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Fiets Podcast 010: Silos in Warwickshire

Posted on 10/03/202310/03/2023 by Ben

This time on The Fiets Podcast:a minor works project ignores the impact on cycling and helps highlight the silos present in Warwickshire County Council that hold back active travel.

Fiets Podcast 009: What’s in store for 2023?

Posted on 21/12/202223/12/2022 by Fiets! Let's Cycle Like the Dutch

This time on The Fiets Podcast: A quiet end to the year for my own cycling activities, and looking forward to 2023. Will we see the Longshoot cycle scheme break ground? Will other local schemes continue to develop? And planning to explore new infrastructure in Coventry.

Fiets Podcast 008: Riding ‘Round Rotterdam

Posted on 26/09/202208/11/2022 by Fiets! Let's Cycle Like the Dutch

Experiencing cycling in Rotterdam including some less than perfect Dutch infrastructure; mechanical woes with my own bicycle; a rant about slow progress developing planned cycle schemes in Warwickshire

Fiets Podcast 007: Insurance, speed limits, and registrations

Posted on 18/08/202208/11/2022 by Fiets! Let's Cycle Like the Dutch

A lack of personal cycling with bike problems; Warwickshire’s LCWIP consultation closes; Grant Shapps’ comments on mandatory insurance, speed limits, and registrations; off to the Netherlands.

Fiets Podcast 006: Trains Hate Fun!

Posted on 16/07/202208/11/2022 by Fiets! Let's Cycle Like the Dutch

Amazon launches e-cargo cycles for last mile delivery; free cycle hire during the Commonwealth Games; Warwickshire’s local cycling and walking infrastructure plan consultation; local thefts of cycles and scooters, and train services snub evening leisure users.

Fiets Podcast 005: Any cyclist is a proper cyclist

Posted on 21/06/202208/11/2022 by Fiets! Let's Cycle Like the Dutch

Taking a look at Hexa Consulting’s poor Framework Travel Plan; some elitist views of “proper cyclists” and whether imperfect infrastructure is better than no infrastructure at all; and WCC’s draft Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) is out for consultation.

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Fiets Podcast 004: Utrecht vs Nuneaton

Posted on 13/06/202208/11/2022 by Fiets! Let's Cycle Like the Dutch

This time on The Fiets Podcast: a motor advert contrbutes to road hostility; Axel Blake and Amanda Holden show-off their anti-cycling views in Britain’s Got Talent; and Utrecht vs Nuneaton in ring-road designs.

Fiets Podcast 003: Countryfile Critique

Posted on 01/06/202208/11/2022 by Fiets! Let's Cycle Like the Dutch

Discussing the latest edition of Countryfile that was broadcast recently on BBC television. Part of the programme featured a piece on rural cycling, and was filmed in south Warwickshire. But it stoked division with the usual anti-cycling tropes. Also, does society treat driving far too casually given the dangers it imposes?

Fiets Podcast 002: The Nuneaton to Coventry Cycle Scheme

Posted on 25/05/202208/11/2022 by Fiets! Let's Cycle Like the Dutch

Active Travel England awards £1.4m to Warwickshire County Council for walking and cycling improvements on a road south of Warwick. And what is the state of the long-promised Nuneaton-Coventry Cycle Scheme?

Fiets Podcast 001: Welcome to the Fiets Podcast

Posted on 21/05/202208/11/2022 by Fiets! Let's Cycle Like the Dutch

Welcome to a brand new podcast – The Fiets Podcast – focusing on everyday cycling and active travel with a particular interest in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, the West Midlands and the wider United Kingdom. This short inaugural episode is an introduction to your host BicycleBen, local active travel advocate, the podcast, and the website – fiets.uk!

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