Best Public Transport Research Group Podcasts (2024)

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It All Starts and Ends in the Midwest 11:10

2d ago11:10

11:10

Amy Heart shares her career journey from her roots in Wisconsin to her pivotal role as SVP of Public Policy at Sunrun. Keith and Amy discuss the increasing consumer interest in sustainability and Sunrun's customer-focused approach to making solar energy accessible and affordable for homeowners.By Amy Heart, Keith Zakheim

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Leading with the “Why” of Sustainability with the Climate Change Committee's Sophie Vipond 10:41

3M ago10:41

10:41

Sophie emphasizes the importance of leaning into emotional and personal connections in climate-focused storytelling. By crafting compelling narratives around social justice, health perspectives, and the overall wellbeing of future generations, Sophie believes we can better motivate audiences to drive meaningful change. In the Age of Adoption, organ…

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Accelerating the Energy Transition with ABB’s Brian Nelson 13:32

4M ago13:32

13:32

The Mission to Zero: ABB has fully embraced the challenge of achieving net-zero targets with a goal to achieve carbon neutrality in its operations by 2030. The company’s Mission to Zero initiative aims to significantly reduce emissions from its global facilities by implementing solar, energy storage, and smart switchgear solutions. By adopting digi…

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A Sustainable Approach to Transforming Global Health - With Northwell Health’s Dr. Eric Cioè-Peña 17:47

6M ago17:47

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In the latest episode of the Age of Adoption podcast, we had the privilege of hosting Dr. Eric Cioè-Peña, MD, MPH an emergency physician, and the vice president and founder of the Center for Global Health at Northwell Health, the largest healthcare provider and private employer in New York State. Dr. Cioè Peña shares Northwell Health’s Age of Adopt…

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Advancing Sustainable & Equitable Healthcare with Atlantic Health System 19:54

9M ago19:54

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Nikki Sumpter, Chief Administrative Officer of Atlantic Health System, joins us to discuss the health system's efforts to address health equity and sustainability in the Age of Adoption. Nikki shares how Atlantic Health System is working to create a more equitable and sustainable healthcare system for its staff, patients, and the communities in whi…

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RT 49 – Marcela Munizaga – Transit Data for Forecasting and Analysis 32:43

12M ago32:43

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In this episode Prof Graham Currie talks to Prof Marcela Munizaga from the Universidad de Chile. Marcela is Vice Dean at the Faculty of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, but also the Vice President at the Santiago Metro. Graham and Marcela initially talk about Marcela’s roles in administration, teaching and research at the University. Marcela out…

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RT 48 – Jan-Dirk Schmöcker –Hyperpaths and the benefits of unreliability 40:31

1y ago40:31

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This episode’s guest is Associate Professor Jan-Dirk Schmöcker from the Department of Urban Management at Kyoto University in Japan. Jan-Dirk has been in Japan for 15 years, 12 of them at Kyoto University. He is part of the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) group at the university and has a background in transportation planning and assignment mod…

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RT 47 – Stefan Voß – Transit Robustness, data and the state of the research field 33:39

1y ago33:39

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In this episode Professor Graham Currie meets with Professor Stefan Voß, who is Director of the Institute of Information Systems and (until the end of 2022 was) the Dean of the Hamburg Business School at the University of Hamburg. Stefan has a background in mathematics, computer science and related fields. He and Graham discuss this and the fields …

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RT 46 – Avi Ceder – From Bus Driving to Transit Scheduling and Visioning Future Cities that Work 37:04

1y ago37:04

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Researching Transit comes to you again from the Conference on Advanced Systems in Public Transport (CASPT2022) in Tel Aviv, Israel. In this episode Professor Graham Currie met with another of the conference organisers, Professor Avi Ceder. Avi is the Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and at the Transportation …

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RT 45 – Marcus Enoch – Researching Transport Strategy 41:57

