London Reconnections continues its New York podcast series with an episode exploring New York’s buses: the challenges, stepping stone successes and further ideas for improvement. London and New York are both facing declining bus travel speeds,

Talking Uber, Lyft and Mobility disruption with Zak Accuardi and Greg Lindsay

Feb 27th, 2017 53m 17s

London Reconnections continues its New York podcast series with an episode looking at the challenges and changes brought about by emerging urban mobility providers. Zak Accuardi is a program analyst atTransitCenter, a foundation focusing on dat

Cycling in New York with Doug Gordon and Julia Kite

Jan 30th, 2017 58m 11s

After an extended Winter break, London Reconnections continues its New York podcast series with an episode on cycling in New York. Doug Gordon is the author of the Brooklyn Spoke, which focuses on bike advocacy and safe streets. He’s also a TV

New York Special: Sam Schwartz

Nov 10th, 2016 43m 24s

In this, the second episode of our New York mini series, Nicole talks to Sam Schwartz about the efforts to introduce road and congestion pricing in New York. Sam Schwartz served as New York City‘s Traffic Commissioner and the New York City Depa

New York Special: Ben Kabak

Oct 11th, 2016 31m 25s

London Reconnections heads to New York and brings you the first part of a mini series on transport matters from across the Atlantic. To kick off the series we talk to Ben Kabak who gives us an overview of the transport politics, policy and proj

Designing Crossrail's Stations

Aug 31st, 2016 1h

In the latest episode of our On Our Line podcast series , Nicole discusses the architecture and design of Crossrail’s stations with architecture critic Hugh Pearman and Crossrail’s Head of Architecture Julian Robinson. Tune in to hear about the

LR Extra: The Night Tube

Aug 19th, 2016 44m 43s

To celebrate the start of the Night Tube service this evening, London Reconnections is pleased to bring you the first episode of On Our Line: Extra. We will be offering these podcast extras in addition to our regular month episodes. These pod

British Transport Policy Since WW2

Jul 27th, 2016 1h 3m

In episode three of our podcast Nicole discusses the history of British transport policy with Dr Geoff Dudley and Christian Wolmar. Dr Geoff Dudley is a Visiting Research Associate at Transport Studies Unit at the University of Oxford’s. His r

The Challenges of Mapping Metros

Jul 1st, 2016 1h 9m

Nicole talks to Dr Max Roberts, lecturer in Psychology at the University of Essex, and transport author and informational design expert Peter Lloyd. Dr Max Roberts is an expert in transport schematics, effective design and how to evaluate them

The Challenges for Public Transport in the US

May 29th, 2016 1h 13m

Nicole talks to former Executive Director of the New York Metropolitan Transport Authority (MTA) and former board chair (and current board member) of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), Mort Downey. In addition to his ex

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