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Triangle Tweener TalksDr. Doug Kaufman: The TransLoc Story, His Pivot to AI, and Why Every CEO Needs a Coach (part 2)What happens after you sell a company you helped turn around?For Dr. Doug Kaufman, it’s a story of new ventures and hard-won lessons.In this second part of a two-part series, Doug discusses his time at TransLoc, a mass transit technology company he helped lead to a successful sale to Ford.He shares how he navigated a challenging acquisition process and the importance of a strong, collaborative board. He also talks about the challenges of his most recent venture, Belongly, including the difficult decision to pivot the business and raise capital in...
2025-09-0443 min
College Life: UnscriptedTransportationIn the fourth episode, Kayce talks about all things transportation at Ball State. From the school's buses to the city buses, to parking, and Charlie's Charter, she covers it all in this episode.Credits:Host: Kayce May Producers: Jack Ringenberg & Kayce MayEditor: Jack RingenbergThe views and opinions in this episode belong to the individuals involved and do not necessarily represent those of Jack Ringenberg Media, Jack Ringenberg, or Ball State UniversityHave an episode idea or...
2025-02-2128 min
The Movement Podcast089 Never Let a Consultant Tell Your Community Its Goals with David FieldsAs a former consultant himself, David Fields knows the risks of communities not aligning around clear goals and values before starting a project, a lesson he’s bringing to his new role as Houston’s first Chief Transportation Planner.
2020-10-1930 minThe Movement Podcast088 You Should Never Give Up on the Goal of Reaching Common Ground with Amanda EakenWhile once thought to be a problem for our grandchildren, climate change is here now. Amanda Eaken of the Bloomberg American Cities Climate Challenge shares how the best leaders are not only attacking climate change today, but rethinking community engagement for the long term.
2020-10-1419 min
Transit UnpluggedComfort’s Corner: 40 Under 40 in the Public Transit Industry Pt. 2“I think it is incredibly important that staff at all levels get regular exposure to their [transit] system. Doing so, gives you a greater perspective and will help you be more effective in your job.”This week on Transit Unplugged, Paul Comfort hosts three of Mass Transit magazine’s 40 Under 40 honorees who have been recognized as outstanding young individuals actively making a difference in the public transit industry. Guests include Alice Grossman, an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Jerome Horne, a Ridership Experience Specialist at IndyGo; and Tyler Means...
2020-10-0742 minThe Movement Podcast087 This Top Down Approach of Leadership is Not Going to Work.Josh and L’erin discuss connections between Leadership Upside Down and recent news stories, including how advocacy groups engage with their communities, Denver’s reckoning with environmental racism, California going electric, and how we price our streets.
2020-10-0627 minThe Movement Podcast086 The Data Will Validate the Community with Dr. Mariela AlfonzoAmenities that make communities more attractive, more walkable, and better places to live can also lead to gentrification. Dr. Mariela Alfonzo of State of Place shares why using data to make better decisions—and thus create better policy—can mitigate the perils of rising housing costs and displacement.
2020-09-2938 minThe Movement Podcast085 We Really Need to Be Thinking More Long-term with Dr. Tom SanchezDr. Tom Sanchez has spent over two decades studying how to create more livable cities. In that time, he’s learned that the traditional ways we’ve approached problem-solving hasn’t worked, and it’s time for experts of all areas to combine their knowledge to create the equitable cities that work for everyone.
2020-09-2422 min
Exit StoriesWhy TransLoc’s Doug Kaufman Joined as CEO, Created a VC Growth Mindset, And Sold To Ford.Doug Kaufman, former CEO of TransLoc, joins Kevin Mosley to share his entrepreneurial journey from getting his doctorate in social psychology to starting multiple companies before joining TransLoc, transforming them to a VC-backed growth company who sold only 18 months after raising to a strategic fit in Ford Mobility.
2020-09-2250 minThe Movement Podcast084 We’ve Used Streets as Instruments for Segregation with Robbyn LewisDelegate Robbyn Lewis believes we’re valuing the wrong things like how fast cars can move instead of how healthy our communities are. She shares her advocacy story and what she’s doing now in the Maryland House of Delegates to ensure that our streets are places of community, not division.
2020-09-1644 minThe Movement Podcast083 We Need to Give More Back to This World Than We Take From ItLike many of us, mobility shaped L’erin Jensen’s life, from public transit in middle school to an electric scooter last week. In her new role as co-host of The Movement Podcast, she’ll leverage this life experience and her journalism credentials to advance mobility equity.