1y ago41:57

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Our guest for this episode of Researching Transit is Professor Marcus Enoch of Loughborough University. Graham and Marcus discuss Marcus’ somewhat sudden commencement of his PhD studies at the Open University, with a research topic agreed to in the taxi from the railway station! They also discuss the 18 months of journalism Marcus undertook for Loc…

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RT 44 – Yuval Hadas – Transfers, dynamic fares, priority and chewing gum? 38:33

1y ago38:33

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Researching Transit comes to you this episode from the Conference on Advanced Systems in Public Transport (CASPT2022) in Tel Aviv, Israel. Here Professor Graham Currie met with one of the conference organisers, Dr Yuval Hadas from Bar-Ilan University, which is in Ramat Gan, a city near Tel Aviv.Yuval is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Manage…

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RT 43 –Martin Trépanier – Getting more value from smartcard data 34:39

1y ago34:39

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In this episode of Researching Transit Professor Graham Currie talks to Professor Martin Trépanier from Polytechnique Montréal. Martin is part of the Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering, and also the Director of the Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics and Transportation (CIRRELT), and Director Chair i…

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Advancing Climate Justice in the Industrial Sector 20:54

1y ago20:54

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Decarbonizing the industrial sector is the next frontier in climate action, but for Dimensional Energy’s Co-Founder & CEO, Jason Salfi, the work doesn’t stop there. Dimensional Energy is instilling climate justice principles throughout their business, beginning by pairing sustainable, carbon neutral fuel development with binding community engagemen…

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Clean Economy Leadership in the SVB Aftermath 27:21

1y ago27:21

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Executive leadership in today’s highly-complex innovation economy requires more than the traditional investment in IP, market transformation, and engineers. According to this week’s Age of Adoption (formerly Raising Your Antenna) special guest, the most competitive, resilient startups depend on emotional awareness that begins at the C-Level. This i…

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RT 42 – Peter White – Public Transport Research in the UK 31:55

1y ago31:55

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This episode of Researching Transit again comes to you all the way from the United Kingdom, as Prof Graham Currie chats with (Emeritus) Prof Peter White from the University of Westminster. Peter has had a long and varied career in teaching and research at Westminster, having joined the university in 1971, back when it was known as the Polytechnic o…

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Addressing Net Zero in the Existing Building Stock 30:04

1+ y ago30:04

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This week we are privileged to have two exceptional guests on Raising Your Antenna’s Special Inflation Reduction Act 8-Part Series, Mahesh Ramanujam and Sarah Merricks. They discuss how Global Network for Zero (GNFZ) is redefining net-zero strategy and green building certifications to optimize corporate sustainability efforts. GNFZ focuses on a sig…

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RT 41 – Karen Lucas – Researching Transport and Social Exclusion 38:24

1+ y ago38:24

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Researching Transit continues in the United Kingdom, heading further north for this episode to talk with Professor Karen Lucas of the University of Manchester. Karen is Professor of Human Geography and Deputy Director at the Manchester Urban Institute. She is also the Director of Research in the Department of Geography within the School of Environm…

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RT 40 – Richard Anderson – International Transit Benchmarking Research at Imperial College London 36:35

1+ y ago36:35

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This episode comes to you from Imperial College London, in the United Kingdom, where Prof Graham Currie recently met with Richard Anderson. Richard is the Managing Director of the Applied Research group within the Transport Strategy Centre (TSC) at Imperial’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He leads the group’s industry facing wo…

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RT39 - Christian Wolmar - Researching Rail Transport History 47:45

1+ y ago47:45

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In this episode Prof Graham Currie talks to Christian Wolmar, a prolific author and journalist specialising in transport and railway history. Christian studied economics at Warwick University, but after graduating in 1971 began a career as a journalist. In 1992 he became the transport correspondent at The Independent newspaper. He has since written…

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Large-Scale City Electrification in the Age of Adoption 27:09

1+ y ago27:09

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This episode of Raising Your Antenna features Jordan Feldstein, Product Co-Chief / Tech Lead at BlocPower, to discuss the path forward to upgrading all 125MM American homes and 5MM fossil fuel-burning buildings to make them more cost-effective, healthier, smarter, and greener. This transition is not only combating the climate crisis but creating in…

