Podcasts about National Infrastructure Commission

How to measure the good life? According to Cambridge University's Professor of Public Policy, Diane Coyle, quantifying progress doesn't involve traditional economic metrics. In her new book, Measure of Progress, Coyle discusses how economic metrics like GDP, designed 80 years ago, are increasingly inadequate for measuring today's complex economy. She argues we need new approaches that account for digital transformation, supply chains, and long-term sustainability. Coyle suggests developing human-centric balance sheet measures that reflect true progress beyond simple growth numbers. Five Key Takeaways * Economic metrics like GDP were developed 80 years ago and are increasingly outdated for measuring today's complex digital economy with global supply chains.* We lack adequate tools to measure crucial modern economic factors such as data usage, cloud services, and cross-border supply chains.* Economic statistics have always been political in nature, from their historical origins to present debates about what counts as progress.* Coyle advocates for a "balance sheet" approach that considers long-term sustainability of resources rather than just short-term growth figures.* While productivity growth has slowed for many middle-income families over the past 20 years, Coyle rejects "degrowth" approaches, arguing instead for better metrics that capture true progress in living standards.Professor Dame Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Diane co-directs the Bennett Institute where she heads research under the themes of progress and productivity. Her latest book is 'Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be', exploring the challenges for economics particularly in the context of digital transformation. Her current research focuses on productivity and on economic measurement: what does it mean for economic policy to make the world ‘better', and how would we know if it succeeds?Diane is also a Director of the Productivity Institute, a Fellow of the Office for National Statistics, and an expert adviser to the National Infrastructure Commission. She has served in public service roles including as Vice Chair of the BBC Trust, member of the Competition Commission, of the Migration Advisory Committee and of the Natural Capital Committee. Diane was Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester until March 2018 and was awarded a DBE for her contribution to economic policy in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours.Keen On America is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit keenon.substack.com/subscribe

Send us a textNathan chats to Adam Bell, Director of Policy at Stonehaven about:Ofgem and the recent findings from Citizens AdviceThe CfD (Contracts for Difference) consultation the report from the National Infrastructure Commission's - Electricity Distribution Networks: Creating capacity for the future  PylonsMCSYou can find Adam on Linkedin and his blog site Unbalancing Mechanism Support the showLearn more about heat pump heating by followingNathan on Linkedin, Twitter and BlueSky

Forget trains, roads are the way forward – or that seems to be the message from the National Infrastructure Commission's Chairman Sir John Armitt CBE at a recent Transport Select Committee session. … Not helped by news reports that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is considering scaling back rail spending. Big time. And we starting investigating what's going on with planned upgrades on the West Coast Main Line and the Trilink project. In this episode: (00:00) Intro (00:35) Sir John Armitt at the Transport Select Committee (19:15) Rachel Reeves news reports (25:00) West Coast Main Line upgrades (32:47) Rail Partners, Andy Bagnall interview clip (35:23) RMT's Mick Lynch to retire (39:41) Thanks to Super Thanks and Members (40:53) Railway News Round-Up (40:55) Bridge strike technology (42:12) A303 tunnel alternatives (43:52) Northern looking for 450 new trains (44:50) RAIB report into Stratford fatality (47:32) Contactless ticketing roll-out in the South East (48:07) First Rail open access report (50:19) The Quiz (53:18) Southern engineer has art sent to the moon Membership: If you want to see even more from Green Signals, including exclusive content, become a member and support the channel further too. YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@GreenSignals/join⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Patreon - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GreenSignals⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Green Signals: Website - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.greensignals.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Newsletter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.greensignals.org/#mailing-list⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow: X (Twitter) - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/greensignallers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/company/green-signals-productions-ltd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/greensignallers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Credits: Photos & video - NASA, Southern Railway, Parliament.tv, Telerail, Network Rail, RAIB, Edward Fee Presenters - Nigel Harris (@railnigel on X) & Richard Bowker CBE (@SRichardBowker). General Manager: Stef Foster (@stefatrail)

In today's podcast we try to understand how the infrastructure investment we have planned across the UK can actually be turned into better sustainable outcomes for communities. To tackle this hugely important issue, my guest today is Professor Jim Hall, the 160th President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, professor of climate and environmental risks at the University of Oxford and commissioner for the soon to be wound down – or is it on - National Infrastructure Commission.Now, in his inaugural speech to the ICE, Jim rightly pointed out that the infrastructure civil engineers provide is central to sustainable development. Yet, he added that, around the world governments continually struggle to provide those much-needed infrastructure services.The question is why, and, of course, how can infrastructure professions start to really move the dial when it comes to ensuring that, for all the investment and enthusiasm, we are getting the right sustainable outcomes – the social economic and environmental outcomes from infrastructure systems we already have in place and from the new ones that are slated to be built as part of the on-going global drive towards economic and social growth.Make no mistake, there are some huge opportunities ahead – but there are also huge challenges. Not least in a world increasingly led by climate change sceptics and vested corporate interests.Well let's find out what more the profession can do by chatting to an internationally recognised expert in strategic infrastructure planning. ResourcesICE presidential address 2024National Infrastructure CommissionNational Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority NISTANIC Needs Assessment 2Infrastructure and Projects Authority

Today's podcast is the second of a two-part year end special recorded with Sir John Armitt out-going chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission and all round voice of experience and knowledge when it comes go planning and delivering the UK's infrastructure needs.And its the last episode of 2025!In the last episode we covered a lot of ground talking about NISTA, the all new National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority, the challenges of turning policy into delivery, reforming UK planning and how the government might create the vital clear and consistent policy to drive forward vital investment needed for infrastructure projects that will boost economic growth and transform lives and communities across the UK.If you haven't done so already, I heartily recommend you have a listen.  Check out episode 94In part 2 we will build on these themes and talk a bit more about driving down costs and improving outcomes from investment, about delivering more for the public and about ensuring private sector investors and the supply can really engage with the government's plans.But first we have a catch up about the National Infrastructure Commission, what it has achieved since 2015 and where it is heading. Enjoy the episodeResourcesNational Infrastructure CommissionInfrastructure and Projects AuthorityNational Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority NISTANIC Needs Assessment 2NIC letter to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 10 year strategyBanner Review into NSIP judicial reviewsPlanning and Infrastructure Bill

Today's podcast is a bit special in that it is the first of a two-part, year-end special recorded with infrastructure giant Sir John Armitt. To be fair, this podcast really needs very little in the way of set up from me, other than to say that Sir John is long standing chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission, past president of the Institution of Civil Engineers and, to most inside and outside of the engineering and infrastructure sector, the genuine expert voice of experience, calm and common sense when it comes to the built environment.And I imagine that if you are listening to this podcast you will be acutely aware that, having served on the commission since it was formed in 2015 and been chairman since 2018, John is stepping down from the role in the Spring next year as the organisation joins with the Infrastructure and Projects Authority to form NISTA, the all new National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority. This will be charged with taking the strategic planning and delivery of the nation's infrastructure to new levels, driving forward the new and eagerly awaited 10-year National Infrastructure Strategy, and boosting the efficiency and outcomes from the vast amounts of public and private investment being slated to underpin the government's ambitious growth agenda for this Parliament and beyond.Make no mistake, there is no shortage of ambition for infrastructure – the question, as always, is how to deliver. But if anyone knows it's Sir John, so let's hear from himResourcesNational Infrastructure CommissionInfrastructure and Projects AuthorityNational Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority NISTANIC Needs Assessment 2NIC letter to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 10 year strategyBanner Review into NSIP judicial reviewsPlanning and Infrastructure Bill

Hundreds of billions of pounds will have to be invested over the next few years to achieve net zero, but where should this be spent, and how fast can we get there?In this episode of the Clean Energy Pod, powered by SSE, we talk to the ‪National Infrastructure Commission's Director of Policy, Margaret Read. Margaret shares with us what infrastructure and policy changes are required to deliver clean power.Please note this podcast was recorded before the Autumn 2024 budget announcement.SSE, plc website: sse.com SSE careers: careers.sse.com/homepage LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/12481 X (formerly Twitter): x.com/SSE Instagram: instagram.com/sseplcYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvIYX7HvZJqODMRynAPf6aw

Economies are built on infrastructure. But stretched public finances mean the state is increasingly looking to the private sector to help fund infrastructure. Climate change, technological progress, and geopolitics are changing the sort of infrastructure we need. And building physical infrastructure can be fraught with hurdles from the planning process. On this episode, Paul Diggle speaks with Bridget Rosewell, board member of the UK Infrastructure Bank and former Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission, about the economics of infrastructure.

