CampbellReith was delighted to be invited back to participate in the Design West Shape My City programme for 2025. This is a talent accelerator programme for 15–18-year-olds which encourages diversity in applicants, particularly female students, those from BAME backgrounds & under-represented socio-economic groups. Rob Green, Elise Ferdinando, Tom Harris, Yulia Lisychkin, Gwen Davies and Serafima Klimenko from our Bristol office were very pleased to be able to support Design West’s programme and encourage the next generation of Transport Planners, Masterplanners and Designers into our industry.
The CampbellReith Team ran a workshop about Active Travel and how this fits in with our broader Transport Planning remit. Students took part in a range of activities to learn about how Active Travel should be considered from the earliest possible stage of scheme design and how it is an important part of helping to create more sustainable developments for the future.
We considered a hypothetical residential development on a brownfield site in Bristol and thought about:
- What places residents might need to access by foot or cycle, to reduce their need to travel by car
- How far should you need to walk or cycle to reach shops and other key local services
- The barriers to Active Travel and how we can overcome them
In the final part of our workshop, we thought about interventions to encourage active and sustainable travel that designers of the future could use within their own projects. The students produced a variety of inventive ideas, including mobility hubs, pedestrian and cycle bridges, a light rail system (overground and underground) and new ferry terminals!
It was a fantastic opportunity to work with the next generation of planners, engineers and designers. We hope they have come away with a good understanding of how transport planning plays an integral part to improving sustainable travel and creating more enjoyable ways to move around our home city of Bristol.
Applications for the 2025-26 cohort are now open for 15-18 year olds who are interested in the Built Environment.
