The IHBC’s former chair, Dave Chetwyn, now Chair of the Historic Towns Forum, is a co-signatory on the letter to the Telegraph on 21 September, written in support of Living Streets’ new report, The Pedestrian Pound.
The letter reads:
We welcome Norman Baker MP’s support for prioritising pedestrians in town centres.
Living Streets’ new report, The Pedestrian Pound, released this week, shows that investment in public realm improvements can boost footfall and trading by up to 40 per cent. Pedestrians stay longer and spend up to six times more than people arriving by car, yet this is largely ignored by politicians and policy makers.
Healthy high streets are full of people. The Government needs to invest in and support good quality public spaces where people can easily and conveniently arrive and move around on foot.’
Signatories:
Tony Armstrong ?Chief executive, Living Streets
Chris Wade ?Chief executive, Action for Market Towns
Martin Blackwell ?Chief executive, Association of Town Centre Management
Bill Grimsey?Retail specialist
Ian Harvey ?Civic Voice
Dave Chetwyn ?Chair, Historic Towns Forum
Sophia da Sousa ?Chief executive, The Glass-House Community Led Design
Rosanna Downes ?Campaigns and Communications Manager, Living Streets
The Telegraph – letters: LINK