In this episode, Rory Cellan-Jones discusses with Diane Coyle, Ruth Mace, and Paul Seabright the impact of age on leadership, the consequences of having older leaders for society, and the case for implementing a compulsory retirement age.Our experts discuss the tradeoff between experience, expertise, skill and judgement as society's leaders age. They draw on evolutionary and current examples to evaluate the case for implementing a compulsory retirement age for leaders. Finally, they consider alternative mechanisms - such as reducing voting ages, term limits and cognitive testing - to improve democratic responsiveness. This episode is hosted by Rory Cellan-Jones (former technology correspondent for the BBC), and features guest experts Professor Dame Diane Coyle (Bennett Institute for Public Policy), Professor Ruth Mace (UCL/IAST) and Professor Paul Seabright (IAST). Season 3 Episode 10 transcriptListen to this episode on your preferred podcast platformFor more information about the podcast and the work of the institutes, visit our websites at https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/ and https://www.iast.fr/.Tweet us with your thoughts at @BennettInst and @IASToulouse.With thanks to:Audio production by Steve HankeyAssociate production by Stella ErkerVisuals by Tiffany Naylor and Kevin Sortino More information about our host and guests:Rory Cellan-Jones was a technology correspondent for the BBC. His 40 years in journalism have seen him take a particular interest in the impact of the internet and digital technology on society and business. He has also written multiple books, including “Always On” (2021) and his latest “Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Me and the BBC” which was published in 2023. @ruskin147Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Diane co-directs the Bennett Institute where she heads research under the themes of progress and productivity. Diane is also a Director of the Productivity Institute, a Fellow of the Office for National Statistics, an expert adviser to the National Infrastructure Commission, and Senior Independent Member of the ESRC Council. Diane was awarded a DBE in the King's Birthday Honours List 2023 for her invaluable contributions to economic policy and practice, as well as her unwavering commitment to public service. @DianeCoyle1859Ruth Mace is Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at University College London (UCL)  and a long-term visitor at the Institute of Advanced Study at Toulouse (IAST).  She trained as an evolutionary biologist at the University of Oxford, and then moved into evolutionary anthropology. Her research has covered a wide range of questions in human life history evolution and behavioural and cultural evolution.  She is a Fellow of the British Academy, and founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Evolutionary Human Sciences. @tavitonstPaul Seabright is a professor of economics at the Toulouse School of Economics. He was Director from 2012 to 2021 of the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. Paul did his undergraduate and doctoral studies at the University of Oxford, where he was a Fellow of All Souls College. Paul's current research lies in three ar

In today's podcast we talk about the role that architecture can - and must - play in delivering better design outcomes from our infrastructure investment.  It is a subject that we have discussed before on the podcast, notably with architect Harbinder Birdi who is currently leading work with the Institution of Civil Engineers to promote, and in many ways “re-birth” the role of design champions as central figures in the delivery of major infrastructure projects. It is a role set out by the 2020 National Infrastructure Strategy and reinforced by the National Infrastructure Commission which said board-level design champions were crucial to gaining better outcomes from our public investment. And without doubt it is a subject which is gaining traction.In short, good design matters. With huge pressure to turn limited funds into better economic, social and environmental outcomes, every infrastructure professional must now do more than simply play lip-service to the notion that good design matters. It has to be the fundamental driver behind every investment decision and be linked implicitly to creating those vital better social, economic and environment outcomes that flow.So let's find out what that's is really like at the sharp end. My guest today is Clare Donnelly, director at architecture practice Fereday Pollard and notably, the architect driving better design on major infrastructure programs such as the Tideway project and the Lower Thames Crossing. Clare is also a member of the National Infrastructure Commission Design Group, so I think will be very well placed to shed some light on what's going right in our approach to design and where we could do better.ResourcesNational Infrastructure Commission Design GroupNIC Project Level Design PrinciplesInstitution of Civil Engineers design champions Thames Tideway design impactLower Thames CrossingFereday Pollard website

In today's podcast we talk about design – specifically the need to embed good design at the heart of infrastructure investment.To help us to unpack and explore this issue my guest today is Harbinder Birdi, architect and founder of the Birdi and Partners practice. Loyal listeners may well remember that Harbinder was a guest on the podcast last April, just after he took on a task for the Institution of Civil Engineers to explore the role of infrastructure design champions – a role set out by the 2020 National Infrastructure Strategy and reinforced by the National Infrastructure Commission which said board-level design champions were crucial to gaining better outcomes from our public investment.So today we can get an update on this work.Last time we spoke we discussed the power of infrastructure to change lives and reflected on projects such as Crossrail, which has delivered infrastructure that delights and improves the lives of the public. Harbinder's view then was very clear – that every infrastructure professional has to do more than simply play lip-service to the notion that good design matters. It has to be a fundamental driver for every investment decision and be linked implicitly to creating the better social, economic and environment outcomes that flow from investment.His design champions work has moved on and culminated with a report called “Defining and developing the design champion role” produced for the ICE in October which, amongst other things, states that the creation of legally responsible design champions across all projects is critical to achieving a step change in infrastructure delivery.So let's find out more as we welcome Harbinder back to the Infrastructure Podcast.Resources Defining and developing the design champion roleNational Infrastructure Strategy 2020National Infrastructure Assessment Design Principle for National Infrastructure ICE - What Makes Good Design paperTransforming Infrastructure Performance -  Roadmap to 2030

The Bartlett Review Podcast: Women leading infrastructure Why is there a shortage of female leaders in infrastructure and construction, and why is this an urgent problem for us all? In this podcast, we're talking about the shortage of female talent working in top jobs in construction and infrastructure. What is putting women off these jobs? Join Julia Prescot, Deputy Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, and experts Prof Priti Parikh and Dr Katharina Burger from UCL's Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, to examine how we can do more to build a pipeline of female talent. https://bartlett-review.ucl.ac.uk/women-leading-infrastructure/index.html

This week, Julia is joined by Julia Prescot, an expert in national and international investment, and the Deputy Chair at the National Infrastructure Commission, United Kingdom. Julia reflects on her pivotal experience leading major infrastructure projects, emphasising the crucial role of leadership in partnerships. She speaks of the need for leaders to lead with agility and passion. Discover the delicate balance between persuasion and order, the significance of embodying ideas, and why partnerships require continuous leadership. How does one navigate the complexities of guiding diverse minds toward a common goal? As leaders leading partnerships, how do we build credibility? How do we trust ourselves and carry on?

In this podcast  we will be examining energy transition and asking what the UK has to do to deliver on its ambition to electrify the future economy.The National Infrastructure Commission's latest five yearly Assessment highlights a number of strategic priorities for the UK, not least the need to accelerate the energy sector's move away from fossil fuels to ensure we reach our net zero emissions targets by 2050 – targets underlined by the latest COP28 global gathering in Dubai.This energy transition – the journey towards a future of new decarbonised, renewable energy sources to power our transport systems, drive our industries and heat our homes - will require massive investment in electrification. In fact, an expected 50% increase in electrification by 2035, according to the NIC, to support growth in heat pump use, electric car ownership and to power industry.That means not only having to decarbonise our electricity generation by investing in wind, solar, biomass and nuclear power, but also means bolstering and expanding the way that this power is distributed and stored, and to ensure that our national grid has sufficient capacity and flexibility to meet the new ambition.In fact, NIC has set a target of completing 17 additional electricity transmission projects by 2030.Now, some progress is being made. Renewables already account for around 40% of the UK energy mix with over 55GW of installed capacity in offshore and onshore wind, solar biomass and hydro – up 6% in the year. And government has set a target to develop up to 50GW of new offshore wind by 2030 and to take solar capacity to around 70GW by 2035 - which is largely in line with the NIC's modelling. The reality is that there is no shortage of potential sites and no shortage of potential investors. But there is a huge problem bringing forward these projects and in particular, navigating the planning process to enable investment to flow into projects and connections to be made into the existing grid.It's a huge and very important topic so it is my pleasure to welcome Julia Prescot, deputy chair of the National Infrastructure Commission to the podcast today.Julia is also co-founder of investment fund Meridiam, and, amongst many other things, is currently driving the £2.4bn NeuConnect energy interconnector between Germany and the UK while also helping to guiding leading EV charging company Allego.Resources National Infrastructure Commission Second National Assessment 2023National Grid live power dataMeridiam websiteBartlett School of Sustainable Construction Allego EV chargingNeuConnect interconnector projectPort of TyneWilton Park

It's been another eventful year on the Connected Places Podcast and we've got a lot to look back on as 2023 draws to a close! In this episode we revisit some of the stories we've featured on the show this year, and the fascinating guests we've been able to have on. We hear from three companies making extraordinary strides on the use of connected digital twins to tackle real world problems; RoyalHaskoningDHV, National Grid ESO and IOTICS. We return to Bristol Temple Meads station where the UK's first Station Innovation Zone was launched earlier this year – how are tech entrepreneurs helping to make a Grade 1 listed station fit for purpose for 21st Century passengers?   We also meet Sir John Armitt, Chair of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission, whose assessment of the UK's national infrastructure hit the headlines in the autumn – how can innovation help to maximise infrastructure assets, and where are the opportunities for UK Plc? Theme music on this episode is by Phill Ward Music (www.phillward.com)  SHOW NOTES:  You can listen to the following episodes by clicking on the below links:  Digital Twin series   The power of digital twins with RoyalHaskoningDHV  The power of digital twins with National Grid ESO  The power of digital twins with IOTICS  Station Innovation Zone   Bristol Temple Meads – UK's first Station Innovation Zone  Bristol's Station Innovation Zone Part II – Meet the companies  National Infrastructure   Reimagining national infrastructure – with Sir John Armitt  To register for our inaugural Connected Places Summit, being held in London on 20-21 March 2024, click here.  To learn more about the Digital Twin Hub, click here and to register for the Connected Digital Twins Summit being held on 20 June 2024 click here.      

