Events
MfS vs DMRB - Join the debate!
IHE hosted a discussion on 20th January 2009 led by Alan Young of WSP, one of the MfS authors, and Steve Proctor of TMS, editor of the IHT Road Safety Audit guidelines. Richard Fitter, Director of Entran Ltd, was in the chair and set the scene for a lively and good humoured debate to which CABE and DfT representatives contributed.
The event was repeated on the 20th October 2009 in Leeds with speakers as below.
View both the presentations here.
Richard Fitter, Entran Ltd
Richard is a Director of Entran Ltd, an independent firm of environmental and transportation consultants. He has some 20 years experience in a diverse range of highway and transport engineering. His career has centred mostly on Highway and Transport Development Planning in both the public and private sectors. He has experience in devising transport strategies for major town expansion projects, urban regeneration initiatives and speculative mixed-use development schemes.
Richard's work includes the preparation of movement strategies, travel plans and transport assessments as well as junction modelling, access design and transport sustainability assessments.
Phil Cook, TMS Consultancy
Phil is a Director of TMS, specialising in :
- Developing and delivering training courses
- Transport, traffic management and road safety policy and practice
- Undertaking AIP investigations, road safety audits and NMU/Accessibility/Cycle audits.
Phil is generally supportive of the many of the principles of MfS but has some serious concerns about road safety aspects of the guidance and the increasing tendency to seek to apply the guidance outside the context of its intended purpose - lightly trafficked residential streets.
Stuart Reid, MVA Consultancy
Stuart Reid is MVA Consultancy's Director of Sustainable Transport. He has contributed to a wide range of research and technical guidance on planning for sustainable transport modes, including developing DMRB's standard for Non-motorised User Audit. He was a contributing author to the Manual for Streets and led the development of the evidence-base behind MfS's recommendations. He is currently leading research for DfT on topics such as Shared Space Schemes and the effectiveness of measures to increase cycle safety and is contributing to the forthcoming 'Manual for High Streets'.
Stuart is involved in this debate because he believes that our current approach to street design is suppressing sustainable transport and making our communities less livable. This debate is important because it is a chance to separate myth from fact.
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