Cities and Towns across the world are struggling with the effects of car ownership: dangerous pollution levels, land-hungry parking requirements and traffic gridlock. How could we approach transport in a different way that would reduce all of these problems and make us fitter and healthier at the same time?

Join engineer Jess Read and behaviour-change specialist Sam Robinson to look at the physical and virtual innovations helping to drive a cycling revolution.

About our speakers:

Jess Read has over 18 years experience delivering walking, cycling and healthy city projects in places like Bristol, London, Copenhagen, Oslo and Portland, Oregon. She recently led the “iWalk - innovations in inclusive walking” project based in Bristol City Council. Her focus is inclusive walking and cycling standards. Jess was the technical project manager for the award-winning Copenhagen Blue-Green Infrastructure Masterplan (2011-2014), which through an innovative co-financing approach has liberated an additional £500m investment in walking, cycling and green infrastructure.

Sam Robinson is Managing Director of Love to Ride a company specialising in programmes, events and innovations that promote cycling in order to enhance well-being, inspire learning and enable personal development. Their work is aimed at encouraging behaviour change leading to an uptake in cycling.