Ciht Podcasts - Transport

Severe flooding has once again hit parts of the UK, this time during Storm Dennis, damaging homes and leaving many people stranded. We have a huge climate - and ecological - emergency challenge before us and we are seeing significant changes in weather patterns, increased flooding, heating etc. This podcast focuses on the extent to which green infrastructure and sustainable drainage can contribute to both adaptation and mitigation. Featuring interviews with:- Jane Rickson, Professor of Soil Erosion and Conversation at Cranfield University, - George Warren, from the Greater London Authority, Climate Change Adaptation Team - Zac Tudor - Sheffield Council’s principal landscape architect - Robert Webster, Senior Civil Engineer at Civic Engineers

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that to keep the rise in global temperatures below 1.5C this century, emissions of carbon dioxide would have to be cut by 45% by 2030. Now it seems, there's a growing consensus that the next 18 months will be critical in dealing with the global heating crisis. CIHT recently launched its Climate Change Pledge.Climate change requires us to challenge conventional thinking and challenge orthodoxies. The interview is with Nick Tyler CBE, the Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering at UCL. Included in the interview you can hear the latest on the Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory – which is being built now – that has an aim of helping to design the next generation city infrastructure.

This podcast explores how the United Nations delivers inclusive social developmentDaniela Bas, the Director at the Director of the Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) at the United Nations explains what the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mean for disability-inclusive transport around the world. The discussion explores how sport is important to the UN’s SDGs. Universal Design features heavily in Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Daniela explains what universal design is and how, for example, it applies to natural and man-made disasters. The conversation explores the future role of education across the world in supporting universal design. At the recent World Road Congress, held in Abu Dhabi, the foresight session "Road Transport and Disability" was awarded the best session of the Congress, and was the first ever session in the history of the World Road Congress devoted to disability. Daniela Bas, chaired the session said: "Building accessible roads is a matter

In this podcast we explore wellbeing and the bottom line. Are there hard-line business benefits to wellbeing. Does improving wellbeing boost the bottom line? In this podcast Justin Ward speaks with Michael Smyth, HR Director at GRAHAM. GRAHAM is an industry leading construction, facilities management and investment company with a national footprint.

The advances made in digital technology have transformed how we live and work and will continue to have far-reaching impacts for some time to come. In this CIHT podcast Justin Ward speaks with Giles Perkins, Head of Future Mobility at WSP. Giles is leading work for the ADEPT SMART Places Live Labs Programme, a two-year, £22.9m project funded by the Department for Transport that will run until Spring 2021.

Transport practitioners are all familiar with consultations, surveys and pop up events but how can we make sure we are really engaging with the communities affected by our work. This podcasts discusses with James Gleave, Transport Planner and founder of Mobility Lab UK, just how we can create a more user-centred transport sector.

This podcast further explores the issues of improving transport for people with disabilities. The guest on this episode is Ann Frye, an international specialist on the mobility needs of people with disabilities and older people. Ann works as an expert advisor on both international and UK projects on accessibility.This explores a brief history of accessible transport in the UK, looks at how the UK compare more generally to other European countries in terms of accessibility. The episode also covers issues of ageing, dementia and epilepsy and concludes with a look at the World Road Congress session on Disability-Inclusive Road Transport that will take place in October 2019.

The UK Roads Liaison Group (UKRLG) recently published an Asset Management Competence Framework designed to help highway authorities implement the recommendations of the group’s Code of Practice ‘Well-managed Highway Infrastructure’. In this podcast, Justin Ward from CIHT speaks with John Paterson from Atkins – a member of the SNC Lavalin Group - who was the lead consultant on the Asset Management Competence Framework project. The interview covers what the framework does, the breadth of roles within the framework, how competency levels are defined and the range of competency areas. This podcast provides essential listening for anyone involved with asset management.

