My Fellowship was truly life-changing. With an introductory letter from the charity, I was able to meet the key progressive planners on the near-continent to discuss and understand the radical work that they were undertaking with respect to the design of public spaces, and addressing the fundamental question – do we design streets for people, or engineer roads for cars? As a result my essay, City Planning as if People Mattered, won the Ecologist magazine 2007 annual essay prize, and my projects were designed and constructed following the principles learnt from the Fellowship. These included two schemes shortlisted for National CIHT awards in 2008 (Station Road, Tidworth) and 2016 (Regent Circus, Swindon). My paper Expected Behaviour and Actual Behaviour, is there a Difference, was published by the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2019 as part of a road safety special edition.

I have now retired from my full-time position but am still active in helping to advise architects, developers and local authorities with respect to 2020 design thinking that addresses the climate emergency, and to support and help facilitate non car-centric development. These ideas are of particular relevance now.