Mobility Conversations
To continue building on our in-person and online learning events, Transport Futures is facilitating a series of webinars that focus on all aspects of transportation policy and planning: transit, intercity travel, active transportation, road safety, traffic management and much more. During each one-hour conversation, an international or local expert will make a 25-minute presentation and then respond to your excellent questions and comments. Be sure to register today!
Human Transit:
How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives
Jarrett Walker
Jarrett Walker + Associates
Portland, Oregon, USA
Transportation expert Jarrett Walker believes that public transit can be simple, if we focus on the underlying geometry that all transit systems share. Jarrett’s gift is being able to break down the basic principles of transit so that you may have the tools necessary to clarify and advocate for your own values.
In 2011, Jarrett published what became a classic for sustainable transportation advocates, Human Transit. He recently released his updated and expanded book to further deepen his initial explanations. The content moves into new territories, such as the problem with specialization; the role of flexible or “demand response” services; how to know when to redesign your network; and responding to tech-industry claims that transit will soon be obsolete. It also has a major new section exploring the idea of access to opportunity as a core measure of transit’s success.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Jarrett discuss the revised edition of Human Transit and offer guidance to achieve successful public transit that will enrich any community. Your questions will be answered and you’ll receive a 30% discount on his new book, too!
BIO:
Jarrett Walker is President of Jarrett Walker + Associates, an international consulting firm specializing in public transit network design and policy. Based in Portland, Oregon, he has been a full-time consultant since 1991 and has led numerous major planning projects in cities and towns of all sizes, across North America, Australia, and New Zealand. Born in 1962, Jarrett grew up in Portland during the revolutionary 1970s, the era when Portland first made its decisive commitment to be a city for people rather than cars. He went on to complete a BA at Pomona College (Claremont, California) and a Ph.D. in theatre arts and humanities at Stanford University. Passionately interested in an impractical number of fields, Jarrett is probably the only person with peer-reviewed publications in both the Journal of Transport Geography and Shakespeare Quarterly.
Wheeling through Toronto (and beyond):
A History of the Bicycle and Its Riders
Albert Koehl
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
What is it about the simple bicycle that it can be so loved by some people yet despised by others? Albert Koehl will answer this 130-year old question while summarizing his new book, Wheeling through Toronto.
From the bicycle craze at the turn of the 20th century, to the rise of the car and the motorway in the 1950s, to the intensifying cry for active transportation in the 1990s and into pandemic times, there is no doubt that this 2-wheeled mode of transport has had a tumultuous history. However, Albert’s research and advocacy demonstrates that the bicycle should be celebrated not only as hope for the future, but also for its affordability, for its contribution to clean and healthy mobility, and because it brings happiness and joy to so many.
We look forward to your questions and perspectives as we discuss how the bicycle can be integrated into your city’s multi-modal transportation network. By registering for this webinar, you may also receive a discount when you purchase Albert’s new book!
BIO:
Environmental lawyer and former Osgoode Hall adjunct law professor Albert Koehil has been dedicated to issues of transportation, energy and climate change for 30 years. His writings and interviews are regularly published in a variety of media, including the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail and Spacing Magazine. He has represented (pro bono) cycling groups before courts, tribunals, public forums, and at city hall. Albert’s name has been called “synonymous with cycling in Toronto,” his work inspired and sustained by a commitment to social justice and the belief that how we get around should be based on fairness and respect for each other and our community. Among his proudest achievements at home or abroad he counts his leadership in the successful, decades-long fight for a Bloor Street (-Danforth Avenue) bike lane that transformed this dangerous arterial into a model for safer, happier, and more climate-friendly public spaces. He holds a law degree from Queen’s University and a political economy degree from University of Toronto.
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