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Federal to Local: Unlocking Sustainable Transportation Investments 32:12

1+ y ago32:12

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This episode of Raising Your Antenna features David Kim, former U.S. Department of Transportation Deputy Administrator under President Obama and California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) Secretary under Gov. Newsom, to discuss the ways in which industry can help unlock billions of dollars in local transportation investments and help build a m…

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Deploying Transformative Grid Edge Technologies for Net-Zero 30:22

1+ y ago30:22

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The BlackBerry is now just a distant memory to some, and a fruit to others (ehm, Gen Z) but in 2022, it represented the cutting edge technology that brought AI to your fingertips, one keyboard “click-click” at a time. What does the BlackBerry phone have to do in the context of climate action? New, disruptive technologies are analogous to the type o…

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Shaping the Future of Equitable Transportation 38:18

1+ y ago38:18

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This week on Raising Your Antenna, we welcome Mayor of Truckee, CA and Head of Market Strategy for Resource Innovations Courtney Henderson, alongside her colleague Kelly Helfrich, Vice President of Resource Innovations’ Electric Vehicle Practice. Resource Innovations is a women-led and controlled organization making clean energy more accessible and…

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Reimagining Regulations for the U.S. Energy System 29:11

1+ y ago29:11

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On this episode of Raising Your Antenna, we are thrilled to welcome former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee for an insightful discussion on grid transformation and regulatory innovation in light of the Inflation Reduction Act. Chairman Chatterjee formerly served as Commissioner and Chairman of FERC, where he cham…

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A New Era of Public-Private Partnerships under the IRA 31:40

1+ y ago31:40

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Cities aren’t going anywhere. Half of the world’s population currently resides within them and if their unwavering strength during a global pandemic says anything, they are certainly here to stay. But cities also account for about 75% of global CO2 emissions, and the sustainability and public health challenges they present are substantial. On this …

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The Future of Climate Legislation & Innovation 35:46

1+ y ago35:46

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This episode is the first of a 6-part series, The Inflation Reduction Act in the Age of Climate Adoption, released in light of the Inflation Reduction Act and its impact on climate tech innovation, emerging technologies, and a just transition. I was honored to have Hawai’i State Senator Chris Lee as my first guest on the series. Senator Lee is a gl…

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Fostering Curiosity in the Workplace 35:29

2y ago35:29

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On this episode of Raising Your Antenna, I had the pleasure of engaging with Rich Kenny, Nurse Intrapreneur at SAS. We talked about curiosity. Namely, the value of being curious in the workplace, and how it is a trait that both predicts high performers as well as successful enterprises. Rich is an incredibly insightful guest, and the research done …

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RT 38 – Andrew Nash – Implementing transit priority in Zurich 44:40

2+ y ago44:40

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In this episode Dr James Reynolds talks to Andrew Nash about implementing priority for buses and trams in Zurich, Switzerland. Mr Nash is a Senior Researcher at the St Pölten University of Applied Sciences in Austria. He is also a Lecturer at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and a widely published transport researcher The episode starts with a brief discus…

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RT37 – Jeff Brown and Joel Mendez – Paying for Public Transport 45:45

2+ y ago45:45

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This is the fifteenth episode in Researching Transit’s Handbook of Public Transport Research Series. Links to the book can be found at the end of the notes. In this episode Professor Graham Currie talks to Professor Jeff Brown and Dr Joel Mendez about funding public transport. Professor Brown is from the College of Social Sciences & Public Policy a…

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RT36 – Juan Carlos Munoz – Public Transport Operations Control Technologies 36:59

2+ y ago36:59

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This is the fourteenth episode in Researching Transit's Handbook of Public Transport Research Series. Links to the book can be found at the end of the notes. In this episode, Professor Graham Currie talks to Professor Juan Carlos Munoz from the Department of Transport and Logistics Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Professor …

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Health Equity Issues are Environmental Issues 40:25

