A 2-day Autumn School in which delegates will hear from experts, and then propose solutions for the challenge of balancing our need to travel with our desire for better places for people.

A COMMON PROBLEM

This Autumn School in Hertford is an opportunity to look at how cities, towns and villages can rethink busy traffic routes. Public consultation held earlier this year by Hertfordshire County Council looked at proposals for the major east-west A414 road corridor, which runs from Hemel Hempstead and Watford in the west to Harlow in the east, linking the M1, A1(M) and the A10 motorways. Along this transport corridor is the attractive county town of Hertford, which sees a large proportion of through, between town and local traffic.

Hertford is an historic town and, like many others around the country, has to plan for how it can better manage today’s traffic through its town centre, as well as how to connect new housing growth areas, and meet longer distance travel needs. Balancing the infrastructure associated with housing growth and the urgent need for more sustainable travel choices is a big issue for many places, and Hertford is a classic example. With the recent A414 consultation raising options of re-allocating road space to other users, building a town ring road, developing a mass rapid transit system, and more, there are many issues, priorities and potential solutions to consider.