The Fiets Podcast
BicycleBen hosts an irregular podcast focused on cycling advocacy and everyday utility and recreational cycling in an ordinary central England town (Nuneaton) and the surrounding area, as well as the broader UK. Knowing how easy it is to cycle just a few hundred miles away in the Netherlands, it’s frustrating that riding is not yet properly catered for in Britain. We need the infrastructure and we need it fast! Let’s cycle like the Dutch!
This podcast is currently available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer, TuneIn, Podbean and Podchaser. You can also subscribe using the feed address (https://feed.podbean.com/bicycleben/feed.xml).
Fiets Podcast 005: Any cyclist is a proper cyclist
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.
Fiets Podcast 004: Utrecht vs Nuneaton
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
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
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
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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