Night Moves: understanding and shaping transport and mobility at night
17 October 2017, 1:30 pm–5:30 pm
Event Information
Open to
- All
Location
-
Haldane Room, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Wilkins Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT
are organising a symposium aiming to
generate discussions that map
out a framework for understanding 'transport at night' and shaping the research
agenda for this area. The symposium acknowledges the growing
importance of the night-time economy (NTE) in policy, professional practice, and academic research.
Previously a blind spot in many cities, the NTE is emerging as a new frontier in urban life. Amsterdam created the first 'night mayor' in 2014 and cities across Europe have followed. London appointed a night czar in 2016 to work with its existing night-time commission. Cities such as Amsterdam are considering special night districts where a full range of services are available 24 hours. The NTE is also seen as central to Amsterdam's creative economy and startup culture. In the UK, the NTE is part of efforts to regenerate town and city centres. Recent studies estimate London's NTE at between £17.7bn and £26.3bn in Gross Value Added (GVA) to the UK economy in 2014.
Keynote:
- Amy Lamé, London's Night Czar
Speakers:
- Ben Campkin, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Urban Laboratory
- Mark Curran, TfL Night Tube Sponsor
- Brian Stacy, Arup
- Sarah Wise, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis
- Jon Paris, Intelligence & Analysis Team, Enforcement & On-Street Operations, TfL
- George Buxton, WSP
- Jenny McArthur, Enora Robin and Emilia Smeds, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº STEaPP
- Anna Plyushteva, Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Daniel Hernandez, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Development Planning Unit
- Michele Acuto and Ellie Cosgrave, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº STEaPP
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