PJA’s chairman, Phil Jones, has been appointed on the Board of Active Travel England (ATE) – an Agency of the Department for Transport, delivering on the government’s commitment to boost cycling and walking and deliver a healthy, safe and carbon-neutral transport system.
Phil’s many years of experience as an engineer, transport planner and active travel expert makes him a perfect fit to advise the body on appropriate and effective methods of delivery, appreciating the needs of people wishing to travel more sustainably, which will mainly be delivered through the efforts of local authorities and developers.
Phil said: “I couldn’t be more delighted to be appointed as a Non-Executive Director of Active Travel England, working closely with Chris Boardman and the rest of the Board.
“ATE has the huge responsibility of delivering on the Government’s commitments to raise substantially the levels of walking and cycling across England, helping to make our nation a healthier, safer and more sustainable place.
“Its mission aligns very closely with that of our company – to ‘create better places through great design’. I look forward to working with ATE to help to achieve its aims.”
Phil is notching up an impressive amount of high-profile experience. He was instrumental in helping to draft the recent changes to the Highway Code, including the new ‘Hierarchy of Road Users’ and the clearer rules on junction priorities. He was also a lead author of LTN1/20, the Government’s cycling infrastructure design guidance which was published alongside its ‘Gear Change’ policy document; and co-authored the guidance on Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans published in 2017. Phil has also led the historic change to reduce the default speed limit of most urban roads to 20mph in Wales, which comes into force in September.
ATE will be a Statutory Consultee on land use planning, with the aim of improving provision for walking and cycling on new developments. Phil’s experience in this sector gives him a real insight into the challenges faced by developers which will help ATE strike the right balance; and enable PJA to help its private sector clients to navigate these new requirements while continuing to achieve their wider aims.
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