Talks with the data
Twenty-five minute talks that show counts, crash records and costs, followed by ten minutes of questions from the floor.
Street design and urban mobility conference · Rotterdam
Two days on making streets work for everyone who uses them.
Curbside brings together 900 transport planners, traffic engineers, council officers and street designers for talks, site walks and hands-on workshops. Every session is led by someone who has redesigned a real street and can show you the before, the after and the complaints in between.
Early-bird prices end when the first 300 tickets are sold.
Doors open in
Registration starts at 08:00 in the old harbour shed, with coffee from two local roasters.
Less sitting, more street
Half of the programme happens away from the main hall, because the best arguments about streets start while standing on one.
Hands-on workshops
Redesign a real junction in small groups with tracing paper, a traffic model and a city engineer at each table.
Hallway hours
Long breaks on purpose, with tables grouped by topic so you can find the cycling, freight or bus people quickly.
Site walks
Guided walks to six redesigned streets, led by the officers and designers who argued for them at council meetings.
Save the sessions you want
Workshop and walk places are limited; saving one here prints it on your badge.
Speakers
Eight of the thirty-two people on stage this year. Full biographies are on the speakers page.
- Amara VisserStreet design lead, city engineering
- Lucas BrandtResearcher, school streets programme
- Priya RamanFreight planner, port authority
- Tomas OrtegaBus network designer
- Ingrid SolbergRoad safety engineer
- Kwame MensahLandscape architect, public realm
- Helene DuboisCycling officer, regional transport
- Jun ParkData lead, open traffic counts
Tickets
Every ticket covers both days, lunch, a site walk and the evening reception on the quay.
Council, transport agency and charity staff pay 20% less
Student
For full-time students and graduates in their first year of work.
€190both days
- Both conference days
- Lunch and coffee
- Workshop waiting list
Delegate
The full conference with priority booking for workshops.
€640both days
- Both conference days
- Two workshop places
- Site walk of your choice
- Evening reception
Team of five
Five named delegates from one organisation.
€2,800both days
- Five delegate passes
- Reserved table at lunch
- Talk recordings for your office
Before you book
Are sessions recorded?
Main-hall talks are filmed and sent to ticket holders three weeks later. Workshops and walks are not recorded.
Is the venue accessible?
Step-free throughout, with a hearing loop in the main hall and a quiet room off the foyer.
Can I transfer my ticket?
Yes, to a colleague at no cost until a week before the conference. Email us the new name.
How do I get there?
The venue is a twelve-minute tram ride from Rotterdam Centraal, and bike parking is free and guarded on both days.
Do you support speaker travel?
We offer travel grants to speakers from councils with smaller budgets. Mention it when you propose a talk.
Bringing a whole department?
Groups of ten or more get a reserved workshop table and one extra pass free of charge.
Reserve your tickets
Choose a ticket type and we email an invoice. Places are confirmed once it is paid.