In this podcast we  talk once again about EVs – Electric Vehicles - this time about how to get power into them safely and securely. Almost exactly two years ago my guest today Kate Tyrrell launched a brand new business in response to her constant fears and frustrations over the variability of quality and lack of information about the increasing number of EV charging stations popping up all over the UK.In comparison to the UK's petrol and diesel fuelling network, with its standardised pumps and fuel grades and covered forecourts, the EV charging network is the wild west.And for many new and vulnerable EV users, it is an unnerving experience and in many cases a significant barrier to switching from fossil fuel power. Will the charger work with my car? ---- Will there be somewhere to get a coffee? Is there a loo? Will I feel safe?Certainly, there are excellent charging stations being built. But equally there are many chargers popping up in dark windswept car parks off the beaten track, in locations that, frankly, few would feel comfortable hanging out for the 30-60 minutes required to charge up.Kate Tyrell solution was ChargeSafe, a new business that inspects charging sites and so helps EV drivers to identify which are suitable for your vehicle and provide accurate information on their condition.As of 1 April 2023, there were 40,150 public electric vehicle charging devices installed in the UK – up 8% since the end of 2022 – up 33% in a year. The National Infrastructure Commission latest recommendation is for an extra 300,000 charging stations to be online by 2030. ChargeSafe's goal is to ensure that, as this number grows, safe and reliable charging is available for everyone. It seems to be working because this week they picked up a coveted Evie - Electric Vehicle Innovation & Excellence special recognition award for their efforts! Let's hear how.Resources ChargeSafe website ChargeSafe on Linkedin ChargeSafe on Twitter ChargeSafe on FacebookChargeSafe on InstagramChargeSafe on ThreadsKate Tyrrell on LinkedIn

Industry has a crucial role at both ends of the value chain in reducing its energy intensity, locking away or reusing carbon and producing low-carbon hydrogen to power our future, and the UK's net zero clusters are among the most innovative in the world. Tune in and learn from five experts in the field. Featuring Dr Chris Manson-Whitton (CEO, Progressive Energy), Ian Livingston (Project Manager, Humber Cluster, Equinor ASA), Alex Cameron (Founder & CEO, Decarb Connect & Decarbonisation Leaders Network), Jenny Sutcliffe (Principal Consultant Regulatory Affairs, Phillips 66), and Nick Winser CBE (Commissioner, National Infrastructure Commission). The inaugural Innovation Zero Congress at Olympia London in 2023 convened 6,866 passionate, forward-looking experts who exchanged critical knowledge, debate and discussions around the implementation and scaling of the innovations needed to meet the Paris goals. Learn more via www.innovationzero.com.

In this podcast we look in some detail at the National Infrastructure Commission's recently released Second National Infrastructure Assessment.As I'm sure you will know, the National Infrastructure Commission's role is to provide the UK Government with impartial, expert advice on major long term infrastructure challenges. It's first five yearly National Infrastructure Assessment was published in 2018 and was a something of a seminal moment, signalling for the first time a new long term approach to planning the UK's approach.Five years on and this year's NIA focus on a number of strategic priorities for the UK's national infrastructure not least the need to reaching net zero by 2050 – and be on track to decarbonise electricity, transport, industry and the way we heat our homes by the Sixth Carbon Budget in 2035.It also prioritises the need to reducing environmental impacts from our infrastructure and ensure that we are ready to adapt to a changing climate – particular a drier climate with more pressure on our water supplies. And of course it puts focus on supporting the on-going agenda to level up the UK economy and creating sustainable economic growth across all regions of the UK by investing in national and local transport, power supplies and the high speed telecommunications needed to support communities.As Sir John Armitt, chair of the Commission says “The hardest part is of course turning policy into delivery on the ground. People often talk about infrastructure as the backbone of our economy: what our infrastructure needs now is the collective mettle to turn commitments into action that will reap rewards for decades to come”. Something certainly to discuss, not least in light of the recent snap decision by the Prime Minsiter to cancel the norther leg of the HS2 project.Lots to talk about so it is my pleasure to welcome James Heath, chief executive, National Infrastructure Commission. As the person who has navigated some very difficult ground over the last few years to pull together this report, his view on the priorities arrived at by the commissions will be insightful.ResourcesThe NIC Second National Infrastructure Assessment in fullRead a summary of the NIA hereThe NIC website The first National Infrastructure Assessment 2018

CALLS FOR RULES OF ORIGIN AGREEMENT STRENGTHENEDThe Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has reinforced its call for an agreement to be reached between the EU and UK over rules of origin delay. The SMMT has outlined what the average price increase would be for vehicles coming into or out of the UK and EU. You can read more about the potential impact by clicking this link to an SMMT article. The UK Government has stated that if a satisfactory agreement with the EU cannot be reached over rules of origin it would just make their own rules up. That have not clarified what these would be, nor how they expect them to help UK based companies. Click this Autocar article to read more. CHINA EXPORT TARIFFS APPLIED TO GRAPHITE China will be imposing an export tariff on certain grades of graphite, which is used in the manufacture of electric car batteries. This will mean that homegrown batteries will be cheaper than, those built using the material abroad. To learn more, click this electrive link here. £200M NET ZERO DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMThe UK Government has set aside £200 million of the net zero funding to enable four demonstration projects for the viability of electric HGVs. This is a move to help encourage and demonstrate the positives of moving to the UK haulage industry. In order to read more, click this link here to a Current News article. UK GOVERNMENT URGED TO IMPROVE ROADS OUTSIDE THE SOUTHA report from the National Infrastructure Commission has called on the Government to improve on the amount of money allocated to the Road Investment Strategy being spent on the Midlands and the North of England. Only 22% goes to projects outside the South, which looks bad but there are a few reasons for why this is the case. To read more, click this article link from Autocar. VOLTA TRUCKS ENTERS BANKRUPTCYFollowing supplier Proterra going into administration and an inability to raise more funding, Volta Trucks has entered bankruptcy in Sweden, with it following suite soon in the UK too. Management are trying to find a buyer to take it on as a going concern. Click here to read more, via Autocar. JLR'S HUGE REPAIRS PARTS SHORTAGECar Dealer Magazine has an exclusive report on 10,000 JLR vehicles being affected by the company's huge parts shortage issue. Digging into the problem, it is clear the situation has been made so much worse with a huge consolidation project that combined a number of warehouse facilities into a new single site, changing parts supplier and combining a number of legacy systems into a new one. As Alan, who's day job is just this sort of thing states, “that's courageous”. If you would like to read more, click this link to the original scoop here. ALPINA FOUNDER PASSES AWAYBurkard Bovensiepen, who was the founder of ALPINA, has sadly passed away at the age of 87. He helped create an incredible...

Bishop & Taylor mull over Labour Party leader Keir Starmer's promise to get Britain building again and the National Infrastructure Commission's blueprint that might help him.  They also return to the topic of dodgy ladders, with new research form the Ladder Association.

In this episode we return to a discussion about the UK's vital mobile telecommunications network. Having dipped a toe into this critical sector of the infrastructure market in Episode 19 with Belinda Fawcett of Cornerstone - do check it out - we are back on the subject by what can only be described as popular demand.As I discussed in May, having highspeed internet connectivity beaming into our devices at all times is now considered something close to a human right. Any darkness of service ranges from being hugely annoying to business critical.So, alongside out physical transport systems, ensuring that we have comprehensive 4G - and increasingly now 5G coverage is without a doubt key to creating the connectivity needed to accelerate growth and boost our quality of life across the UK.There is good news. The National Infrastructure Commission has already praised the progress being made by the sector over the last five years. 4G coverage now extends to around 92% of the UK landmass and the Shared Rural Network agreement should increase this to 95% by the end of 2025, with further investment set to connect harder to reach areas by 2027.And progress is being made on the faster 5G roll out with coverage now at around 70% and growing. But we are by no means there yet. Dark areas still exist. Coverage on trains is between haphazard and non-existent. Many rural areas simply have no connection at all.Yet as the Government's latest Wireless Infrastructure Strategy, explains, hooking up the UK's 5G network could deliver productivity benefits of £159 billion by 2035. But the commercial viability of full 5G coverage beyond cities and urban centres is still in doubt.To talk about the challenges – and the successes – it is therefore my pleasure to welcome Gareth Elliott,  Director of Policy and Communications at Mobile UK the organisation representing the major telephone companies behind the mobile services that hold all our lives together. ResourcesMobile UK websiteLive Better Connected landing pageHow Connected Are You ChallengeInteractive LandscapeLive Better Connected Podcast Series

In this episode we meet Lord Adonis who we were delighted to welcome to our offices last week alongside senior representatives from across the rail sector. Andrew Adonis is a member of the House of Lords and founding Chair of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission. He was a Government Minister in Tony Blair's government, and went on to become Secretary of State for Transport under Gordon Brown. So his reflections on where we've come in Britain when it comes to rail travel, and what we need to be thinking about in the future draw on a wide range of personal experience. Lord Adonis was closely involved with setting up HS2 when it was just a small start-up. He also played a leading role in bringing Crossrail to London – one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects the capital has ever delivered. Music on this episode is by Phill Ward Music (www.phillward.com) Show notes: If you would like to hear more about the themes that Lord Adonis discusses listen to our feature episode “Reimagining our railways and stations” where we explore how innovation and new technologies are shaping the future of the rail industry as it rises to the huge challenges the 21st Century is throwing at it. You can also listen to our interview with the broadcaster and former MP, Michael Portillo about Britain's railway history and what the future might look like – click here. To learn more about the UK's first ‘Station Innovation Zone' and how the Catapult is supporting Bristol Temple Meads station to trial new technologies, click here. If you'd like to get in touch with your feedback, comments and suggestions on what you'd like to hear more of on Connected Places, please email: podcast@cp.catapult.org.uk. We're looking forward to hearing from you! Follow the show! Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Please also take a moment to write a review and rate us so that more people can hear about the podcast and what we do at Connected Places Catapult. 

