Our guest today is Leigh Stolworthy, Transport Planning Director at Stantec. Leigh discusses the critical relationship between transport planning and place making, exploring solutions at both city and rural scales.

In this episode, Leigh talks about:

• the importance of integrating transport planning and land use planning from day one
• why public transport investment needs rebalancing to create viable alternatives to cars
• the differences between city scale and rural scale transport solutions and why one approach doesn’t fit all
• how data and new metrics are transforming our understanding of successful transport planning
• the importance of making small, incremental infrastructure improvements to improve the experience and encourage more active travel.

The Interchange Podcast is produced in association with Arcadis and interviews leading changemakers and thinkers about how we can make integrated transport infrastructure happen. This season’s discussions fall under 4 key themes: Place, Data and Digitisation, Energy and Environment.

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Our guests are Chacasta Pritlove Head of Transport, UK public sector, Google Cloud and Katherine Williamson, Chief Data Officer for the Department for Transport (DfT).  

In this episode, Katherine and Chacasta talk about: 

• The unique data challenges the sector faces with infrastructure lasting 30-50 years, requiring organisations to balance long-term asset management with modern data needs while ensuring quality and accessibility. 
• The importance of having high quality, standardised data that’s been collected with its end use in mind. 
• Why data sharing and openness across transport modes is important and while it remains complex to tackle it’s still also very important to do.  
• How the focus is shifting toward making transport more accessible and equitable through data-driven solutions, with digital twins and AI helping to create more responsive and inclusive transport systems. 
• The need for behaviour change alongside systems and workflow changes to embed data and AI across organisations and society.   

The Interchange Podcast is produced in association with Arcadis and interviews leading changemakers and thinkers about how we can make integrated transport infrastructure happen. This season’s discussions fall under 4 key themes: Place, Data and Digitisation, Energy and Environment.  

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Google Cloud 

The Department for Transport 

The Open Data Institute  

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Decarbonising transport at a rapid pace is dependent on working in tandem with the energy sector.

Today’s two guests on the show Andy Clarke, Integrated Transport Director from Costain and James Rowntree, Director of Strategic Growth and Major Projects, WSP discuss transport decarbonisation and how if we want to achieve our ambitious UK targets, both the energy and transport

In this episode, we talk about:

• the close link between energy and transport and how we have to get them to work better together better to deliver a low carbon transport network.
• how integrated transport delivery is about creating a connected system that includes transport, energy, policy, finance and much, much more.
• the rapid investment and ambitious development pipeline to upgrade our electricity grid infrastructure.
• the role of innovation with technology such as hydrogen and battery storage, which we will need to develop, to hit our net zero targets.
• the rising importance of local generation and for multiple energy generation solutions.

Produced in association with Arcadis, The Interchange Podcast interviews leading changemakers and thinkers about how we can make integrated transport infrastructure happen. This season’s discussions fall under 4 key themes: Place, Data and Digital, Energy and Environment.

The Interchange Podcast series is part of Interchange, which is a platform that culminates in a thought-provoking two-day major conference being held on 04/05 March 2025 at Manchester Central.

Both Andy and James are on Interchange’s Energy Workgroup who are helping to shape the programme for the Interchange conference.

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WSP

Costain

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National Grid - The Great Grid Upgrade

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Our guest today, Vernon Everitt, Transport Commissioner for Greater Manchester Combined Authority, is tasked with advising on how to make integrated transport delivery happen in the Greater Manchester city region.

In the episode, Vernon talks about:

• his remit and role as Transport Commissioner at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and his previous customer centric roles at Transport for London.
• the importance of leadership and a single point of accountability to make integration happen and his optimism for the Metro Mayor city leadership model that is happening across the country
• why integrated transport is ultimately about providing a high-quality service that gives passenger options and choice
• the development of the Bee Network including its progress to date, the role of innovation, the proposed Liverpool - Manchester Railway (Northern Powerhouse Rail) and the future roadmap for the network
• the role of an integrated transport in decarbonisation and how it is a key part of transitioning to a low carbon economy.

The Interchange Podcast is produced in association with Arcadis and interviews leading changemakers and thinkers about how we can make integrated transport infrastructure happen. This season’s discussions fall under 4 key themes: Place, Data and Digitisation, Energy and Environment.

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Greater Manchester Combined Authority

The Bee Network

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Welcome to Season 2 of the Interchange podcast. Our guest today is Paul Toyne who is Head of Sustainability (Group) at Grimshaw Architects and recently has been elected to the Board of The British Aviation Group (BAG).  

