Welcome to the Active Travel Podcast!We are founded by the Active Travel Academy, which was set up in September 2019, at the... more
Dr. Tom Cohen, Reader in Transport at Westminster University and member of the Active Travel Academy interviews Dr. Asa Thomas,... more
Dr. Harrie Larrington-Spencer, Research Fellow at the Active Travel Academy, interviews Professor Aimi Hamraie, who directs the Critical Design Lab,... more
Rachel Aldred, Professor of Transport and Director of the Active Travel Academy, interviews Ellis Fannin, a PhD researcher at the... more
Dulce Pedroso, PhD researcher at the Active Travel Academy, interviews Akwesi Osei of Possible about his research into barriers to... more
Professor Rachel Aldred, Director of the Active Travel Academy, interviews Matt C. Smith of Brighton University about their research into... more
Professor Rachel Aldred, Director of the Active Travel Academy, interviews Dr. Therese Kenna of University College Cork about her research... more
Cycling has always been about more than its health, economic and environmental benefits. The rise of women cyclists coincided with... more
So, in a culture, where the car is really dominant, being a cyclist can make it feel like you’re a... more
Professor Aldred talks to Harriet Larrington-Spencer, a researcher at Healthy Active Cities at the University of Salford. Harriet, or Harrie,... more
Laura Laker interviews Fare City's Charles Critchell, the Active Travel Academy Media Awards' only double winner. In 2019 Charles won... more
Low traffic neighbourhoods have been around for decades – but recently many more have been deployed as part of COVID-19... more
Sustrans’ and Arup’s new report, Cycling for Everyone, was published at a time when both the Black Lives Matter movement... more
The current global pandemic has pushed most cities in the Global North to rethink how we envision our streets to create car-free, safe,... more
Our second PhD pod showcases Dr. Rorie Parsons’ PhD research. Rorie used a range of different qualitative methods, including archival... more
Some of the most exciting active travel research is done as part of a PhD, and this is our first... more
Data in active travel is big news right now, and this is our second in a two-part series discussing some... more
Big data is a big issue right now - and we are perhaps about to realise just how much information... more
The Active Travel Academy's (ATA) Dr Rachel Aldred and journalist Laura Laker talk media reporting of active travel, in this... more
The Active Travel Academy's (ATA) Dr Rachel Aldred and journalist Laura Laker talk media reporting of active travel, in this two-part pilot... more