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UCLA Housing Voice
Ep. 94: Ride-hailing for People with Disabilities with Abigail Cochran (Road Scholars pt. 4)

UCLA Housing Voice

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2025 65:18 Transcription Available


For people with disabilities, ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft can be a lifeline or a pain — or both. Abigail Cochran shares what she learned from individuals with disabilities about what's working and what's not.Show Notes:Cochran, A. L. (2022). How and why do people with disabilities use app-based ridehailing? Case Studies on Transport Policy, 10(4), 2556-2562.99% Invisible podcast episode on the “curb cut effect.”Venkataram, P. S., Flynn, J. A., Bhuiya, M. M. R., Barajas, J. M., & Handy, S. (2023). Framing availability and usability of transportation for people with disabilities. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 22, 100961.Cochran, A. L., & Chatman, D. G. (2021). Use of app-based ridehailing services and conventional taxicabs by adults with disabilities. Travel Behaviour and Society, 24, 124-131.

What is The Future for Cities?
325R_Economic and social impacts of public transport investments: A scoping literature review (research summary)

What is The Future for Cities?

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 11:50


Are you interested in the benefits of public transport? Summary of the book chapter titled Economic and social impacts of public transport investments: A scoping literature review from 2023, by Paulo Anciaes and Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan, part of the Advances in Transport Policy and Planning book, published by Elsevier.This is a great preparation to our next interview with Sarah Bridges in episode 326 talking about public transport investments as one of the biggest opportunities for urban futures. Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see the real benefits of public transport for the urban context. This chapter explores the effects of investments and disinvestments in public transport across the urban fabric.Find the chapter through this link.Abstract: This chapter reviews the wider economic, social, and health impacts of investments and disinvestments in public transport. Most studies on economic impacts have analysed the case of high-speed rail, with fewer analysing conventional intercity railways or urban public transport systems. The economic impacts of high-speed rail tend to be positive, although they are not equally distributed among the regions served. Investments in public transport have also been linked to an increase in housing prices and gentrification. Research on social and health impacts of public transport is limited and fragmented. Studies have found that the accessibility increase provided by new public transport connections contributes to increased participation in social activities. At the same time, public transport infrastructure can disconnect communities on opposite sides of the infrastructure. Research on public transport disinvestment is limited. The few available studies have shown that disinvestment is linked to several negative health and social impacts. Insufficient consideration of equity aspects also limits our understanding of the complexity of the full economic and social effects of investments and disinvestments in transport.Connecting episodes you might be interested in: No.194 - Interview with Oliver Stoltz about transport planning No.269R - The use of the smart technology for creating an inclusive urban public spaceYou can find the transcript through ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠th⁠i⁠s link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WTF4Cities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wtf4cities.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website where the⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠showno⁠t⁠es⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠are also available.I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.Episode generated with ⁠⁠⁠Descript⁠⁠⁠ assistance (⁠⁠⁠affiliate link⁠⁠⁠).Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lesfm ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠

Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto
Is it time to rethink the K53? Expert weigh in

Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 7:28


Rob Handfield-Jones, Managing Director of driving.co.za and long-time road safety advocate, joins Lester Kiewit to discuss the growing debate around South Africa’s K53 driver’s testing system. In response to calls for the system to be scrapped, Handfield-Jones offers a critical perspective on why the K53 may be flawed - but not beyond repair. He argues that instead of tossing it out entirely, South Africa should focus on reforming the system to better reflect real-world driving conditions and reduce fatalities on the road.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

CleanTalk
Melanie Shufflebotham: Building Zapmap, Understanding Drivers & Evolving Transport Policy

CleanTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 50:20


This week on CleanTalk, Film Director & Producer Luke Harmer takes a deep dive into the world of electric vehicle charging, with Melanie Shufflebotham, Co-Founder and COO of the UK's No. 1 EV charging points app.In this episode you'll discover the origins of Zapmap, how the brand and company has evolved, crucial insights on consumer behaviour in relation to vehicle ownership, how legislation is evolving to support the electrification of the transport sector, and you'll get an exclusive insight into Melanie's own career development as a technology & marketing expert.Enjoy!____________________Connect with Melanie on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-shufflebotham-07ba501/Discover the Zapmap app & resources for EV drivers and businesses: www.zapmap.comJoin the CleanTalk community on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/groups/12991627/____________________CleanTalk is produced by Harmer Visuals, a film production company specialising in brand & case study storytelling for organisations across the renewable energy and clean technology sector. To find out more about how we can help you, visit: harmervisuals.comMany thanks to...- Zapmap for co-ordinating recording space- Our rental suppliers -Camera Dept. - O'RIORDAN | https://oriordan.io/ | Sunipa Pictures | https://www.sunipapictures.com/ | Shutter Films | https://www.shutterfilms.co.uk/Lighting & Grip - Masterwork Films | https://rent.masterwork.film/____________________Chapters for today's episode:00:00-02:40 Intro02:40-05:27 Early Career Experience 05:27-10:01 Zapmap's Origins10:01-10:48 Zapmap 2.0 - What Changed?10:48-11:40 CarPlay & Android Auto11:40-12:56 Navigating Partnership Opportunities12:56- 14:21 Series A Funding14:21-14:40 Capital Allocation Strategy14:40- 15:25 How has Melanie's Focus Changed?15:25-16:33 What Organisations Is Zapmap Working With?16:33-17:45 Understanding The Zapmap Offering & Regional Coverage17:45-18:11 Zapmap's Relationship With Government18:11-24:16 Evolving Transport Policy & Public Sector Investment24:16-24:58 EV Infra Retrospective - What Should We Have Done Differently?24:58-25:48 Understanding Drivers - What Zapmap's Data Is Saying25:48-27:03 What's Next For The Zapmap App?27:03-27:58 Partnering With Hive27:58-29:02 The Long Term Vision29:02-32:10 Tesla's Impact On The EV Industry32:10-32:51 Why Car Dealerships Need To Evolve32:51-34:19 Overlaps Between B2C & B2B Product Development34:19-36:05 Market Data Analysis Process Explained36:05-36:51 Startup VS Scale Up - Gut Feel VS Data-Driven Approaches36:51-39:15 Completing The Energy Transition - What's Involved?39:15-40:50 Inspiring A Consumer Focused Approach To Industry Innovation40:50-43:12 Helping Consumers & Fleets Transition43:12-45:24 Synchronising The Entire Value Chain45:24-46:23 Personal Reflections On Professional Growth46:23-50:20 Quickfire Curiosity Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Politics Weekly
Fury over Reeves' climate climbdown – Politics Weekly UK

Politics Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2025 30:46


In her big plan to get the economy growing again the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has prioritised growth over almost everything else. But at what cost? John Harris speaks to the Labour MP Clive Lewis about concerns that climate action is taking a back seat. Plus, the columnist Gaby Hinsliff talks us through whether the party's quest for growth will work. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

Highlights from Newstalk Breakfast
Plans to steer transport policy for Dublin City

Highlights from Newstalk Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 7:24


The Mobility and Public Realm Committee will meet on Wednesday for the first time to steer transport policy for Dublin City and the Irish Parking Association was not selected to join the committee. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was IPA Chairperson Keith Gavin who believes the committee is excluding motorists. Also joining us was Janet Horner, Green Party Councillor for the North-Inner City and Chair of the Mobility and Public Realm Committee.

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights
Plans to steer transport policy for Dublin City

Newstalk Breakfast Highlights

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 7:24


The Mobility and Public Realm Committee will meet on Wednesday for the first time to steer transport policy for Dublin City and the Irish Parking Association was not selected to join the committee. Speaking to Newstalk Breakfast was IPA Chairperson Keith Gavin who believes the committee is excluding motorists. Also joining us was Janet Horner, Green Party Councillor for the North-Inner City and Chair of the Mobility and Public Realm Committee.

Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby
Damian Light: Howick Local Board Chair on Auckland Transport losing its transport policy and planning powers

Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 3:37 Transcription Available


There's hopes a shakeup at Auckland Transport will bring more democratic decisions. The council will now take control of transport policy and planning, as well as road control. A new Auckland Regional Transport Committee will be created to develop a 30-year transport plan – agreed to by Cabinet and the council. Howick Local board Chair Damian Light told Ryan Bridge it could mean locations for controversial infrastructure like cycleways and pedestrian crossings are more carefully chosen. He says it could mean they only end up in areas where people want them. LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Martin Glynn: AA Transport Policy Director on the potential introduction of widespread road user charges

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2024 2:26


A sudden shift to road user charges may mean a fairer system for all drivers.   Fuel excise tax could be gone —and petrol cars hit with the charges from 2027— under the Government's Revenue Action Plan.   It's also exploring tolling for all new roads, including the Roads of National Significance.   AA Transport Policy Director Martin Glynn told Mike Hosking it amends a system which isn't as efficient as it could be.  He said with vehicles becoming more fuel efficient, a widespread tax will also mean more revenue for the government.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RNZ: The Detail
Fuming over transport policy

RNZ: The Detail

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2024 22:37


The plan to get Kiwis moving - as long as it's along a motorway - has public transport experts fuming 

Social Justice Matters
174. SJI Seminars Ep.40: Brian Caulfield on Ensuring a just transition and avoiding advanced transport poverty in Ireland

Social Justice Matters

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024 23:17


Prof Brian Caulfield is Head of Discipline in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. His research addresses global issues such as the environmental impacts of transport and methods to reduce the carbon impacts of transport. He has published over 200 papers in international journals and conferences and to date has been awarded approx. €7 million in research funding. He currently has 9 PhD students and 6 postdoctoral researchers in his research group.  He is a Senior Editor of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews and an Editor of Transport Policy. He is a member of the International Editorial Board of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Case Studies on Transport Policy, the Journal of Cycling and Micro-mobility Research, and the Journal of Transport Geography. Brian spoke at our 2023 Annual Social Policy Conference on the theme of A Just Transition.  All videos, papers and presentations for the 2023 Annual Social Policy conference are available for download HERE.

