Author: derekhalden

Derek Halden established DHC in 1996. Derek has experience of shaping many aspects of modern civic society from positions within consultancy, local government, central government and research. Derek is best known for his work “Making the Connections” using a focus on the needs of people and businesses to plan better accessibility. His work covers all aspects of place making, investing in people, and improving the connections between people and places through transport and communications. Email: derek.halden@dhc1.co.uk. Twitter: @DerekHalden. Telephone: +44(0)131 524 9610.

What is Accessibility Planning and has it Worked?

Derek Halden’s evidence to the Westminster Parliamentary Inquiry into accessibility planning gives a good overview of the key issues and can be read in full here The inquiry gave strong […]

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Posted by derekhalden on 11 January 2019
Topics: Accessibility Planning, Blog

Managing Personal Travel (including Travel Behaviour Change)

A selection of projects with links to published reports are shown below: Smarter Choices Smarter Places (2013) – The results of the four year project to monitor and evaluate smarter […]

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Posted by derekhalden on 10 January 2019
Topics: Managing Personal Travel

Door to Door Public and Community Transport Projects

A selection of projects completed including links to published reports is shown below. Developing a Community Transport Strategy in the Highlands (2013) – Our work has assisted the Council consult […]

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Posted by derekhalden on 10 January 2019
Topics: Flexible Transport, Public Transport, Rural Transport

Accessibility Planning Projects

DHC has been undertaking projects to plan better access between people and places since 1996. Some of the most significant projects with links to published reports are described below. Pharmacy […]

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Posted by derekhalden on 10 January 2019
Topics: Accessibility Planning

Accessibility Planning in the Netherlands and the UK

This is a draft of a paper from 2015 which was published in the Handbook of Transport and Development, Edited by Hickman, Givoni, Bonilla and Banister.

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Posted by derekhalden on 6 December 2018
Topics: Accessibility Planning

Better Accessibility as a Planned and Managed Outcome

Often new roads, railways or other transport are presented as ways of improving accessibility but people find that they have the reverse effect. A common example of this is that […]

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Posted by derekhalden on 6 November 2018
Topics: Accessibility Planning, Transport Economics and Appraisal, Transport Modelling

Tackling the Weaknesses in Transport’s Social Design

Securing a resilient road crossing of the Forth has been a political tightrope for 25 years so there were big celebrations about the opening of the iconic new Queensferry Crossing […]

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Posted by derekhalden on 3 August 2018
Topics: Blog

Saving Lives Tackling System Failure by Managing Risks and Rewards

How is the risk of transport failure managed? From a bus breaking down to a major bridge failure, the resilience of transport systems depends on clear allocation of responsibilities for […]

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Posted by derekhalden on 12 July 2018
Topics: Blog

Travel Time Delays and Competitiveness

The relationships between travel delays and competitiveness are complex. In a recent project for the Office of the Road and Rail Regulator (ORR) with Transport Futures, delays on the strategic road […]

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Posted by derekhalden on 16 May 2018
Topics: Accessibility Planning, Blog, Transport Economics and Appraisal

Ensuring Essential Access is maintained at all Times

In an uncertain and fast changing world, resilience has never been more important for the transport system. Recent events show that transport systems are far from being fail safe and […]

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Posted by derekhalden on 8 May 2018
Topics: Accessibility Planning, Blog