34 min

The Future of Transport Futureproof with Jonathan McCrea

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A recent Newstalk survey on commuting has found that people are spending longer on their journeys to work since the pandemic.

And so all week we’ve been speaking to transport experts, policymakers as well as commuters themselves to hear about the issues being faced on a daily basis as we look to get from A to B.

But what does the future hold for commuting and for transport in general?

Are the likes of Hyper Loop, Air Taxis, and automated pods a thing of science fiction?

Professor Marcus Enoch, a professor of transport strategy at Loughborough University in the UK joins Jonathan to discuss.

A recent Newstalk survey on commuting has found that people are spending longer on their journeys to work since the pandemic.

And so all week we’ve been speaking to transport experts, policymakers as well as commuters themselves to hear about the issues being faced on a daily basis as we look to get from A to B.

But what does the future hold for commuting and for transport in general?

Are the likes of Hyper Loop, Air Taxis, and automated pods a thing of science fiction?

Professor Marcus Enoch, a professor of transport strategy at Loughborough University in the UK joins Jonathan to discuss.

34 min

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