In this podcast, Paul shares:

- his people-centric definition of what integrated transport infrastructure is and the flow of goods and services

- his recent appointment with BAG and the significant progress being made to decarbonise the aviation sector and the wider industry

- his view on the importance of considering the environment, nature and ecology when developing infrastructure.

The Interchange Podcast is produced in association with Arcadis and interviews leading changemakers and thinkers about how we can make integrated transport infrastructure happen. This season we are framing our discussions under 4 key themes: Place, Data and Digitisation, Energy and Environment.

The Interchange Podcast series is part of Interchange, which is a platform dedicated to transforming and modernising transport infrastructure networks through integration, decarbonisation, and digitisation.  

Grimshaw Architects

British Aviation Group (BAG)

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Hello and welcome to the final episode of season 1 of The Interchange Podcast.

Today’s guest is Prof. (Dr) Anusha Shah who is the 159th President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). She is only the 3rd female and the first person of colour to take on this high-profile role.

In this interview, we talked about:

• how we should all be taking a systems thinking and nature-based approach
• why we must accept the climate emergency and use every opportunity to address it
• the need for connections, understanding behavioural science and the psychology behind consumers and travel behaviour
• why engineers must be more empathetic and understand more about the communities they’re designing for.

The Interchange Podcast is produced in association with Arcadis and interviews leading changemakers and thinkers about how integrated transport infrastructure is the solution to achieving a more effective and decarbonised transport network.

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Hello and thanks for tuning into The Interchange Podcast produced in association with Arcadis and hosted by independent broadcaster, Ayo Abbas. Today we are going client side with our guest Adam Simmons, Director Strategic Planning & Analysis at National Highways.

Our discussions included:

• the impact moving from a 1-year to 5-year investment cycle had on National Highways strategy.
• how integrated delivery must focus on giving customers choice and a positive experience
• the work being done to deliver the new Road Investment Strategy which will run from 2025 - 2030
• the importance of making small incremental changes on the road to achieving integrated transport delivery improvements
• the role of data as a powerful tool in unlocking passenger choice
• why we mustn’t forget the human factor and how infrastructure impacts our emotions.

The Interchange Podcast interviews leading changemakers and thinkers about how integrated transport infrastructure is the solution to achieving a more effective and decarbonised transport network.

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Welcome to The Interchange podcast where our guest is Andy Clarke, Director for Integrated Transport at Costain. 

In this episode, we discussed:

• that integrated transport systems must start from a point of understanding our clients' biggest issues
• how deeper collaboration is needed across the sector and more openness to change
• the key role the private sector can play in the cross-sector fertilisation of knowledge sharing and ideas
• why more modes should use the model developed by the aviation sector to deliver integrated transport systems
• how the use of innovative technology such as hydrogen and batteries will play a crucial role in decarbonisation. But we must be mindful that there is no one silver bullet and we will need to adopt multiple approaches.
• being mindful about introducing technology just for technology’s sake

This podcast series is produced in association with Arcadis and hosted by independent broadcaster, Ayo Abbas and interviews leading changemakers and thinkers about how integrated transport infrastructure is the solution to achieving a more effective and decarbonised transport network.

Costain

Interchange

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The latest episode of The Interchange podcast features Kerry Bangle, Major Projects Director, Communities and Mobility, WSP.

Produced in association with Arcadis and hosted by independent broadcaster, Ayo Abbas, this episode looks at how we can deliver integrated transport from a purpose, people and outcome-led perspective.

Our discussions include:  

• Putting people, not just designing and delivering infrastructure, at the heart of transport projects.
• Understanding the importance of winning the hearts and minds of communities - opposition can make or break projects.
• A need to break out of short political cycles to enable long-term integrated transport planning.
• Why we must look to adopt a more inclusive planning regime focused on meeting diverse user needs.
• How we must put more of a focus on upskilling our current workforce and attracting and developing the next generation of transport talent. 

The Interchange podcast interviews leading changemakers and thinkers about how integrated transport infrastructure is the solution to achieving a more effective and decarbonised transport network.

WSP

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Welcome to the Interchange podcast, produced in association with Arcadis and hosted by Ayo Abbas.

This podcast talks about how integrated transport infrastructure is the solution to achieving a more effective and decarbonised transport network. Chacasta Pritlove, Head of Transport, UK Public Sector from Google Cloud is our guest today.

In this episode, we look at:

• Why data should be treated like any other critical infrastructure asset
• How data is ultimately about creating the best experience for the customer
• Why more transport modes should be sharing anonymised data to create a seamless passenger experience.
• The importance of having accessible data that people can easily interact with for more effective decision-making.
• Why we should be upskilling everyone in digital skills.

Google Cloud

Interchange

The Rail Delivery Group Rail Marketplace

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