2+ y ago40:25

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I’m not sure that the climate change and sustainability community would include issues related to the pandemic, biodiversity, health equity, and modern slavery in their definition of ESG. Yet, today on RYA, we address all of these issues with our guests Chris Kline (Global Senior Principal for Sustainability and ESG at Cardno), Natalie Egnot (Epide…

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RT35 – Niels van Oort – Public Transport Reliability 32:41

2+ y ago32:41

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This is the thirteenth episode in the Researching Transit Handbook of Public Transport Research Series. Links to the book can be found at the end of the notes. In this episode Professor Graham Currie talks to Assistant Professor Niels van Oort from the Technical University of Delft (TU Delft). Assistant Professor van Oort is the Co-Director of the …

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The Net Zero Backlash Has Arrived 34:39

2+ y ago34:39

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Having Joel Makower appear on your podcast is, in the clean tech world, akin to Oprah landing Harry and Meghan. Like Harry and Meghan, Joel is a celebrity in our world, everyone wants to hear what he has to say and he provides salacious details about the royal family. Okay, maybe not the royal stuff. But the rest is true. As the founder and Chairma…

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RT34 – Wijnand Veeneman – Public Transport Governance 38:39

2+ y ago38:39

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This is the twelfth episode in Researching Transit's Handbook of Public Transport Research Series. Links to the book can be found at the end of the notes. In this episode Professor Graham Currie talks to Associate Professor Wijnand Veeneman from the Technical University of Delft (TU Delft). Associate Professor Veeneman is part the Organisation and …

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RT33 – Selby Coxon – Design Research Innovations in Public Transport 38:35

3y ago38:35

38:35

This is the eleventh episode in Researching Transit's Handbook of Public Transport Research Series. Links to the book can be found at the end of the notes. In this episode, Professor Graham Currie talks to Associate Professor Selby Coxon of Monash University’s Department of Design. Associate Professor Coxon is the Director of the Mobility Design La…

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RT32 – Graham Currie and Carlyn Muir – Personal Safety – Research Frontiers & New Tools 32:18

3y ago32:18

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This is the tenth episode in Researching Transit's Handbook of Public Transport Research Series. Links to the book can be found at the end of the notes. In this episode, Dr Laura Aston talks to Professor Graham Currie and Dr Carlyn Muir. Dr Muir is a Senior Research Fellow at the Monash University Accident Research Centre, and has a background in p…

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RT31 – Alexa Delbosc & Graham Currie: The paradigm shift in revenue protection research and practice 41:46

3y ago41:46

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This is the ninth episode in Researching Transit's Handbook of Public Transport Research Series. Links to the book can be found at the end of the notes. In this episode, Laura Aston speaks to Dr Alexa Delbosc and Professor Graham Currie. Today’s guests will be familiar to man. Dr Delbosc was interviewed in episode 22, addressing the psychology of p…

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RT30 – Amer Shalaby - Research Innovations in Delay and Disruption Management 40:38

3y ago40:38

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This is the eighth episode in Researching Transit's Handbook of Public Transport Research Series. Links to the book can be found at the end of the notes. In this episode, Professor Graham Currie speaks to Amer Shalaby, Professor and Bahen/Tanenbaum Chair in the Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Canada. Shalaby’s pass…

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RT29 - Kari Watkins - Advances in Transit Customer Information 39:12

3y ago39:12

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This is the seventh episode in Researching Transit's Handbook of Public Transport Research Series. Links to the book can be found at the end of the notes. In this episode, Professor Graham Currie speaks to Kari E. Watkins, Frederick Law Olmsted Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Tech…

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RT28 – Ahmed El-Geneidy – Customer Satisfaction Research Innovations 44:35

3y ago44:35

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This is the fourth episode in the Researching Transit Handbook of Public Transport Research series. Links to obtain the book can be found at the end of the notes.In this episode, Professor Graham Curries speaks to Professor Ahmed El-Geneidy. El-Geneidy is professor of transport planning at McGill University, and one of the co-authors of Chapter 4 o…

