4/11 Integrating England’s transport plus safer buses

About this episode

Christian and Mark discuss England's integrated transport strategy and road safety, featuring an interview with Louise Liddle.

Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker explore the themes and details of 'Better Connected: A Strategy for Integrated Transport' published by the UK Government on 2 April 2026 as the integrated national transport strategy for England [1:38]. Picking up a recurring podcast theme of road safety, Christian speaks to Louise Liddle who has channelled personal tragedy into a campaign for higher investigatory and driving standards reaching the top levels of government [27:06]. In his final thought from the departure lounge, Christian outlines his next book and his research in Africa which will inform the project [45:05]. Find 'Calling All Stations - the transport podcast' on social media channels here: X (formerly Twitter) - https://x.com/AllStationsPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/Calling_all_Stations_podcast/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@calling_all_stations_podcast Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/p/Calling-All-Stations-The-Transport-Podcast-61551736964201/ Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/callingallstations.bsky.social

People in this episode

Hosts: Christian Wolmar, Mark Walker

Guest: Louise Liddle

Topics covered

• integrated transport
• road safety
• government strategy
• personal tragedy
• campaigning
• research

Keywords

• transport strategy
• road safety
• UK Government
• integrated transport
• Louise Liddle
• campaign
• Christian Wolmar

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UK Government

Books & works: Better Connected: A Strategy for Integrated Transport

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