2020-09-0920 minThe Movement Podcast082 Failure Is Vital for What We Do with Nigel Jacob & Kris CarterAs the co-chairs of Boston’s New Urban Mechanics, Nigel Jacob and Kris Carter are connecting the city’s strengths of innovation and creativity to an experimental approach to learning in order to make living and working in Boston better for all its residents.
2020-09-0133 minThe Movement Podcast081 Nuance is the Norm with Ariel Ward & Brytanee BrownIn a complex world, we have to acknowledge that we are not, as activist Audre Lorde said, living single issue lives, meaning our solutions can’t be one-dimensional either. Ariel Ward and Brytanee Brown of At the Intersections share that the equitable solutions lie at the “epicenter of our complexities.”
2020-08-2541 minThe Movement Podcast080 As Planners, We’re Asking the Wrong Questions with James RojasDuring James Rojas’s formal planning education and the beginning of his career, he found that planning tools relied on maps and infrastructure and overlooked the role of memory, creativity, and art, an oversight that excluded people and undermined what truly makes a city unique.
2020-08-1831 minThe Movement Podcast079 Legislation is Our Morality Codified with Rohit MalhotraAtlanta’s Center for Civic Innovation once earned the imprimatur of “good trouble” from the late Representative John Lewis. Founder and Executive Director Rohit Malhotra shares the story of the Center and their mission to improve equality and build trust between communities and government.
2020-08-1033 minThe Movement Podcast078 Collectively, We Will Change the Name of the Game with Darnell GrisbyAs the American Public Transportation Association’s policy director, Darnell Grisby understands the unique role that transit can play to increase access to opportunity not only for riders, but also for the next generation of diverse industry leaders.
2020-08-0422 minThe Movement Podcast077 Listening is Not Really Sharing Power with Naomi DoernerThroughout Naomi Doerner’s career and community involvement, she has married transportation and mobility justice to not only better understand community needs, but to begin to shift power from dominant structures back to the community and its constituents.
2020-07-2830 minThe Movement Podcast076 We Can Only Move at the Speed of Trust with Lynn RossOver the past four years and across 10 cities, Lynn Ross of Spirit for Change Consulting has helped reimagine our public spaces for increased engagement, equity, environmental sustainability and economic development. A key lesson: co-creation is the only way forward.
2020-07-2226 minThe Movement Podcast075 The Moment We’re in is Not About Individual Leadership with Suzanne CarlsonIf we want to overcome systemic racism as well as COVID-19 financial impacts, Tennessee Department of Transportation Multimodal Services Director Suzanne Carlson believes we’ll need not individual leaders, but a network of great leaders communicating and supporting each other.
2020-07-1521 minThe Movement Podcast074 You Can’t See What You Haven’t Experienced with Charles BrownWhat happens if you do planning work not from behind a desk, but in front of a community? That’s what self-described street level researcher Charles Brown does, allowing him to hear the voices of the people who are truly the experts in their communities.
2020-07-0735 minThe Movement Podcast073 How We Define Professionalism is Rooted in RacismThree women—Dr. Destiny Thomas, Tamika Butler, and Sahra Sulaiman— who have been doing the work on the inequity in our communities share why reform isn’t enough if we want to eliminate the harm, marginalization, and disenfranchisement of communities of color.
2020-06-3043 minThe Movement Podcast072 Who is This Street Open for with Sam ZimbabweEven before the racial justice protests, Seattle used their Racial Equity Toolkit to help prioritize the 20+ miles of Stay Healthy Streets in response to COVID-19. Still, Seattle Department of Transportation Director Sam Zimbabwe wants to do more to center Black voices in the process.
2020-06-2319 minThe Movement Podcast071 What is the Root of the Root with Veronica DavisIf we are to truly bring about change and address the barriers to inclusive, equitable and healthy communities, Veronica Davis of consulting firm Nspiregreen says we need to get at the root cause of the most challenging problems in our communities.
2020-06-1839 minThe Movement Podcast070 Everything is Driven by Context with Joe IacobucciTo move forward critical mobility goals, Sam Schwartz Engineering’s Joe Iacobucci has found that the best leaders not only have plenty of ideas, but also an understanding of their region’s unique needs and strengths.
2020-06-0929 minThe Movement Podcast069 Everybody Has a Ministry with Lateefah SimonFor over half her life, Lateefah Simon has served her community as a civil rights and racial justice advocate. Now, as president of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors, she brings that same dedication to ensuring that everyone in the Bay Area-—regardless of income—can access mobility.