RNZ: Morning Report
Climate change not a strategic priority for transport policy

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2024 2:55


Climate change is no longer a 'strategic priority' under the government's new draft policy statement on land transport. This means that once in force, Waka Kotahi and other decision-makers would not be required to consider emissions when making transport investment decisions. Morning Report producer Emma Ricketts reports.  

The Re-Wrap
THE RE-WRAP: Now We're Getting Somewhere

The Re-Wrap

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 12:27


THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Friday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Well, It's a Good Start/Poor Old TV/Mark the Week/Mags Are Back/Passport ParanoiaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Place Podcast
Who is driving Northern transport policy? | The Subplot

Place Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2024 10:07


Is it government? The city region mayors? Transport for the North? Place North analysis editor David Thame digs into why regional transport policy is plagued by inertia. Plus: Have any of the government's regeneration programmes been effective? Subscribe for FREE to receive The Subplot direct to your inbox: www.placenorth.co.uk

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast
December 27th - The UK's Christmas Transport Policy

Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2023 5:58


As usual, no passenger trains ran in the UK on Christmas Day, with very few running into Boxing Day. Do you think that's the right policy? Should everyone get time off on two low-demand days?Or is the Continental Europe approach, often with a near-normal service on 25/26 December, better?This podcast is free, as is my weekly newsletter. Find out more here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

VoxTalks
S6 Ep55: Navigating city transport policy

VoxTalks

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 19:30


When city dwellers travel, they worry about problems like about traffic jams, congestion charges, and the time spent waiting for public transport. Nicolas Martinez made a model of what happens when a street-smart population decides how and when to travel every day, and he tells Tim Phillips about how he applied it to investigate the usefulness of Paris's traffic regulations.

Today in Focus
Do Rishi Sunak's new policies add up?

Today in Focus

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2023 24:54


Rishi Sunak has declared himself an enemy of the ‘30-year status quo'. In doing so, he scrapped much of the HS2 rail link and said A-levels would be replaced. Kiran Stacey reports on whether it all adds up. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Politics Weekly
Suella Braverman and HS2 – Politics Weekly UK

Politics Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 29:22


Suella Braverman has grabbed headlines yet again, this time with her speech saying the west faces an ‘existential threat' from immigration. And after more than a decade could HS2 finally be running out of road? The Guardian's Gaby Hinsliff is joined by political correspondent Kiran Stacey and North of England editor Helen Pidd. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

Talking Transport Transformation
S02-E25 | Feminist transport policy with Laura Ballesteros

Talking Transport Transformation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2023 25:30


Join us in exploring transport policy from the perspective of women in Latin America by listening to this amazing podcast episode featuring Laura Ballesteros Mancilla. She is the co-founder of Mujeres en Movimiento – Women in Motion, a network that connects advocates of gender-sensitive mobility across various sectors in Latin America.   Together with Laura, we discuss the violence and underrepresentation faced by women in transport, whether they are commuting or at the decision-making table. Laura's message to all women is that they are not alone and to remember that any resistance they face reflects the importance of the change they seek to realize.  Last but not least, Laura reflects on the journey of Women in Motion and Women Mobilize Women alongside each other since their foundation in 2018 and finds: We've come a long way!   This episode is part of a series of interviews with some of the Remarkable Feminist Voices in Transport 2023, who were awarded by TUMI's Women Mobilize Women initiative. Tune in!

Shahzad Sheikh
'ULEZ Is Making Things Worse' Says Gov Road Transport Policy Expert [Scrappage Scheme Assessment]

Shahzad Sheikh

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2023 62:36


In this podcast I discover why ULEZ and the Scrappage Scheme is actually making things worse when it comes to public health and the environment. I chat with Duncan Buchanan, a freight transport specialist who has worked in the freight industry, for Government organisations and for the Road Haulage Association. He has worked across modes, covering road, rail, sea and air freight transport. And he's done an Impact Assessment on the London ULEZ Scrappage Scheme. Duncan has extensive policy experience at a senior level, he has developed and assessed policy positions within and outside government. He worked for the UK Government in Europe and on behalf of the freight industry in the UK. Has given evidence to Parliamentary committees and presented widely nationally and internationally on a diverse range of topics including sustainable transport, the impacts of government policy on commercial transport and road user charging. Everything you need to know about ULEZ https://browncarguy.com/2023/08/01/ulez-everything-you-need-to-know-part-2/ Here are the other videos I've done on ULEZ https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFVv0lrAfunuWPZ0M0aQPN_Af1aVMxaMc Anti ULEZ Facebook groups https://www.facebook.com/groups/423124092367973 https://www.facebook.com/groups/stoptheulez Please subscribe/follow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/browncarguy?sub_confirmation=1 And follow all my channels https://linktr.ee/browncarguy If you enjoy my content, there are really easy ways to show your support Channel membership: https://www.youtube.com/browncarguy/join Buy me a Coffee! https://ko-fi.com/browncarguy Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/BrownCarGuy

Wednesday Breakfast
Nuclear & Militarisation through STEM competitions, Climate Change & Impact, Chile 1973, Transport Policy, Arthur Bolkas

Wednesday Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023


AOC//  Headlines//  Annie McLoughlinof 3CR's Solidarity Breakfast speaks with Sanne de Swart, FOE Anti-Nuclear Collective co-ordinator, discussing teachers' fears of the normalization of nuclear & militarization in schools through STEM competitions financed by weapons companies supported by the Ministry of Defence. (This was originally broadcast on 9 September 2023)   Patrick speaks with Senior Lecturer in Climate Science at the University of Melbourne, Andrew King, discussing the major impacts of flooding in parts of Greece and Libya. In Australia, the fire season has already started with a major bushfire heading towards the community of Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory and El Niño looking likely by the models.  We revisit a conversation with Pilar Aguilera, our 3CR Chairperson and long-time Chilean activist, commemorating 50 years since the coup in Chile in 1973, and what this anniversary means to the Chilean Community. This whole week is to commemorate the Chilean community, and 50 years of solidarity, resistance and struggle. Tomorrow, 3CR is holding a special 6-hour broadcast from 6pm to 12am, with interviews from Chile, testimonies in English, Spanish, Spanglish and much more. Chile EventSaturday (September 16th), there will be a cultural open stage and candlelight event with collective healing discussions, music and poetry.Time: 4pm Venue: Catalyst Social Centre, 146 Sydney Rd. Coburg  We revisit a conversation by Kevin Healy from City Limits, also the head of 3CR's Urban Planning and Social Justice Program, speaking with John McPherson, long time transport commentator and analyst, discussing buses, accessibility and the impact of transport policy. (This was originally broadcast on 3 May 2023)   Kelly Whitworth and Joe Toscano spoke to Arthur Bolkas, about his 8-year stint in the netherworld of Pentridge Prison and other goals for armed robbery when he was a young, confused man. Arthur has dedicated much of his life to helping prisoners transition from gaol into the community and serves as a mentor to many. Arthur's story is a tale of redemption. You can listen back to the full 2-hour interview about Arthur's story on Radical Australia.  Songs: 1. I'm a Believer by Neil Diamond 2. Bagi-la-Bargan by Birdz 3. Seed Allara by Brent Walkins    

RNZ: Morning Report
National criticise Labour's transport policy as expensive and ideological

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2023 8:09


National is criticising the government's transport policies as expensive ideological projects that will inflict additional pain at the pump. The latest transport policy statement would prioritise $20 billion worth of spending on 14 new roads and public transport links, as well as increase spending on maintenance and resilience projects. To pay for it, petrol tax would rise four cents each year for the next three years; with funding topped up via general taxation, the Climate Emergency Response Fund, and additional loans. The total, 10-year plan, is expected to cost $70 billion. The National Party's transport spokesperson Simeon Brown spoke to Corin Dann.

