{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5e8ee3bc4fc261fc3fd48a9a/685d40b047311de1b6e914ee?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Spending Review, Fake E-Bikes & Bike Racing","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5e8ee3bc4fc261fc3fd48a9a/1750945773199-e83288dd-f9b6-45e3-84c1-124bf3c34c37.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Streets Ahead's presenters, well at least two of them, have been gallivanting around Europe in recent weeks, coming back together in this episode as a trio to embark on an audio roam through some of the current topics in cycling. From the link between bike racing and everyday cycling, to the spending review's implications, to the rise of 'fake e-bikes', a recent report which Laura and Adam worked on, we have it all here.</p><p><br></p><p>Links from the show:</p><p><br></p><p>The Robert Frost poem, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening: <a href=\"https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42891/stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42891/stopping-by-woods-on-a-snowy-evening</a></p><p><br></p><p>Cycling superstar, Cat Ferguson: <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Ferguson\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Ferguson</a></p><p><br></p><p>The Spending Review: <a href=\"https://transportactionnetwork.org.uk/spending-review-cuts-active-travel-funding-by-40/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://transportactionnetwork.org.uk/spending-review-cuts-active-travel-funding-by-40/</a></p><p><br></p><p>Transport for New Homes' research on car dependency in new housing. <a href=\"https://www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/the-project/building-car-dependency/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/the-project/building-car-dependency/</a> and its award for the Bath Riverside housing development: <a href=\"https://www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/transport-for-new-homes-award-bath-riverside/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.transportfornewhomes.org.uk/transport-for-new-homes-award-bath-riverside/</a></p><p><br></p><p>And the recent e-bike report, by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Walking and Cycling, authored by Laura Laker: <a href=\"https://appgcw.org/resources/inquiries/unregulated-and-unsafe-the-threat-of-illegal-e-bikes/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://appgcw.org/resources/inquiries/unregulated-and-unsafe-the-threat-of-illegal-e-bikes/</a></p><p><br></p><p>For ad-free listening, behind-the-scenes and bonus content and to help support the podcast - head to (<a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/StreetsAheadPodcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/StreetsAheadPodcast</a>). We’ll even send you some stickers!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>We’re also on BlueSky and welcome your feedback on our episode:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/podstreetsahead.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bsky.app/profile/podstreetsahead.bsky.social</a></p>","author_name":"Streets Ahead Podcast"}