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RT27 – Margareta Friman and Maria Borjesson – The Swedish Bus Ridership Revolution 45:51

3y ago45:51

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This is the fifth episode in the Researching Transit Handbook of Public Transport Research series. Links to the book can be found at the end of the notes.In this episode, Professor Graham Currie speaks to Margareta Friman and Maria Borjesson, two of the authors of Chapter 20 of the Handbook: Large increases in bus use in Sweden: lessons learned. Ma…

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RT26 - John Preston – A Total Social Cost Perspective on Public Transport 49:30

3y ago49:30

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This is the fourth episode in the Researching Transit Handbook of Public Transport Research series. Links to obtain the book can be found at the end of the notes.In this episode, Professor Graham Currie speaks to the author of Chapter 9, The Total Social Cost (TSC) of Public Transport Modes, Professor John Preston. John Preston is Professor of Rail…

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RT25 – Susan Shaheen and Emma Lucken – Mobility on demand services and public transport 47:01

3y ago47:01

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This is the third episode in the Researching Transit Handbook of Public Transport Research series. Links to obtain the book can be found at the end of the notes.In this episode, Professor Graham Curries speaks to authors of Chapter 19, Incorporating Mobility on Demand (MOD) and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) automotive services into Public Transporta…

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Mobility is Sexy 30:57

3y ago30:57

30:57

When we imagine what our energy transformation will look like, we tend to focus on the shiny new toys — solar panels, electric vehicles, Tesla powerwalls, and Nest Thermostats. While those products are necessary for a carbon net-zero future, they are in no way sufficient. Today on RYA, I chat with Benjamin Birnbaum, partner at Keyframe and co-found…

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RT24 - Dr Oded Cats - Network Resilience and The Smart Public Transport Lab 45:39

3y ago45:39

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This is the second episode in the Researching Transit Handbook of Public Transport Research series. Links to obtain the book can be found at the end of the notes. In this episode, Professor Graham Currie speaks to another of the book’s authors, Associate Professor Oded Cats. Dr Cats cofounded and co-directs the Smart Public Transport Lab, in the De…

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RT23- Introducing the Handbook of Public Transport Research 33:20

3y ago33:20

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Professor Graham Currie introduces a new book that is hot off the press: The Handbook of Public Transport Research. The book, edited by Professor Currie, is the most recent in the Research Handbooks in Transport Studies series, published by Edward Elgar. It brings together the latest research from 52 authors across 10 countries, packed into 21 chap…

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The Importance of Utility-Consumer Partnerships 39:26

3y ago39:26

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It’s not every day that I have the opportunity to interview two utility executives — especially from Texas, and especially a mere two months after the historic freeze in the State of Texas. While we didn’t spend a lot of time dissecting the causes of the February grid failure, much of our conversation addressed the types of challenges, programs and…

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RT22 - Dr Alexa Delbosc - The Psychology of Public Transport 31:56

3y ago31:56

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Dr Alexa Delbosc is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Transport Studies at Monash University. With a PhD in civil engineering and a Masters in social psychology, Dr Delbosc’s expertise is geared toward understanding the psychology of transport use. In today’s show, she speaks with Professor Graham Currie about the psychology of public transport…

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RT21 – Dr Robbie Napper – Applied design as a research tool for transit 50:20

3y ago50:20

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Dr Robbie Napper is an industrial designer who applies his skills to make public transport easier to use. Robbie works as a lecturer and researcher in the Monash University Department of Design, and is Deputy Director of the Mobility Design Lab, as well as a member of a number of TRB research committees. Robbie is interested in making sure transit …

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RT20 - Brendon Hemily - Making Academic Research Relevant to the Transit Industry 39:57

3+ y ago39:57

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Brendon Hemily is an independent public transport consultant based in Toronto, and Chair of the Public Transportation Group at Transportation Research Board (TRB). TRB brings together researchers, practitioners, government agency staff, and others, from all modes of transportation, to identify research needs, review current research, conduct resear…

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