Almost three years to the day since the previous episode of The Freewheeling Podcast, I'm thrilled to tell you that I'll be back later this week to start Season Two.

We've got a great series coming up, starting on Thursday with Daniel Knowles, author of Carmaggedon. It's a fascinating conversation - please do join me!

The Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee (the body responsible for setting Britain’s national carbon budgets and reporting on progress to Parliament) talks transport

Climate Champion for road transportation on COP26 and what the Glasgow conference will achieve

The Chief Executive of Network Rail joins me to discuss the creation of Great British Railways

What does an “inspirational pessimist” think of the future of cars?

The Freewheeling Podcast has been live for six months, so let’s look back at some of the key episodes from the first season

13 years ago, Simon Munk decided to take local councillors on a bike ride to show just how dangerous roads were for cyclists.

Without knowing it, he'd started a revolution. He tells his fascinating story as this week’s guest.

As the Government publishes its decarbonisation plan, lets talk to Patrick Warner (Head of Innovation at Brighton & Hove and Bus Decarbonisation lead at Liverpool City Region) about the virtues of hydrogen

Ray Stenning believes that design is of fundamental importance but is often misunderstood and undervalued in transport. He joins me to discuss what it is, and why it matters

The bus strategy is great but the Williams-Shapps review is not. In her last few weeks at Go Ahead, Katy Taylor talks candidly

Horace Dediu doesn’t just “get” micromobility, he invented the very word “Micromobility”!

Brianne Eby is an expert in global transport policy at Enotrans in Washington DC and author of a major study in congestion pricing

Charles Read specialises in history, economics, travel and crises. We explore the rebound from Covid, historic crises and past transitions

With experience of running two types of franchise, a region of Network Rail and HS1, my guest Dyan Crowther is the ideal person to talk to about the post-Williams future.

Professor Alex Edmans focuses on capitalism and social purpose. What can we learn about the world of transport?

Now we finally know what the Williams Shapps Plan says, I get together with Sir MIchael Holden to discuss it

Why do some of us navigate by creating a mental map, while others follow pre-set routes? How do we track distance? Why should tube stations have compass points underground? All answered by Kate Jeffery, Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience at UCL

Giles Fearnley on entrepreneurship in transport, what generates growth and the future role of the big bus groups.

Lilian Greenwood is one of the few politicians to have made transport a speciality. We talk about her time both as Shadow Minister and Chair of the Select Committee

Should ER target public transport with their protests? Who are ER and what do they want? This episode gets under the skin of this fascinating organisation