2020-06-0326 minThe Movement Podcast068 We Need to Think About the Use Cases of Everyone with Chris PangilinanDisability advocate, transportation planner and engineer, and transit nerd Chris Pangilinan shares an inside look at the work he’s done to improve access for those with mobility impairments and what is still left to do.
2020-05-2931 minThe Movement Podcast067 The Challenges to Equitable Transit are Political and Social, Not TechnologicalTo help TransitCenter make cities more just and environmentally sustainable, Tabitha Decker is working to not only expand bus lanes and redesign NYC’s bus network, but also supporting transit agencies and advocates with research and policy recommendations.
2020-05-2024 minThe Movement Podcast066 Partnership is a Key to Success in Pittsburgh with Karina RicksLed by Karina Ricks, Pittsburgh’s Department of Mobility and Infrastructure is facilitating the creation of innovative mobility hubs and identifying clear principles for autonomous vehicle testing, all done in partnership with both the community and their private sector partners.
2020-05-1231 minThe Movement Podcast065 Preserving a Sense of Place with Jeremy PateUnderstanding and investing in what makes NW Arkansas special is a key element of Jeremy Pate’s work at the Walton Family Foundation, one that has resulted in one of the nation’s best greenway and trail systems for users of all abilities and interests.
2020-05-0632 minThe Movement Podcast060 Ridesharing From the Inside Out with Harry CampbellThe last year for Uber and Lyft have been wild: going public, AB5 regulation in California, and now COVID-19 cratering demand. Harry Campbell of The Rideshare Guy shares what he thinks is necessary for ridesharing to survive this challenging time and thrive beyond it.
2020-04-3033 minThe Movement Podcast064 What We are Building Today is Setting the City Up for the Next 50 Years with Eulois CleckleyEulois Cleckley provides an introduction to Denver’s new department of transportation and infrastructure that focuses on how things move—whether that’s people, vehicles, or water—as well as how he helps keep his team focused on the long term impact of their work.
2020-04-2835 minThe Movement Podcast063 It Breaks My Heart That People Don’t Think They Can Own the Streets with Warren LoganYou might think opening up 70+ miles of streets to the people would take a while, but Oakland mobility policy director Warren Logan shares how alignment—not agreement—helped the city move quickly during the COVID-19 pandemic to make the streets safer for everyone.
2020-04-2228 minThe Movement Podcast062 Putting People at the Center of the Environmental Movement with Shelley PotichaShelley Poticha of the Natural Resources Defense Council works to create a just and equitable world and shares specific examples from Portland, Memphis, and San Antonio on how government and community leaders are working together to align the goals of the community.
2020-04-1522 minThe Movement Podcast061 Transportation is at Nexus of Access and Opportunity with Keith BenjaminKeith Benjamin is transitioning Charleston’s Traffic and Transportation department from one that focuses on maintenance to one that is mindfully using its power to expand access and increase equity, for city staff, vendors, and the community.
2020-04-0827 minThe Movement Podcast059 Surviving “Micromobility Winter on Steroids” with William HendersonAn already challenging time for micromobility has become even harder with COVID-19 limiting people’s movements in many cities and countries. But William Henderson, CEO of Ride Report, believes there are still blue skies ahead for cities, micromobility operators, and riders.
2020-03-2428 minThe Movement Podcast058 It’s in Their DNA to Serve the Public with Paul SkoutelasLike many industries, public transportation is adapting to the dramatic impact of COVID-19 on our communities. APTA President and CEO Paul Skoutelas shares how their team is supporting critical public transit needs, advocating for federal relief, and engaging with stakeholders.
2020-03-1821 minThe Movement Podcast057 A Vehicle of ChangemakingMike Lydon and Tony Garcia of Street Plans introduce Tactical Urbanism and how the process of trialing small, cost-effective changes in a community is sometimes more important than the finished product in creating lasting change in communities.
2020-03-1131 minThe Movement Podcast056 We are Not Passive Actors with Bill SchultheissWith training as a civil engineer, Toole Design Group’s Bill Schultheiss has a particular window into the responsibility and opportunities available to the profession of civil engineering to create safe streets for all.
2020-03-0332 minThe Movement Podcast055 Innovation and Technology are Not Synonymous with Veronica VanterpoolVeronica Vanterpool’s experience as an advocate and board member at New York City’s MTA was grounded in equity and sustainability. Now as Chief Innovation Officer of the Delaware Transit Corporation, she’s challenging assumptions on what innovation actually is.
