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Streets Ahead Podcast

@podstreetsahead.bsky.social
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Streets Ahead is a podcast dedicated to the world of active travel, liveable streets and urban design. Hosts: @nedboulting.bsky.social @adamtranter.bsky.social @lauralaker.bsky.social Our Patreon: www.patreon.com/StreetsAheadPodcast

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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🚨New Streets Ahead Episode! A day in the life of the City of London cycling police, as Laura shadows the team, out on the streets catching illegal e-motorbikes: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Catching illegal e-motos with the City of London Police | Streets Ahead
Out on the street with the City's Cycling Team
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
NEW EPISODE! 🚨 She called for cyclists to be banned. Then she gave up her car. In 2015, @yvettecaster.bsky.social used a Metro column to call for cyclists to be "banned"; but lockdown changed her perspective. Ned & Laura find out: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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She called for cyclists to be banned. Then she gave up her car. | Streets Ahead
How one woman went from hating cycling to loving it
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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Latest @podstreetsahead.bsky.social episode is live, with @nedboulting.bsky.social 'She called for cyclists to be banned.... then she gave up her car...' pca.st/episode/e927...
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
NEW Streets Ahead EPISODE! 🚨Join Laura exploring what could possibly be England's worst cycling and walking route: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Is this England's worst cycling and walking route? | Streets Ahead
A pavement next to a 70mph dual carriageway
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
NEW Streets Ahead EPISODE! 🚨Cardiff's bike routes (and new developments) are going green. Laura visited earlier this year to investigate shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Cardiff's Bike Routes Are Going Green | Streets Ahead
What's happening in Wales' capital city?
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
NEW Streets Ahead EPISODE! 🚨 Local Elections: What do they mean for active travel? with @mrmjprice.bsky.social and @plaistovian.bsky.social shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Local Elections: What do they mean for active travel? | Streets Ahead
Winners and losers
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Martin Price-Phillips @mpricephillips.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Look mum, I’m in a Streets Ahead Podcast, discussing local elections, no overall control councils and combined authority board voting. 😅 (Recorded mere hours before news that Labour won’t enter the Birmingham coalition)
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Local Elections: What do they mean for active travel? | Streets Ahead
Winners and losers
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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
NEW Streets Ahead EPISODE! 🚨 Children and streets with @aliceferguson.bsky.social and Tim Gill. The impact of cars on children amounts to a 100-year pandemic hiding in plain sight, they say, following the launch of their new report. Listen here: shows.acast.com/5e8ee3bc4fc2...
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Children & Streets | Streets Ahead
Solving decades of inaction on children's access to streets
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
NEW Streets Ahead EPISODE! 🚨 Children and streets with @aliceferguson.bsky.social and Tim Gill. The impact of cars on children amounts to a 100-year pandemic hiding in plain sight, they say, following the launch of their new report. Listen here: shows.acast.com/5e8ee3bc4fc2...
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Children & Streets | Streets Ahead
Solving decades of inaction on children's access to streets
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
NEW EPISODE! 🚨 London’s road danger reduction plan under the microscope. What will it take to achieve Vision Zero by 2041? With @willnorman.co.uk, @adamtranter.bsky.social & @lauralaker.bsky.social Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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The Road to Vision Zero in London, with Will Norman | Streets Ahead
London's Cycling & Walking Commissioner
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨Women protesting for safer cycle routes - Laura joins a protest and the opening of a new cycle lane, and meets some people along the way shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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How to help women feel safe cycling | Streets Ahead
Laura goes out and about in London
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Got something you'd like to ask Ned, Adam and Laura for a future podcast? They would love to (try to) answer them! Post said questions below, or you can email them to streetsahead@fusion-media.co.uk. Get in touch!
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Dave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
If you are interested in Active Travel podcasts then @podstreetsahead.bsky.social @biketalk.bsky.social and @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org are excellent company covering this week India, UK, US and Birmingham.
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Dave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Thank you for doing this. Councillor Waseem Zaffar was a real leader with vision, courage and determination. @mumsforlungs.bsky.social @asthmaandlung.org.uk @cyclinguk.bsky.social #PushBikes @podstreetsahead.bsky.social @biketalk.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨 2026: the Journey so Far. @adamtranter.bsky.social @nedboulting.bsky.social and @lauralaker.bsky.social discuss local politics in the run up to the May elections, Ned's trip to India, and learnings from New York mayor Zohran Mamdani (& other mayors) shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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2026: The Journey So Far | Streets Ahead
Free Parking, “Stalinist” Cities, and India’s First UCI Stage Race
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Andy @andydrummond.eurosky.social · 22/12/2025
I didn’t realise until I listened to @podstreetsahead.bsky.social that #CWIS3 is a requirement of the Infrastructure Act. What’s particularly annoying is that a robust CWIS will serve so many of HMG’s priorities, and not having one will make it hard for them to meet these.
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨This time, we're talking Outputs, not Outcomes and England's Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, with Xavier Brice of @walkwheelcyclet.bsky.social Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Outputs not outcomes (CWIS3) | Streets Ahead
And why we need to start treating active travel like road and rail transport
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
NEW POD EPISODE! 🚨An unhappy fifth birthday. Five years and four prime ministers since the pavement parking consultation ended, and still no action. What will it take to reclaim pavements? shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Pavement Parking: An Unhappy Fifth Birthday | Streets Ahead
We wish the government's pavement parking consultation its unwanted fifth birthday
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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Bluesky hivemind: which topic(s) would you like to hear us at @podstreetsahead.bsky.social discuss next?
