The Interchange Podcast

Our guest today is Leigh Stolworthy , Transport Planning Director at Stantec. Leigh discusses the critical relationship between transport planning and place making, exploring solutions at both city and rural scales. In this episode, Leigh talks about: the importance of integrating transport planning and land use planning from day one why public transport investment needs rebalancing to create viab...

Our guests are Chacasta Pritlove Head of Transport, UK public sector, Google Cloud and Katherine Williamson, Chief Data Officer for the Department for Transport (DfT).   In this episode, Katherine and Chacasta talk about:  The unique data challenges the sector faces with infrastructure lasting 30-50 years, requiring organisations to balance long-term asset management with moder...

Decarbonising transport at a rapid pace is dependent on working in tandem with the energy sector. Today’s two guests on the show Andy Clarke, Integrated Transport Director from Costain and James Rowntree, Director of Strategic Growth and Major Projects, WSP discuss transport decarbonisation and how if we want to achieve our ambitious UK targets, both the energy and transport In this episode, we ta...

Our guest today, Vernon Everitt, Transport Commissioner for Greater Manchester Combined Authority, is tasked with advising on how to make integrated transport delivery happen in the Greater Manchester city region. In the episode, Vernon talks about: his remit and role as Transport Commissioner at the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and his previous customer centric roles at Transport for Lon...

Welcome to Season 2 of the Interchange podcast. Our guest today is Paul Toyne who is Head of Sustainability (Group) at Grimshaw Architects and recently has been elected to the Board of The British Aviation Group (BAG).   In this podcast, Paul shares: - his people-centric definition of what integrated transport infrastructure is and the flow of goods and services - his recent appointment with...

Hello and welcome to the final episode of season 1 of The Interchange Podcast. Today’s guest is Prof. (Dr) Anusha Shah who is the 159th President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE). She is only the 3rd female and the first person of colour to take on this high-profile role. In this interview, we talked about: how we should all be taking a systems thinking and nature-based approach why we...

Hello and thanks for tuning into The Interchange Podcast produced in association with Arcadis and hosted by independent broadcaster, Ayo Abbas. Today we are going client side with our guest Adam Simmons, Director Strategic Planning & Analysis at National Highways. Our discussions included: the impact moving from a 1-year to 5-year investment cycle had on National Highways strategy. how in...

Welcome to The Interchange podcast where our guest is Andy Clarke , Director for Integrated Transport at Costain .   In this episode, we discussed: that integrated transport systems must start from a point of understanding our clients' biggest issues how deeper collaboration is needed across the sector and more openness to change the key role the private sector can play in the cross-sector fe...

The latest episode of The Interchange podcast features Kerry Bangle , Major Projects Director, Communities and Mobility, WSP. Produced in association with Arcadis and hosted by independent broadcaster, Ayo Abbas, this episode looks at how we can deliver integrated transport from a purpose, people and outcome-led perspective. Our discussions include:   Putting people, not just designing and de...

Welcome to the Interchange podcast, produced in association with Arcadis and hosted by Ayo Abbas . This podcast talks about how integrated transport infrastructure is the solution to achieving a more effective and decarbonised transport network.  Chacasta Pritlove , Head of Transport, UK Public Sector from Google Cloud is our guest today. In this episode, we look at: Why data should...

Welcome to the Interchange podcast, produced in association with Arcadis. This show is a podcast talking about integrated transport infrastructure as the solution to achieving a more effective and decarbonised transport network. Our first guest of the season is Ben Plowden . Ben is an associate at PA Consulting, an associate at LSE Cities, a visiting professor at the UCL Centre for Transport...

Interchange is about integrated transport infrastructure as the solution to achieving a more effective and decarbonised transport network. The Interchange podcast is a new monthly show, hosted by Ayo Abbas, where we are going to drill down into the challenges, the opportunities and the economic, environmental and societal benefits we could gain by having a low carbon, seamless, and fully inte...