This webinar explored how transport campaigners can influence mayors for better transport.

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Speakers

Emilia Melville, WESTACT

Emilia has worked in local climate action in the West of England area for 15 years. She was one of the founders of WESTACT in 2020, and the Reclaim our Buses campaign emerged from this in autumn 2022. She now works alongside a team with Jo Sergeant and Charlie Siret to push for franchised buses and better sustainable transport across the WECA region. Emilia also wears other hats in the community energy sector with South Gloucestershire Community Energy Network and as a Director of Praxis Research.

Read about WESTACT’s FIT-funded work here and here

Sarah Hughes, Cambridgeshire Sustainable Travel Alliance

Sarah is Cambridgeshire Sustainable Travel Alliance’s Campaign Officer. She is passionate about pressing for changes that will make walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport easy and affordable for everyone. The Travel Alliance’s mission is to unite and inspire people in Cambridgeshire working for a transport network that protects our future and offers genuine choice. Together, Alliance members encourage local decision makers to take action for better sustainable journeys. Recent campaign wins include saving the Tiger Pass, which offers £1 bus fares to those aged under 25 in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

Read about Cambridgeshire Sustainable Travel Alliance’s FIT-funded work here and here

Cat Hobbs, We Own It

Cat is the founder and director of We Own It, which she set up in 2013 to be a voice for public service users. We Own It makes the case for public ownership and has won many campaign victories for people not profit. These include helping to stop privatisation of Channel 4 and the Land Registry, helping to keep railway ticket offices open and setting up campaigns to take back control of buses in Greater Manchester, South and West Yorkshire. We Own It is currently campaigning to bring Thames Water into public ownership. Cat previously ran a successful local rail campaign in Bristol before lobbying nationally on behalf of bus and train passengers at Campaign for Better Transport. She has also worked in communications at a sustainability consultancy. Cat studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University.

Read about We Own It’s FIT-funded work here