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
NEW EPISODE! 🚨 Lisbon’s Streets and the People Trying to Change Them Lisbon is a beautiful city with a reputation for being a safe place. That's true from one lens, but look deeper and you'll discover a city with one of the worst road safety records in Europe. shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Lisbon’s Streets and the People Trying to Change Them | Streets Ahead
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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🚨New @podstreetsahead.bsky.social podcast alert! This time, we recorded from Lisbon, on the city's streets, and talking to the people trying to change them shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Lisbon’s Streets and the People Trying to Change Them | Streets Ahead
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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
New @podstreetsahead.bsky.social episode alert! 🚨 this time, it's about women leading the way in cycling and safer streets pca.st/episode/514f...
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Women Leading the Way
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
NEW EPISODE!🚨 @lauralaker.bsky.social speaks to four great guests across three continents about the role of women in the world of cycling. Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 👇 shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Women Leading the Way | Streets Ahead
Women around the world leading in cycling, adventure, the cycle industry and safer streets
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Laura Laker @lauralaker.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Your weekend Streets Ahead listen has landed - the long summer edition 🌞 ⛱️
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Dave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Essential listening will cheer you up in dark times. @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org @cyclinguk.bsky.social @livingstreets.bsky.social @playingout.bsky.social
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
NEW EPISODE! 🚨 We report from The Future Design of Streets conference, with global insights by: Maria Vassilakou, ex-Vice Mayor of Vienna Demetrio Scopelliti, Milan urban planner Agustina Martire, Reader, Queen’s University David Sim, author of Soft City Listen: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
Portraits of contributors from Future Design of Streets
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
NEW EPISODE! 🚨 @lauralaker.bsky.social speaks with Melissa Bruntlett @modacitylife.com about the topics in her upcoming book: "Women Changing Cities: Global Stories of Urban Transformation." Listen here - or wherever you get your podcasts. shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Women Changing Cities | Streets Ahead
Streets Ahead talks to Melissa Bruntlett, of Melissa and Chris Bruntlett, about women in urban leadership and their new book
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
New episode!🚨The band @adamtranter.bsky.social, @lauralaker.bsky.social and @nedboulting.bsky.social is back together to talk spending review, Fake e-bikes & bike racing. Ned makes a prediction, Adam gets philosophical over spending and Laura went to Copenhagen shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Spending Review, Fake E-Bikes & Bike Racing | Streets Ahead
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New episode!🚨Going Rural. Active travel is often associated with urban cycleways but rural or interurban paths are crucial too. This episode is sponsored by PJA - and @phil-pja.bsky.social and Ben Coleman join @lauralaker.bsky.social and @adamtranter.bsky.social shows.acast.com/streets-ahead
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Streets Ahead
A podcast podcast dedicated to all things cycling, walking and wheeling, in the UK and beyond.
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New episode!🚨Going Rural. Active travel is often associated with urban cycleways but rural or interurban paths are crucial too. This episode is sponsored by PJA - and @phil-pja.bsky.social and Ben Coleman join @lauralaker.bsky.social and @adamtranter.bsky.social shows.acast.com/streets-ahead
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Streets Ahead
A podcast podcast dedicated to all things cycling, walking and wheeling, in the UK and beyond.
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
New episode!🚨Side Road Zebras 🦓 This time we're about the simple road stripes that could transform walking and wheeling in the UK, if they're approved. So far it's been six transport ministers, and counting. With @chrisboardman.bsky.social and @maxsullivan.bsky.social shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Side Road Zebras | Streets Ahead
The white lines that could transform walking... are they finally coming to England?
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
NEW EPISODE! 🚨And this time it's an episode about walking! It's about time, you might say. You might also ask: what does 55 years of campaigning for pedestrians get you? Find out here: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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55 years of campaigning for walking | Streets Ahead
Pedestrian campaigning legend and nonagenarian Terence Bendixson, at home
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
NEW EPISODE! 🚨We discuss GROWTH 📈, interviewing economist Dr Alex Chapman from @neweconomics.bsky.social. We ask: do big transport projects lead to growth, and if so, at what cost? Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧👇 shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Growth, but at what cost? | Streets Ahead
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
🚨New episode! Ned, Laura and Adam meet to talk about delivery riders in the gig economy. Laura finds a happy rider, and we interview author and academic Callum Cant about the reality for riders, and the creep of AI in our lives Delivery Riders: who wins? shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Delivery Riders: who wins? | Streets Ahead
The gig economy and the impact of AI on working lives, with Callum Cant
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Dave Cox @davidcox65.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
The @streetsaheadpod.bsky.social episode will include an interview with @callumcant.bsky.social by @lauralaker.bsky.social interesting and worrying AI “growth” for whose benefit? Developments since his book
Cover of Riding for Deliveroo by Callum Cant 2020
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
We're about to publish our latest episode - it's a good one - and great news, our lovely Patreon supporters can listen early. You can find out more about supporting the pod, all the options and perks, including, yes, stickers, here: www.patreon.com/StreetsAhead...
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Active travel, liveable streets and urban design.
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Streets Ahead Podcast @podstreetsahead.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
It's great to be here. We're a little podcast hosted by @adamtranter.bsky.social @nedboulting.bsky.social and @lauralaker.bsky.social. In our latest, we joined a bike bus - it was immense fun and, of course educational. Listen 🎧 here or wherever you get your podcasts: shows.acast.com/streets-ahea...
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Streets Ahead joins a Bike Bus! | Streets Ahead
Ned and Laura take to the streets for a school run with a difference
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