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 What Can Transport Planners Learn From Cinema?
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πŸ€” What Can Transport Planners Learn From Cinema?

April 23rd, 2026 Subscribe Podcast - Road Safety Part 1 The latest Transport Leaders Podcast is the first of a three-part series on road safety. What lessons can we learn from the road safety fights of the past? You can listen here You can watch here Sponsorship Opportunities Are you interested in reaching over 3000 transport leaders? Please email me: russell@transportlc.org What Can Transport Planners Learn From Cinema? Key Takeaways Cinema can provide a range of insights and lessons into...

Designing Streets as If Children Matter

Subscribe Welcome. In Today's Transport Leader: Designing Streets as If Children Matter Hamburg Wants Drones in Its Skies, But at What Cost to Livability? No Magic Bullet: Rethinking Transport in the Suburbs Plus Quick Trips, Podcast, Innovation and Tool. Read online Transport Reform Network Update Over 60 people have now volunteered to be part of the working groups, pulling together reform resources covering a wide range of topics. To find out more, click here. Sponsorship Opportunities Are...

Two Takes on Transport: Fares and Carpooling in a Time of Crisis

April 17th, 2026 Subscribe Responding To The Oil Crisis The latest Transport Leaders Podcast discusses how we should respond to the oil crisis. You can listen here You can watch here Sponsorship Opportunities Are you interested in reaching over 3000 transport leaders? Please email me: russell@transportlc.org Two Takes on Transport: Fares and Carpooling in a Time of Crisis Key Takeaways In this blog, Sam Sklar and I discuss the pros and cons of free fares and car pooling in response to the oil...

Big Ambitions, Vague Targets: The UK's Integrated Transport Policy Paper

Subscribe Welcome. In Today's Transport Leader: Big Ambitions, Vague Targets: The UK's Integrated Transport Policy Paper The Policy Behind Japan's World-Class Rail Network Getting Transport Research into the Hands of Policymakers Plus Quick Trips and Podcast. Read online Sponsorship Opportunities Are you interested in reaching over 3000 transport leaders? Please email me: russell@transportlc.org Policy Big Ambitions, Vague Targets: The UK's Integrated Transport Policy Paper There is a lot of...

Why Waste A Crisis (Crude Oil Edition)?

April 9th, 2026 Subscribe The Problems With Value Engineering The latest Transport Leaders Podcast discusses the problems of value engineering. You can listen here You can watch here Sponsorship Opportunities Are you interested in reaching over 3000 transport leaders? Please email me: russell@transportlc.org Why Waste A Crisis (Crude Oil Edition)? Key Takeaways Oil supply disruptions consistently expose how deeply car-dependent countries like Australia and the United States are. A crisis...

How Anne Hidalgo Changed Paris and the Limits of Replicating It

Subscribe Welcome. In Today's Transport Leader: How Anne Hidalgo Changed Paris and the Limits of Replicating It All Aboard the Data Train β€” But Where's the Timetable? Safe, Social, and Fun: Rethinking Cycling Policy for Young People Plus Quick Trips, Podcast and Tool. Read online Sponsorship Opportunities Are you interested in reaching over 3000 transport leaders? Please email me: russell@transportlc.org Policy How Anne Hidalgo Changed Paris and the Limits of Replicating It Anne Hidalgo has...

Linear Minds, Complex Problems: How Better Education Could Help Fix Our Broken Transport Policies

April 2nd, 2026 Subscribe Putting Generalists In Charge Of Transport The latest Transport Leaders Podcast discusses the problems of putting generalists in charge of transport. You can listen here You can watch here Transport Reform Network Working Groups Working groups are the engine room of the Transport Reform Network, where resources get built, case studies get shared, and connections get made with people tackling the same challenges you are. Volunteers are now getting involved across nine...

Cracking the Code on Travel Behaviour Change

Subscribe Welcome. In Today's Transport Leader: Cracking the Code on Travel Behaviour Change What Would It Take to Get Kids Walking and Cycling to School Again? Wheels of Change: How Autonomous Vehicles Could Reshape Transport for the Elderly Plus Quick Trips, Podcast and Tool. Read online Sponsorship Opportunities Are you interested in reaching over 3000 transport leaders? Please email me: russell@transportlc.org Policy Cracking the Code on Travel Behaviour Change What is the best...

The Road Not Priced: Learning from Our EV Mistakes Before AVs Change Everything

March 26th, 2026 Subscribe The Mid-Size City Trap The latest Transport Leaders Podcast discusses how to escape the mid-size city trap of car-dependency. You can listen here You can watch here Sponsorship Opportunities Are you interested in reaching over 3000 transport leaders? Please email me: russell@transportlc.org The Road Not Priced: Learning from Our EV Mistakes Before AVs Change Everything Key Takeaways AVs have enormous potential to transform our cities, but without road user charging...

London's Vision Zero: Promising Progress, But Not Fast Enough

Subscribe Welcome. In Today's Transport Leader: London's Vision Zero: Promising Progress, But Not Fast Enough Redesigning Streets for People: Key Lessons from the Active Cities Project What 50 Studies Say About Transport Governance Plus Quick Trips, Podcast and Tool. Read online Join A Working Group The Transport Reform Network (TRN) is setting up working groups to pull together resources to overcome barriers to reform. Working group topics include public and active transport, integrated...