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Strategic Walks Network Design Guide
- Cover
- Introduction and background
- Priciples and Standards
- Delivering the network
- Expanding the network & Management and Maintenance
- Appendices
Accessing Funding for Walking
London - 5th March
Morning workshop papers and presentations :
- Agenda
- Setting the scene, Jane Yates, Natural England
- London ROWIPs, Roy Hickey
- Bromley Case Study
- Leicestershire Case Study
- Selling the product, Ruth Brown, Walk London
- Access to Nature, Natural England.
Afternoon seminar presentations :
- Agenda
- Xavier Brice, Principal, Policy unit, Transport for London
- Ben Plowden, Smarter Travel Programme Manager, TfL
- Robert Bruty, Local Area Schemes Manager, TfL
- Spencer Clark, Borough Walking Programme Manager, TfL
- Jim Walker, Chair, Walk London
South West Region LAF conference - Exeter
Steve Jenkinson - introduction
Andy Gale - Green Infrastructure
Ray Newbiggin - National Access Forum
West Midlands Region ROWIP implementation event - Birmingham
The Access Company presentation
The Warwickshire ROWIP - Martin Fry
Sandwell MBC - an urban perspective
Shrophire's ROWIP - Karen Wilson
The Black Country as an urban park - Cherry Shine
East of England LAF conference - Ely
Green infrastructure - Catherine Cairns
The LAF manual - Ken Taylor
North East Region events
workshop and discussion feedback
6th March - Newcastle - Urban ROWIPs
The Access Company presentation
Funding - Natural England's perspective
7th March - Durham - Rural ROWIPs
The Access Company presentation
A ROWIP in a big authority - Abi Mansley, Cumbria CC
Making the LTP work for us - Victoria Lloyd, Durham CC
Funding - Natural England's perspective
How to be a Good LAF - workshop write up
North West Region - Manchester 4th March - LAF conference
The Access Company presentation
South East Region - Funding for ROWIP Implementation
- The Access Company presentation (including health case study)
- The Bedfordshire experience
- Access to Nature
- LTP - Phil Crockford, GOSE
- Useful links and information
South East Region LAF workshop -feedback
Natural England Rights of Way Improvement Plan questionniare - Preliminary findings
Presentations given to the South West Region ROWIP funding event 13th December 2007:
- The Access Company presentation (1mb file)
- Environmental Stewardship - Neil Constable
- Access to Nature - Jo Lewis
- sheet of links to useful information
- national indicators for LAAs
- letter from minister to LAFs
Jim Walker's presentation on Legible London presented at Transport for London's Legible London conference on 29th June 2007.
The presentations below were given to TfL on 19th June 2007 as part of a discussion meeting on monitoring systems and reviewing KPIs for the Strategic Walks Network.
- Review of KPIs - Colin Buchanan
- Pedestrian Counters and User Surveys - The Access Company
- LAMS (London Access Management System) - Walk London
The attached file is Jim Walker's presentation on the state of walking in London given on 10th May 2007.
The links below take you to the presentations given at the ROWIP workshop, May 2007 for London Boroughs.
- Anne Glover / Jim Walker on What is a ROWIP ?
- Karen Lee Bapty (DEFRA) on the legislative backround.
The following 6 signposting guides were produced as part of the initial ROWIP support work to help authorities tackle specific issues :
- ROWIPs in urban areas
- Resources
- Support from managers and councillors
- Community Consultation
- ROWIPs and Local Access Forums
- ROWIPs and the LTP
The Access Company sit on the Area Based Schemes / Local Accessibility Scheme working group which has begun the prpocess of drafting new LAS guidance. See the attached newsletter for more information.