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"City Image, or City Life?" Kevin Lynch memorial lecture - 2018

Lecture for Urban Design Group 14th November 2018 31st Kevin Lynch memorial lecture

"Roads and Traffic in Urban Areas" 1987 book review

Review of "Roads and Traffic in Urban Areas"

"The Evolution of Town Centre Traffic Management" - 2000

Discusses the need to resolve conflicts in city centres between the "Three As": Access, Activities, and Amenity.

A Third Less Urban Traffic? 1993

Paper to FoE 22nd February, and ICE North Wales 17th March 1993

Adapting Residential Roads for Safety and Amenity

South Bank Occasional Paper

Book review: Transportation Planning & Public Policy (Starkie 1975)

TCPA journal book review

Boris Bikes are fuelling central London traffic conflicts

Questions wisdom of encouraging cycling in central London

Breaking the Habit of a Lifestyle: scenarios for less car use - 1993

A discussion of ways in which people have become car dependent, and ways in which they can become less so.

Bus-Friendly Traffic Calming Techniques

Article examining whether traffic calming measures can be bus-friendly.

Buses in Urban Developments

One of a series of guidelines published by CIHT in the series "Streets and Transport in the Urban Environment"

Buses in Urban Developments: an overview - 2018

Conference to launch CIHT guidelines "Buses in Urban Developments"

Call for an end to the car habit

Press report of Tim Pharoah conference contribution

Can Cycling Save the Suburbs? 1996

The case for promoting cycling in suburban areas. Presented at "Velo Australis" international conference, Freemantle, October 1996

Car-Free City Centres

Article arguing the case for car-free city centres, including case studies

Cars: the mode of choice in the growth areas

A commentary on the continuing dominance of the car in the planning of urban growth areas.

Cash Strategy for City Transport 1988

Letter to The Times

City-Region Planning in London: Towards a Sub-Regional Transport Framework - 2003

This paper reports on a research study on sub-regional development frameworks in London undertaken by Llewelyn-Davies for Transport for London.

Clearing Away Confused Thinking on Shared Space

Article about shared space solutions which attempts to clarify the arguments for and against..

Cold Comfort

Letter to Guardian about drink driving 1980

Creating a livable and walkable city - 2015

Training event for Tampere, Finland

Creating Convivial Urban Spaces - 2010

Aspects of what makes convivial streets and spaces. Examples of good and bad practice.

Creating public realm for all users - 2010

The presentation addresses the design of a new public square in Lisburn, Northern Ireland

Creating quality streets: the Manual for Streets - 2007

Key points and recommendations from "Manual for Streets", 2007

Criteria for a Review of GLC Highway Schemes

A report to the GLC with suggested criteria for reviewing remaining road schemes following the cancellation of the London Ringway proposals.

Current Issues in Traffic Calming Practice - 1995

A review of traffic calming issues

Developing a Pedestrian Strategy for London - 1996

PTRC paper Sept 1996

Development in Public Transport Corridors 2003

Advocates organising development with corridors that can be served efficiently by public transport.

Encouraging Walking: advice to local authorities

Guidance on encouraging walking based on report of the Government's advisory group on walking.

Environmental Impacts & Evaluation - 1993

Paper to RTPI conference 19 May 1993

Five tricks for highwaymen

How road planners by-passed the planning system to try to push through an unpopular road widening scheme at Millbank in the 1980s.

Focus on traffic calming in West Europe

"A review of traffic calming theory and practice in West Europe" in Planning Practice & Research, Vol. 8, No. 1, January 1993

Going To Town: Improving town centre access

A companion guide to PPG6 (UK planning guidance on town centre and retail planning). Fully illustrated in colour with practical advice on how to make improvements, together with case studies and auditing methods.

Higher aspirations needed for bus service development

Letter to Transit magazine 7th September 2007

Homes and Travel: Local Life in the Third Age

Personal Travel and Transport chapter

How to Change Travel Patterns - 1997

PTRC "Transport Solutions for Air Quality Management", January 1997

Improving the Safety of Local Streets

Describes opportunities for improving the safety and quality of local streets through small scale design changes rather than regulation.

Improving Walkability

Guidance published by Transport for London, 2005

Integrated Public Transport Corridors - 2000

This paper is concerned with the relationship between land use development and accessibility by public transport and non-motorised modes of travel. It reviews concepts and practice and offers conclusions on how future developments can be planned to encourage use of the non-car modes, and discourage use of the car.

