The coronavirus pandemic has led to huge drop in air pollution. In this podcast Paul Monks, professor of air pollution at the University of Leicester, discusses the important lessons to learn. Monks is the former chair of the UK government’s science advisory committee on air quality.The interview explores what exposure to air pollution might mean with regards to risk with COVID-19 and the emerging evidence-base around if airborne pollution particles can carry viruses and bacteria. Professor Monks outlines a potential silver lining in being able to see what can happen if there are large-scale actions to turn off air pollution. The moves to electrification of the vehicle fleet offers one route to doing this.

This episode is relevant to today's global events as the world looks to respond to, and be resilient to, Covid 19 - a global pandemic. The CIHT podcast is an interview with Justin Ward speaking with Juliet Mian, an infrastructure resilience expert. Juliet has many years of experience on a wide range of infrastructure projects across many sectors. She is Technical Director of Resilience Shift, Associate Director at Arup and also a UK representative to PIARC. The interview looks at the implications for infrastructure as a result of the climate crisis, how black sky hazard scenarios can help and how green infrastructure can make places and people more resilient. There are lessons given from Day Zero, where Cape Town faced the situation of running out of water.

In the second part of this podcast series, CIHT explore what positive changes can be made to address the huge climate - and ecological - emergency challenge before us. In this episode we are looking at what can be done in the uplands for water management, the benefits of trees and permeable paving and what how tech can do to help. Featuring interviews with:- Dr Gemma Jerome from Building with Nature- Jane Rickson, Professor of Soil Erosion and Conversation at Cranfield University,- John Fox from LucyZodion- George Warren, from the Greater London Authority, Climate Change Adaptation Team- Robert Webster, Senior Civil Engineer at Civic Engineers

Severe flooding has once again hit parts of the UK, this time during Storm Dennis, damaging homes and leaving many people stranded. We have a huge climate - and ecological - emergency challenge before us and we are seeing significant changes in weather patterns, increased flooding, heating etc. This podcast focuses on the extent to which green infrastructure and sustainable drainage can contribute to both adaptation and mitigation. Featuring interviews with:- Jane Rickson, Professor of Soil Erosion and Conversation at Cranfield University, - George Warren, from the Greater London Authority, Climate Change Adaptation Team - Zac Tudor - Sheffield Council’s principal landscape architect - Robert Webster, Senior Civil Engineer at Civic Engineers

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported that to keep the rise in global temperatures below 1.5C this century, emissions of carbon dioxide would have to be cut by 45% by 2030. Now it seems, there's a growing consensus that the next 18 months will be critical in dealing with the global heating crisis. CIHT recently launched its Climate Change Pledge.Climate change requires us to challenge conventional thinking and challenge orthodoxies. The interview is with Nick Tyler CBE, the Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering at UCL. Included in the interview you can hear the latest on the Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory – which is being built now – that has an aim of helping to design the next generation city infrastructure.

This podcast explores how the United Nations delivers inclusive social developmentDaniela Bas, the Director at the Director of the Division for Inclusive Social Development (DISD) at the United Nations explains what the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mean for disability-inclusive transport around the world. The discussion explores how sport is important to the UN’s SDGs. Universal Design features heavily in Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Daniela explains what universal design is and how, for example, it applies to natural and man-made disasters. The conversation explores the future role of education across the world in supporting universal design. At the recent World Road Congress, held in Abu Dhabi, the foresight session "Road Transport and Disability" was awarded the best session of the Congress, and was the first ever session in the history of the World Road Congress devoted to disability. Daniela Bas, chaired the session said: "Building accessible roads is a matter of justice and common sense, while investing in the future. Inclusion is not only a legal obligation, it is also an economic and social imperative for which we must work together" and added "Nowadays, transport is the vital link to access education, employment, health care and even social and community commitments".

In this podcast we explore wellbeing and the bottom line. Are there hard-line business benefits to wellbeing. Does improving wellbeing boost the bottom line? In this podcast Justin Ward speaks with Michael Smyth, HR Director at GRAHAM. GRAHAM is an industry leading construction, facilities management and investment company with a national footprint.

The advances made in digital technology have transformed how we live and work and will continue to have far-reaching impacts for some time to come. In this CIHT podcast Justin Ward speaks with Giles Perkins, Head of Future Mobility at WSP. Giles is leading work for the ADEPT SMART Places Live Labs Programme, a two-year, £22.9m project funded by the Department for Transport that will run until Spring 2021.

Transport practitioners are all familiar with consultations, surveys and pop up events but how can we make sure we are really engaging with the communities affected by our work. This podcasts discusses with James Gleave, Transport Planner and founder of Mobility Lab UK, just how we can create a more user-centred transport sector.

This podcast further explores the issues of improving transport for people with disabilities. The guest on this episode is Ann Frye, an international specialist on the mobility needs of people with disabilities and older people. Ann works as an expert advisor on both international and UK projects on accessibility.This explores a brief history of accessible transport in the UK, looks at how the UK compare more generally to other European countries in terms of accessibility. The episode also covers issues of ageing, dementia and epilepsy and concludes with a look at the World Road Congress session on Disability-Inclusive Road Transport that will take place in October 2019.