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The Road XS Podcast

The Road Ahead

Conversations for community transport providers and anybody with an interest in how public transport actually works. Practical tips, help and strategies for growing a service, from the people who run them.

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What we talk about

Made for the people running services

Community transport

The realities of running a scheme

Volunteers, funding, demand and the day to day of keeping vehicles moving, talked through with the people doing it.

Public transport

Where the sector is heading

Demand responsive services, rural connectivity and the policy shifts that land on operators first.

Practical help

Tips you can use on Monday

Strategies for growing a service, recruiting volunteers and getting the admin off your desk.

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Questions about the podcast

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Community transport providers first, and anybody interested in how transport actually runs after that. If you coordinate journeys, manage volunteers or commission services, it is aimed at you.

Yes, and we would like that. If you run a scheme or work in the sector and have something worth saying, get in touch and we will sort out a time.