Spoorcast
Spitsheffing & prijsdifferentiatie

Spoorcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 69:46


NS-directeur Wouter Koolmees zorgde voor veel discussie in de media en online door in een interview in De Volkskrant te opperen om treinen duurder te maken in de spits en goedkoper op momenten dat het rustig is. Er is veel kritiek op dit idee, maar te drukke treinen in de spits zijn een serieus probleem waar een oplossing voor moeten worden gevonden. Is het wel zo'n slecht idee? We bespreken in het in deze Spoorcast en roepen daarbij de hulp in van Bert van Wee, hoogleraar Transport Policy aan de TU Delft. Daarnaast kijken Arjan, Arno en Elger hun ogen uit op station Nijmegen, wordt de nieuwe dienstregeling besproken en gaat het over uitgestelde werkzaamheden.Linkjes:De plannen van NS voor de dienstregeling van 2024.Artikel van het AD over uitstel van de werkzaamheden aan station Tilburg.Stuk van Omroep West over uitstel van de werkzaamheden rond Gouda.Artikel van Spoor Pro over het verwijderen van wissels bij Heerhugowaard.Het interview met Wouter Koolmees in De Volkskrant over een spitsheffing.Volg de Spoorcast op Instagram. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive
Heather du Plessis-Allan: National's transport policy is the best of the election campaign

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 2:29


National's transport policy is my favourite policy of this election campaign so far. Because we are taking the mickey with the state of our roads, and we need to get smart about this fast. We have a $210 billion dollar infrastructure deficit in this country, and if we want to keep our young people here, we need to get back to looking and feeling like a first world country, and no first world country would put up with the state of our infrastructure. You shouldn't hit two lane roads only 1.5 hours out of our biggest cities.  Depending on where you live, you will have your views on the most important roads announced by the Nats today. But for me, the big ones that are incredibly important to our efficiency and productivity are:  Turning Mill Road into a highway so motorists heading south of Auckland have an alternative to State Highway 1. Adding the Warkworth to Wellsford chunk onto the new highway heading north of Auckland.  Building a second Mt Vic tunnel to relieve the gridlocked traffic in Wellington. I do not care what these roads cost. Labour's trying to throw shade, saying National's got its numbers wrong. For example, saying Warkworth to Wellsford will cost $4 billion instead of National's $2.2 billion. I don't care. Frankly, they're probably both wrong  National's incentivised to price low so it doesn't look extravagant and Labour's incentivised to price high so it can justify not building the road. As far as I'm concerned, we need the roads, so build them. I don't care what it costs. We will never regret it. And how to pay for it seems pretty simple to me: Cancel the Light Rail stupidity. Just getting rid of the Auckland project saves $28 billion, and I'm not even counting the cost from the Wellington project.  I don't about you, but I've had absolutely enough of dropping speed limits, of being told to walk, of dodging potholes and of driving windy backroads when we should be and could be on world class highways.  This is ambitious and it's building New Zealand for future generations. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive
Simeon Brown: National Transport spokesperson says planned $24 billion transport policy funding will cover first stages of project

Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2023 3:37


National are defending the cost of their newly announced $24 billion transport policy. Labour's already poked holes in it, saying the four-lane highways between Whangarei and Tauranga plan alone is out by billions. But Opposition transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says this funding covers the first four stages - of what will be a multi-generational project. "This is just like the Waikato Expressway when that was started, it was done in a number of stages over many years." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Dom Kalasih: Transporting NZ Interim CEO on ACT's transport policy

The Mike Hosking Breakfast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2023 2:58


ACT's new transport ideas are being applauded, but some say the devil is in the details. The party's latest policy announcement promises to replace fuel excise taxes with road tolls, and also includes foreign investment in infrastructure projects. Transporting NZ Interim Chief Executive Dom Kalasih told Mike Hosking that tolling can be a real barrier to use. He says when you look at the Penlink Road, the Ministry predicts usage will drop from 25,500 vehicles a day to just over 18,000, because of the toll. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Politics Central
Simeon Brown: National's Transport Spokesperson on the party's pothole repair fund

Politics Central

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 41:35


The National Party announced their $500 million Pothole Repair Fund, aiming to introduce new regulations and repair the major problems with the roads and State Highways around New Zealand. National's Transport Spokesperson Simeon Brown joined the show to give a rundown on how the policy would actually play out. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby
Nick Leggett: Infrastructure NZ CEO on Nations road transport policy

Early Edition with Kate Hawkesby

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2023 3:11


The country's infrastructure industry is describing National's $500-million road transport policy as a good start. The party has declared it will redirect funding from road safety initiatives to pothole repairs and road renewals, if it wins the election. Infrastructure New Zealand Chief Executive Nick Leggett told Kate Hawkesby that the man power exists to make this promise a reality, but there has to be a guaranteed pipeline of work. He says if the work is there, the resources will follow. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Re-Wrap
THE RE-WRAP: Just the Facts, Ma'am

The Re-Wrap

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 11:23


THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Wednesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Something Doesn't Add Up/Wood Is Taking a Different Route/Time for a Radical Education Rethink/I Want to Be a Manager When I Grow Up/What Ginny and Razor SaidSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Re-Wrap
THE RE-WRAP: Stop Doing What's Popular

The Re-Wrap

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2023 14:15


THE BEST BITS IN A SILLIER PACKAGE (from Tuesday's Mike Hosking Breakfast) Oh, Hang On/All the Covid Craziness/Counting the Undead/Haters Outnumbered/No Time for Interdimensional PausesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mornings with Neil Mitchell
State opposition defends public transport policy on back of Jacinta Allan swipe

Mornings with Neil Mitchell

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2022 9:28


The state government has mocked the opposition's election pledge for a $2 daily cap on public transport fares, saying they've ignored country customers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Synapsen. Ein Wissenschaftspodcast von NDR Info
(62) Wie schaffen wir die Verkehrswende?

Synapsen. Ein Wissenschaftspodcast von NDR Info

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 73:01


Wie viel SUVs und halb leere Privatautos zur Klimakrise tatsächlich beitragen, ist vielen vermutlich gar nicht klar: Der Verkehrssektor ist der drittgrößte Verursacher von Treibhausgas-Emissionen. Warum gelingt es nicht, die Menschen zum Umstieg auf Bus und Bahn zu bewegen? Verhaltensforscher sagen: Eigentlich gibt es eine ganz einfache Regel. Doch genau die ist der Knackpunkt. Zum Beispiel für die Bahn, denn sie hat noch einen weiten Weg vor sich. Wissenschaftsjournalist Frederik Schulz-Greve hat mit Ökonomen und Mobilitätsfachleuten gesprochen und die Strukturen im Nah- und Fernverkehr unter die Lupe genommen. Im Gespräch mit Host Beke Schulmann erklärt er, was man über die Wirkung des 9-Euro-Tickets weiß, was alternative Treibstoffe verändern können - und welche Lösungen es in anderen Ländern gibt. DIE HINTERGRUNDINFORMATIONEN • Studie über die Vor- und Nachteile von E-Fuels | Falko Ueckerdt & andere (2021): Potential and risks of hydrogen-based e-fuels in climate change mitigation, erschienen bei nature: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01032-7 • Wie viel zahlen Bund und Länder wirklich für den ÖPNV | Tagesspiegel Background: So wenig zahlen die Bundesländer für den ÖPNV https://background.tagesspiegel.de/mobilitaet/so-wenig-zahlen-die-bundeslaender-fuer-den-oepnv • Studie über die Klimavorteile des Bahn Fernverkehrs in Deutschland und wie er attraktiver werden kann | Eisenkopf & Burgdorf (2022): Policy measures and their impact on transport performance, modal split and greenhouse gas emissions in German long-distance passenger transport, erschienen bei Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2022.100615 • Studie über die Monopolproblematik der Deutschen Bahn | Knorr & Eisenkopf (2022): An alternative regulatory approach for long-distance passenger rail services: An explorative analysis with a focus on Germany, erschienen bei Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2022.100593 • Dänische Studie über die Symbolik des Autos | Mette Jensen (1999): Passion and heart in transport - a sociological analysis on transport behaviour, erschienen bei Transport Policy: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-070X(98)00029-8 • Informationen über verschiedene Emissionsquellen | Umweltbundesamt: Emissionsquellen https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-energie/treibhausgas-emissionen/emissionsquellen#energie-verkehr • Informationen zum Klimaschutz im Verkehrssektor | Bundesregierung: Klimaschonender Verkehr https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/klimaschutz/klimaschonender-verkehr-1794672#:~:text=CO2%20%2DEmissionen%20vor%20allem%20vom%20Stra%C3%9Fenverkehr&text=Den%20weitaus%20gr%C3%B6%C3%9Ften%20Teil%20der,36%20Prozent%20entsprechende%20Lkw%20verantwortlich. • Informationen über die Verkehrsnutzung privater Haushalte | Umweltbundesamt: Mobilität privater Haushalte https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/private-haushalte-konsum/mobilitaet-privater-haushalte#-hoher-motorisierungsgrad • Studie über Klimavorteile des Fahrradverkehrs | Chen & andere (2022): Historical patterns and sustainability implications of worldwide bicycle ownership and use, erschienen bei nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00497-4 Zahlen zur Nutzung verschiedener Verkehrsmittel in Deutschland | Statistisches Bundesamt: Personenbeförderung https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Branchen-Unternehmen/Transport-Verkehr/Personenverkehr/Tabellen/befoerderte-personen.html • Informationen über CO2-Flottengrenzwerte | Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit: Das System der CO2-Flottengrenzwerte für Pkw und leichte Nutzfahrzeuge https://www.bmuv.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Luft/zusammenfassung_co2_flottengrenzwerte.pdf • Informationen über die Umweltverträglichkeit von Elektroautos | Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit: Wie umweltfreundlich sind Elektroautos? https://www.bmuv.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Verkehr/emob_umweltbilanz_2019_bf.pdf • Informationen über die Ökobilanz verschiedener Verkehrsarten | Umweltbundesamt: Ökologische Bewertung von Verkehrsarten - Abschlussbericht https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/479/publikationen/texte_156-2020_oekologische_bewertung_von_verkehrsarten_0.pdf • Informationen über die Pünktlichkeit von Zügen der Deutschen Bahn | Deutsche Bahn: Pünktlichkeitswerte https://www.deutschebahn.com/de/konzern/konzernprofil/zahlen_fakten/puenktlichkeitswerte-6878476 • Informationen über die Finanzierungsanteile von Bund und Ländern bei der Finanzierung des ÖPNV | Tagespiegel Background: So wenig zahlen die Bundesländer für den ÖPNV https://background.tagesspiegel.de/mobilitaet/so-wenig-zahlen-die-bundeslaender-fuer-den-oepnv • Informationen über die Anteile verschiedener Verkehrsarten am Gesamtverkehr | Umweltbundesamt: Fahrleistungen, Verkehrsarten und " Modal Split" https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/verkehr/fahrleistungen-verkehrsaufwand-modal-split#personenverkehr • Stellungnahme der Allianz pro Schiene zum Deutschlandtakt | Allianz pro Schiene: Verkehrsministerium bremst Deutschlandtakt aus https://www.allianz-pro-schiene.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/verkehrsministerium-bremst-deutschlandtakt-aus/ • Informationen über Plug-In-Hybride | Umweltbundesamt: Klimaschutz im Verkehr - Plug-In-Hybrid PKW https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/366/dokumente/uba-kurzpapier_plug-in-hybride_kliv.pdf Bilanz 9-Euro-Ticket des Verbands Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen | Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen: Bilanz 9-Euro-Ticket https://www.vdv.de/bilanz-9-euro-ticket.aspx • Informationen über die "Pünktlichkeitskrise" der Deutschen Bahn | Tagesspiegel Background: Was für ein Chaos https://background.tagesspiegel.de/mobilitaet/was-fuer-ein-chaos • Bilanz und Kritik 9-Euro-Ticket der Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft | Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft: 9-Euro-Ticket wir sagen Danke https://www.evg-online.org/meldungen/details/news/9-euro-ticket-wir-sagen-danke-9979/ • Informationen über die PACE-Studie | Universität Erfurt: PACE - Planetary Health Action Survey https://projekte.uni-erfurt.de/pace/ • Informationen über Nachfolgemodelle des 9-Euro-Tickets | Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland: Nachfolger des 9-Euro-Tickets: Welche Option am wahrscheinlichsten ist https://www.rnd.de/politik/9-euro-ticket-welcher-nachfolger-ist-am-wahrscheinlichsten-M2XZ45V5PFBNVKENIK3R55NQVE.html • Bericht über das 365-Euro-Ticket im Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg | Norddeutscher Rundfunk: Nur im Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg: 365-Euro-Ticket kommt https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/lueneburg_heide_unterelbe/Nur-im-Landkreis-Luechow-Dannenberg-365-Euro-Ticket-kommt,nahverkehr396.html

