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From YouTube: Women & Cycling 2015 Conference Attendee Interviews - Latja Leyendecker, Northumbria University
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Interviews with attendees of the Women and Cycling 2015 Conference, organised by Landor Events, at York Racecourse on 30 April. We speak to Latja Leyendecker, Northumbria University.
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A
My
name
is
Katia
Leyendecker,
I'm
a
PhD
researcher
at
northumbria
university,
I'm
also
a
chart
of
environmental
engineer
and
yeah
coming
from
Germany.
You
know
to
Newcastle's.
This
is
where
I
came
from
today
as
well.
You
know
20
years
ago,
I
was
quite
astounded
by
you
know
the
way
we
do
transport
differently
in
this
country,
and
you
eventually
also
got
myself
into
cycle
campaigning.
So
I'm.
You
know,
together
with
friends
as
well.
B
A
Was
you
know
an
amazing
buzz?
That's
it's
nice
to
actually
turn
up
and
I.
I
I'm
just
coming
out
of
an
extremely
kind
of
male-dominated
kind
of
work
environment.
As
an
engineer,
it's
not
so
much
that
anymore
now
with
my
PhD
research,
but
it's
it's
really.
It
is
a
really
nice
atmosphere
that
you
walk
into,
and
you
know
it's
almost
immediately
the
competitiveness
of
us
all
this
taken
out
of
it
and
there's
a
lot
of
you
know
talking
and
brainstorming
and
sharing
going
on.
A
So
no,
it
was
absolutely
fantastic
today
to
you
know,
get
together
with
like-minded
people
and
discuss.
You
know
how
we
go
about
this
kind
of
transport
transition,
which
you
know
should
ultimately
lead
to
people
leaving
their
cars
behind
starting
to
walk
and
cycle
more.
You
know,
of
course,
for
that
needed
to
happen.
We
need
to
discuss,
and
that
was
the
the
workshop
that
I
was
leading
today
and
we
have
to
discuss.
A
I
think
the
important
thing
for
me
today
again
is
you
know
it's
good
to
get
women
together
because
they
really
rub
their
heads
together.
You
know,
really,
you
know,
start
sort
of
buzzing
things
about
and
sharing,
and
what
I
from
a
cycle
campaigning
point
of
view
would
really
like
to
see.
Is
you
know
for
this
school
to
become
a
lot
more
coherent
and
a
lot
more
clear
in
what
they
are
asking
for
and
by
they
I
mean
you
know
women,
because
it's
not
just
us
getting
here
together
as
women
who
already
cycle
you
know.
A
We
should
also
be
thinking
about
that.
There's.
You
know
actually
that
the
vast
number
of
us
aren't
cycling
and
we
have
to
start
think
about
and
discuss
why
that
is
and
take
those
voices
very
very
seriously
as
well,
because
you
know
what
what
you're
increasingly
here,
if
you
actually
listen,
and
you
peel
back
all
sorts
of
stories
that
you
hear
it's,
not
the
showers
that
aren't
there.
You
know
when,
when
they
cycle
the
word,
it
is
actually
the
safe
route
to
the
workplace
which
currently
isn't
there.
So
it's
I
think
important
for
us
to.
A
You
know
talk
about
this
kind
of
it's.
The
bigger
picture
really
and
you
need
to
teach
people
is
to
teach
people
almost
to
pan
back
and
say
you
know
this
is
your
urban
environment
in
a
whilst
you
might
be
not
the
one
you're
carrying
that
curbstone,
that's
getting
shifted,
you
know
to
make
space
for
a
bike
late,
it's
for
you
who
for
you
to
start
talking
about,
and
for
you
being
you
know,
visionary
about
your
city
and
that
they're
the
future
might
be
entirely
different
and
actually
a
lot
better.
Then,
and
then
the
present
thanks.
A
Like
to
see
this
happen
again
and
as
my
friend
you
know,
Sally
Hinchcliffe
mentioned
it
would
be
absolutely
great
in
having
seen
a
room
full
of
women.
You
know
articulate,
and
you
know
so
into
talking
about
cycling,
and
you
know
making
that
transport
transition
happen.
We
don't
ever
want
to
see
in
a
recycling
conference
without
at
least
one
woman
on
a
panel.
Thank.