March 21-22 2000, at the Royal Geographical Society, London SW7, UK

Event Programme
With links to a full, unedited transcript (updated 12/5/00)

About the Speakers (updated 12/5/00)

Background

Comments and Contributions (updated 12/5/00)

Moving On 2020 (new 12/5/00)

A Royal College of Art seminar and think-tank at the Royal Geographical Society
Organised by the Helen Hamlyn Research Centre at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in collaboration with RCA Vehicle Design. Supported by OMRON Corporation.

Moving On is a forward-looking exploration of the city and how the design of cars and public transport can change in response to the need for more efficient, safe and enjoyable access to work and learning; shopping, friends and leisure.

The three events brought together key thinkers from the automotive, city architecture and public transport communities to debate these issues and set the frame for a new RCA programme of research into city travel and related transport design issues. Could private and public transport develop as a continuum of personal transport solutions? Does the way we purchase and access mobility need re-thinking? How might the design studio of the future deliver better city travel? And finally, how can we begin to advance these issues at the RCA?

In short, Moving On:

• Describes how cities from Singapore to London are changing and with them peoples' needs for access and personal mobility.
• Discusses emerging strategies for personal travel in the city - breaking barriers between private and public transport, moving towards integrated travel, from product to service in the supply of personal transport.
• Predicts how future professional design studios might respond to these challenges - through greater understanding of user needs and cultures, of the possibilities of enabling technologies and of the working methods of other disciplines.
• Reveals how the Royal College of Art will explore these issues through its industry-supported Helen Hamlyn Research Associate programme.