Active Travel England Teach in with PJA

Join Women in Planning West Midlands for an Active Travel Teach in with PJA. 

PJA are widely renowned for being a leader in the active travel field with Chairman Phil Jones sitting on the non-executive board at Active Travel England (ATE)  and with PJA having operated as the ‘shadow body’ while ATE was being set up.  Active Travel England is the government’s executive agency responsible for making walking, wheeling and cycling the preferred choice for everyone to get around in England.  PJA will be hosting a session to share experience of working on ‘both sides of the fence’ identifying how the whole industry can apply good practice. With fellow professionals in attendance there will be an opportunity to share work experiences and for PJA to offer pragmatic advice on how to navigate the new requirements effectively, based on wide-ranging experience.

Expect from this event a presentation by Lianne Baker-Brook, Steve Bates and Phil Jones on:

• Role of ATE – what powers do they have
• PJA’s role with ATE and their experience
• Which schemes/developments are likely to be reviewed
• Implications for development – what does it actually mean?
• ATE planning application assessment Toolkit

The schedule for the day is: 

• Breakfast/registration from 8:15
• Event starts 9
• Speaking closes 9:45
• 9:45-10 Q&A/other people’s experiences 

Lianne Baker-Brook is a Transport Planner with over 10 years' experience in Development Planning and Active Travel. Lianne is currently supporting Transport for the West Midlands on a part time basis by offering technical support to the Cycling and Walking Development Team and has also recently joined the Design South East Expert Panel as an active travel expert.

Lianne is also part of the PJA Academy and delivery the 'Designing for Active Travel Infrastructure Design' course which looks at identifying, assessing and designing infrastructure with a particular focus on developing practical solutions to constrained locations. She has been part of the team to assist Active Travel England in the development of their toolkits to assess both public sector corridor schemes and planning applications for development.

Steve Bates is a Transport Planning with 16 years' experience, specialising in the planning and delivery of regeneration and development sites. He has worked with a number of private and public sector clients providing transport planning advice on various residential, commercial and educational schemes.

His experience includes the production of Transport Assessments, Travel Plans, access feasibility and design, negotiating S106 Agreement, master planning input and a range of technical advice.

Phil Jones heads up the firm and has over 40 years' experience in the planning and design of  development infrastructure, with particular expertise in traffic analysis, transport planning and highway design.

Phil specialise in achieving synergy between highways and urban design, with the aim of creating places and spaces that meet aesthetic, social and functional aims. He advises a large number of private and public sector clients on transportation and infrastructure matters.