{"podcast":{"title":"Calling All Stations - The Transport Podcast","slug":"calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949","podcast_index_feed_id":5931949,"rss_url":"https://markwalkerg.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://markwalkerg.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15333981/CAS-Vert-OnBlue_15xalomq.png","author":"Christian Wolmar & Cogitamus Ltd","episode_count":84,"summary":"Christian Wolmar, Mark Walker and guests keep you up to date with the most engaging news stories, policy developments and interviews across the world of transport. You can find more from Christian including articles, books and speaking events here: https://www.christianwolmar.co.uk Find ’Calling All Stations - the transport podcast’ and join the conversation on social media channels here: X (formerly Twitter) - https://x.com/AllStationsPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/Calling_all_Stations_podcast/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@calling_all_stations_podcast Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/p/Calling-All-Stations-The-Transport-Podcast-61551736964201/","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T04:20:36.520772+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949"},"episode":{"title":"4/4 Budget unbundled plus where next for walking, wheeling and cycling?","slug":"4-4-budget-unbundled-plus-where-next-for-walking-wheeling-and-cycling","published_at":"2025-12-05T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949/4-4-budget-unbundled-plus-where-next-for-walking-wheeling-and-cycling","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949","url":"https://markwalkerg.podbean.com/e/44-budget-unbundled-plus-where-next-for-walking-wheeling-and-cycling/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/xv87py5kgw3kpru4/Calling_All_Stations_Episode_44aux9h.mp3","summary":"Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker discuss the full range of transport-related items in the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget statement issued on 26 November 2025 [1:38]. With the UK Department for Transport consulting on England's walking, wheeling and cycling strategy, Christian explores with leading writer in the field Laura Laker whether the thinking is ambitious enough [26:02]. In his final thought from the departure lounge, Christian draws lessons from the fiasco of the Manchester to London ghost train [47:20]. Find 'Calling All Stations - the transport podcast' on social media channels here: X (formerly Twitter) - https://x.com/AllStationsPod Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/Calling_all_Stations_podcast/ Threads - https://www.threads.net/@calling_all_stations_podcast Facebook - https://m.facebook.com/p/Calling-All-Stations-The-Transport-Podcast-61551736964201/ Bluesky - https://bsky.app/profile/callingallstations.bsky.social","meta_description":"Christian and co-presenter Mark Walker discuss the full range of transport-related items in the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget statement issued o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3020,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949/episodes/4-4-budget-unbundled-plus-where-next-for-walking-wheeling-and-cycling/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/calling-all-stations-the-transport-podcast-5931949/4-4-budget-unbundled-plus-where-next-for-walking-wheeling-and-cycling.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}