Over 1 billion people globally experience disability: I in 7 people. So, the question of how we ensure that transport is accessibility and inclusive around the world is vital to explore. This podcast features an interview with Charlotte V. McClain-Nhlapo – Global Disability Advisor at the World Bank Group. Charlotte's TED Talk has received over 10,000 views.The discussion explores what exclusion looks like in the context of transport for people with disabilities and what sort of challenges are out there. As Charlotte leads the Global Disability agenda at the World Bank, she explains what the World Bank doing to ensure that the transport projects it supports capture the demands and needs of disabled people; and gives a view as to what the World Bank worries about when programming its road transport projects.Technology and innovation are changing the complexion of transport for everyone, the discussion explores how advances in technology can help people with disabilities to travel. Charlotte explains how

Edward Simpson, Professor of Social Anthropology and Director of the South Asia Institute at SOASwas commissioned by UK Aid from the UK Government to explore what insights social science can bring to our understanding of the political economy barriers to the implementation of low carbon transport in urban south Asia and Africa.

This latest CIHT podcast provides an insight into how authorities are implementing the UK Roads Liaison Group's code of practice ‘Well managed Highway Infrastructure’. Authorities are expected to have fully implemented the code by 28 October 2018. The podcast features interviews with David Latham, who is Kent County Council's highway policy and inspections manager and chair of the South East 7 Group; along with Matthew Jasper, team manager for asset management at East Sussex County Council and Paul Davison, who heads up Hampshire County Council's asset management team.

The history of the building of the UK's motorways is a fascinating story. This podcast features the stories from Howard Stevens and John Carrington who were involved with the design and building of the motorway and have also played key roles in preserving the history of motorways.

CIHT Regional Voices part two - International Women in Engineering Day 2018. This podcast is about celebrating the fantastic female Commitee Members 'raising the bar' across the Regions. The podcast speaks to Stephanie Wilson of CIHT East Midlands, Hayley Palmer of CIHT North West, Michelle Wood of CIHT London and Carolyn Rollo of CIHT Scotland about their own experiences and how they are encouraging other women to take a more active role in the profession.

Dr Rachel Aldred is a Reader in Transport at the University of Westminster. Today (17 May 2018) saw the launch of a number of key reports by Rachel on injury risk. The interview with Rachel seeks to answer questions such as: 1. How many un-reported road injuries are there? Who is most affected? 2. Do drivers using residential streets put pedestrians at greater risk than drivers using main roads? 3. Is ‘safety in numbers’ observed over time? 4. What kinds of roads have higher/lower injury risk for people cycling?

Dr Nicholas Falk, winner of the Wolfson Prize for his work on garden cities talks to CIHT about the failures of successes of urban planning in the UK, what we can learn from other countries and the dire consequences of getting it wrong. The podcast is of interest to anyone involved in transport planning or the recent NPPF consultation.

Kate Carpenter, member of CIHT Road Safety Panel and Fellow of CIHT discusses the safety of autonomous vehicles following the news that Uber halts self-driving car tests. Kate was interviewed about the issue on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme.

CIHT Regions and Nations are run by volunteers who dedicate their time to building a local support network for transportation professionals and provide the voice of the institution across and beyond the UK. Each Regional Committee is different, organising regular meetings around the latest developments in transportation as well as opportunities for CPD and networking.We had the pleasure of speaking to CIHT Regional Officers about why they decided to take a more active role with CIHT in their area.

In 2018 CIHT launched ‘Buses in Urban Developments’. This guidance builds on CIHT’s existing body of ‘Streets and Transport in the Urban Environment’ guidelines in addressing how bus services can be placed at the heart of development planning and urban transport. This podcast features an interview with Tim Pharoah, the author of the document.

This features an interview with Adam Simmons, Head of Roads Investment Strategy development and delivery, Highways England. The second Road Investment Strategy (RIS2) is the first time Highways England have run the five year planning cycle in full. They are taking a structured approach to investment planning, using this cyclical approach. Prediction becomes more difficult as we attempt to look further out, but they must still attempt to anticipate the changes that will affect how we operate.

How do we make the case for transport? This podcast provides are very clear and easily understood overview into the economics behind the decisions that are made when deciding about investment in infrastructure. The insights demonstrate that the economic case can be wide encompassing a range of factors from heritage to health. The interview is looks at how schemes are evaluated after to demonstrate that they have met their intended benefits (or not). The interview was recorded with Ivan Viehoff, Chief Economist at Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA). This topic area was suggested by a CIHT member.