Active transport with Robert Burns

On this episode IDE member Dr Vincent Wall has an engaging and broad reaching conversation with Robert Burns, director of infrastructure, sustainable mobility and climate change at Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council.

They discuss the concept of a liveable city, how to promote community engagement, encouraging older people into public spaces, the nexus between people, public space and population resilience, the benefits of cycling to school for children, the rapid changes the council implemented to facilitate safe transport during the pandemic, Roberts vision for the coastal mobility route and his broader vision of active travel routes linking across Ireland , the concept of the 15 minute city, the need for the medical profession to engage with the public about air pollution and much more!