This podcast focuses on the challenge of building, maintaining and upgrading the UK's vital mobile telecommunications network. It is a bizarre reality that we are now used to having highspeed internet connectivity beaming into our devices at all times. To the extent that any loss of connectivity ranges from being hugely annoying to business critical.The good news is that, having identified the need to provide universal coverage as a key priority in its 2018 Needs Assessment, the National Infrastructure Commission now describes this sector as one its success stories int terms of positive investment activity five years later. According to its latest progress update, the UK's 4G coverage now extends to around 92% of the landmass. The Shared Rural Network agreement should increase this to 95% by the end of 2025, and it adds, “further coverage improvements in the harder to reach areas continuing until the start of 2027”.Great progress indeed. Not least given that 5G networks are also being extended across the UK, and coverage now stands at around 70%. As the government puts it in their recently published Wireless Infrastructure Strategy, “the ambition for the majority of the population to have access to a 5G signal by 2027, has been achieved five years early.”So we are not out of the 5G connectivity dark woods quite yet. According it its research the NIC reports that “challenges remain on upgrading mobile coverage on the rail network and securing investment for deploying new 5G networks”.As the Government's Wireless Infrastructure Strategy, explains, the long term commercial and strategic value of 5G is yet to be fully understood. In short, the commercial viability of full 5G coverage beyond cities and urban centres will be determined by whether it becomes more than just a faster version of 4G, and whether it provides solutions to pressing problems – enabling 5G to deliver the promised productivity benefits of £159 billion by 2035.So what is going on. Is 5G and a high speed mobile future likely to be universal across the UK limited to those in cities who are able and willing to pay. Well to find out, it is my pleasure to welcome Belinda Fawcett, Director of Property & Estates and General Counsel at Cornerstone, one of the businesses now wrestling with the challenge of rolling out the UK's communications networks and simultaneous making the commercial case for investment. ResourcesCornerstone Networks websiteWireless Infrastructure StrategyThe Shared Rural Network agreementNIC 2018 Needs AssessmentNIC 2023 Progress reportDigital Economy Act 2017

On this week's episode of the Governance Podcast, Mark Pennington, the Director at the Study of Governance and Society here at King College London, interviews Professor Diane Coyle. This episode is titled "The data that is and that data the isn't: the pitfalls of using big data", and discusses the various uses and implications of big data in society, and the many pitfalls that may arise.  The Conversation ‘Big Data' fuels AI models like ChatGPT and the machine learning systems that are generating much debate about their promise – and peril – for decision-making. The impact of the technology will depend on the character of the data used. While the issue of data bias is well-understood (although not solved), less attention has been paid to other aspects such as data quality (is the data an accurate measure of the underlying object?), missing data (do we have only part of the picture?), and the meaning of data (how are the underlying concepts represented by the data constructed and interpreted)? As AI models are advancing fast enough to be deployed increasingly widely in society, there is a pressing need to reflect on the perspective on our social world created for them through the data on which they are trained and updated. The Guest Professor Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Diane co-directs the Bennett Institute where she heads research under the themes of progress and productivity. Her latest book is ‘Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be‘ on how economics needs to change to keep pace with the twenty-first century and the digital economy. Diane is also a Director of the Productivity Institute, a Fellow of the Office for National Statistics, an expert adviser to the National Infrastructure Commission, and Senior Independent Member of the ESRC Council. She has served in public service roles including as Vice Chair of the BBC Trust, member of the Competition Commission, of the Migration Advisory Committee and of the Natural Capital Committee. Diane was Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester until March 2018 and was awarded a CBE for her contribution to the public understanding of economics in the 2018 New Year Honours.

Successive UK governments have continued to highlight investment in both building new infrastructure and maintaining existing networks as a key to driving growth into the economy and underpinning the nation's prosperity. Yet given the current perilous state of the UK's finances, the impact of inflation, energy prices and pressure from Russia's war in Ukraine, there is a clear need to priorities that investment, focusing on the investments that create impact and deprioritising those that don't.It's a huge challenge and in many ways a political quagmire. So who better to discuss this with than, Sir John Armitt, chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission and the man in the hot seat when it comes to influencing these priorities.Resources The National Infrastructure Commission website2nd National Infrastructure assessment backgroundNIA 2 Baseline report 2021First National Infrastructure Assessment 2018

We had so much material left over from the highly successful Highways UK event last week in Birmingham that we bring you some content we didn't have time to fit in on our podcasts from the show last week.These podcasts are brought to you thanks to the support of Re-flow, Kier Highways, Causeway Technologies, Navtech Radar and SWARCO.You'll hear presenter some of Paul Hutton's on-stage conversation with keynote speaker Sir John Armitt of the National Infrastructure Commission where they talk levelling up and road pricing."The Treasury has got to fill a hole of 30 billion pounds a year from the loss of fuel duty," he explains. "How's it going to do that we're all going to pay some way. So do we want to pay more income tax? Or do we want to pay by how much we use our cars and the transport choices we make? I would rather be have it left to me to decide by what choice I'm going to make when I'm going to drive when I'm not going to drive and pay accordingly rather than just have to be added on to income tax."You'll also hear from Kier, Hocktief, Smart Video and Sensing and Valerann, about an important event next week looking at us decarbonising transport now, and talking of carbon, how the RSTA has a solution to dramatically reduce the environmental impact of road maintenance.Links to: Adept conference, TTF Autumn Update.Subscribe to Highways Voices free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts or Pocket Casts and never miss an episode!

How can you be both interdisciplinary and be a contributing specialist in your discipline in this day andage? It's a core theme of this podcast, as well as our guests' research. Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Diane co-directs the Bennett Institute where she heads research under the themes of progress and productivity. Her latest book is “Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be” on how economics needs to change to keep pace with the twenty-first century and the digital economy.Diane is also a Director of the Productivity Institute, a Fellow of the Office for National Statistics, an expert adviser to the National Infrastructure Commission, and Senior Independent Member of the ESRC Council. Diane joins Greg to discuss the shifting dynamics of economic measurement' over and underestimating GDP' mathiess; and why the public has such a skewed perception of what economists do.Episode Quotes:Why is the public's perception of economists skewed?20:51: It's partly what they see on the news when they turn on the TV in the evening, and often it's somebody who works in the financial markets talking about the kinds of things that financial markets are trying to predict second by second. That's very dominant. I've done some work in schools over the years to try to encourage young women to go into economics because it's a very male-dominated profession. Both they and the boys in the class take away the idea that what economics is about is going to work on Wall Street or in the City here and making a lot of money. They think it's about money. And I think that's the dominant perception that people have. Money is a metric—we use it quite a lot. But it's not really what economics is about.Data are social contracts08:54: Data are not things that are given. They're things that are made—they're social constructs.How do you identify what's happening in a market?41:07: If you want to identify what's happening in a market, going and talking to people who participate in the market is a great way to find out about it. And you have megabytes of data. It's just text, and you can analyze that in a very systematic way. Diane's aspiration for economist30:08: I would like, as us economists, to pay more attention to other insights from other disciplines from people who think differently to ourselves, that basic intellectual hygiene thing of talking to people who disagree with you so that you understand why you might be wrong. But I suppose my ultimate dream is we manage to make economics consistent with the human sciences. Show Links:Recommended Resources:Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much - Book by Eldar ShafirBob Schillers book on narrativePaul RomerVegra Lickus (?) paper in 1994 in the American Economic Review ??Guest Profile:Faculty Profile at University of CambridgeProfessional Profile at Enlighten EconomicsDianne Coyle on TwitterDianne Coyle on LinkedInHer Work:Enlighten EconomicsDianne Coyle on Google ScholarCogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should BeGDP: A Brief but Affectionate History - Revised and expanded EditionThe Economics of Enough: How to Run the Economy as If the Future Matters The Soulful Science: What Economists Really Do and Why It Matters - Revised EditionSex, Drugs and Economics: An Unconventional Introduction to EconomicsParadoxes of Prosperity: Why the New Capitalism Benefits All Governing the World Economy (Themes for the 21st Century)

Data and the Data Economy are increasingly important issues affecting all of society. Hear from a panel of experts on responsible technology and public policy discussing mental models of how value accrues in the Data Economy, how to form protective legislation and infrastructure, and dealing with extreme concentrations of power and wealth plaguing the data economy. This was originally aired on RxC TV as part of the 2021 RadicalxChange unConference Online.SpeakersSushant Kumar (@sushants) As Director on the Responsible Technology team, based in India, Sushant is focused on Omidyar Network's work on a new data paradigm, with a vision for technology that underpins greater individual empowerment, social opportunity, and user safety.Previously, Sushant was part of the intellectual capital team, helping to define Omidyar Network's strategy, research, impact, and learning agendas, with a focus on India.Prior to joining Omidyar Network, Sushant was a principal at Accenture Strategy, where he led major initiatives across consumer goods and technology industries. In this role, he advised clients in Europe, Africa, and India growth strategy, operating model transformations, and international expansion. Before Accenture, Sushant worked as a strategist with the GSM Association, and Capgemini, driving thought leadership across policy, consumer technology, and digital media sectors.Sushant earned his MBA from the London Business School and received a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi.Diane Coyle (@DianeCoyle1859)Professor Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Diane co-directs the Bennett Institute where she heads research under the themes of progress and productivity. Her latest book is ‘Markets, State and People – Economics for Public Policy' examines how societies reach decisions about the use and allocation of economic resources. Her next book, 'Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be' is published on 12 October 2021.Diane is also a Director of the Productivity Institute, a Fellow of the Office for National Statistics, an expert adviser to the National Infrastructure Commission, and Senior Independent Member of the ESRC Council. She has served in public service roles including as Vice Chair of the BBC Trust, member of the Competition Commission, of the Migration Advisory Committee and of the Natural Capital Committee. Diane was Professor of Economics at the University of Manchester until March 2018 and was awarded a CBE for her contribution to the public understanding of economics in the 2018 New Year Honours.Matt Prewitt (@m_t_prewitt) Matt Prewitt is a lawyer, technologist, and writer. He is President of the RadicalxChange Foundation.

