In 2020 as covid took hold and one-third of the planets population went into lockdown, some cities across the world rapidly rolled-out provision for active travel – re-allocating road space to allow for people to walk and cycle - helping, for instance key workers get safety to hospitals…. and so on – but these changes sometimes incurred strong emotions from the public and became politically charged.

To explore the politics of active travel, the podcast features an interview with Councillor Julian Bell, the former Labour leader of Ealing Council for 11 years and Board member of Transport for London.