2020-02-2626 minThe Movement Podcast054 Public Lands for Public Benefit with Mariia ZimmermanUnderutilized public assets like parking lots or former government buildings in every community could be used for housing or redevelopment. Mariia Zimmerman from MZ Strategies shares what the best communities are doing to maximize the public benefit from these public lands.
2020-02-1929 minThe Movement Podcast053 There Was Just a Moment When Things Aligned with Brian PayneWhether it was the development of the Indianapolis Cultural Trail or revamping the Central Indiana Community Foundation’s mission to overcome the scourge of systemic racism, Brian Payne’s bold moves are remaking how all residents of Indianapolis access opportunity.
2020-02-1238 min
Green Planet Blue Planet PodcastEp. 153 MakeSoil, a movement to regenerate the Planet with Josh WhitonJosh Whiton is an impact entrepreneur blending technology and business with active care for the planet. The companies, projects, and planetary interventions he serves aim to harmonize society with nature, catalyze a regenerative economy, and elevate human consciousness.
Regenerate The Planet
We need to start regenerating the planet, rather than simply consuming it as a raw material. Our society produces an enormous amount of food waste. Currently, nearly all of it goes to landfills where it rots, releasing CO2 and methane — an even worse greenhouse gas. When instead we turn that food waste into soil, th...
2020-02-0551 minThe Movement Podcast052 Building a Resilient CityCharlotte’s growth to become one of our nation’s largest cities has not been seamless. In a special episode, learn from some of Charlotte’s leaders and advocates on what is needed to build on its past as it looks to its future.
2020-02-0537 min
The Movement Podcast051 The Innovation Honeymoon is Over with Pete GouldIn just a few short years, how cities and regulators engage with shared mobility companies (and vice versa) has changed. Shared Mobility Strategies’ Pete Gould helps promising new mobility providers ensure they understand the needs and values of the public sector.
2020-01-2935 min
The Movement Podcast050 The Goal is to Make Transit Run More Efficiently with Eric BunchKansas City council member Eric Bunch’s experience as a bus rider and community advocate shaped his resolution to not only make transit fare-free in KC, but to implement policy at the city level to help KCATA buses dwell less at stops and traffic signals.
2020-01-2231 min
The Movement Podcast049 Connecting Dots Takes Work with Andreas AddisonAndreas Addison’s early-career experience deploying technology as a civic innovator provided key lessons and philosophies influencing his current effort as a Richmond City Council member to make Richmond’s streets safe for all.
2020-01-1528 min
The Movement Podcast048 Managing Change is My Job with Harriet TregoningHarriet Tregoning leads the New Urban Mobility Alliance, a coalition of public, private, and non-profit organizations shaping how technology can help create sustainable communities. But lessons from her career have shown that before you can apply technology, you first need a shared vision.
2020-01-0836 min
The Movement Podcast047 The One With the Weird GuestThe end of the year is a great time to reflect, connect some dots from this year’s conversations, test out a new leadership framework, and share gratitude for a wonderful year building The Movement Podcast.
2019-12-3010 minThe Movement Podcast046 All Transit is Local with Yonah FreemarkFrom his academic research at MIT to his blog The Transport Politic, Yonah Freemark has tackled a key question: what can communities and elected officials do to ensure that their local transit projects are successful and meet their community goals?
2019-12-2226 min
The Movement Podcast045 We Can Really Transform the Way People Move with Nadine LeeWith Southern California boasting both extraordinary congestion and strong political support for transit, Nadine Lee of LA Metro explains how to invest in not only innovation, but also the fundamentals of better transit service, all in an effort to create a transit system that riders love.
2019-12-1732 min
The Movement Podcast044 But Did the Sacred Cow Use the Crosswalk with Don KostelecFrom Don Kostelec’s beginnings in the transportation planning field, he’s questioned the orthodoxy that many cities and states just accept about how streets should look. The result? He’s democratizing access for advocates everywhere to create safer communities.
2019-12-1030 min
The Movement Podcast043 Creating Cities for All with Amanda O'RourkeTo make a city that works for everyone, the nonprofit 8 80 cities asks that we start with the perspective of an 8 year old and an 80 year old. Amanda O’Rourke shares how 300 communities have engaged at a human level, prototyped a solution, and then scaled from there.
