Category: Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
-
Inclusive transport? You’re ‘avin’ a larf mate
Guess why I got to relieve my bladder at Waterloo straight away rather than queueing like I was at Thorpe Park? Inclusive transport? You’re having a larf mate. #transportplanning#edi#inclusivedesign#invisiblewomen
-
Hybrid conferences are more inclusive
Hybrid conferences are more inclusive – get with the programme as our professional institutions did for the Wales National Transport Conference earlier this month. As the CIHT speaker, I presented on ‘From halcyon days to a brave new world’ in relation to the changing landscape for road investment in the…
-
If you have the wrong ingredients… the curse of the Manel
Imagine cooking an important meal. What matters most – the ingredients or the recipe? Sure, a skilled cook can sometimes work wonders with poor quality ingredients or even come up with a new recipe on the spot if the wrong ingredients are to hand or some are missing. But better…
-
Engaging citizens in exploring the future of transport
30 citizens of Bristol have a taste of FUTURES – a six stage vision-led approach to strategic planning for an uncertain world (which applies Triple Access Planning to how to shape the future using Decide and Provide). Within the project ‘Triple Access Planning for Uncertain Futures‘, Mott MacDonald has been helping us…
-
Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common
You’re you, unique. “Diversity is the one true thing we all have in common. Celebrate it every day” (Winston Churchill). Some 14,000 transport professionals who are members of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) will recently have received their copy of Transportation Professional – and this issue is focused on…
-
Manel alert! We must keep calling out all-male panels
Manels alert! We don’t want to hear from too many women do we? Not when there are so many men to choose from in the transport sector? The image below reflects the proportion of women to men on a series of transport/mobility sessions at a forthcoming conference – 20/80. I…
-
What is on the minds of emerging transport professionals? (Long read)
On 26 April I had the great privilege to contribute to the sold-out Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) Emerging Professionals Conference. I was asked to address the topic of climate action. You can see a copy of the slides I used here. At the start of my presentation…
-
Lads, lads, lads
Thank goodness #iwd2023 is over. Now we can get back to lads, lads, lads. I saw the archetypal ‘lads lads lads’ photo on LinkedIn this week – car industry awards evening, team photo. Ten white blokes celebrating a win for their luxury car brand. A little frighening really. I remember several years…
-
Seeing beyond white male privilege in the transport sector – my submission to the Transport Committee
Seeing beyond white male privilege in the transport sector – my submission to the Transport Committee. Shaping the future of transport is not just about emerging technologies. Judgements are everywhere: judgements about what to invest in; judgements in analysis that supports judgements about what to invest in; judgements about who…
-
Rosie has her say for Black History Month
It’s Black History Month. Imagine having the chance to talk to the Prime Minister about ethnicity and racism. Some of you will recall we have had rare opportunities in the past to interview Rosie Lyons (aged 11) when she is ‘Prime Minister for a Day’. I have to say, this…
What the hell is going on? 