In this episode, the Ann Zhang from the YPP is joined by Rayhan Haque from the Local Trust, Emily Nielsen from Frontier Economics, and Zineb Ziani from the National Infrastructure Commission to discuss social infrastructure. We answer the questions of what is social infrastructure, why does it matter, and how can we make sure that we have enough of it?

However you define it, infrastructure plays an essential role in the lived experience of citizens, success of the economy and health of the environment. Following the announcements of the creation of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (NICW) and the Infrastructure Investment Strategy from the Welsh Government, we speak with a panel of experts to discuss whether the government is (ahem) on the right track. Our guests: David Clubb: Chair of NICW: https://toot.wales/@davidoclubb Fran Rolfe of Natural Resources Wales: https://twitter.com/frolfey Catherin Wenger of ARUP: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-wenger-a5a0291b/ You can find all the latest from Hiraeth here: https://twitter.com/HiraethPod And do please leave us a rating or review in your preferred podcast app if you have enjoyed listening.

Professor Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. Professor Coyle co-directs the Bennett Institute where she heads research under the themes of progress and productivity. She is also a Director of the Productivity Institute, a Fellow of the Office for National Statistics, an expert adviser to the National Infrastructure Commission, and Senior Independent Member of the ESRC Council. She has served in public service roles including as Vice Chair of the BBC Trust, member of the Competition Commission, of the Migration Advisory Committee and of the Natural Capital Committee. Professor Coyle was awarded a CBE for her contribution to the public understanding of economics in the 2018 New Year Honours. Her new book, "Cogs and Monsters: What Economics Is, and What It Should Be," is available now.

Hope versus fear in artificial intelligenceIn this third episode of Crossing Channels, experts from the Bennett Institute for Public Policy, Cambridge, and the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), discuss the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), including why we need to care about it, who is responsible for it, and whether there's a double standard for AI and humans.Host Rory Cellan-Jones talks to Dr Jean-Francois Bonnefon and Professor Daniel Chen from IAST, and Professor Diane Coyle from the Bennett Institute.Listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Episode 3 transcriptFor more information about the podcast and the work of the institutes, visit our websites at www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk and www.iast.fr/. Tweet us your thoughts at @BennettInst and @IASToulouse.Audio production by Steve Hankey.Podcast editing by Annabel ManleyMore about our guestsDr Jean-Francois Bonnefon is the Scientific Director at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), and a Research Director for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). He is also the President of the European Commission expert group on the ethics of driverless mobility, Head of the Artificial Intelligenve and Society programme of the Toulouse School of Economics Digital Center, and Chair of Moral AI at the Artificial and Natural Intelligence Toulouse Institute. His research interests are decision-making and moral preferences, and the applications of this in the ethics of self-driving cars and other intelligent machines.Professor Daniel Chen is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, a Professor at the Toulouse School of Economics, and a Director of Research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). His research interests include AI and the Rule of Law, with an overarching focus on normative commitments and the justice system. He is also Lead Principal Investigator for the World Bank DE JURE (Data and Evidence for Justice Reform) programme, which aims to update how legitimacy and equality in the justice system is measured and interpreted.Professor Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge. She co-directs the Bennett Institute for Public Policy where she heads research under the themes of progress and productivity. Diane is also a Director of The Productivity Institute, a Fellow of the Office for National Statistics, an expert adviser to the National Infrastructure Commission, and Senior Independent Member of the ESRC Council. Her research interests cover economic statistics, the digital economy, competition policy and digital markets, and the economics of new technologies.Rory Cellan- Jones (host) is a former technology correspondent for the BBC. His  40 years in journalism saw him take a particular interest in the impact of the internet and digital technology on society and business. He has written multiple books, including his latest “Always On” which was published in 2021.  

Adam Boulton and guests discuss the government's levelling up agenda through the prism of changes to the HS2 and Northern Powerhouse rail projects.They also analyse the ongoing sleaze row which isn't going away despite the Prime Minister's attempts to close it down with a move to clean up the system.Joining Adam on the this week's podcast are the former Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, Lord Andrew Adonis; the co-leader of the Green Party, Carla Denyer and Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig.#AllOutPolitics

In this episode, the YPP are joined by Henri Murison from Northern Powerhouse, Polly Barker from Hatch, and Chris Wanzala-Ryan from the National Infrastructure Commission, to explore how we can adapt our infrastructure to suit future ways of working and living.

The government has pledged to make 'levelling up' a core part of their policy agenda. To achieve this, they have promised increased investment spending and infrastructure spending.What is investment spending? Why is investment so much lower now than it was 40 or 50 years ago? How does this relate to the levelling up agenda?This week, we are digging into the archives. In this episode from last year we spoke with Professor Sir Tim Besley, Professor of Economics at LSE and member of the National Infrastructure Commission, and Ben Zaranko, Research Economist at IFS.Support the IFS: https://www.ifs.org.uk/about/membership/individual See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of Exploring Global Problems, Professor Tom Crick (Professor of Digital Education & Policy), and Dr Yan Wu (Associate Professor in Media and Communication), examine digital inclusivity. They discuss digital education, including how to become digitally confident and capable citizens in a data-driven and computational world; how digital education supports wider work across the digital economy, infrastructure, society and culture; and the issues of inclusion and accessibility, and especially sensory impaired people’s access to and usage of digital media in Wales.   Professor Crick has been heavily involved with curriculum reform in Wales over the past 10 years, with a specific focus on STEM education and digital skills. In 2017, he was appointed MBE for “services to computer science and the promotion of computer science education” and was awarded the 2020 BERA Public Engagement and Impact Award for “Leading the Future of Science & Technology Education in Wales”. Professor Crick is also a Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission for Wales (2018-present), as well as previously an expert panel member for the Welsh Government’s Review of Digital Innovation in the Economy and the Future of Work (2019).   Dr Wu’s research in the past 10 years focuses on the impact of digitalisation of services and information on the welfare of sensory impaired users in Wales. It highlights how increasing digitalisation brings not only many benefits, but also risks of exclusion, and possible widening of the existing digital gaps. Dr Wu and her research team conducted empirical research combined with related engagement with end-users and beneficiaries, which has had a substantive influence on digital inclusion policies and practices in Wales. Specifically, the research work has helped shape and promote new media practices within broadcasting organisations in 2014. The recent research with the Royal National Institute of Blind People in 2018 has also influenced digital inclusion policy initiatives of government bodies, non-profit and non-governmental organisations.   Dr Wu represents Swansea University as a member for Wales Vision Strategy 2018-2021.

In this conversation, Sir John Armitt, who is chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, joins Professor Jim Hall to explore the vision and practicalities of providing infrastructure systems that meets society's goals.

In this conversation, Sir John Armitt, who is chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, joins Professor Jim Hall to explore the vision and practicalities of providing infrastructure systems that meets society’s goals.

Bishop & Taylor (middle-aged pink-faced men) tentatively discuss boardroom diversity. They also mull possible reform of the National Infrastructure Commission. And they talk to Jonathan Townsend, Chief Executive of the Prince's Trust.

In this episode of infra[un]structured, Calum Askins and Brittany Harris of the National Infrastructure Commission's Young Professionals Panel are joined by Rachel Skinner, President of the Institution of Civil Engineers, to explore Net Zero and Levelling Up. We discuss the new National Infrastructure Strategy, how the pandemic has shifted travel demand, and how we can still continue to develop new infrastructure as we head towards net zero. We also explore how we can use infrastructure to support levelling up across the whole of the UK.