2019-12-0318 min
The Movement Podcast042 The Gap Between the Private Sector and the Public Sector with Liz SissonGovernment officials and advocates are not enough to make cities safe, healthy, and climate resilient. Liz Sisson from investment firm Urban US shares how she translates between the public and private sectors to help ensure city dwellers benefit from urban tech.
2019-11-2628 min
The Movement Podcast041 Not Your Traditional Politician with John BautersBefore John Bauters was an elected official in Emeryville, California, he was an advocate. His work in social justice issues impacts how he approaches his role as a city councilmember and helps him identify tactical ways to achieve change in your community.
2019-11-1934 minThe Movement Podcast040 We Have to Think Generationally with Kate GallegoTo build the economy of the future, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego manages one of our nation’s youngest and fastest growing cities with a long-term focus, a healthy investment in public transit, and the support of key community partners.
2019-11-1315 min
The Movement Podcast039 The Difference Between Space and Place with Nidhi GulatiNidhi Gulati’s work at Project for Public Spaces ensures that the needs of vulnerable populations like women, immigrants, and children are prioritized in how we design our cities and their systems, improving life for everyone.
2019-11-0541 minThe Movement Podcast038 People Want to Empower Themselves with Lex DennisLike access to mobility, access to lifelong learning has the potential to change lives. Lex Dennis of the Drucker Institute shares how they are working with residents of South Bend, IN to build a lifelong learning platform that is “radically accessible.
2019-10-2924 min
The Movement Podcast037 Meeting Riders Where They Are with Jerome HorneJerome Horne’s love for transit started young so perhaps it’s no surprise that he not only rides transit daily, but he serves as IndyGo’s Ridership Experience Specialist. This role gives him a front-row seat for Indianapolis’s total mobility transformation.
2019-10-2335 min
Super Power U: Mental Models and Tactical Skills To Activate Your Inner Superhero#91: Independent Thinking and Freedom with Entrepreneur Josh WhitonImpact entrepreneur Josh Whiton blends technology and business with active care for the planet. He talks with Lisa today about his desire to harmonize society with nature and elevate human consciousness. Josh was named a Champion of Change by the White House for his transit-tech company TransLoc. His latest project is MakeSoil.org, a movement to spread the word and benefits of composting and to make soil on a planet-saving scale. He and Lisa talk about true self-acceptance, the point where hedonism and altruism intermingle, thinking independently to move past programming, and the realization that many of us are...
2019-10-1759 min
The Movement Podcast036 Blessed Be Those Who Wrangle Bureaucracies with Greg LindsayIf we are going to get where we want to go, Greg Lindsay thinks we’re going to need more than just courage. We’ll also need to keep the best minds in the public sector, new tools to co-design the future, and a reckoning for private sector actors not serving the public interest.
2019-10-1640 min
The Movement Podcast035 Who Are These Streets For with Leah ShahumThe gradual privatization of the streets and mobility over the last century has Leah Shahum, the founder and director of the Vision Zero Network, breaking down silos to give communities the tools to think more collectively about how people move.
2019-10-0830 min
The Movement Podcast034 The Frontlines of Transportation Disruption with Emily Castor WarrenIn her policy roles at Lyft and Lime, Emily Castor Warren had a front row seat for two of the fastest technological adoptions in history: ridehailing and micromobility. The biggest challenge? Ensuring city alignment with the goals of these transportation.
2019-10-0139 min
The Movement Podcast033 No Ribbon Cutting Necessary with Simon BerrebiAcross the US, bus ridership is floundering. But instead of looking at this problem regionally, transit researcher Simon Berrebi studies bus ridership at a hyperlocal level and created a scalable way for the whole community to make their local transit better.
2019-09-2535 min
The Movement Podcast032 From Fragmented to Seamless with Ian GriffithsThe San Francisco Bay Area has 8 million people jammed into nine counties, meaning it is not only ripe for public transit, but also ripe for separate fiefdoms by dozens of transit and shuttle systems. Seamless Bay Area’s Ian Griffiths thinks he knows the remedy.
2019-09-1726 min
The Movement Podcast031 It’s Not Just a Job, It’s a Community Mission with Randy ClarkeClear goals, a core value simple enough for everyone in the organization to understand, and a mindful investment in community engagement are what CEO Randy Clarke believes are the necessary elements for Austin-based CapMetro to build towards the future.
