Series 2, Episode 6. Neil and Nick are joined in the Windsor Castle pub by special guest Dr Tom Cohen, a Senior Lecturer in transport at the University of Westminster. We discuss:
- Childhood transport memories,
- Active travel, cycling, e-bikes and e-scooters,
- "shared mobility" such as dockless bikes, and why it's not really sharing if you charge rent,
- How to run consultations with the public that don't look like a "fix" (one for the Mayor to tune in...)
- The 1 hour transport "budget" and whether transport should try to go faster.
- The 15 minute city, how it goes wrong (clue: people will make their own choices)
- We also touch on "Order Without Design" by Alain Bertaud, a superb book about the way cities are better shaped by markets than by central planning. I highly recommend it, we hope to do a fuller review in a future episode, but here's a little taster.
Finally, an apology for the sound quality in parts of this episode, I'm afraid that's entirely my fault - Neil