Irony must be clearly labelled

Letter to Planning Magazine September 2003

Kompakt, mobil, urban

An analysis of development concepts for traffic reduction from an international perspective

Landscape of highways

Essay on the landscaping of highways - Edinburgh School of Art/Heriot Watt University, 1968

Less Traffic, Better Towns

Friends of the Earth's illustrated guide to traffic reduction

Light Rail: is it worth paying for? 2000

Paper to AET conference, 11th September 2000

Localism in transport planning?

A review of sustainable transport choices (STC) in a selection of third round Local Transport Plans

London: Structure and Transport of the City and its Region

SRL conference paper Berlin 1992

London: Struktur und Verkehr der Stadt und ihrer Region

SRL document 1993

Making Tracks: Light Rail in England and France

A review and comparison of light rail policy and practice in England and France

Manual for Streets

National guidance for the design of residential and lightly trafficked streets.

Measuring Pedestrian Flow and "Presence" 2010

"Measuring Pedestrian Flow and Presence" presentation to data workshop, Walk21 International Conference, The Hague, 16-19th November 2010

Michael Thomson - the brains behind the fight to stop "ringway" roads around London

An obituary for J. Michael Thomson

Missing Links to Town and City Centres - 2002

Describes the Government research project into the quality of links between arrival points and town and city centres, published in the report "Going to Town"

Money for Walking: Making the most of s106 agreements - 2005

Presentation to Living Streets conference, Guildhall, London, 6th December 2005

Monitoring Local Transport Plans - 1999

Traffic Reduction Act - monitoring the implications for local authorities. A paper to the Local Transport Today conference 26th October 1999

More grid roads are the last thing (Milton Keynes) bus users need

Letter to Local Transport Today, published 8th April 2011

Neighbourhood Car Fleets: The key to rational car use

The case for cars based in neighbourhoods for shared access on a pay-as-you-drive basis

New Thinking About the Car: Alternatives to Individual Ownership - 1987

A report presented to TCPA conference in May 1987. It advocates car sharing and describes early schemes.

Out-of-centre sites rule out good bus access

Letter to Local Transport Today, July 2004

Parking Strategies & Management

Guidance all aspects of parking. Commissioned by the Institution of Highways and Transportation.

Pedestrian Safety Measures for Non-Residential Urban Roads. Technical note 5: Study of European Practice

A review of north European practice to improve pedestrian safety on non-residential and mixed-activity urban streets, using traffic calming and re-design rather than regulation. The report was prepared by Tim Pharoah for Halcrow Fox in 1994.

Pedestrians in London

A campaign report calling for a policy for pedestrians In London

Personal Travel and Transport

A study of life in the "Third Age" (people aged 50-74, who account for over a quarter of the UK population); part of a wider inquiry for the Carnegie UK Trust, and supported by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

Personal Travel Planning must focus on all household travel

Letter to Local Transport Today (29th November 2013) arguing that Personal Travel Planning that tackles only car commuting is inadequate to reduce car travel.

Places to Grow - 2008

Presentation to Places to Grow conference, November 2008

Planning and Monitoring Traffic Reduction Strategies - 1998

A paper to LTT conference "Better Use of Roadspace" 19th June 1998

Planning and Sustainable Access - 2001

A summary of (unpublished) Government sponsored research by Tim Pharoah and others relating to the integration of land use and transport

Planning for Buses in Urban Developments - 2018

Conference paper for CIHT Dublin, introducing the recently published "Buses in Urban Developments" guidelines authored by Tim Pharoah

Planning for Less parking - Implementing PPG13 - 1999

Paper to Aston University Conference "Town planning and the new Local Transport Plans", 12th may 1999

Planning for Traffic Reduction 1992

Paper to seminar at Edinburgh College of Art in 1992.

Possibilities and Limits of Intermodality - 1996

PPG13: A Guide to Better Practice - Reducing the Need to Travel through Land Use and Transport Planning

A better practice guide commissioned jointly by the (then) Department of the Environment and the Department of Transport.

Press mentions

Press articles mentioning Tim Pharoah

Private toll roads are a fundamentally flawed concept

Quality Streets

An investigation of the economic benefits of improving walking conditions

Reducing the Need to Travel: A new planning objective in the UK?

A commentary on the UK policy to reduce the need to travel through land use planning, as formalised in Planning Policy Guidance Note 13, Transport, published in March 1994.

