The Bristol Cable: The Future of Cities

By The Bristol Cable

How do we build cities fit for the future? This is a series of audio long reads from the Bristol Cable's in-depth series of reporting on solutions to problems faced by Bristol and cities across the

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The Bristol Cable: The Future of Cities episodes:

June 09, 2023 People power: how can community electricity grids help tackle the energy crisis?
A small-scale ‘microgrid’ scheme in Lawrence Weston is helping a group of Bristol homeowners take power into their own hands – but how can we supercharge community energy projects to benefit everyone?
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15min
May 03, 2023 4. Could Bristol’s car parks be transformed into much-needed housing?
Across the Bristol area, hundreds of acres of space is occupied by off-street car parks. What impact could building new homes on them have on the housing crisis, and on making the city more liveable?
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17min
March 01, 2023 3. Taking back control: is bus franchising the route out of Bristol’s public transport chaos?
Metro Mayor Dan Norris says he is open to Bristol taking greater public control over its bus services, but he is currently lagging behind other regional leaders who are pushing ahead with reforms in an attempt to improve vital bus services.
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21min
December 07, 2022 2. Rent Controls: Lessons From Lille
As Bristol prepares to ask the government for extra powers to bring in rent controls, the Cable investigates what can be learned from across the channel in France, and in Scotland where reform is already in motion.
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22min
November 08, 2022 1. Rethinking regeneration: Could co-design help transform Bristol’s housing estates?
Welcome to this audio long read by the Bristol Cable, the independent, investigative newspaper owned by thousands of people in Bristol. This is the first instalment of The Future of Cities, a year-long series looking at solutions to problems in Bristol and cities around the world, from housing to transport and energy.

In Bristol, it’s crunch time, as many of our post-war housing estates are in need of upgrading or rebuilding. A grassroots project in south Bristol is pioneering a way to involve current residents in designing new homes. So as Bristol City Council considers rebuilding and upgrading its social housing – can the city’s crop of radical co-design projects provide a model for delivering regeneration at scale?

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20min

FAQs about The Bristol Cable: The Future of Cities:

How many episodes does The Bristol Cable: The Future of Cities have?

The podcast currently has 5 episodes available.