NDR Info - Logo - Das Wissenschaftsmagazin
(62) Wie schaffen wir die Verkehrswende?

NDR Info - Logo - Das Wissenschaftsmagazin

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022 73:01


Wie viel SUVs und halb leere Privatautos zur Klimakrise tatsächlich beitragen, ist vielen vermutlich gar nicht klar: Der Verkehrssektor ist der drittgrößte Verursacher von Treibhausgas-Emissionen. Warum gelingt es nicht, die Menschen zum Umstieg auf Bus und Bahn zu bewegen? Verhaltensforscher sagen: Eigentlich gibt es eine ganz einfache Regel. Doch genau die ist der Knackpunkt. Zum Beispiel für die Bahn, denn sie hat noch einen weiten Weg vor sich. Wissenschaftsjournalist Frederik Schulz-Greve hat mit Ökonomen und Mobilitätsfachleuten gesprochen und die Strukturen im Nah- und Fernverkehr unter die Lupe genommen. Im Gespräch mit Host Beke Schulmann erklärt er, was man über die Wirkung des 9-Euro-Tickets weiß, was alternative Treibstoffe verändern können - und welche Lösungen es in anderen Ländern gibt. DIE HINTERGRUNDINFORMATIONEN • Studie über die Vor- und Nachteile von E-Fuels | Falko Ueckerdt & andere (2021): Potential and risks of hydrogen-based e-fuels in climate change mitigation, erschienen bei nature: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01032-7 • Wie viel zahlen Bund und Länder wirklich für den ÖPNV | Tagesspiegel Background: So wenig zahlen die Bundesländer für den ÖPNV https://background.tagesspiegel.de/mobilitaet/so-wenig-zahlen-die-bundeslaender-fuer-den-oepnv • Studie über die Klimavorteile des Bahn Fernverkehrs in Deutschland und wie er attraktiver werden kann | Eisenkopf & Burgdorf (2022): Policy measures and their impact on transport performance, modal split and greenhouse gas emissions in German long-distance passenger transport, erschienen bei Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2022.100615 • Studie über die Monopolproblematik der Deutschen Bahn | Knorr & Eisenkopf (2022): An alternative regulatory approach for long-distance passenger rail services: An explorative analysis with a focus on Germany, erschienen bei Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2022.100593 • Dänische Studie über die Symbolik des Autos | Mette Jensen (1999): Passion and heart in transport - a sociological analysis on transport behaviour, erschienen bei Transport Policy: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-070X(98)00029-8 • Informationen über verschiedene Emissionsquellen | Umweltbundesamt: Emissionsquellen https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/themen/klima-energie/treibhausgas-emissionen/emissionsquellen#energie-verkehr • Informationen zum Klimaschutz im Verkehrssektor | Bundesregierung: Klimaschonender Verkehr https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-de/themen/klimaschutz/klimaschonender-verkehr-1794672#:~:text=CO2%20%2DEmissionen%20vor%20allem%20vom%20Stra%C3%9Fenverkehr&text=Den%20weitaus%20gr%C3%B6%C3%9Ften%20Teil%20der,36%20Prozent%20entsprechende%20Lkw%20verantwortlich. • Informationen über die Verkehrsnutzung privater Haushalte | Umweltbundesamt: Mobilität privater Haushalte https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/private-haushalte-konsum/mobilitaet-privater-haushalte#-hoher-motorisierungsgrad • Studie über Klimavorteile des Fahrradverkehrs | Chen & andere (2022): Historical patterns and sustainability implications of worldwide bicycle ownership and use, erschienen bei nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-022-00497-4 Zahlen zur Nutzung verschiedener Verkehrsmittel in Deutschland | Statistisches Bundesamt: Personenbeförderung https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Branchen-Unternehmen/Transport-Verkehr/Personenverkehr/Tabellen/befoerderte-personen.html • Informationen über CO2-Flottengrenzwerte | Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit: Das System der CO2-Flottengrenzwerte für Pkw und leichte Nutzfahrzeuge https://www.bmuv.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Luft/zusammenfassung_co2_flottengrenzwerte.pdf • Informationen über die Umweltverträglichkeit von Elektroautos | Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit: Wie umweltfreundlich sind Elektroautos? https://www.bmuv.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Verkehr/emob_umweltbilanz_2019_bf.pdf • Informationen über die Ökobilanz verschiedener Verkehrsarten | Umweltbundesamt: Ökologische Bewertung von Verkehrsarten - Abschlussbericht https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/479/publikationen/texte_156-2020_oekologische_bewertung_von_verkehrsarten_0.pdf • Informationen über die Pünktlichkeit von Zügen der Deutschen Bahn | Deutsche Bahn: Pünktlichkeitswerte https://www.deutschebahn.com/de/konzern/konzernprofil/zahlen_fakten/puenktlichkeitswerte-6878476 • Informationen über die Finanzierungsanteile von Bund und Ländern bei der Finanzierung des ÖPNV | Tagespiegel Background: So wenig zahlen die Bundesländer für den ÖPNV https://background.tagesspiegel.de/mobilitaet/so-wenig-zahlen-die-bundeslaender-fuer-den-oepnv • Informationen über die Anteile verschiedener Verkehrsarten am Gesamtverkehr | Umweltbundesamt: Fahrleistungen, Verkehrsarten und " Modal Split" https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/daten/verkehr/fahrleistungen-verkehrsaufwand-modal-split#personenverkehr • Stellungnahme der Allianz pro Schiene zum Deutschlandtakt | Allianz pro Schiene: Verkehrsministerium bremst Deutschlandtakt aus https://www.allianz-pro-schiene.de/presse/pressemitteilungen/verkehrsministerium-bremst-deutschlandtakt-aus/ • Informationen über Plug-In-Hybride | Umweltbundesamt: Klimaschutz im Verkehr - Plug-In-Hybrid PKW https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/sites/default/files/medien/366/dokumente/uba-kurzpapier_plug-in-hybride_kliv.pdf Bilanz 9-Euro-Ticket des Verbands Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen | Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen: Bilanz 9-Euro-Ticket https://www.vdv.de/bilanz-9-euro-ticket.aspx • Informationen über die "Pünktlichkeitskrise" der Deutschen Bahn | Tagesspiegel Background: Was für ein Chaos https://background.tagesspiegel.de/mobilitaet/was-fuer-ein-chaos • Bilanz und Kritik 9-Euro-Ticket der Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft | Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft: 9-Euro-Ticket wir sagen Danke https://www.evg-online.org/meldungen/details/news/9-euro-ticket-wir-sagen-danke-9979/ • Informationen über die PACE-Studie | Universität Erfurt: PACE - Planetary Health Action Survey https://projekte.uni-erfurt.de/pace/ • Informationen über Nachfolgemodelle des 9-Euro-Tickets | Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland: Nachfolger des 9-Euro-Tickets: Welche Option am wahrscheinlichsten ist https://www.rnd.de/politik/9-euro-ticket-welcher-nachfolger-ist-am-wahrscheinlichsten-M2XZ45V5PFBNVKENIK3R55NQVE.html • Bericht über das 365-Euro-Ticket im Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg | Norddeutscher Rundfunk: Nur im Landkreis Lüchow-Dannenberg: 365-Euro-Ticket kommt https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/lueneburg_heide_unterelbe/Nur-im-Landkreis-Luechow-Dannenberg-365-Euro-Ticket-kommt,nahverkehr396.html

Kerre McIvor Mornings Podcast
Jon Reeves: Public transport advocate on Efeso Collins' free public transport policy

