ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ Cities podcast episode two: the future of transit
Published: October 14, 2014
No matter which box Torontonians check on October 27, this city is on a course for change.
ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ News is presenting a mini-series of podcasts aimed at giving voters – or anyone interested in the future of cities – an idea of what Toronto and other global cities could look like just a few years from now, as the urban-focused research and businesses developed by University of Toronto experts come to life.
Last week, ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ News launched the ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ Cities podcast with an episode on , sharing stories of artificially intelligent traffic lights, human-powered car-bikes and an undergraduate class doing ground-breaking research on the municipal election.
The second episode is all about transit. You can download or stream the full episode here:
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Click through to find other installments of the miniseries on and Final episode will be published on October 27.
PART ONE: HOW TO GET REAL ABOUT IMPROVING TRANSIT
Civil engineering’s Professor Eric Miller (pictured above) is the go-to commentator for transit planning issues in Toronto.
In the first part of this episode, Miller explains why he has such a clear picture of the kind of transit plans that will work – and the ones that won't.
He also shares a cautiously optimistic forecast for specific transit upgrades in the next few years – and one very pragmatic wish for the future of transit.
PART TWO: DREAMING A NEW DESIGN FOR TRANSIT BEYOND THE CORE
He and other members of the Daniels faculty embarked on a joint project with Metrolinx that sought to reinvent transit hubs outside the downtown.
In this interview, Sommer describes the green, lively possibilities dreamed up in the book, Huburbs: Transit and Urbanism in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area.
ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ Taylor Scollon and Brett Chang want to make the commute along King Street an easy ride. They plan to leverage the frustration of many King streetcar riders into a crowdfunded option that will run alongside the TTC.
Their startup, , ran a week-long pilot of a crowdfunded, privately-run express bus through Liberty Village.
Scollon explains the company’s grand plans for private transit in Toronto and how his background in philosophy at ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥ helped prepare him for building a business outside the box.
about it in this dedicated feature on van der Linden and VoteCompass' Toronto election edition.
Read more about building successful cities at ÇÑ×ÓÖ±²¥.
This podcast features music made available on the Free Music Archive from Daytripper13, Jazzafari and Cosmic Analog Ensemble.
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