@podstreetsahead
Streets Ahead is a podcast dedicated to the world of active travel, liveable streets and urban design. Hosts: @nedboulting.bsky.social @adamtranter.bsky.social @lauralaker.bsky.social Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StreetsAheadPodcast
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨Women protesting for safer cycle routes - Laura joins a protest and the opening of a new cycle lane, and meets some people along the way shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
Got something you'd like to ask Ned, Adam and Laura for a future podcast? They would love to (try to) answer them! Post said questions below, or you can email them to streetsahead@fusion-media.co.uk. Get in touch!
If you are interested in Active Travel podcasts then @podstreetsahead.bsky.social @biketalk.bsky.social and @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org are excellent company covering this week India, UK, US and Birmingham.
Thank you for doing this. Councillor Waseem Zaffar was a real leader with vision, courage and determination. @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @asthmaandlung.org.uk @cyclinguk.bsky.social #PushBikes @podstreetsahead.bsky.social @biketalk.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social
Thank you David!
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨 2026: the Journey so Far. @adamtranter.bsky.social @nedboulting.bsky.social and @lauralaker.bsky.social discuss local politics in the run up to the May elections, Ned's trip to India, and learnings from New York mayor Zohran Mamdani (& other mayors) shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
I didn’t realise until I listened to @podstreetsahead.bsky.social that #CWIS3 is a requirement of the Infrastructure Act.
What’s particularly annoying is that a robust CWIS will serve so many of HMG’s priorities, and not having one will make it hard for them to meet these.
Thank you!
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨This time, we're talking Outputs, not Outcomes and England's Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, with Xavier Brice of @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
With: @nedboulting.bsky.social @lauralaker.bsky.social @adamtranter.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨An unhappy fifth birthday. Five years and four prime ministers since the pavement parking consultation ended, and still no action.
What will it take to reclaim pavements?
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Bluesky hivemind: which topic(s) would you like to hear us at @podstreetsahead.bsky.social discuss next?
NEW EPISODE! 🚨 Lisbon’s Streets and the People Trying to Change Them
Lisbon is a beautiful city with a reputation for being a safe place. That's true from one lens, but look deeper and you'll discover a city with one of the worst road safety records in Europe.
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🚨New @podstreetsahead.bsky.social podcast alert! This time, we recorded from Lisbon, on the city's streets, and talking to the people trying to change them shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
New @podstreetsahead.bsky.social episode alert! 🚨 this time, it's about women leading the way in cycling and safer streets pca.st/episode/514f...
NEW EPISODE!🚨 @lauralaker.bsky.social speaks to four great guests across three continents about the role of women in the world of cycling.
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 👇
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Your weekend Streets Ahead listen has landed - the long summer edition 🌞 ⛱️
Thanks so much!
Essential listening will cheer you up in dark times. @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @cyclinguk.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social @playingout.bsky.social
Portraits of contributors from Future Design of Streets
NEW EPISODE! 🚨 We report from The Future Design of Streets conference, with global insights by:
Maria Vassilakou, ex-Vice Mayor of Vienna
Demetrio Scopelliti, Milan urban planner
Agustina Martire, Reader, Queen’s University
David Sim, author of Soft City
Listen: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
If you want to listen ad-free, you can do so here: www.patreon.com/posts/women-...
NEW EPISODE! 🚨 @lauralaker.bsky.social speaks with Melissa Bruntlett @modacitylife.com about the topics in her upcoming book: "Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation."
Listen here - or wherever you get your podcasts.
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New episode!🚨The band @adamtranter.bsky.social, @lauralaker.bsky.social and @nedboulting.bsky.social is back together to talk spending review, Fake e-bikes & bike racing. Ned makes a prediction, Adam gets philosophical over spending and Laura went to Copenhagen
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New episode!🚨Going Rural. Active travel is often associated with urban cycleways but rural or interurban paths are crucial too.
This episode is sponsored by PJA - and @phil-pja.bsky.social and Ben Coleman join @lauralaker.bsky.social and @adamtranter.bsky.social shows.acast.com/streets-ahead
If you want to listen ad free, you can support us on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/posts/going-...
New episode!🚨Going Rural. Active travel is often associated with urban cycleways but rural or interurban paths are crucial too.
This episode is sponsored by PJA - and @phil-pja.bsky.social and Ben Coleman join @lauralaker.bsky.social and @adamtranter.bsky.social shows.acast.com/streets-ahead
New episode!🚨Side Road Zebras 🦓 This time we're about the simple road stripes that could transform walking and wheeling in the UK, if they're approved. So far it's been six transport ministers, and counting. With @chrisboardman.bsky.social and @maxsullivan.bsky.social shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
NEW EPISODE! 🚨And this time it's an episode about walking! It's about time, you might say. You might also ask: what does 55 years of campaigning for pedestrians get you? Find out here: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
NEW EPISODE! 🚨We discuss GROWTH 📈, interviewing economist Dr Alex Chapman from @neweconomics.bsky.social.
We ask: do big transport projects lead to growth, and if so, at what cost?
Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧👇
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🚨New episode! Ned, Laura and Adam meet to talk about delivery riders in the gig economy. Laura finds a happy rider, and we interview author and academic Callum Cant about the reality for riders, and the creep of AI in our lives
Delivery Riders: who wins? shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...