Kerre McIvor Mornings Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2022 6:49


Auckland mayoral candidate Efeso Collins says public transport can become free and also more reliable. He says his flagship free public transport policy could save around $27 a week for people using buses, trains and ferries regularly, and about $8 a week for less frequent users of public transport. Collins has said he will pay for free public transport through reallocating council spending. Public Transport Users Association Co-Ordinatior, Jon Reeves, joined Kerre Woodham to discuss. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Drive With Tom Elliott
Greens launch ambitious public transport policy ahead of state election

Drive With Tom Elliott

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022 4:58


And it's fair to say it would see BIG changes to the amount of trains running between the hours of 7am and 7pm. But it'll come at a significant cost. Sam Hibbins MP, Victorian Greens Spokesperson for Public Transport, spoke with Tom Elliott on Tuesday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Volts
Volts podcast: Kimberly Nichols on the best ways to get cars out of cities

Volts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 42:33


In the US, the movement to get cars out of cities is … what’s the nice word? … nascent. But in Europe, where many cities were built before cars and big-box sprawl never completely dominated, there is growing agreement that cars need to be reined in. It’s partly about fighting climate change, but beyond that it’s about quality of life — living without air and noise pollution, using your legs to get around, and enjoying public spaces.More and more European cities are discovering what Copenhagen found when it studied the problem in earnest: every mile traveled on a bike adds value to a city, whereas every mile traveled in a car subtracts value. The pushback against cars in Europe has been going on for decades now, but there has been little effort to catalogue and rank the various policies and initiatives involved. What works and what doesn’t? What should other cities prioritize?Into that breach came a recent research paper in Case Studies on Transport Policy that dove into the academic literature (surveying 800 papers) to rank the top car-reducing strategies. It was co-authored by Paula Kuss (based on her master’s research) and Kimberly Nicholas of Sweden’s Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies. Nicholas later wrote a summary of the research for The Conversation that received an enormous amount of attention. As it happens, pushing cars out of cities is one of my enduring obsessions, so I eagerly accepted Nicholas’ offer to review the research, discuss the themes evident in the top-performing policies, and ponder whether such policies could ever take hold in the US. Our conversation was enlightening and heartening, despite making me want to move to Europe. Get full access to Volts at www.volts.wtf/subscribe

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
Episode 381: A Next Generation Transport Policy

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 51:04 Very Popular


This week we're joined by Harriet Tregoning, Director at NUMO, and Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute to talk about their report, Charting Out a Next-Generation, Place-Based Federal Transportation Policy. We talk what needs to change about federal policy and the entities that need to pursue it.   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! 

#RailNatter
#RailNatter Episode 107: Getting involved - and STAYING involved - with transport policy

#RailNatter

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 68:27


For this week's #RailNatter, Harry Burr is joining us to talk about his experiences as a very young sustainable transport policy advocate who has already made waves across the Midlands... As the founder of Sustainable Transport Midlands, we'll talk about how he got into making policymakers pay attention, how he keeps himself engaged in an industry that can sometimes brush off the inputs of young people, and what he thinks might come next. Whilst you can tune in live at the usual time, actually you should GO AND WATCH/SUPPORT #RailwayHistoryForUkraine at historyforukraine.co! #RailNatter will be here for you afterwards! Enjoyed this? Please do consider supporting #RailNatter at https://patreon.com/garethdennis or throw loose change at me via https://paypal.me/garethdennis. Merch is at https://masquette.co.uk/collections/r.... Join in the discussion at https://garethdennis.co.uk/discord.

Today in Focus
Can P&O be forced to reverse its mass sacking of workers?

Today in Focus

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 30:05


The company's sacking of 800 UK employees without notice prompted outrage from politicians and unions alike. But will anything change? Joanna Partridge explores a low point in the recent history of industrial relations. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Caritas Klimapodcast
Caritas Klimapodcast Folge 9: Wie kann die Mobilitätswende gelingen?

Caritas Klimapodcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 48:45


Mehr Autos, teurer ÖPNV und Dienstwagenprivilegien für Besserverdienende: Im Verkehrssektor muss sich einiges ändern, wenn eine sozial gerechte und klimafreundliche Mobilitätswende gelingen soll. Wie diese aussehen könnte, erklärt Jens Hilgenberg, Head of Transport Policy beim Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) im Interview. Außerdem schauen wir in der letzten Folge des Jahres zusammen mit Kai Bergmann von Germanwatch noch einmal zurück auf das vergangene Jahr."Wir müssen wegkommen vom motorisierten Individualverkehr für alle und überallhin", fordert Jens Hilgenberg. Der Verkehrsexperte des BUND warnt in der neunten Folge des Caritas-Klimapodcasts davor, lediglich die Antriebsart der Motoren zu ändern. "Wir kommen nicht weiter, wenn wir einfach nur auf Akku-betriebenen Individualverkehr setzen", so Hilgenberg. Vielmehr braucht es ganzheitliche und sozial gerechte Konzepte, die sich an die Bedürfnisse vor Ort anpassen. Wie diese aussehen könnten, erklärt er im Gespräch mit Martin Herceg.Links aus dem Gespräch:Infos Jens Hilgenberg unter:--> www.bund.netIm Newsblock schaut Kai Bergmann von Germanwatch zurück ins Jahr 2021 und wagt einen klimapolitischen Ausblick ins kommende Jahr 2022.Ihr könnt den Podcast auch auf euren gewohnten Kanälen abonnieren:

Science Weekly
Cop26: can gas guzzling go green?

Science Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2021 14:53


The Science Weekly podcast is in Glasgow, where we are bringing listeners daily episodes from Cop26. Each morning you will hear from one of the Guardian's award-winning environment team. Today, host Madeleine Finlay speaks to environment reporter Oliver Milman about electric cars, ‘environmentally-friendly' planes and the need to rethink transport. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod

The Stand with Eamon Dunphy
Ep 1201: Failed Transport Policy Post-Covid Not Addressing Serious Problems

The Stand with Eamon Dunphy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 35:21


Verona Murphy, TD for Wexford, talks to Eamon. The Stand is proudly sponsored by Tesco. Recorded 13/9/21

The Audio Long Read
The lost history of the electric car – and what it tells us about the future of transport – podcast

The Audio Long Read

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 29:40


To every age dogged with pollution, accidents and congestion, the transport solution for the next generation seems obvious – but the same problems keep coming back. By Tom Standage. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

Researching Transit
RT31 – Alexa Delbosc & Graham Currie: The paradigm shift in revenue protection research and practice

Researching Transit

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021 41:46


This is the ninth episode in the Research Transit Handbook of Public Transport Research Series. Links to the book can be found at the end of the notes. In this episode, Laura Aston speaks to Dr Alexa Delbosc and Professor Graham Currie. Today's guests will be familiar to man. Dr Delbosc was interviewed in episode 22, addressing the psychology of public transport. She is a lecturer with the Institute of Transport Studies in the Department of Civil Engineering at Monash University. Professor Currie, your regular host and editor of the Handbook of Public Transport Research, is Director of the Public Transport Research Group at Monash University. Today they discuss Chapter 7 of the Handbook: The Paradigm Shift in Revenue Protection Research and Practice. The chapter is unique in providing a case study in impactful industry partnership. It presents the findings of a major program of research, funded by Victoria's Department of Transport, which generated major economic savings for the State. Our guests set the scene by explaining the impetus for this research. Globally, agencies may lose up to 25% of revenue to fare evasion, costing in the hundred of millions of dollars. Yet prior to this project, which commenced in 2011/12, there was limited understanding of the motivations for fare evasion. Dr Delbosc explains how the project contributed to shifting the focus of revenue protection research from conventional systems control perspectives and customer profiling, to the more nuanced approach of customer motivations. Following the success of their research, the customer motivations perspective on fare evasion has taken off around the world. By combining numerous psychological frameworks that help understand human motivations, the project was able to identify four different rationales for fare evading, ranging from Accidental Evaders to Career Evaders (Figure 1). Importantly, they were able to quantify the revenue loss associated with different motivations. This was an important discovery that led to the development of effective responses, including a marketing campaign which targeted often affluent ‘freeloaders'. This campaign, along with other targeted interventions, saw fare evasion in Victoria reduce from 12% to 5% in 2015, saving the government $45 million (Figure 2). Figure 1: http://publictransportresearchgroup.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/RT-31-Figure-1.png Figure 2: http://publictransportresearchgroup.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/RT-31-Figure-2.png Find out more about this research in Chapter 7 of the Handbook of Public Transport Research, available for purchase here: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-of-public-transport-research-9781788978651.html Find out more about today's guests Prof Graham Currie: https://www.monash.edu/engineering/grahamcurrie Dr Alexa Delbosc: https://www.monash.edu/engineering/alexadelbosc For an overview of the research program discussed during today's show, visit the Psychology of Fare Evasion Research Website: http://publictransportresearchgroup.info/portfolio-item/understanding-the-psychology-of-fare-evasion/ Read more about the fare evasion research and findings in published research papers: Currie, G. and A. Delbosc (2017). "An Empirical Model for the Psychology of Deliberate and Unintentional Fare Evasion." Transport Policy 54: 21-29. Delbosc A and Currie G (2019). "'Why do people fare evade? A global shift in fare evasion research' " TRANSPORT REVIEWS Volume 39 - 3 pp376-391. Delbosc, A. and G. Currie (2016a). "Cluster analysis of fare evasion behaviours in Melbourne, Australia." Transport Policy 50: 29-36. Delbosc, A. and G. Currie (2016b). "Four Types of Fare Evasion: A Qualitative Study from Melbourne, Australia." Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour 43: 254-264. Have feedback? Find us on twitter and Instagram @transitpodcast or using #researchingtransit Music from this episode is from https://www.purple-planet.com

Climactic
This Climate Business | Transport policy just went off the rails, WTF!?

