Increasing everyday cycling: Sarah interviews Dr Rachel Aldred - a podcast by Sarah Connolly and Dan Wright

There are a lot of theories on how to get more people riding their bikes, and what stops people cycling, but some of the most interesting research in the UK is being done by Dr Rachel Aldred, a Senior Lecturer in Transport at the University of Westminster. She's got a really interesting perspective, coming at transport policy from a background in sociology, and she's especially interesting for her approach of looking at how social, cultural and infrastructure issues interact, and also her focus on diversity in cycling - including specific issues around cycling for women, older people, Black and other minority ethnic communities, disabled people, children and more.

We talked about what her research has shown her about barriers that stop people cycling, what more could be done, and the initiative she set up last year, the Near Miss Project, and what that's already showing about attitudes to cycling. This is naturally a little bit UK-focused, but there's so much here that will be applicable everywhere, so if you're not in the UK, don't let that stop you!

Click through to my blog for the links to Rachel's work, and other things we talked about:
http://prowomenscycling.com/2015/12/23/increasing-everyday-cycling-sarah-interviews-dr-rachel-aldred/

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