, and the Alderman responsible for transport and mobility policy.
He took over the portfolio and immediately set about trying to make Ghent a more beautiful, peaceful city.
As I can confirm from having visited, he really succeeded! But not without a lot of difficulty, even including death threats.
Today’s episode is a masterclass in the art of transport changemaking: the focus on experimentation, clear strategy and the need for urgency.
He also highlights the power of storytelling, the limitations of data and highlights that, despite the death threats, the Circulation Plan helped him increase his majority at the next election.
Come with me to Belgium and see just what a motivated, inspiring transport changemaker can do.
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, and the Alderman responsible for transport and mobility policy.
He took over the portfolio and immediately set about trying to make Ghent a more beautiful, peaceful city.
As I can confirm from having visited, he really succeeded! But not without a lot of difficulty, even including death threats.
Today’s episode is a masterclass in the art of transport changemaking: the focus on experimentation, clear strategy and the need for urgency.
He also highlights the power of storytelling, the limitations of data and highlights that, despite the death threats, the Circulation Plan helped him increase his majority at the next election.
Come with me to Belgium and see just what a motivated, inspiring transport changemaker can do.
Mini Holland and The Transformation of a London Suburb with Clyde Loakes
The Freewheeling Podcast
1 hour 4 minutes
3 weeks ago
Mini Holland and The Transformation of a London Suburb with Clyde Loakes
Mini Holland is the poster-child for the transformation of an urban area.
A network of congested residential streets in North East London has become peaceful and tranquil. The local high street converted from a double-parked rat-run into a desirable pedestrianised destination.
As the first Low Traffic Neighbourhood of the modern era, council reps from across Britain (and Europe) have visited to learn lessons.
Not that I needed travel far: it all happened in Walthamstow, where I live, and my kids were two of the many who benefited.
It was the vision of , and he tells me the full inspirational story in today’s episode.
The Freewheeling Podcast
, and the Alderman responsible for transport and mobility policy.
He took over the portfolio and immediately set about trying to make Ghent a more beautiful, peaceful city.
As I can confirm from having visited, he really succeeded! But not without a lot of difficulty, even including death threats.
Today’s episode is a masterclass in the art of transport changemaking: the focus on experimentation, clear strategy and the need for urgency.
He also highlights the power of storytelling, the limitations of data and highlights that, despite the death threats, the Circulation Plan helped him increase his majority at the next election.
Come with me to Belgium and see just what a motivated, inspiring transport changemaker can do.
