value of billions of public investments. It also finds that dest…

09/07/2022

With everything which is going on in today's world, I cannot believe that this is a thing:

The UK government is running a consultation on reintroducing 'imperial' (ie non-metric) measurements.

You can view the consultation and take part here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/choice-on-units-of-measurement-markings-and-sales

The questions are somewhat loaded:
The way they have been worded more or less assumes a return to imperial measurements, with the questions more or less being about whether we should also keep metric alongside (but less prominent).

This is some sort of sick joke, right?

Seems that it's all to do with pandering to the populism generated in some quarters by the UK's departure from the European Union.

But the UK's switch to metric units had little or nothing to do with our erstwhile membership of the EU.
For example, the Ordnance Survey switched to a metric national grid before WWII.

The metric system we use today owes its origins to the ISO, which was set up in the 1940s and is nothing to do with the EU.

This consultation closes at 11pm on 26th August 2022

We are inviting views to gather information for the government review of units of measurement for consumer transactions.

10/01/2022

This morning, the Department for Transport published updates of two important documents: 'Inclusive Mobility' and 'Guidance on the Use of Tactile Paving Surfaces'.

Here is a link to each of these documents:

www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-mobility-making-transport-accessible-for-passengers-and-pedestrians

www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-mobility-using-tactile-paving-surfaces

The DfT has released the following Press Release, which mentions these two publications:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-teams-with-charity-scope-on-disabled-persons-passenger-charter

A guide to best practice on improving access to public transport and creating a barrier-free pedestrian environment.

10/09/2021

At the beginning of the year, CIHT interviewed Nick Tyler about Covid and transport

Source:https://www.spreaker.com/user/ciht/impact-of-covid-professor-nick-tylerIn this episode you will hear a recording from a CIHT webinar that was held bac...

24/08/2021

The DfT has launched a consultation on how street design can help make people feel more safe on streets. It relates to personal safety rather than road safety.

The outcome will feed into the new Manual for Streets that is currently being developed for the Department for Transport, so they hope to get a good response. If you have any evidence to submit or know someone who do please let them know about this consultation.

More information and consultation here:

Seeks views on how street design, maintenance and operation in England could be improved to ensure people feel safer from harassment, intimidation or unwanted sexual behaviour in public spaces.

01/07/2021

How inclusive is the government's 'Inclusive Transport Strategy'?

The Equality Act 2010 firmly placed the onus on councils to advance equal access to services and opportunities to all those with protected characteristics. Howe

08/06/2021

My blog on transport planning and accessibility is now up on the Transport Planning Society website

Author: Jim Morey, Freelance consultant specialising in the accessibility of streets and transport environments and co-opted director on the board of the Transport Planning Society.

05/06/2021

In this video, Prof Nick Tyler talks us through the features of 'PEARL', UCL's new, purpose-built laboratory for investigating people's interactions with the built environment

PEARL is the successor to 'PAMELA' in Tufnell Park, which many people will be familiar with

For more info, go to: https://www.pearl.place/

For the video, see: https://youtu.be/z5ZfH2JUQ8I

One of London’s most remarkable new buildings sits in a nondescript trading estate in Dagenham East. The UCL PEARL – Person Environment Activity Research Lab...

28/04/2021

Get Home Safe: Safe by Design for Women by Women

This draft document from Atkins is a toolkit to help planners to design transport infrastructure and public spaces.

Its concise form is particularly effective at conveying the dangers and barriers that are encountered everyday, particularly by women travellers.