Events

Tackling Car-dependent New Housing

Start: Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 6:00–7pm PM GMT
A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP
Host Contact Info: hello@lowtrafficfuture.org.uk

With Jenny Raggett, Director and Project Coordinator at Transport for New Homes.

Jenny will share her personal experiences of local campaigning to resist car-dependent new developments, while pressing for homes to be concentrated around good public transport and other key destinations (e.g. schools, shops, healthcare facilities), ensuring that these are easily reachable by active travel and local transport services.

Everyday Concerns: What People Want From Transport

Start: Monday, January 12th, 2026 at 6:00–7pm PM GMT
A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP
Host Contact Info: hello@lowtrafficfuture.org.uk

Stephen Frost is the former head of transport policy at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) where he focused on climate policy, social justice and public engagement in decision making.

Prior to this he was the head of research at the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust (formerly Sustrans) and oversaw UK-wide monitoring and evaluation of active travel schemes, including the National Cycle Network, and research into the benefits of walking, wheeling and cycling in people’s lives, in communities and to the environment.

In this webinar Stephen will outline findings from recent research – undertaken in partnership with More in Common, Climate Outreach and Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh – on the public’s views on transport and what this means for those seeking to win support for action to reduce car dependence.

Greening local transport in your area
Workshops for local campaigners on Local Transport Plans

In 2021, the UK Government announced (in its Transport Decarbonisation Plan) that it intends to revive Local Transport Plans (LTPs). Writing a good LTP will once again become the main way in which England’s local transport authorities (outside London) obtain funding for local transport improvements.

The Government has also said that it expects good LTPs to include ambitious proposals for:

Cycling and walking networks (or ‘Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans’, to give them their proper name);
Bus Service Improvement Plans;
Electric vehicle charging strategies; and
Quantifiable Carbon Reduction (QCR) targets

With many local authorities now updating their LTPs, now is a good time to press them to strengthen their ambitions for a low traffic future, ensuring they have strong plans for sustainable and healthy travel in your area.

The Low Traffic Future Alliance held a series of 5 workshops ‘Greening local transport in your area’, aimed at local campaigners or would-be campaigners for a low traffic future. With different speakers at each workshop, the notes and presentations from these workshops are all worth reading! – see webpages below.

Do also check out the Alliance’s guide ‘Local action for a low traffic future‘ – see full or summary version. Aimed at local councillors and campaigners, these outline what we believe should be included in a good LTP. Please encourage your councillors to read these and act on them!