2019-09-1036 min
The Movement Podcast030 Parking Isn’t Enough with Shawn ConradWhen the International Parking Institute recognized its members managed more than just parking, CEO Shawn Conrad helped the Institute not only add Mobility to its name, but also ensure that it’s at the table for important mobility technology conversations to come.
2019-09-0330 min
The Movement Podcast029 Frequently, We’re Solving the Wrong Problem Beautifully with Tom FisherImagine a mobility hub where you can find not only transportation, but also food, medical care, and other services. Tom Fisher of the Minnesota Design Center discusses his research into how to redesign government services to reflect how we actually live.
2019-08-2832 minThe Movement Podcast028 We’re Painting the Picture in Reverse with Danielle ElkinsDespite advising on the advanced mobility section of Minneapolis’s Transportation Action Plan, Danielle Elkins didn’t start with the shiny technology, but instead with the foundational transit infrastructure that previous generations invested in.
2019-08-1939 min
The Movement Podcast027 It’s Not a Solution if You Don’t Define What You Want First with Robin HutchesonRobin Hutcheson, the director of public works for Minneapolis, shares how the creation of the city’s Transportation Action Plan prioritizes equity, safety, and climate goals and ensures alignment with the Minneapolis 2040 comprehensive plan.
2019-08-1331 min
Fast ForwardFilling the Gaps: Microtransit and More - Greg Lindsay chats with TransLoc's Josh CohenEpisode 37. Greg Lindsay chats with Josh Cohen, National Director of Policy at TransLoc, about co-creating ways to fill the gaps where fixed route transit is not available. TransLoc works directly with transit agencies and cities to solve mobility challenges in suburban, rural and smaller urban communities. Josh hosts a mobility podcast of his own, The Movement, where he seeks to understand how to engage with communities to bring about a green, equitable and accessible mobility future.
2019-08-1133 min
The Movement Podcast026 What Should Community Engagement Look Like with Heather WorthingtonWhat could your community accomplish if it rethought how it engaged with its citizens on transportation, housing, and economic development? Heather Worthington shares how the City of Minneapolis approached community engagement for their comprehensive plan.
2019-08-0629 min
The Movement Podcast025 Unlike Some Boards, Riders Know Who We Are with Monica Tibbits-NuttThe board that oversees the MBTA operates differently than most public transit boards. Board member Monica Tibbits-Nutt highlights how the board was constructed, who the members represent, and how the board makes decisions to better serve the Boston area.
2019-07-3139 min
The Movement Podcast024 Organizations Go as Far as the Leaders Grow and Let Go with Chris HutchinsonPublic leaders are responsible for our most important community goods like transportation, schools, and greenspace. Leadership consultant Chris Hutchinson ensures leaders have the best tools to be effective and achieve the mobility and community outcomes we desire.
2019-07-2345 min
The Movement Podcast023 Transportation Isn’t About Moving Around. It’s About Getting Somewhere with Christof SpielerWhy is US public transit successful in some places and not in others? Christof Spieler believes the answer lies in how leaders deal with public opinion, why they build transit infrastructure in the first place, and the metrics they use to measure success.
2019-07-1627 min
The Movement Podcast022 Confessions of a "Not Particularly Mild-Mannered Bureaucrat" with Gillian GillettFrom the private sector to the public sector, Gillian Gillett has found that her willingness to point out that the emperor has no clothes is an important tool to use to get the ball rolling on important issues like transportation, housing, and equity.
2019-07-1028 min
The Movement Podcast021 Thinking Bigger Than Transportation with Diego de la Garza and Ryan RussoCity of Los Angeles’ Diego de la Garza and City of Oakland’s Ryan Russo are executives working in the transportation trenches every day. They are not only deploying mobility, but they are doing it equitably. How does thinking bigger than transportation bring us closer to The City of Tomorrow?
2019-07-0340 min
The Movement Podcast020 Each Technological Revolution is Full of Promise, and Yet…with Jeffrey TumlinWithout someone to help translate between the private sector that can move fast and the public sector that is more measured, we may never reach The City of Tomorrow. The ability to translate is the superpower of Jeffrey Tumlin, a principal at consulting firm Nelson Nygaard.
2019-06-2522 min
The Movement Podcast019 We Don’t Have to Resign Ourselves to Being a Car City with John Yi and Jason ZoggJohn Yi, executive director of advocacy group Los Angeles Walks, and Jason Zogg, an urban planner at Ford, share tools to interact with the community around us, including the largest public space in our communities: our streets.
