Date
2 April 2019Time
10:00 – 16:00Location
University of Birmingham Murray Learning Centre, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT The Murray Learning Centre (R28 on the campus map) is the first building on the left when heading from University Station, which is just 2 stops and 8 minutes from Birmingham New Street. Other travel options are here.Organisers
Act TravelWise, supported by SWMThe event
This is an all-day training workshop specifically for practitioners from universities and hospitals (and those who work with them) across the UK to learn about established best practice and innovation in sustainable travel and parking policy.
Led by Richard Adams and Chris Carter of AECOM, the training workshop will include:
- an overview of the transport challenges faced by universities and hospitals
- examples of best practice and available guidance to effectively address those challenges
- four 10-minute presentations from leading university and hospital transport managers on what they’ve implemented, how they went about it and what the results have been
- training to address the specific challenges identified through a survey of registered delegates
- discussion in small groups to share knowledge and experience, according to topics such as EV charge points, shared bicycle schemes, staff parking policy etc
- a walking tour of measures implemented at University of Birmingham and possibly the adjacent Queen Elizabeth Hospital