Climactic

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 39:04


Follow This Climate Businesshere.  Transport represents almost half of CO2 emisisons in NZ. In Auckland, its higher, at 67%. After agriculture with our burbing cows, transport is the most imporant sector to decarbonise. Yet the just published 10-year plan for Auckland predicts a 6% increase in emissions by 2031. Critics have called the plan ‘baffling' – at odds with the council's commitment to halve emissions by 2030. The report is one of many transport policy documents up for discussion, all promising to lower emissions and shift us out of cars and trucks. To explain what's going on, why transport planning seems so contradictory and what still needs to be done, Vincent talked to emissions expert Paul Winton, from 1Point5.org.nz Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Climactic
This Climate Business | Transport policy just went off the rails, WTF!?

Climactic

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 37:10


Follow This Climate Businesshere.  Transport represents almost half of CO2 emisisons in NZ. In Auckland, its higher, at 67%. After agriculture with our burbing cows, transport is the most imporant sector to decarbonise. Yet the just published 10-year plan for Auckland predicts a 6% increase in emissions by 2031. Critics have called the plan ‘baffling' – at odds with the council's commitment to halve emissions by 2030. The report is one of many transport policy documents up for discussion, all promising to lower emissions and shift us out of cars and trucks. To explain what's going on, why transport planning seems so contradictory and what still needs to be done, Vincent talked to emissions expert Paul Winton, from 1Point5.org.nz Support the show: https://www.climactic.fm/p/support-the-collective/

Public lecture podcasts
Policy Matters: How can academic research help improve transport policy in the UK?

Public lecture podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 31:40


In this episode of Policy Matters, hosts Franz Buscha and Matt Dickson talk to Rachel Aldred, Reader in Transport at the University of Westminster. Franz and Matt discuss with Rachel the benefits and risks of cycling in the UK and touch on subjects such as cultural differences in cycling behaviour across countries, what we might learn from such comparisons and how risky walking and cycling are in the UK. Rachel outlines early results from an evaluation of the ‘Mini-Hollands' scheme that seeks to emulate planning and infrastructure development from the Netherlands in three outer London boroughs. The discussion then moves to the measurement of traffic injuries and to what extent concerns about pollution might influence cycling behaviour. Finally, Rachel contextualises recent government policy and how future government policy might be shaped around cycling.

This Climate Business
Transport Policy just went off the Rails. WTF? Paul Winton, 1point5

This Climate Business

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 34:15


Transport represents almost half of CO2 emisisons in NZ. In Auckland, its higher, at 67%. After agriculture with our burbing cows, transport is the most imporant sector to decarbonise. Yet the just published 10-year plan for Auckland predicts a 6% increase in emissions by 2031. Critics have called the plan ‘baffling’ – at odds with the council’s commitment to halve emissions by 2030. The report is one of many transport policy documents up for discussion, all promising to lower emissions and shift us out of cars and trucks. To explain what’s going on, why transport planning seems so contradictory and what still needs to be done, Vincent talked to emissions expert Paul Winton, from 1Point5.org.nzRead the Regional Land Transport Plan HereRead Hīkina te Kohupara hereVisit 1point5 here

#RailNatter
#RailNatter Episode 56: How governments use evidence to make transport policy

#RailNatter

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 101:35


We are joined by not one but TWO guests in this week's #RailNatter​… Alistair Baldwin and Kelly Shuttleworth were the joint authors of the Institute for Government's excellent paper “How governments use evidence to make transport policy” that was released … Continue reading →

Valley Public Radio
New Ambulance Emergency Transport Policy Triggered By COVID-19 Surge

Valley Public Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2020 1:19


Ambulance services in Fresno, Kings, Madera and Tulare counties are under a new policy to only transport patients in life-threatening situations. It’s a response to the surge in COVID-19 cases that is overwhelming hospital staff. Dan Lynch, emergency services manager at the Fresno County Department of Public Health, said the new policy will help decrease the number of unnecessary emergency visits to hospitals. Lynch said paramedics and EMT’s will look for specific vital signs first. “[If] they don’t have any primary medical conditions or priority medical conditions like chest pain or difficulty breathing, or something that requires an evaluation, an urgent evaluation at an emergency department,” Lynch said those patients will instead be referred to their own doctor or to urgent care. The policy just went into effect Monday and within the first day, about 50 people were referred. Ambulances typically respond to about 500 calls per day in all four counties. “We also expect that as

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
Episode 76: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Future Federal Transport Policy

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 49:52


This week on the Mondays show we're back to our election night YouTube show chatting with our friends about federal transportation policy!  We're also joined by our co-hosts Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Jerome Horne!  Hope you enjoy it.    

Today in Focus
Why a plan to cut pollution is making people across England so angry

Today in Focus

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 20:14


A slew of initiatives from local councils have meant drivers being moved off residential streets and on to busier main roads. But while many residents support the schemes, the measures have provoked protests. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

VoxTalks
45: Post-pandemic transport policy

VoxTalks

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 11:40


In the UK, public transport use has remained low after lockdown - but car use is almost back to pre-pandemic levels. What does this mean for a sustainable transport policy? David Newbery tell Tim Phillips how we could tax and incentivise ways to get around after the pandemic.

RNZ: Nine To Noon
Transport policy makers urged to treat e-bikes more seriously

RNZ: Nine To Noon

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 16:52


Sales of E bikes are predicted to overtake sales of new cars in a few years, and they have an important roll to play in a low carbon transport system. Public health researcher at the University of Otago, Wellington Caroline Shaw says the restricted view of policy makers is a barrier to progress.

The IJLPP Podcast
S. 02, Ep. 03 The IJLPP Podcast Ft. Sagar Singamsetty and Syed Tamjeed Ahmed: A Brave New World - Transport Policy and Law

The IJLPP Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 49:28


In the Third Episode of our Second Season, Pranav Tanwar interacts with Mr. Sagar Singamsetty , Adjunct Professor, Centre for Aerospace and Defence Laws (CADL), NALSAR and Mr. Syed Tamjeed Ahmed, Aviation Lawyer at Sarin & Co on what does Transport Law and Policy stands for, innovations in the sector, challenges in front of it and the possible ways out. Follow us at:- Website: www.ijlpp.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/IJLPP1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ijlpp/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ijlpp/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/official_ijlpp/ For doubts, queries and feedback: info@ijlpp.com About IJLPP: Indian Journal of Law and Public Policy (IJLPP) is a blind peer-reviewed, bi – annual, law and public policy publication. It is a student reviewed and edited Journal based and operated from New Delhi and comes out with two editions i.e. Summer and Winter in each of its volume every year. We, at IJLPP, seek to create a platform where there is a flow of ideas and thoughts regarding issues which mutually relates to policy making and law. This journal is our solemn effort to promote erudite discernment and academic scholarship over this relationship, in a way which is not mutually dependent on each of these fields but which is mutually exclusive and independent. The focus has been to give a multi – disciplinary approach while recognizing the various effects of law and public policies on the society.

Researching Transit
RT8 - Dr Laura McCarthy - Public transport use among new parents

Researching Transit

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2020 26:59


In this episode of Researching Transit, Dr Laura McCarthy from Monash University highlights the need to design public transport services that are convenient and safe for new parents. Her research uses a life course approach to understand the mobility changes that occur during the transition to parenthood. Dr McCarthy’s research, including qualitative interviews and a survey of new parents, aimed to explore the factors influencing mobility choices following parenthood. While there is much anecdotal understanding of the challenges faced by new parents in terms of the increasing complexity of travel with children, Laura’s research sought to build an evidence base in the empirical literature. A number of studies have shown that, overall, households with children are more car dependent than other household groups. Laura’s research identifies different groups of transport users’, or ‘mobility trajectories’, based on their pre and post parenthood mode use. This approach revealed that, while car use did increase for most groups overall, other groups displayed more sustainable travel patterns following parenthood. Despite having positive attitudes towards public transport, the largest group (so called ‘Transit Leavers’), experienced the greatest decline in transit use. Frequent public transit use declined from 50 per cent pre-parenthood to 10 per cent post-parenthood. This group was most likely to include females and primary caregivers. Each of the five groups shared different characteristics and attitudes towards travel modes. This suggests a one-size-fits-all policy-making approach may need to be abandoned in favour of a more nuanced consideration of the public transport needs of new parents. However, the findings suggest that potential policy changes don’t necessarily need to be extensive or expensive to get new parents using public transport. Even though some parents stop using public transport, they continue to hold positive attitudes towards this mode. Modest changes could be made to better accommodate families with young children using public transport and potentially retain these users.   Laura’s publications can be accessed at the links below McCarthy, L., A. Delbosc, G. Currie and A. Molloy (2019). "Trajectories and Transitions – mobility after parenthood". Transportation. (In press). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-019-10051-5 McCarthy, L., A. Delbosc, G. Currie and A. Molloy (2019). "Transit Faithfuls’ or ‘Transit Leavers’? Understanding mobility trajectories of new parents”. Transport Policy. 78: 105-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.04.007 McCarthy, L., A. Delbosc, G. Currie and A. Molloy (2018). "Parenthood and cars: A weakening relationship?". Transportation (In press). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-018-9963-7 McCarthy, L., A. Delbosc, G. Currie and A. Molloy (2017). "Factors influencing travel mode choice among families with young children (aged 0–4): a review of the literature". Transport Reviews 37(6): 767-781. https://doi.org/10.1080/01441647.2017.1354942 Music from this episode is from https://www.purple-planet.com