2019-06-1940 min
The Movement Podcast018 Reimagine What Your Streets Can Be with Adonia Lugo and Romel PasqualAdonia Lugo and Romel Pasqual built CicLAvia, an event that catalyzes vibrant public spaces, active transportation, and good health through car-free street events. The event has helped over 1.6 million people access their streets in a different way and made them open to everyone. What can our streets look like in The City of Tomorrow?
2019-06-1232 min
The Movement Podcast017 The Intersection of "What Is" and "What Could Be" with Sarah KaufmanFrom Sarah Kaufman’s start helping to make NYC transit data more accessible to her groundbreaking research on women’s challenges in mobility, she ensures that diversity, openness, and courage are critical elements in how we’ll build the future.
2019-06-0533 min
The Movement Podcast016 Transportation Is A Means To An End, Not An End Itself with Rob PuentesRob Puentes of the Eno Center for Transportation recognizes that relying on the federal government to provide solutions for transportation problems is a major barrier to overcoming them. Instead, we need to think about how we frame the problems and the solutions.
2019-05-2826 min
FLP, the Finance Leadership Podcast"How Data Science Can Transform Your Business" with Elaine McVey of TransLoc (Durham, USA) "Data Science can help companies optimise how they're carrying out their business... to give the company a much clearer picture of what's valuable and what's problematic". GBD59. Elaine McVey directs the decision science function at TransLoc, a rapidly growing mobility technology company based in the Eastern USA. She tells Jennifer Gardner (AICPA & CIMA, Durham, USA) how business and finance leaders can collaborate with data scientists to tackle real-world business issues. They explore some best practices any large business can adopt when using data science to reveal actionable insights that transform their decision-making. TALKING POI...
2019-05-2220 minFLP, the Finance Leadership Podcast"How Data Science Can Transform Your Business" with Elaine McVey of TransLoc (Durham, USA)"Data Science can help companies optimise how they're carrying out their business... to give the company a much clearer picture of what's valuable and what's problematic". GBD59. Elaine McVey directs the decision science function at TransLoc, a rapidly growing mobility technology company based in the Eastern USA. She tells Jennifer Gardner (AICPA & CIMA, Durham, USA) how business and finance leaders can collaborate with data scientists to tackle real-world business issues. They explore some best practices any large business can adopt when using data science to reveal actionable insights that transform their decision-making. TALKING...
2019-05-2220 min
The Movement Podcast015 We Shouldn’t Have A Human Sacrifice For Every Block of Protected Bike Lane with Matt BrezinaMatt Brezina’s superpower of recognizing good ideas and amplifying them helped him see the potential of a “Hands Across America,” but for bike lanes, to highlight the need for better bike infrastructure and make advocacy more salient to more people.
2019-05-2225 min
The Movement Podcast014 Sometimes We Felt Like We Belonged, Sometimes We Didn’t with Shin-pei TsayFrom growing up in an immigrant family in car-centric upstate NY to a fortuitous ice cream cone on a Boston sidewalk, Shin-pei Tsay has felt the impact of public spaces on belonging and committed her career to building spaces to “make you feel like you belong.”
2019-05-1541 min
The Movement Podcast013 Real Leadership is Happening at The Local Level with Brooks RainwaterThe nation’s mayors are often closest to the challenges in their communities and, thus, the most trusted to solve them. The National League of Cities’ Brooks Rainwater shares how local leaders lead the charge on tackling critical issues like mobility equitably.
2019-05-0830 min
The Movement Podcast012 What Happens When Government Inertia Meets Community Building?Former software engineer David Alpert founded Greater Greater Washington to explore why cities operate the way they do. Along the way, he built a community by blending journalism with advocacy on critical transportation issues in the nation’s capital.
2019-05-0138 min
The Movement Podcast011 What’s Public Transit’s Role In The Era of New Mobility Choices? Featuring Marlene ConnorFor a transportation business always in motion, the advent of new mobility choices is forcing hard recognitions around equity, standards, and governance. Join industry veteran Marlene Connor for a conversation on how public transit needs to evolve.
2019-04-2234 min
The Movement Podcast010 Everything Collides In One Magical Neighborhood: With Spin's Dan WinstonIn Dan Winston’s role as both Spin’s DC GM and as a local elected official, he has learned that listening to his neighbors allows him to connect not only with the community’s values but also connect the community with important policies like Vision Zero.
