Active Travel Academy

We host a range of events, many now virtual and available to listen later, as well as our new podcast. Many of these events form part of our first Summer Programme, reconceptualised from in-person to virtual. We’re also involved in a range of other events hosted by others.

Upcoming

We are busy planning the 2020 Media Awards!

Selected previous events

Walking at Teatime – first ever event of our new series, 28th May 2020.

Cycling at Teatime – first virtual event, 6th May 2020.

Our in-person debate with a panel of illustrious speakers addressing ‘Are Cars the New Tobacco’ (February 2020).

Listen to the ATA Podcast

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods - latest evidence from the People and Places study September 23, 2020
Low traffic neighbourhoods have been around for decades – but recently many more have been deployed as part of COVID-19 interventions to help people walk and cycle more, and avoid public transport. New analysis of three years of the People and Places study in “Mini Hollands” in London, by Dr Rachel Aldred and Dr Anna […]
Cycling for Everyone: how we get there August 28, 2020
Sustrans’ and Arup’s new report, Cycling for Everyone, was published at a time when both the Black Lives Matter movement and the active travel movement are at the forefront of public discussion. Susan Claris is one of the report’s authors, and Global Active Travel Leader at Arup, and Daisy Narayanan is Sustrans’ Director of Urbanism.Coincidentally […]
Walking practices in the Global South with Daniel Oviedo and Luz Navarro August 19, 2020
The current global pandemic has pushed most cities in the Global North to rethink how we envision our streets to create car-free, safe, healthy and clean environments for its citizens. However, in the context of African cities, this transition is marked by extreme poverty, unequal access to good quality infrastructure and lack of resources. Dr Daniel Oviedo works at […]
PhDPOD: How a ‘practice theory’ approach can help us make sense of cycling experiences, cultures, and activism July 30, 2020
Our second PhD pod showcases Dr. Rorie Parsons’ PhD research. Rorie used a range of different qualitative methods, including archival analysis, interviews, and ride-alongs, to explore cycling cultures and cycling advocacy in Newcastle. This takes in both contemporary practices and those that came before them, exploring links between what cycling means, how infrastructure is designed […]
PhDPOD: New qualitative research delves into the why and how of active travel July 15, 2020
Some of the most exciting active travel research is done as part of a PhD, and this is our first Active Travel Podcast to showcase a couple of recent PhD studies.These two projects, from Dr. Katja Leyendecker and Dr. Emma Mbabazi, use qualitative methods to dig into the how and the why of travel. Katja’s […]
Active Travel Podcast - data in active travel, part two July 1, 2020
Data in active travel is big news right now, and this is our second in a two-part series discussing some of the latest research in the field.When a global pandemic required us to avoid public transport and, ideally, cars, making cycling's usefulness for everyday trips even more apparent, transport authorities needed to know quickly where […]
Active Travel Podcast - data in active travel, part one June 18, 2020
Big data is a big issue right now - and we are perhaps about to realise just how much information Google and Apple have on us. Data is hugely important in understanding how we travel, but while we've been very good at measuring car traffic, how we measure cycling and walking is far more primitive.David […]
Active Travel Podcast Pilot: Media reporting of Active Travel May 26, 2020
The Active Travel Academy's (ATA) Dr Rachel Aldred and journalist Laura Laker talk media reporting of active travel, in this two-part pilot episode of the Active Travel Podcast.First up, your hosts speak to researchers Tara Goddard (Texas A&M University) and Kelcie Ralph (Rutgers University, Alaska), on their paper Does news coverage of traffic crashes affect […]

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An update on our draft Road Collision Reporting Guidelines: as announced at the #ATMediaAwards on Thursday we have decided to delay publication of the guidelines until Spring.

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Thanks to all of our nominees at last night's events - you're all winners - and thanks to everyone who helped make it happen, judges, ATA PhD folks, and all. We're all still on a high. Same time next year - and hopefully in person once more.

Laura Laker@laura_laker

Still really chuffed with our 2nd #ATMediaAwards last night. I did very little behind the scenes this year, but it was ably shaped by our crack team into what was, as intended, a positive celebration of active travel coverage. Bravo to all involved, wonderful nominees included 🎉 https://t.co/HetKlUlIyR

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