Lord Heseltine has devoted much of his long and illustrious career to the question of regeneration and regional growth. A Member of Parliament for 35 years, former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, he is arguably the grandfather of ‘levelling up' – famously devising 30 ideas for Liverpool's regeneration after the 1981 Toxteth riots. In 2015 he became an adviser to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, chaired the Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission, co-chaired the Estate Regeneration Advisory Panel, made key recommendations for developing the Tees Valley area and co-commissioned The National Infrastructure Commission. After leaving government in 2017, he published his own version of what the Industrial Strategy should be and has most recently written about English devolution. This special in-conversation between CPP and Lord Heseltine came ahead of May's local, mayoral and Scottish Parliament elections, as questions – and tensions – rise as to the future of devolution in England and the future of the Union.Key questions will include: what has coronavirus shown us about the power of local and regional leaders in shaping and delivering government policy? How might we envision the next stage for devolution in England and the wider UK if we are to drive inclusive growth and economic recovery? What is the role of the regions and how can systems of Mayoral accountability best reflect this? How should the government best invest in communities to address inequality and shared prosperity across the UK? What should the government do to support business and industry and incentivise investment, especially in so called ‘left behind' places?The event was chaired by Charlotte Alldritt, Director, Centre for Progressive Policy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What have sensors got to do with net zero? What does Levelling Up actually mean? And what has infrastructure got to do with any of this? Join us as we explore these questions in episode 12 of infra[un]structured, the first of a brand new series. In this episode, Charlotte Mitchell hands over the reins to a new cohort of the National Infrastructure Commission's Young Professionals Panel. Monica Laucas and Sam Cocking from the new YPP join Charlotte to introduce their cohort and the two themes that will guide their work: Decarbonisation and Levelling Up. Together, they explore some of the ways in which infrastructure relates to these themes and give examples from their own backgrounds. Sam introduces how sensing data could help to decarbonise infrastructure asset management, while Monica discusses the challenges of agreeing a precise definition for levelling up. Over the next couple of years, the YPP will be exploring these themes in more detail. Let us know which topics you would like to hear us discuss on infra[un]structured by getting in touch with us at infraunstructured@gmail.com. To hear more about our other events, follow us on LinkedIn or sign up to our email newsletter. You can find more details about both of these at nic.org.uk/about/young-professionals-panel.

The latest episode of The Engineers Collective looks at the role placemaking plays in the design of infrastructure and how the National Infrastructure Commission's Design Principles for National Infrastructure aim to improve the look and feel of our built environment. The importance of creating a sense of place that brings joy to the user and minimises isolation is discussed by NCE editor Claire Smith and features editor Nadine Buddoo with guests DRM director  and National Infrastructure Commission design group chair Sadie Morgan and Unscene Architecture founding director and design group member Madeleine Kessler. The group talk about the four key principles of climate, people, place and value before looking at placemaking in more detail and discuss projects that have successfully delivered just that.  Projects discussed include a park on top of a sewage works in Tokyo, through to a ski slope on a waste incinerator in Denmark, as well as the winner of the inaugural Design Principles Award at the British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA) last year, which was the Leeds Footbridge for the Climate Innovation District. According to Sadie, the BCIA winner demonstrates that even small project can achieve good design and dual purpose and sets a benchmark for other projects to aspire to. The Engineers Collective is powered by Bentley Systems. Around the world, engineers and architects, constructors and owner-operators are using Bentley's software solutions to accelerate project delivery and improve asset performance for transportation infrastructure that sustains our economy and our environment. Together, we are advancing infrastructure. Find out more at www.bentley.com

For Episode 45 of #RailNatter, we’re grabbing a copy of the National Infrastructure Commission’s “Rail Needs Assessment for the Midlands and the North”. This was supposed to be the stepping off point for a revolution in railway transport for the … Continue reading →

How the shipping industry has fared in 2020. Ed Butler speaks to Lars Jensen from SeaIntelligence Consulting about the ups and downs of the shipping industry during the pandemic, in a year that has seen a collapse in economic activity, but a boom in online shopping. And Bridget Rosewell, commissioner for the independent National Infrastructure Commission in the UK, explains why disruption to supply chains could cause businesses to rethink the way they ship goods around the world. (Photo: A cargo ship is unloaded at the UK port of Felixstowe, Credit: Getty Images)

From the NHS Test and Trace Service to the lack of PPE at the start of the pandemic - both projects branded as having been incompetently delivered. But do we fail to notice the constraints their senior leadership team operate under? Evan Davis and expert guests discuss why some big public projects like the London 2012 Games went well. While others, like Crossrail, get bogged down in delays and a budget overspend. Just how is competence measured and delivered? Guests: Sir John Armitt, Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, former Chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority Dame Jackie Daniel, CEO of Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Justin King, former CEO of Sainsbury's, and Vice Chair of Terra Firma

From HS2 to Northern Powerhouse Rail to a proposed Scotland-Northern Ireland bridge, improving the infrastructure that links us together is a key cornerstone of the Government’s levelling up agenda. What role does infrastructure play in creating economic growth? How should local political leaders be involved in commissioning projects in their areas? And have the huge changes brought about by Covid-19 changed the UK’s future infrastructure priorities? To discuss these issues, and more, Andrew Carter is joined by Sir John Armitt, Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission and former Chief Executive of Network Rail. He is also the author of the independent Armitt Review of long-term infrastructure planning in the UK.

We were lucky to be joined by Sadie Anna Morgan OBE is the co-founder of dRMM, the RIBA Stirling Prize winning architecture practice. She is the chair of the Independent Design Panel for HS2 and a board member of the National Infrastructure Commission. She is one of the Mayor's Design Advocates and is on the board of Homes England. We discuss all these roles as well lifetime community engagement, alternative housing models and diversity in the architectural industry.

The government has pledged to make 'levelling up' a core part of their policy agenda. To achieve this, they have promised increased investment spending and infrastructure spending. What is investment spending? Why is investment so much lower now than it was 40 or 50 years ago? How does this relate to recent announcements from the government, and the response to the pandemic? Joining us today, Professor Sir Tim Besley, Professor of Economics at LSE and member of the National Infrastructure Commission, and Ben Zaranko, Research Economist at IFS. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nadhim Zahawi, Minister for Business and Industry and Tory MP discusses Leicester residents express fears for their businesses. Jim McMahon, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary on Thousands of job losses at Airbus & EasyJet. Julia is also joined by Bridget Rosewell CBE, Commissioner for the independent National Infrastructure Commission on the PM's pledge for new infrastructure funding. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In a 2016 interim report on the Cambridge-Milton Keynes-Oxford corridor, or the Arc, the National Infrastructure Commission identified the area as having “the potential to be “the UK's Silicon Valley – a world-renowned centre for science, technology and innovation”. The Arc seems to have been 'the next big thing' since then, but is that potential any closer to being tapped? Is there any evidence that it really is a “national priority” and “one of the world's greatest economic opportunities” as Robert Jenrick described it as Treasury Minister, or, as Chuck D suggested, is it best not to believe the hype. Sam Stafford discusses the Arc proposition with Tim Burden, Director at Turley; Bridget Rosewell, economist and National Infrastructure Commissioner; and Alistair Lomax, Director at the Arc Universities Group. Twitter handles: @samuel_stafford, @timburden03, @brosewell and @alistair_lomax. Some accompanying reading. The National Infrastructure Commission's report https://www.nic.org.uk/publications/partnering-prosperity-new-deal-cambridge-milton-keynes-oxford-arc/ Tim's think piece https://www.turley.co.uk/comment/oxford-cambridge-arc-lets-just-get-it Some recommended viewing. The Arctic Monkeys at Reading in 2006 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMxJhZc2sBI

Sadie Morgan is the co-founding director of multi award-winning international architecture and design practice dRMM. She was appointed OBE in the Queen's 2020 New Year's Honours List and is a Professor at the University of Westminster. She is the youngest ever President of the Architectural Association, is the Design chair for HS2 and is a Commissioner for the UK Government's National Infrastructure Commission. She is the founder of the Quality of Life Foundation which aims to put well-being at the heart of all new place-making and at the forefront of the housebuilding agenda. In this conversation Carlo and Sadie discuss her wide-ranging work, her open-mindedness borne of an upbringing in a communal environment, and her tireless support for the recognition of women in all aspects of society. They also discuss her decision to hitch-hike back from Spain in 2010 when Eyjafjallajökull erupted in Iceland, and why she gave the dRMM Stirling Prize winning acceptance speech in 2017, from hastings, in fangs.

Recording of the debate at the Battle of Ideas festival on Sunday 3 November 2019, in partnership with City of London Corporation. Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, is one of the thinkers associated with the concept of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, ‘blurring the lines between the physical, digital and biological spheres’. Do we need a new industrial revolution – and what are the barriers to creating one? Many commentators have noted a longstanding lack of investment and sluggish growth in productivity. Will new technologies really transform our society or is the hype around them a distraction from more fundamental issues? Given the moribund state of developed economies in recent decades, are we still capable of becoming a risk-taking, innovative society? Is talk of a new industrial revolution an unnecessary throwback to an older age of manufacturing? LORD ANDREW ADONISLabour peer; founding chairman, National Infrastructure Commission;author, Saving Britain: how we must change to prosper in Europe GERARD GRECHchief executive, Tech Nation; board member, Barbican KEVIN MCCULLAGHfounder, Plan; innovation strategist and writer HILARY SALTactuary; founder, First Actuarial CHAIR: ROB KILLICKCEO, Clerkswell; author, The UK After The Recession

This episode considers the importance of engaging with communities around major new infrastructure projects. Joining host Charlotte Mitchell are Annette Jezierska, Co-Founder of The Future Fox, a technology company developing smart, sustainable and people-focused city infrastructure; and Phil Graham, Chief Executive of the National Infrastructure Commission. Phil has previously led the development of the government’s high speed rail strategy, as well as leading the team supporting Sir Howard Davies’ Airports Commission, and has therefore been involved in extensive programmes of community engagement. He and Annette share their perspectives on what makes for effective community engagement, how difficult and different choices can be communicated well, and why the views and feelings of local communities are a crucial element in shaping long-term strategic planning.

