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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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March 19th, 2026 Subscribe Australian High Speed Rail The latest version of the Transport Leaders Podcast discusses what is in Australia's recently released high-speed rail business case (warning: we were not impressed). You can listen here You can watch here A quick recommendation from me: go subscribe to the Freewheeling Blog by Thomas Ableman. He is one of the best thinkers on improving transport systems. His latest blog provides plenty of food for thought on how we pilot new ideas and...
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Subscribe Welcome. In Today's Transport Leader: Ireland's New Transport Strategy: Ambitious Vision, Cautious Action Roads Less Travelled: The Case for Traffic Evaporation Car Insurance: Reform For Safer Roads? Plus Quick Trips, Tool and Innovation. Read online Join The Network The Transport Reform Network (TRN) will soon offer workshops to help community members get transport reforms unstuck. To be kept up to date, make sure you have signed up for the network. Register An Interest Sponsorship...
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March 12th, 2026 Subscribe Sponsorship Opportunities Are you interested in reaching over 3000 transport leaders? Please email me: russell@transportlc.org More Roads, More Problems: The Mid-Size City Trap and How to Escape It Key Takeaways Growing mid-size cities are caught in a trap: sprawling and building more roads to fix congestion creates more traffic, which creates demand for more roads. This cycle is poorly understood by the public and by most politicians. Half-measures do not work:...
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