Reducing the Need to Travel: the Principles of Good Practice - 1994

TRICS paper 28-29 September 1994

Reducing UK Oil Dependency: The Role of Public Transport - 2010

Talk to All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas (APPGOPO)

Reinterpreting Private Open Space

Questions the suitability of historic and contemporary housing forms in terms of open space provision

Restructuring Car Ownership

A report outlining the benefits and feasibility of shared car ownership

Reversing the Rising Tide of Traffic

Article calling for traffic reduction

Review of White Paper "Transport Policy" 1977 and Nuffield Foundation paper "A Policy for Transport" 1977

Review of White Paper "Transport Policy", HMSO 1977, CMND 6836, and Nuffield Foundation "A Policy for Transport", being papers presented to a conference at Nuffield Lodge, 1977.

San Francisco transport

Article in LATA newsletter

Scenario for traffic-calmed London

Paper to "Getting London Moving" conference May 1993

Services for a City Network on Traffic Limitation - 1994

Paper to conference on sustainable urban mobility, Amsterdam 1994

Shared cars: key to reducing traffic

Article in Town & Country Planning journal, 1987

Signs of new concensus over transport priorities (1990)

Article in Planning magazine about traffic limitation concensus

SOBETMA: Environmental Traffic Management and the South Birmingham Study - 1993

PTRC Summer Annual Meeting '93 international conference, entitled: "SBS and SOBETMA, Environmental Traffic Management and the South Birmingham Study", with Ken Huddart and Alan Wenban-Smith, Manchester, 16 September 1993

Speed management and the Role of Traffic Calming in Road Safety

Research Paper 35 Heriot Watt Dept Planning

Speed Management, Road Safety and Traffic Calming: Contradictions in the Policy Framework - 1990

Conference paper to the International "Living and Moving in Cities" congress, Paris 1990

Street Adaptations in Residential Areas: A survey of Local Authorities in England and Wales

Article in Traffic Engineering & Control, April 1989

Street Design and Transport - International Perspectives

Special edition of Urban Design Journal, Summer 2018, edited by Tim Pharoah

Street manual puts cars in their proper place

Letter to Local Transport Today 30 Aug 2007

Streets for Life, or Death - 2012

Stuttgart - Technology and street safety

Streets Past and Future

in Urban Design Journal, Winter 2008

Streets with people, or roads with cars?

Walk21 2007 Toronto conference paper

Tensions Between Bicycles and Public Transport - 1993

A paper to Velocity conference, Nottingham, September 1993

The Motor Car: Idol or Idle? A survey of redundancy in domestic car fleets

Article in Traffic Engineering & Control on the case for shared cars

The Need for Urban Traffic Reduction - 1992

Paper to Friends of the Earth conference promoting the "Less Traffic Better Towns" book of 1992.

The Objectives and Benefits of Traffic Calming - 1990

Presents the objectives and benefits of traffic calming, with reference to experience in Continental Europe

The Objectives and benefits of Traffic Calming - 1990

Paper to PTRC conference "Design and implementation of Traffic Calming Schemes" 1990

The Revised PPG13 - 1999

Commentary on the revised version of PPG13, 1999

The Role of Traffic Calming

Article based on a talk to the Transport Economists Group

The Traffic Generation Game

A response to the trend of increasing motorisation of transport, arguing that the problems of modern transport are strongly associated with excessive use of motor vehicles. It argues for a better relationship between land uses and the transport that serves them.

The Urban Transport Problem

Describes causes of dissatisfaction with transport, the special features of transport, and the underlying cause of problems.

Tim Pharoah profile - South Bank University 1994

Profile of Tim Pharoah in 1994

Time for Universal Traffic Calming

This paper argues for lower speeds as a way of saving casualties and gaining street space for pedestrians and amenity.

Towards Sustainable Transport Policies

Traffic reduction, economic performance and land use issues and potential, with discussion notes.

Traffic and Environmental Management - 1999

Sets out the need for traffic reduction to create better urban environments

Traffic Calming - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Article in Urban Design Journal Issue 83, Summer 2002

Traffic calming for Livable Streets

UDQ article 1990

Traffic Calming Guidelines

A guide to the theory and practice of traffic calming, in full colour with many illustrations, and 33 case studies from England, Germany and the Netherlands.

