Whilst we are in the midst of a global pandemic, today we explore measures for how – potentially – me might help address another one. Inactivity has been described as a pandemic due to the health impacts of people not being active – and therefore needs to be addressed.

Rachel Aldred, Professor of Transport at the University of Westminster and Director of the Active Travel Academy helps to unpick how we might solve this with increasing cycling levels. This is an important time to discuss given thoughts being given to what world might emerge out of Covid-19.

This included references to the following research:

Rachel Aldred, Joseph Croft and Anna Goodman (2018) Impacts of an active travel intervention with a cycling focus in a suburban context: One-year findings from an evaluation of London’s in-progress mini-Hollands programme, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, Open Access, available here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0965856417314866

Propensity to Cycle Toolkit: https://www.pct.bike/

Congestion ahead: a faster route is now available
Post-lockdown mode shift scenarios for commuting in England and Wales https://docs.google.com/document/d/18l-9NKiJrfqIR1d131k4YToY9I-UPEW2EucWL61lzpA/edit#

Incompetent, or too competent? Negotiating everyday cycling
identities in a motor dominated society http://rachelaldred.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Aldred-cycling-identity-stigma-revised.pdf

For previous podcast with Rachel see here: https://www.spreaker.com/user/ciht/injury-research-under-reporting-inequali