2019-04-1636 min
The Movement Podcast009 From A Downtown Parking Crisis To Public Transit Success: Featuring Cleve RickseckerColumbus, OH is struggling with high downtown office vacancy rates. Cleve Ricksecker has the answer: let the private sector lead by distributing 45,000 free bus passes to downtown workers, promoting economic integration and delivering an 8% mode shift.
2019-04-0926 min
The Movement Podcast008 We Have Done A Poor Job Defining What We Want: Beth Osborne of Transportation for AmericaBeth Osborne of transportation advocacy nonprofit Transportation for America gives a roadmap forward to overcome federal USDOT regulations that incentivize new projects over maintaining existing systems and high speed travel over local economic activity.
2019-04-0238 min
The Movement Podcast007 What It Takes To Build “Mobility for Everyone”: With Greater Dayton RTA's Mark DonaghyFrom college dropout to transit lifer, Mark Donaghy’s path to CEO of the Greater Dayton RTA has shown how empathy for customers and employees informs how GDRTA weaves public sector, private sector, and bikeshare together to serve the entire community.
2019-03-2642 min
The Movement Podcast006 Transit is The Worst Framed Issue in America: Featuring Collective Strength's CEO Robin RatherSure, traffic bites, but sustainability consultant Robin Rather says framing a transit referendum that way ignores a more impactful frame: transit as key to economic security, ensuring that we are investing the most in those that need the most. For more information about The Movement podcast, head to www.transloc.com and follow host Josh Cohen at www.twitter.com/CohenJP.
2019-03-1933 min
The Movement Podcast005 People Can’t Love What They Can’t See: Former Raleigh City Councilor Mary-Ann BaldwinWhether it’s scooters, Uber, or zoning, Mary-Ann Baldwin learned from her time as a city councilor that communities have a hard time anticipating change. Learn her advice to combat this barrier, starting with a lesson her dad shared with her at age four. For more information about The Movement head to www.transloc.com, or follow Josh Cohen on www.Twitter.com/CohenJP.
2019-03-1143 min
The Movement Podcast004 Public Meetings Are Not Enough: FSG's Hayling PriceIf we really want to effect change, we have to attack the root cause. Join Hayling Price of social sector consulting group FSG as he shares lessons from other industries that we can apply in mobility. Hint: we’re doing the public meetings wrong. For more information about The Movement, head to www.transloc.com and follow host Josh Cohen on Twitter.com/CohenJP.
2019-03-0343 min
The Movement Podcast002 Leading with No Regrets: Featuring Tri Delta Transit's Jeanne KriegWhat’s the secret to successfully piloting a regional transit system serving millions of riders annually? For Tri Delta Transit (California) CEO Jeanne Krieg, it’s humility, a clear definition of priorities, and knowing that she has to live with every decision she makes. For more information about The Movement podcast, head to www.transloc.com and follow host Josh Cohen at www.twitter.com/CohenJP.
2019-02-2630 min
The Movement Podcast003 Transit Geeks, Equity & Hard Decisions: With Jim Aloisi of TransitMattersJim Aloisi, former Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation, shares how his merry band of “transit geeks” at TransitMatters (where he is a board member) gets in the weeds with a unique brand of technical advocacy providing practical transit solutions. For more information about The Movement podcast, head to www.transloc.com and follow host Josh Cohen at www.twitter.com/CohenJP.
2019-02-2628 min
Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots309: Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast (Jamie Howard)Jamie Howard, Director of Engineering at TransLoc, discusses hiring, solutions-driven engineering, leadership in the military vs the private sector, and Agile methodology.
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2019-02-2527 min
The Movement Podcast001 Welcome to The Movement Hosted by Josh CohenWelcome to our new TransLoc podcast, The Movement! To achieve the equitable, accessible, and verdant future we all seek, we need both the right conditions and specific leadership skills by our public and private stakeholders. The Movement podcast will profile those doing the hard work to effect change in their communities in order to build more leaders. Join TransLoc's National Director of Policy Josh Cohen as he explores mobility and how it impacts the cities of tomorrow. For more information head to www.TransLoc.com and follow Josh at www.twitter.com/CohenJP.
2019-02-2002 min
Kotecki On TechYour Commute Won't Suck Forever | TransLoc’s Alex GibsonWe are way worse at moving people around than it seems like we should be. But today’s guest is working on it. Alex Gibson is Director of Strategy at TransLoc, a transportation software company recently acquired by Ford. * * * Thanks for listening. Please tell the algorithms how you feel with a 5-star rating and a nice review. Subscribe for email updates about new episodes.
2018-05-0116 min