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Queering Cartographic Methods: ATA podcast 2023:4

July 6, 2023
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Listen to the podcast episode or download the transcript. Show notes by James Stevenson, ATA podcast intern In this latest episode, Rachel sits down with Ellis Fannin, a PhD researcher at Manchester University whose PhD title is “Queering Cartographic Methods.” They…

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Barriers to Black men cycling in London: ATA Podcast 2023:3

June 1, 2023
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An interview with Akwesi Osei, by Dulce Pedroso. Blogpost and show notes by James Stevenson, ATA podcast intern. Podcast audio by Rob Coates, also an intern. Listen to the podcast episode or download the transcript. Dulce Pedroso sat down with…

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Planning for Trans Futures: ATA Podcast 2023:2

May 2, 2023
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Listen to the podcast episode or download the transcript. Show notes by James Stevenson, ATA podcast intern Rachel sat down with Matt C. Smith – they are a doctoral researcher at the University of Brighton. Rachel came across Matt’s work while…

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Queering Active Travel: call for applications to conduct a small project

April 12, 2023
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Queering Active Travel: call for applications to conduct a small project at the Active Travel Academy, University of Westminster (deadline for applications: Tuesday 2nd May 2023) Queer(ing) mobilities and travel is an emerging research area with relatively little work to…

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New ATA Podcast season

April 4, 2023
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Season 3, Episode 1: Neurodiversity in the City, with Dr. Therese Kenna Show notes and transcript editing by James Stevenson, and audio editing and preparation by Rob Coates, ATA podcast interns Podcast available at https://shows.acast.com/ata-podcast/episodes Transcript can be downloaded here…

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School Streets July 1, 2024
Dr. Tom Cohen, Reader in Transport at Westminster University and member of the Active Travel Academy interviews Dr. Asa Thomas, who recently completed his PhD research with the Active Travel Academy. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/school-streets-ata-podcast-20242/. Show notes by Professor Rachel Aldred and podcast editing by Chris Gregory of Alternative Stories. Hosted […]
Accessibility and Urban Design January 25, 2024
Dr. Harrie Larrington-Spencer, Research Fellow at the Active Travel Academy, interviews Professor Aimi Hamraie, who directs the Critical Design Lab, and whose research focuses on disability, accessibility, and urban design. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/accessibility-and-urban-design-ata-podcast-20241/. Show notes by Professor Rachel Aldred and podcast editing by Chris Gregory of Alternative Stories. Hosted on […]
Queering Cartographic Methods July 6, 2023
Rachel Aldred, Professor of Transport and Director of the Active Travel Academy, interviews Ellis Fannin, a PhD researcher at the University of Manchester, about their research on queering cartographic methods. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/queering-cartographic-methods/. Thanks to Ellis and to our ATA interns, Rob Coates (who prepared and edited the audio files) […]
Barriers to Black men cycling in London June 1, 2023
Dulce Pedroso, PhD researcher at the Active Travel Academy, interviews Akwesi Osei of Possible about his research into barriers to Black men cycling in London. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/barriers-to-black-men-cycling-in-london-ata-podcast-3/. Thanks to Akwesi and Dulce and to our ATA interns, Rob Coates (who prepared and edited the audio files) and James Stevenson […]
Planning for Trans Futures May 2, 2023
Professor Rachel Aldred, Director of the Active Travel Academy, interviews Matt C. Smith of Brighton University about their research into trans in planning, and trans experiences in the city. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/planning-for-trans-futures-ata-podcast-20232/ Thanks to Matt and to our interns, Rob Coates (who prepared and edited the audio files), James Stevenson […]
Neurodiversity in the City April 4, 2023
Professor Rachel Aldred, Director of the Active Travel Academy, interviews Dr. Therese Kenna of University College Cork about her research into experiences of neurodivergence in the city. Show notes and transcript link available at https://blog.westminster.ac.uk/ata/new-ata-podcast-season/ Thanks to Therese and to our interns, Rob Coates (who prepared and edited the audio files) and James Stevenson (who […]
Still I Ride 2: How women of colour are challenging discourses in and through cycling December 7, 2021
Cycling has always been about more than its health, economic and environmental benefits. The rise of women cyclists coincided with the age of the new, educated and independent woman. The early moral outcry over women’s cycling outfits and alleged damage to their feminine physical features may seem ridiculous today yet cycling continues to be linked […]
Still I Ride 1: How women of colour are challenging discourses in and through cycling December 7, 2021
So, in a culture, where the car is really dominant, being a cyclist can make it feel like you’re a second class citizen. And if you already feel invisible in society, because of your identity, because of who you are or the way you look, it may seem odd that you would opt for more […]
Harrie Larrington-Spencer talks accessible cycling with Professor Rachel Aldred April 14, 2021
Professor Aldred talks to Harriet Larrington-Spencer, a researcher at Healthy Active Cities at the University of Salford. Harriet, or Harrie, developed an interest in active travel after experiencing cycling in Copenhagen and the Netherlands, and after losing the use of her left arm following a collision with a driver. Harrie discovered that while a tricycle […]
Active Travel Media Awards - the interviews part one January 28, 2021
Laura Laker interviews Fare City's Charles Critchell, the Active Travel Academy Media Awards' only double winner. In 2019 Charles won our investigations/long-term follow-up category for his piece, Burning Bridges, on the closure of Hammersmith Bridge to motor traffic, and in 2020 won the campaign or research category for a two-parter on non-commercial use of cargo […]

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