Back in December 2017 the UK’s National Infrastructure Commission set the UK a huge challenge: to create a digital model of our national infrastructure. Known as a National Digital Twin this engineering feat requires secure sharing of high-quality standardised data between infrastructure owners and operators, making operations more efficient and resilient. A new task force...

British Labour Party politician, academic and journalist who served in the Labour Government for five years. He served as Secretary of State for Transport from 2009 to 2010, and Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission from 2015 to 2017

Today’s episode of Infra[un]structured is about everything electric vehicles. With the help of Dr Ben Potter, an Associate Professor of Energy Systems at the University of Reading, Charlotte looks at how the shift from petrol and diesel will help us to decarbonise. Joining them in the studio is Laura Hawkins, another member of the Young Professionals Panel and an Innovation Engineer at SSE Networks. The launch of this instalment comes as the National Infrastructure Commission calls on the Government to #ChargeUpBritain – by investing in a truly national and visible network of charging points for electric vehicles. You can find out more by following the link below. http://bit.ly/2wWRHf9

This second episode of Infra[un]structured uncovers everything you need to know about data visualisation. In the last two years alone, more data was created than in every year since the beginning of humanity combined. Charlotte draws upon the expertise of Vishal Kumar, a cultural data scientist, who uses open city data to understand the culture and science of cities. Also joining the discussion is Sakthy Selvakumaran, another member of the National Infrastructure Commission’s Young Professionals Panel and a civil engineer who is researching how satellite data can reduce the vulnerability of infrastructure within the urban environment.

Welcome to the first episode of Infra[un]structured: the podcast that puts the systems that keep the world turning under the spotlight. With London bringing in its Ultra Low Emission Zone, we’re kicking off by looking at air pollution. Charlotte is joined by Annette Jezierska, a fellow member of the National Infrastructure Commission’s Young Professionals Panel and co-founder of The Future Fox, a tech startup specialising in planning for more people-friendly cities. Also in the studio is the brilliant Gary Raccuja – the winner of the 2017 Wolfson Economics Prize for his work on road user charging. Tune in to hear why we need to clean up our air and how we can go about doing it. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ You can find out more about Gary's winning entry, 'Miles Better,' here: https://policyexchange.org.uk/wolfson-winner/

This episode, presented again by Matt Evans, focuses on the technologies behind and possibilities for digital twins. We consider what a national ‘Brit-twin’ would deliver and talk to Peter van Manen at Frazer-Nash, Sarah Hayes at the National Infrastructure Commission, Kevin Reeves at Costain, David Cuckow from the BSI and Matheiu Francoz at Dassault Systemes about how we can get there.

The National Infrastructure Commission for Wales was established in 2018: “as an independent, non-statutory, advisory body to Welsh Ministers, whose key purpose will be to analyse, advise and make recommendations on Wales’ longer term strategic economic and environment infrastructure needs”. Now its Chair and 11 Commissioners have been appointed, attention is turning to some fundamental questions: what are Wales’ infrastructure needs, what should be our priorities and how should they be decided? In Autumn 2018, IWA hosted a series of blogs curated by Ed Evans, CECA (the Civil Engineering Contractors Association), exploring these issues. Continuing the discussion in the latest IWA podcast Auriol Miller, Director of the IWA, is joined by Ed Evans, Director of the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (CECA) Wales Cymru; David Clubb, Director of RenewableUK Cymru; Rhodri Hugh Thomas, Principal Sustainability Consultant at Cynnal Cymru-Sustain Wales; and Josh Miles, Policy Manager for FSB Wales.

In May, what was billed as the biggest ever overhaul of train timetables led to widespread rail disruption - why has this new timetable caused such rail chaos this summer? Since then, passengers travelling on the services of two rail franchises - Govia Thameslink and Northern - have suffered weeks of cancellations and delays. The overhaul was aimed at improving punctuality and boosting capacity, but what passengers got was hundreds of trains removed from service as the franchises struggled to cope with the planned changes. Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has defended his handling of the situation and pointed the finger at the rail industry - but who is really responsible? And can long-suffering passengers trust that the disruption will finally be brought to an end - and not repeated?David Aaronovitch assesses what led to such chaos on the railway and what the disruption says about the state of Britain's railways.CONTRIBUTORSTony Miles, Modern Railways magazine Dieter Helm CBE, Professor of Economic Policy at Oxford University.Lord Adonis, former Transport Secretary and former Chairman of the National Infrastructure Commission.

