Integrated Local Transport Roundtable in Manchester marks Better Transport Week
Campaign for Better Transport is holding a local transport roundtable at the Arup offices in Manchester, on Wednesday 14 June, as part of Better Transport Week.
Marking ‘Local Transport Day’, the session will explore the importance of integrated transport systems and what lessons can be learned from Transport for Greater Manchester’s ongoing expansion of the Bee Network.
Attendees will include Silviya Barrett, Director of Policy and Research at Campaign for Better Transport; Thomas Ableman, Director of Strategy and Innovation at Transport for London; Sandeep Shingadia, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Delivery Integration at Transport for West Midlands (TfWM); Matt Smallwood, Connected Mobility Manager at Transport for the North; David Sidebottom, Director of Transport Focus; and Pete Abel from Manchester Friends of the Earth.
The roundtable will be followed by a photo call at Manchester Piccadilly Station at the station’s Brompton Bike hire dock, to promote Better Transport Week’s ‘Ride to Rail’ competition. Campaign for Better Transport is asking rail passengers to share a photo on Twitter with the hashtag #betterlocaltransport or submit a photo to the charity’s website showing that they have cycled to their train station. Ten winners, selected at random, will all win a bike helmet donated by Lime.
The event is part of Better Transport Week, which runs from 12 to 18 June and aims to promote the wide range of benefits of public transport, shared mobility, walking and cycling to the public and encourage more people to travel sustainably.
The week-long celebration of sustainable transport has been launched by Campaign for Better Transport to celebrate its 50th year of campaigning.
Silviya Barrett, from Campaign for Better Transport, said: “At the very beginning of Campaign for Better Transport, we advised on the formation of Transport for London; a world-class example of an integrated transport system that works. We’re thrilled to be hosting this session in our 50th anniversary year and are excited to hear how other devolved authorities are following Manchester’s direction to build well-integrated transport systems that will transform their cities and the lives of people living in them.”
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Notes to Editors
Media are invited to take photos at 11:30 on Wednesday 14 June 2023 of Silviya Barrett and Michael Solomon Williams from Campaign for Better Transport, along with Thomas Ableman, Director of Strategy and Innovation at Transport for London; Sandeep Shingadia, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Delivery Integration at Transport for West Midlands (TfWM); Matt Smallwood, Connected Mobility Manager at Transport for the North; David Sidebottom, Director of Transport Focus; Pete Abel from Manchester Friends of the Earth with a selection of Brompton Bikes by the Brompton Bike hire locker at Manchester Piccadilly Station.
For further information please contact the press office on 07984 773 468 (calls only no texts) or communications@bettertransport.org.uk
- To enter the Ride to Rail competition, share a photo of your ‘Ride to Rail’ on Twitter on Wednesday 14 June, tag @CBTransport and use the hashtag #betterlocaltransport or submit a photo via the website. To enter, you must have a UK postal address, be aged 18 years or over and the ‘Ride to Rail’ must be in Great Britain. The closing date for entries is 23:59 on 14 June 2023. The winner will be selected at random. Better Transport Week runs from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 June and aims to promote public transport, shared mobility and active travel to mark the transport charity’s 50th year of campaigning.
- Better Transport Week runs from Monday 12 to Sunday 18 June and aims to promote public transport, shared mobility and active travel to mark the transport charity’s 50th year of campaigning. Wednesday 14 June is local Transport Day, celebrating the transport we use day in day out. For more information visit the Better Transport Week webpage.
- Read the full list of Better Transport Week partners here.
- Campaign for Better Transport was founded as Transport 2000 on 6 February 1973. 2023 marks its 50th year of campaigning for all communities to have access to high quality, sustainable transport that meets their needs, improves quality of life and protects the environment. Campaign for Better Transport Charitable Trust is a registered charity (1101929) which operates in England and Wales.
