Oxfordshire County Hall – 20^th October 2022, 10:00-16:30
Co-hosted by Oxfordshire County Council, 20’s Plenty for Us and Landor Links

What a great conference. Over 100 attendees. You can view the VoxPops we recorded from Presenters and Delegates. And click on presenter names to download their presentations.

You can download the PDFs of the slides used in the sessions below.

20mph limits are already being delivered to 26 million people in authorities in the UK and are becoming the norm for rural communities as well as towns and cities.

The world is changing its perspective on what is an appropriate speed for motor vehicles wherever they share public spaces with people. 30km/h or 20mph is becoming the new global norm for urban and village streets shared between motors and people.

Gone are the days of designing our streets around cars. Instead, there is a recognition that a healthy city, town or village needs a far better balance in risk and convenience between the people inside and those outside motor vehicles. With most of the larger urban authorities having already set a 20mph limit as a norm it is increasingly clear that what is good for residents in cities is also good for residents in towns and villages. Already thousands of parish councils have called on their county council to set a 20mph limit as a norm. Some counties have already done so.

This conference will feature several counties who are saying 20’s Plenty for our places too. We will feature a session where the Welsh Government and the Welsh Local Government Association will provide their plans to replace the national 30mph limit with a 20mph default with exceptions. Enabling legislation has already been passed and this will take effect on 17th September 2023.

The conference will provide an in-depth perspective of the challenges and opportunities for 20mph in shire counties and rural communities. It will reveal not only how it may be done successfully but also demonstrate the outcomes from such a change.

The conference will feature:

• The first national roll-out of 20mph in the UK with detailed presentations from the Welsh Government, including a keynote presentation from Lee Waters MS, Deputy Minister for Climate Change.
• Visions of a future decade as 20mph becomes the norm including a presentation from Prof Danny Dorling.
• Rural counties presenting their 20mph plans from co-hosts Oxfordshire County Council and Cornwall Council, as well as a review of outcomes from 20mph in county towns and villages across the country.
• Community 20’s Plenty campaigners showing how they are influencing rural councils.

It will provide informed and focussed presentations for the following attendees:

• Councillors and officers responsible for transport, mobility, active travel, public health and climate change.
• Transport and road safety professionals.
• Campaigners for safer quieter streets and active travel.
• Media specialists in transport and mobility.

Agenda

Deborah Sims (chair) - Senior Vice President - Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation

How Wales is implementing a national 20mph default urban/village limit   View slides

Lee Waters MS - Deputy Minister for Climate Change - Welsh Government

Robert Kent-Smith - Deputy Director - Transport, Strategy and Policy - Welsh Government

Ian Bradfield - Principal Policy Lead – Roads - Welsh Government

Jason Williams - Gwent Police

Ms Kaarina Ruta - Transport Assistant - Welsh Local Government Association

20mph limits as a foundation for the next decade of change View slides

Prof Danny Dorling - Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography - University of Oxford

Sam Bailey - Future Transport

Rod King MBE - Founder & Campaign Director - 20's Plenty for Us

How rural counties are implementing 20mph as a norm and the results gained  View slides

Andrew Gant - Cabinet Member for Highway Management - Oxfordshire County Council

Pete Sudbury - Cabinet Member for Climate Change Delivery and Environment - Oxfordshire County Council

Phil Jones - Chair - Phil Jones Associates

Philip Desmonde - Cabinet Member - Transport Portfolio - Cornwall Council

How communities help authorities to understand the level of public support   View slides

Anna Semlyen - Campaign Manager - 20's Plenty for Us

Adrian Berendt - Campaign Manager, South East England - 20's Plenty for Us

Dean Evans - County Lead Campaigner - 20's Plenty for Cornwall

Ian Conlon - County Lead Campaigner - 20's Plenty for North Yorkshire

Delegate fees are set to provide a very cost-effective and informative day for delegates.

For Public Sector delegates the fee is £95

For Private Sector delegates the fee is £175

Delegates can register at the Landor Links webpage

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