Read today’s show notes on https://www.evnewsdaily.com   Well good morning, good afternoon and good evening, wherever you are in the world, hello and welcome to the Tuesday 17th July edition of EV News Daily. It’s Martyn Lee here with the news you need to know about electric cars and the move towards sustainable transport.   NEWS IN BRIEF: Renault has confirmed the Australian dealers that will sell the Zoe EV, while the electric hatchback's list price of $47,990 before on-road costs has also been announced. Tesla is extending free unlimited Supercharging for Model S and Model X with referral program- but only for another two week A photo posted online showed the Performance Model 3 with 116MPGe, which less than the 130MPGe for the long range version Nissan's design boss Alfonso Albaisa has been talking about the next Nissan GT-R, and said the engineering team is still developing the basic architecture of the program, and debating how much electric assistance the powertrain will consist of, whether it will be a plug-in hybrid, a fully electric car or remain powered by a conventional combustion engine.   FROM #1 CRITIC TO #1 FAN Sandy Munroe made a YouTube video of a first release Model 3 and didn’t hold back. Not a fan of the fit & finish [audio clip] But now having driven it, and taken it apart, someone has changed their tune. He raves about the electronics….[audio clip]…the batteries…[audio clip]…and he eats some humble pie…[audio clip]     RUMOUR MILL: TESLA TO ADOPT CCS? Should we start with a rumour? I report on unsubstantiated rumours so little on this show but here's one that I've been asked about over the last few days, and then yesterday another thing crops up on Reddit, so let's speculate. So let’s start with Reddit: A German Tesla supporter named "Tesla Klaus" spoke to a Tesla technician during a Supercharger stop in Germany, who was at the Supercharger to replace two cables. However Tesla Klaus claims the engineer told hi, he's also doing preparations to add an additional cable to the Superchargers. Those additional cables will have CCS connectors (the chargers will have two cables, the existing Type 2 and then the new one with CCS Combo 2 plug). That's needed because the European Model 3 will have a CCS port. Cables and Connectors will be water cooled to support more power. Reservoir with coolant will be placed on top of chargers Here in Europe Tesla uses a slightly modified Type 2 connector for Supercharging. Tesla had to add the GB/T DC connector to S and X and did that by adding a charge port door, however the Model 3 charge port area is large enough to fit the Combo 2 connector. Japan favours CHAdeMO but Tesla doesn't support. However CCS Combo 2 can deliver charging up to 350kW, up to 1000v and 500A. In the European Union according to the Directive 2014/94/EU[26] all high power DC charging points set up after November 18th 2017 shall be equipped for interoperability purposes at least with Combo 2 connectors. Elon has hinted at Supercharger V3 in the past. There are screenshots of a Model 3 in factory mode which show that Model 3 is capable of DC charging with a higher rate than the current superchargers support. S & X will probably also support this once their battery setup gets an upgrade.     ENGINEERING BOSS SAYS EVS "SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT TRANSFORMATIONS OF ALL TIME” "Joe Kaeser, global chief executive of the engineering giant Siemens, said up to almost a third of jobs could be lost as the transition from combustion engines to electric cars takes place over the next decade, in what will be “one of the single most important transformations of all time”. writing in today's Guardian newspaper Angela Monaghan: "Speaking over the weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Kaeser said it would be a key challenge for industry leaders to build the car of the future responsibly and get the transformation right, because ultimately many traditional roles will disappear in the short-term." He says: "It may cause quite a dip in employment, because if you have 20-30 less value chain, then … you have 20%-30% fewer jobs. That is how it has been in the first three industrial revolutions. There has always been a significant change in employment. And then by enabling growth, it actually turned out that more jobs were created. Higher growth was achieved and obviously more people moved out of poverty and had better lives."   https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jul/15/global-workforce-will-be-decimated-by-fourth-revolution-says-siemens-boss   TESLA MODEL 3 ROLLOVER CRASH HAS A GOOD ENDING FOR THE DRIVER "Rollover accidents for electric vehicles are generally regarded to be rare. That’s mostly due to the fact that they have large and heavy batteries at the bottom of the vehicle, producing a low centre of gravity. Just last May, Tesla showed off how it tried to make a Model X rollover without success." reports JC Torres for Slashgear: "“I thought the car performed spectacularly from a safety standpoint. The driver seat airbags protected her during the roll including one underneath the steering wheel for her legs which I didn’t even know was there. As you can see from the photos the cabin was completely intact. The windshield and glass roof obviously shattered but they did not intrude into the cabin at all.”" Redditor StapleGun shared pics of his blue Model 3 whose front was pretty much totaled. Especially the driver side front wheel that hit the freeway median with such force that it sheared the wheel off. But the surprise was how the inside of the car was, for all intents and purposes, totally fine.   https://www.slashgear.com/tesla-model-3-rollover-crash-has-a-good-ending-for-the-driver-15537706/   20% OF PARKING SPACES SHOULD BE CONVERTED TO EV CHARGE POINTS "Local authorities should allocate one in five parking spaces to be converted into electric vehicle (EV) charge points by 2025 to prepare for the increasing uptake of zero-emission vehicles, a report has recommended." according to James Fossdyke for Motor1.com: "The National Infrastructure Commission’s study into the UK’s economic infrastructure says councils should turn five percent of parking spaces, including on-street spaces, into electric vehicle charging bays by 2020, before upping that to 20 percent by 2025." "The study also suggests regulating charging bays"   https://uk.motor1.com/news/252353/parking-spaces-become-charging-points/   FORMULA E TEACHES CAR COMPANIES HOW TO MAKE ELECTRIC VEHICLES Forbes sat down with James Barclay, director for the Panasonic Jaguar Racing team, to talk about Jaguar’s involvement with Formula E and how the series will help the automaker continue to develop electric vehicles. "We’re already seeing real-world learnings from our activity in Formula E that apply to our production cars: the construction of some of the hardware items like the e-motors and inverter, the materials we use and the way we package them, the weight that we can achieve in the race car, how we maximize efficiency through software and control systems, how we optimize the whole powertrain, from the inverter to the e-motors. Fundamentally Formula E is about making cars go as fast as they can for as long as they can. From a production standpoint, that’s perfect because if you can achieve that in a customer car, it means the customer can drive longer and faster, too."   https://www.forbes.com/sites/jaclyntrop/2018/07/16/formula-e-teaches-car-companies-how-to-make-electric-vehicles/#6ea9b33d1ae7   LAMBORGHINI AVENTADOR V12 HYBRID TO LAUNCH A GENERATION "Lamborghini will embrace electrification in its next-generation flagship supercar due early in the next decade, and in the models that will follow" reports Steve Walker for AutoExpress: "Plans are afoot not just for a V12 hybrid in the Aventador replacement that will come first but for a V10 hybrid in the next Huracan and a fourth Lamborghini model line could also be under consideration. The V12 hybrid Aventador replacement had already been confirmed to Auto Express by Lamborghini Research and Development boss Maurizio Reggiani back in January. An all-electric Lamborghini isn’t part of the firm’s immediate plans, but an EV is an option beyond the next generation hybrid supercar" Lamborghini CEO Stefano Domenicali: ""When we’re talking about performance, the killer of performance is weight. But the more you go for new technology the more you have to counterbalance to ensure you keep the weight under control."   http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/lamborghini/102454/new-lamborghini-aventador-v12-hybrid-to-launch-a-generation-of-electrified-lambos   LONDON'S BIGGEST ON-DEMAND CAR CLUB IS GOING ALL ELECTRIC "Zipcar announced today that it has started making Volkswagen e-Golfs available. Users will eventually have a pick of 325" reports the Evening Standard: "They will be available on Zipcar’s Flex 31p-per-minute package and have a range of 130 miles, suitable for short trips only. Some of the e-Golfs can be charged at the roadside, but most will be collected and taken to a “rapid charging station”.   https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/zipcar-electric-fleet-lack-charging-points-a3886531.html   AND FINALLY...DO YOU FANCY A JOB AT TESLA? Found on Zip Recruiter - Sr. Quality Engineer, Gigafactory "The successful candidate for this position must have a broad technical background with the ability to work with engineering, manufacturing, service, and suppliers across a wide variety of issues. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are an absolute requirement to establish effective working relationships within Tesla and outside. * Development of manufacturing requirements, quality standards, and product quality plans to assure products will meet expectations of our target customers. 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This is a recording of the panel Mind the Cycling Gender Gap as part of Tiffany Lam's zine launch held at Look mum no hands! on the 8th May. Listen to our interview with Tiffany Lam: https://soundcloud.com/wheelsuckerspodcast/mind-the-cycling-gender-gap-with-tiffany-lam Watch back the facebook live video: www.facebook.com/1ookmumnohands/v…468465066513063/ ~ Panel ~ Tiffany Lam (Chair of the panel) ​Tiffany is a researcher at LSE Cities and has expertise in gender and active/sustainable urban mobility. She wrote her masters dissertation at LSE Cities on the gender gap and other inequalities in cycling and created a zine to elevate gender-inclusive cycling in the policy and public arena. She has done cycling advocacy in Washington, DC, New York City, and London, and is grateful for all the wonderful people she's met along the way. Emma Illingworth Emma lives and works in London. She relies on her bicycle, Wallace (a Wild Wind Puch), cycling pretty much every day whether to and from work, to classes and activities, to meet friends for fun times or for general exploring around and beyond the city. Kay Hughes Kay Hughes is founder of Khaa, a consultancy that focuses on design briefing and design team selection. She was previously Principal design adviser and Head of Design for the Olympic Park London 2012, worked internationally as a client at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and was part of the Sport England Major Projects team. She chairs the Otterpool Park Garden Town and co-chairs the HS2 Euston design review panels and is part of the National Infrastructure Commission winning team VeloCity. Nikki Ray Nikki trained as a cycling instructor with the aim of getting more women and girls cycling. She is usually found teaching Bikeability courses to primary school kids but also instructs refugee women and girls with The Bike Project. Although she's from London Nikki much prefers to be cycling touring or on a mountain bike far away from the city. Paola Zanotto Paola is an Italian architect working in the masterplanning and urban design team at Karakusevic Carson Architects, who are at the forefront of urban regeneration and housing architecture across London. As a masterplanning specialist, Paola maintains a keen interest in the investigation of cities, their evolution and growth. In 2015 she completed a PhD with a thesis on the work of the English town planner, educator and editor Jaqueline Tyrwhitt. She graduated with Distinction in Architecture and Urban Design Studies at the IUAV University of Venice, Italy, in 2010. Simone Salmon Simone hails from Greenwich and is the founder of Bike Freedom, a cycle workshop that aims to provide different types of cyclists - particularly people on low incomes - access to bikes, bike safety lessons, and bike maintenance lessons. Bike Freedom does not have a permanent base and instead does pop-up events in and around London. Follow Bike Freedom on Twitter at @bikefreedom247 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Britain has been promised that political power will flow from Whitehall to local government to help rebalance the economy - but how successful has it been? With Brian Groom of the Financial Times, plus author Julian Glover and Andrew Adonis, chair of the National Infrastructure Commission. Presented by Sebastian Payne. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's podcast is all about the major developments in the planning that you need to be aware of. HS2 route 2 announced The second phase of this development has now been announced and there are some unexpected winners (Wigan and Crewe, we're looking at you) and some potential losers. Not just for train geeks (like our very own Rob B), this link demonstrates just how commutable these northern cities are - 55 mins from Crewe to London, anyone?! Heathrow Expansion - Not just big news for London The Airports Commission have estimated that Heathrow expansion will create up to 179,800 jobs and up to £211bn in economic region benefits across the UK by 2050. Crossrail 2 Overcrowding on the Tube is forecast to double by 2041, and National Rail services will face similar challenges! Crossrail 2 would increase central London's rail capacity by more than 10 per cent. You can check out the submission to the National Infrastructure Commission right here.  Northern Hub Rail improvements A £1 billion pound project to electrify railways in the northwest, slashing journey times and increasing capacity (not to be confused with HS3). This also includes station upgrades, new and improved lines. It will increase the number of passenger train services across the region by 40%. Journey times will fall between Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds. The Multiple Billion Pound Projects in Manchester Piccadilly Station - HS2 Hub. Read the details on this one here. Manchester Airport Said to be the biggest single construction project ever to take place in Greater Manchester, the 10-year scheme will more than double the size of Terminal Two and link it to an improved Terminal Three.  Doubling the number of airport jobs to 40,000 within 30 years and adding 10m annual passengers in just a decade, the move bolsters Manchester's battle for the government to recognise the true worth of regional airports and underlines Manchester Airport's place at the heart of The Northern Powerhouse.  Manchester Place (£3bn)  10,000 new homes being built over 150 acres Paradise Project in Birmingham HS2 and banks relocating aren't the only thing getting the headlines in Birmingham. Paradise Project is considered one of the biggest city centre regen projects outside of London. £500m will be spent on shops, offices and improving the layout of the city centre. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, of course, is dominated by the budget, and coming on a Wednesday it telescopes my deadlines. Not helped by the fact that I'm on jury service this week and the judge won't let me take my laptop into court. Who needs a jury anyway, when we now have the thinking power of Google's Deep Mind? Deep thinking has been going on at the National Infrastructure Commission, thinking about tunnels under the Pennines and more tunnels under London, among other things. I bring you sounds of the past, and a very little about Hinckley C and EDF because I think we've all had enough of that. And do you remember COP21? Americans are claiming that President Obama had no constitutional right to enter into the agreement.   Hello, yes, this is Anthony Day and here is the latest edition of the Sustainable Futures Report for Friday 18th March. Let me take a moment to remind you about the Sustainable Best Practice Exchange coming up on the 14th April. Go to sbpe.co.uk and book now before you go away on your Easter Holidays and before the tickets run out. If you can't make it, or even if you can, you might be interested in the report of the Sustainable Best Practice Survey published at a very reasonable £25. But just for you, if you go to the front page of sbpe.co.uk today you can download a copy absolutely free.