AEE podcast
S1 E6: From “acceptance” to identification

AEE podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2020 56:33


Today, we talk with Prof. Maarten Wolsink, who has studied acceptance issues in infrastructure projects, especially renewable energy, for decades. He tells us what's wrong with calling people NIMBY. We briefly return to Rhein-Hunrück to speak with Frank-Michael Uhle about why acceptance was so high there before turning to Marie Leer Jorgensen, who just finished her PhD on Denmark's three policies to increase acceptance. They have been copied in other EU countries, but she problematizes the whole issue. And finally, Craig tells us what he means by "identification instead of acceptance." Music by Tricolor: https://tricolor-web.com/ Hensher, D. A., & Li, Z. (2013). Referendum voting in road pricing reform: A review of the evidence. Transport Policy, 25, 186–197. https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/bitstream/handle/2123/15266/Referendum%20voting%20Revised%208%20Nov%202012%20JTRP-D-12-00104.pdf;jsessionid=8F6BEF6BF9A03C0B7FE341903BCF96AC?sequence=2 “Wind power and the NIMBY-myth: institutional capacity and the limited significance of public support” by Prof. Maarten Wolsink: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960148199001305 Other quotes taken from: "Community energy in Germany: more than just climate change mitigation" by Craig Morris: https://www.unendlich-viel-energie.de/media/file/3591.89_Renews_Spezial_Community_energy_LECo.pdf "Attitudes towards carbon taxes across Europe: The role of perceived uncertainty and self-interest" by Umit and Schaffer, 2019: https://resulumit.com/papers/carbon_taxes.pdf

MinuteEarth
Is There A Better Way To Power Airplanes?

MinuteEarth

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2020 3:01


This video was made in partnership with Bill Gates. To learn more about his work on clean energy, visit https://gatesnot.es/2WDTJ1L It’s hard to replace jet fuel because the alternatives aren’t energetic enough, are too dangerous, or aren’t yet being made at scale. Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube members. ___________________________________________ To learn more, start your googling with these keywords: Jet fuel - a liquid petroleum fuel with high specific energy and energy density, used in airplane jet engines, made of kerosene with a few additives Specific Energy - how much energy something contains per unit mass Energy Density - how much energy something contains per unit volume Synthetic jet fuel - a jet fuel replacement, typically aiming to have lower life cycle environmental impacts than jet fuel (AKA: sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), alternative jet fuel, renewable aviation fuel, renewable jet fuel, biojet fuel, sustainable alternative fuel) Kerosene - a petroleum product that is the main component of jet fuel (and old fashioned lanterns) ___________________________________________ If you liked this week’s video, you might also like: What you get from a barrel of oil - https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/ Real Engineering: Are Electric Planes Possible? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNvzZfsC13o&feature=youtu.be _________________________________________ Subscribe to MinuteEarth on YouTube: http://goo.gl/EpIDGd Support us on Patreon: https://goo.gl/ZVgLQZ And visit our website: https://www.minuteearth.com/ Say hello on Facebook: http://goo.gl/FpAvo6 And Twitter: http://goo.gl/Y1aWVC And download our videos on itunes: https://goo.gl/sfwS6n ___________________________________________ Credits (and Twitter handles): Script Writer and Narrator: Alex Reich (@alexhreich) Video Illustrators: Ever Salazar and Sarah Berman Video Director: Ever Salazar (@eversalazar) With Contributions From: Henry Reich, Kate Yoshida, Peter Reich, David Goldenberg, Julián Gómez, Arcadi Garcia Rius Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder ___________________________________________ References: ATAG. Nov 2017. Beginner’s Guide to Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Edition 3. https://bit.ly/2AcJLLW Accessed Jan 2020. ATAG. “Producing sustainable aviation fuel” https://bit.ly/3gncnmh Accessed Jan 2020 Burton, Freya. Personal communication, Feb 2020 Caldeira, K. Personal communication, Feb 2020 Cey, E., et al. 2019. Energy Education. “Oil formation.” https://bit.ly/3ej8r3Y Accessed Jan 2020 Chuck, C. (Ed.). 2016. Biofuels for aviation: feedstocks, technology and implementation. Academic Press Goldmann, A., et al. 2018. A study on electrofuels in aviation. Energies, 11(2), 392. https://bit.ly/2AfRUis Hileman, J. I., & Stratton, R. W. 2014. Alternative jet fuel feasibility. Transport Policy, 34, 52-62. https://bit.ly/2X8832H IATA. May 2019. “Sustainable Aviation Fuels Fact sheet.” https://bit.ly/2ZO2BDX Accessed Jan 2020 IATA. December 2019. "Fuel Fact Sheet." https://bit.ly/3dcJ0Ry Accessed March 2020 Le Feuvre, P. 18 March 2019. Are aviation biofuels ready for take off? https://bit.ly/2XA5R2T Lehtveer, M., Brynolf, S., & Grahn, M. 2019. What Future for Electrofuels in Transport? Analysis of Cost Competitiveness in Global Climate Mitigation. Environmental science & technology, 53(3), 1690-1697. https://bit.ly/3d96QgX McKinsey. Energy Resources. https://bit.ly/2M7pYzW Accessed December 2019. Monroe Aerospace. 29 April 2019. Why Airplanes Use Kerosene Rather Than Plain Gasoline for Fuel. https://bit.ly/3d8FpnD Searle, S. 15 Nov 2018. Decarbonizing aviation through low-carbon fuels will be beyond difficult. https://bit.ly/2zAN1kc Shaw, R.J. 12 June 2014. "How does a jet engine work?" https://go.nasa.gov/2XOwG3F Accessed Jan 2020 Sindreu, J. 10 Jan 2020. The Promise of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Isn’t for Today. https://on.wsj.com/3gthykv Wikipedia. "Nuclear Powered Aircraft” https://bit.ly/2ZGECGw Accessed Jan 2020. Thanks also to Steve Thorne and Erik Pieh. References for calculations https://bit.ly/3c9Lvmc https://bit.ly/2yC04kS https://bit.ly/2X5OAPV https://bit.ly/2zDqoLT https://bit.ly/3gw1L4n https://bit.ly/2TLZQPo https://bit.ly/2TGOV9B https://bit.ly/2TLG86r https://bit.ly/2ZHdZkN https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=jet+fuel https://www.toyota.com/corolla/features/capacities/1882/1863/1856 https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-much-does-gasoline-weigh.html https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/Transatlantic_Fuel_Efficiency_Ranking_20180912.pdf https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Distance.asp?pn=0 https://physics.info/energy-chemical/ https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/hydrogen-storage https://neutrium.net/properties/specific-energy-and-energy-density-of-fuels/

Researching Transit
RT5 - Professor Graham Currie - Long term impacts of COVID-19 on travel demand

Researching Transit

Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2020 41:17


The impacts of COVID-19 are felt by individuals, while also disrupting the macro processes by which society functions. The effects of restricted movements, fear of virus transmission, and reduced economic activity on travel and activity are significant. In this episode of Researching Transit, Professor Graham Currie delivers early findings of research exploring the long-term impacts of COVID-19 on travel demand. Professor Currie’s project seeks to evaluate the likely effects of COVID-19 on long term travel demand, with implications for spending on big infrastructure projects in cities. The shutdown period has seen a reduction in personal travel, leading to a marked reduction in automobile and public transport use as individuals switch to active modes and work from home instead of travelling to work. For a city like Melbourne, with an infrastructure pipeline of $57 billion, this raises questions about the relevance of such large investments in projects including a suburban rail loop and major road expansions. Despite the marked reduction in travel and shifts to alternate modes, early findings suggest that individuals will return to their preferred travel routines once the threat of the virus is gone. “The number one answer from everybody is that they will go back to the activities that they had done before… Fundamentally the land use we have, the activities we have, the employment we have and the transport system we have are all there influencing their travel patterns” The desired “return to normal” poses bigger problems for public transport, which cannot safely accommodate the normal peak capacity while the risk of virus remains. Professor Currie suggests this will encourage us to be flexible: to draw on the full range of travel demand management tools to find ways to facilitate the movement of people that were previously using public transport. With no space available for extra road capacity, this will challenge planners and policy makers to go beyond the conventional approach which has been to predict and provide. In its next phase the project will seek to understand how the population is affected differently by COVID-19, and what the behavioural responses have been. More information about the project is available at the links below. Project scope: https://lens.monash.edu/2020/05/19/1380466/will-covid-19-affect-victorias-57-billion-transport-spend Webinars: - Planning for uncertainty in public transport, Veitch Lister Consulting, https://veitchlister.com.au/webinar-planning-for-uncertainty-in-public-transport/, 13 May 2020 - Reimagining mobility in Melbourne after COVID-19, Committee for Melbourne, [insert link] 19 May 2020. Other research mentioned in this episode: Modelling public transport capacities to support safe social distancing: WSP 2020, COVID-19 & Public transport: From response to recovery, https://www.wsp.com/en-AU/insights/covid-19-and-public-transport-from-response-to-recovery Beck, M.J. and Hensher, D.A.2020, Insights into the Impact of Covid-19 on Household Travel, Working, Activities and Shopping in Australia – the early days under Restrictions, Working Paper, https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/22247 Marsden, G, Anable, J, Chatterton, T, Docherty, I, Faulconbridge, J, Murray, L, Roby, H & Shires, J 2020, 'Studying disruptive events: Innovations in behaviour, opportunities for lower carbon transport policy?', Transport Policy , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.04.008 Music from this episode is from https://www.purple-planet.com

Just Transport Podcast
S1 E1 - Just transitions in transport policy with Lena Stiller (TUMI)

Just Transport Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2020 26:37


Lena Stiller is a Transport Policy Advisor at the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative, better known as TUMI. After her efforts to coordinate discussions around the bus transport industry's response to COVID-19, her insights about the transport industry from TUMI's point of view became of interest. We talk through the private car culture and toward the importance of enabling policy implementation. The kind of implementation that cities and towns identify and nurture with technical and organisational support. She recommends a few focus areas for emerging researchers, and explains the importance of just transitions toward sustainable mobility. Read more about her here: https://www.transformative-mobility.org/experts/lena-stiller

European Parliament - EPRS Policy podcasts

Transport is a cornerstone of European integration. It helps keep the European economy moving and allows us to move around quickly and safely… but also sustainably! The new Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, has put transport on a fast track towards becoming decarbonised and digital! But it won’t be an easy journey… http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=EPRS_BRI(2020)646177 Source: © European Union - EP

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Today in Focus
Will HS2 really benefit the north?

