Let's Talk Transport

This month, Annika and Rahul discuss the Gender Equality Toolkit in Transport project with Laura Brooks, Molly Hoggard and Marie Godward. GET IT : Gender Equality Toolkit In Transport, is an open access toolkit designed for transport professionals to inform and provide resources on gender equality issues in transport. You can access the toolkit and its resources here: https://www.the-get-it.com/

If you would like to get in touch with the team to feedback on the project, you can do so via LinkedIn or email.

Annika and Rahul discuss the topic of self-driving cars with Professor Glenn Lyons. The team explore the introduction of driverless cars on to our roads and the ways in which our transport infrastructure may need to adapt to support this change.

Professor Glenn Lyons is the Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility at UWE Bristol and founder of the Centre for Transport & Society.

In the second part of this episode, Annika and Rahul look at the roles of electric vehicles and infrastructure development in decarbonising transport with Helen Westhead and Daniel McCool of Arup. In their conversation the group look at the need for private and public sector collaboration for EVs, the need to factor in the needs of rural communities and possible new routes to decarbonisation like the development of hydrogen vehicles.

In the first part of the third instalment of the Let's Talk Transport series, Annika and Rahul discuss the task to decarbonise transport with Helen Westhead and Daniel McCool of Arup. In their conversation, the team look at routes to decarbonisation, the possible need for a culture change in the way we view transport and the potential impact of changes over the last year.

Low traffic neighbourhoods are explored in an interview with Aldred is a Professor of Transport for the Uni of Westminster and the founder of the Active Travel Academy

In the first episode of the Let’s Talk Transport podcast series for CIHT Young Professionals. Annika Davies and Rahul Modhvadia discuss the effects of covid-19 on transport and how changing work patterns may affect future planning. The podcast includes an interview with Martin Tugwell, CIHT President.

Let’s Talk Transport is a new podcast series led by our CIHT Young Professionals. The series will cover several different topics across the year including sustainability, road safety and electric vehicles. The podcast is led by Annika Davies (Recruitment Officer for CIHT London & Transport Consultant at Markides Associates) and Rahul Modhvadia (Young Professional Chair for CIHT Cymru Wales & Engineer at Jacobs).
In 2020, the effects of the coronavirus pandemic resulted in a drastic shift in how many use transport. There were benefits to this as well as negatives; but as we look to the end of the pandemic will industry plans for the future of transport need to be revised? What will be the long-term effects of shifting working patterns and remote working? And what will be the impact on young professionals? These questions are explored in this podcast.

The podcast also includes an interview with Martin Tugwell, CIHT President who also talks about his view on the topic, his experience as the CIHT President and the new opportunities for CIHT members to get more involved. Martin is also the Programme Director at England’s Economic Heartland (EEH), one of 7 Sub-national Transport Bodies in England, which brings political and business leaders together in a strategic collaborative partnership committed to realising the economic potential of the Heartland, including the Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge Arc.
Please note: The interview was recorded in December 2020 and does not reflect the current UK government guidance on travel. To find out more about the current guidance go here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-guidance