Delegates at this year’s JCT Traffic Signals Symposium will hear five learned papers from industry experts sharing real-life experiences in boosting active travel on the road network.

The popular event in September, at its new location of the Royal Armouries in Leeds, will hear from Zach Mabbs, an Inspector at Active Travel England, discussing “All Under Control: Junctions at Active Travel England” showcasing the organisation’s approach to assessing junctions, highlighting good practice, and discussing some common pitfalls seen whilst being involved in schemes.

On top of this, Kirklees Council and Starling Technologies present the use of predictive AI to overcome crowding and improve pedestrian safety at busy crossings, and Jacobs speak on how the capacity of pedestrian crossing phasing can be estimated.  Meanwhile Dumfries and Galloway Council share experiences of long crossing distances of 50m or more through shuttle-controlled signals, while VivaCity will talking about using computer vision to improve the pedestrian experience.

These are five of the 24 papers so far confirmed for the event on 24 and 25 September which also includes a keynote address from former Department for Transport Director General Steve Gooding and a panel discussion “Signallers’ Question Time” taking audience questions to help local authority representatives keep on top of the myriad of new requirements across their roles.

“Every year the quality of our papers seems to get better and better,” commented Organiser John Nightingale, who is a Director at JCT Consultancy.  “As local authorities are mandated to deliver more active travel solutions, they need to know the best ways to use their existing traffic management assets – that is their signal network – to support this requirement.”

The papers also cover, among other things, new signal timing technology, bus prioritisation and lessons learned from Traffic Signals Obsolescence Grant funding.  A full programme will be published next month.

This year’s JCT Traffic Signals Symposium features two days of academic presentations alongside a large exhibition and two evening networking events.  It is preceded on 23 September by the MOVA Users Group and a combined booking can be made for both events.

You can watch last September’s Symposium from Nottingham Trent University here.

Sign up to attend or exhibit at this year’s event through the Symposium website, which also features options to book hotel rooms alongside the main event.

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