Today in Focus

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2020 37:17


As the government prepares to give the green light to a new high-speed rail line between London, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, Helen Pidd looks at the dire state of transport links in the north of England. Plus: Annabel Dixon argues that Britain should follow the lead of other European countries on assisted dying legislation. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Mediawatch
Cycle of outrage called out on talkback

Mediawatch

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2019 8:59


To pump up interest in its transport policy the National Party spoon-fed the media part of it: police fining cyclists who spurn cycleways. But the prospect of Bike Force Raptor backfired when callers to the nation's top-rating talkback poured scorn on the plan. 

RNZ: Mediawatch
Cycle of outrage called out on talkback

RNZ: Mediawatch

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2019 8:59


To pump up interest in its transport policy the National Party spoon-fed the media part of it: police fining cyclists who spurn cycleways. But the prospect of Bike Force Raptor backfired when callers to the nation's top-rating talkback poured scorn on the plan. 

Let's talk about Electric Vehicles
Can We Trust USED EVs? | About Resale Values & EV Dealerships

Let's talk about Electric Vehicles

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019 21:35


An interview with Jim Steil, the co-founder of GoElectric, a used electric car dealer in Calgary, Alberta. I learned that a good strategy for EV dealers is to import the vehicles from places with high subsidies. And a good way to test the battery quality aside from using the software is to just drive around until the battery is empty and see how far you can get. Also, there is still a lot of misinformation around about electric cars. Many people don’t know that you charge them in a regular outlet. Many people are concerned about the battery performance in winter. As for the value of used electric cars: To determine the price, GoElectric orientates on the few other dealers that offer used electric cars, and Jim Steil thinks that electric cars still depreciate faster than gasoline cars because the technology is enhancing so fast. But – that could also be a good thing for consumers. Because they can have a great used electric car for less. I am excited to follow the future development of the used EV market. Supportwww.patreon.com/electricvehiclepodcast ☝Support this podcast & get unlisted episodesContact InformationE-Mail: electric-vehicle-podcast@outlook.comWebsite: www.electric-vehicle-podcast.comTwitter: teresa_rhoferFacebook: ElectricVehiclePodcastReferencesCheck out GoElectricSome reading material, though unfortunately quite old:[1] K. Storchmann, “On the Depreciation of Automobiles: An International Comparison,” Transportation, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 371–408, Nov. 2004.[2] B. Propfe, M. Redelbach, D. Santini, and H. Friedrich, “Cost analysis of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles including Maintenance & Repair Costs and Resale Values,” WEVJ, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 886–895, 2012.[3] E. A. Gilmore and L. B. Lave, “Comparing resale prices and total cost of ownership for gasoline, hybrid and diesel passenger cars and trucks,” Transport Policy, vol. 27, pp. 200–208, May 2013.MusicDigital Future Technology [audiojungle]

Mediawatch
Taking transport stats for a ride

Mediawatch

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2019 9:08


How we get around increasingly congested cities and towns has become a hot topic and paying for public transport is a an increasingly fraught political issue, especially as councils around the country are declaring 'climate emergencies'. But do claims the facts are being spun to suit agendas stand up?

RNZ: Mediawatch
Taking transport stats for a ride

RNZ: Mediawatch

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2019 9:08


How we get around increasingly congested cities and towns has become a hot topic and paying for public transport is a an increasingly fraught political issue, especially as councils around the country are declaring 'climate emergencies'. But do claims the facts are being spun to suit agendas stand up?

Finding Genius Podcast
Self-Driving Cars Tempering the Hype, Evaluating the Problems—Christian Wolmar—Transport Policy Pundit and Author

Finding Genius Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2019 37:09


Media coverage on the prospect of self-driving cars leading the future of transportation has been almost entirely positive, highlighting the potential benefits and avoiding discussion of the numerous questions that remain. At first, Christian Wolmar, a pundit and author who's been an authoritative source on transport matters for over 25 years, swallowed the hype surrounding this new form of technology. But he didn't have to look too closely to realize that the hype was undue, with too many technical and social objections to ignore.   On today's episode, he delivers an overview of the many concerns with driverless cars, and the many challenges that would need to be overcome in order to realistically and safely consider a future in which they are the primary means of transportation. Tune in for an important and informative conversation on this emerging form of technology that's generating excitement, fear, and uncertainty.   Visit http://www.christianwolmar.co.uk/ to read all of Wolmar's recent articles.

Agility Mindset Podcast
Agility Mindset Podcast episode 5- Nicole Badstuber And Christine Foster

Agility Mindset Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2019 26:29


In episode five of the Agility Mindset Podcast Fiona Cannon meets Nicole Badstuber, Doctoral Researcher in Transport Policy and Governance at UCL’s Centre for Transport and Christine Foster, Managing Director for Innovation, The Alan Turing Institute, to move beyond the office and corporate politics to look at some of the wider factors making it essential that we reassess our approach to where and how we work.

Small Changes
Capital offence: tackling harassment on public transport in Bogotá

Small Changes

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 16:30


In Colombia’s capital, many women are reliant on buses. Ángela Anzola and the city’s mayor want transport designed by men to be safer for women

Eavesdrop on Experts
How is commuting changing us?

Eavesdrop on Experts

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2018 28:33


In his new book, Transit Life published by MIT Press, Associate Professor David Bissell encourages us to think about how we use our daily commute, and it is shaping our relationships, how we work and how we build our cities. He chats about the joys and pains of commuting to Steve Grimwade.Episode recorded: August 21, 2018Interviewer: Steve GrimwadeProducers: Chris Hatzis, Dr Andi Horvath and Silvi Vann-WallAudio engineer and editor: Chris HatzisBanner image: Shutterstock

Chips with everything - The Guardian
How do you build a self-repairing city? – tech podcast

Chips with everything - The Guardian

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2017 16:27


Leigh Alexander finds out how close we are to the end of potholes and road works. Could Leeds become the first city to repair itself, using new robot technology?

Reducing the impact of transport on the environment
Transport policy and its influence on the city of tomorrow

Reducing the impact of transport on the environment

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2014 12:49


Greg Marsden is a Senior Lecturer in Transport Policy and Strategy and Director of Institute at the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds. Greg has a Ph.D. in Urban Pollution Estimation from the University of Nottingham and joined the University of Leeds after a two-year period as specialist adviser to the UK Parliamentary Transport scrutiny committee. His principle research interests relate to the impact of governance structures and institutions on decision-making, end user energy demand reduction through innovative transport policies and the role of information on the dynamics of public policy decision-making. Greg is a member of the UK Sustainable Development Panel, the Independent Transport Commission and the TRB Performance Measurement Committee. Greg is Co-Director of the UK social science capacity building network for PhD and Early Career researchers in transport and mobility (The Forge). In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation
Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation: 11. Evaluation, simulation and guidelines

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2012 88:43


American Planning Association
Tuesdays at APA-DC: Travel Behavior, Transport Policy, and Sustainable Transport in Germany and the U.S

American Planning Association

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2012


Travel Behavior, Transport Policy, and Sustainable Transport in Germany and the USA February 21, 2012 Reliance on the automobile for most trips contributes to costly trends like pollution, oil dependence, congestion, and obesity. Germany and the U.S. have among the highest motorization rates in the world. Yet Germans make a four times higher share of trips by foot, bike, and public transport and drive for a 25 percent lower share of trips. This presentation investigated daily travel behavior in the two countries and then examined the transport and land-use policies in Germany over the last 40 years that have encouraged more walking, bicycling, and public transport use. Using a case study of policy changes in the German city of Freiburg, Ralph Buehler identified policies that are transferable to car-oriented countries around the world.

Prime minister's questions
Prime minister's questions: 11 January 2012 - audio

Prime minister's questions

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2012 34:59


David Cameron takes questions from Labour's Ed Miliband and other MPs at the first of the weekly parliamentary events of 2012. Listen to PMQs in full here

The Business podcast
The Business podcast: The future of British manufacturing

The Business podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2011 31:45


Britain produces less than it consumes. Sir Alan Rudge, Sukhdev Johal, Gregg McClymont and Heather Stewart discuss the future of British industry

Welsh Transport Logistics
Integrated Transport Policy

Welsh Transport Logistics

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2010 16:35


In his presentation on integrated transport policy, Professor Cole provides an insight into the elements involved.