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Designing for the 21st Century: inclusive design for highways and active travel

Event organised by ICE

Date
23 June 2025
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Overview

This is Part 1 of the webinar series “Designing for the 21st century” by the ICE North East Fairness, Inclusion and Respect (FIR) Action Group. 

Join us and guest speaker Kelda Lyons, senior inclusive design consultant at AtkinsRéalis, for an interactive webinar focused on inclusive design for highways and active travel.

We'll start with a brief introduction to the principles of inclusive design, followed by a 5-minute breakout session where attendees will have the opportunity to share their perspectives on inclusive design.

We will dive into case studies on highways and active travel schemes, and reflect on how we talk about inclusive design in our everyday work activities and projects.

The session will close by considering how we can foster collaborative working to support the inclusion of inclusive design, followed by a Q&A. 

Programme

12:00 - 12:10

Inclusive design introduction - key principles

12:10 - 12:15

Breakout session - discussing participant perspectives on inclusive design

12:15 - 12:30

Case studies - focusing on highways and active travel schemes

12:30 - 12:35

Collaborative working

12:35 - 12:45

Q&A

Speaker

Kelda Lyons

Kelda Lyons

AtkinsRéalis

senior inclusive design consultant

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Kelda Lyons

Kelda is an inclusive design consultant who supports the design of varied types of built environment schemes. She specialises in inclusive active travel and designing for children, works with designers and engineers to support the design of transport infrastructure and active travel schemes, and has undertaken research and audits looking at areas and topics such as inclusive streets and public realm, and the accessibility of colourful crossings.

Joe Chadderton

Joe Chadderton

Atkins Realis

civil engineer

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Joe Chadderton

Joe is an accomplished civil engineer with extensive experience in Transportation Engineering, working in highways, active travel infrastructure design, project management, infrastructure assessments, and structural health monitoring. With a strong focus on sustainable mobility, he specialises in the delivery and evaluation of active travel projects that promote walking, cycling and other low-impact modes of transport. His work is driven by a commitment to creating high-quality, user-friendly infrastructure that not only supports safe and efficient travel but also encourages long-term behavioural shifts towards more sustainable transport choices.

For more information please contact:

Joanne Topping

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