Traffic Calming in Britain - "Developing the Art" - 1993

Paper to UK National Traffic calming Conference, Cavendish Conference Centre, October 13th 1993

Traffic Calming Measures as an Aid to Urban Regeneration

Report to Nuffield 1989

Traffic Calming Policy and Performance in the Netherlands, Denmark and Germany

A review of traffic calming policy and performance in three countries: The Netherlands, Denmark and Germany.

Traffic Calming: a pictorial overview

A set of 40 images with accompanying notes

Traffic Calming: An East London Case Study - 1990

Traffic Calming and the East London Assessment Study (ELAS), PTRC Conference Paper, 1990

Traffic Calming: Policy and Evaluations in Three European Countries

Research into policy and practice of traffic calming in Denmark, the Netherlands and West Germany, including study visits sponsored by the Nuffield Foundation

Traffic Calming: Principles and Progress 1990-1992

A short briefing paper to conferences held by the Association of Municipal Engineers (AME) in Devon, Durham, Lancashire and Leicester 1990-1992

Traffic Calming: Progress and Potential - 1991

Paper to PTRC Summer Annual Meeting, Brighton 1991

Traffic Calming: What is Happening in Continental Europe - 1993

Paper and Supplementary note on continental traffic calming practice, to PTRC conference May 1993

Traffic decline on M6 toll road to be welcomed

Argues that private financing for road capacity should be avoided if it incentivises traffic growth

Traffic Growth or Limitation: Filling the Policy Vacuum - 1992

Paper to PTRC Summer Annual Meeting, September 1992

Traffic in Towns: 50 years of hard lessons 1963-2013

The impact of the Buchanan Report (Traffic in Towns) on transport planning and urban structure, including the building of high capacity urban roads and traffic segregation, and examples of where these destructive projects have been demolished or reduced in scale.

Traffic reduction in Oxford: A case study of Oxford city and county

A review of land use and transport planning in Oxford, focusing on traffic generation and traffic reduction.

Traffic Reduction: The Planner's Role in Limiting Car Use - 1994

Paper to Town & Country planning Summer School, St Andrews University, September 1994

Traffic, Land Use and Parking - 1999

Paper to LEPU seminar on Less Traffic, More Jobs? 10th Feb 1999

Transport & Land Use Planning in London - 1983

Overview paper to Assoc London Borough Planning Officers seminar 1983

Transport Concepts in European Cities

The book is based on research into cities in Europe that have pursued policies of traffic limitation. It presents transport data for ciites of different sizes, and examines in more detail 10 cities from 6 countries.

Transport in Westminster

A "topic paper" report for the City of Westminster Development Plan (Topic Paper 3: Transport)

Transport Organisation in a Great City: the Case of London

Product of a two-year research project at the Greater London Group, London School of Economics, examining the suitability of government arrangements for planning and operating transport in the Capital.

Transport Planning Professional Framework: an Academic's View - 1994

Paper to conference 1994 on the transport planning professional framework

Transport Strategies for Promoting City Centres - 1994 and 1996

Paper to PTRC conference 12th october 1994

Transport: How Much Can London Take?

An examination of "two Londons". The first is commuter London, highly dependent on rail transport and employment in the city centre. The second is less tied to either the centre or to rail, and is predominantly road-based.

Travelling with Less Cars - 1995

Argues the case for shared rather than individual car ownership

Twenty Years of Traffic Calming Guidelines 2011

A presentation to mark the 20th anniversary of "Traffic Calming Guidelines, at Urban Design Group, London

Urban Design and the Car - 1998

Joint RTPI/UDG interactive Forum

Urban design versus traffic regulations

Describes tensions between traditional traffic practice and the creation of high quality streets, and argues for better understanding between the professions.

Victoria station

Report on behalf of Westminster City Council

Walking and cycling: What to Promote Where

A consideration of how walking and cycling interact, and how catering for both depends on location and network characteristics.

Walking Around the World - 2012

An overview of attitudes to walking in different parts of the world

Walking in the City

Article for Network for a New Mobility Culture 2001

Watching out for Walking: Using new developments to secure better walking conditions - 2005

Securing more walking through the control and design of new developments

What Happens where Public Transport Meets Public Realm? 1994

Paper to "Vision for London" transport symposium, 6th October 1994, London

Where Can We Walk To? 2009

A paper examining urban structure and walkability

Whole Journey Planning - is Walking the Forgotten Part? 2010

Presentation to Walk21 International Conference, The Hague, 16-19th November 2010

Why traffic management in town centres?

Using traffic management to resolve conflict between access, activities and amenity