What is the future of transport for the USA’s most populous state? California High-Speed Rail (HSR) has big plans to reshape not just how the state’s projected 50 million residents will get around but also how their cities, agriculture and state overall will look.

In this episode, ‘Voices of the Industry’ interviews Meg Cederoth, the Director of Planning and Sustainability at HSR. Join us as Meg explains how HSR’s approach to station design and planning will build both California’s communities and its sustainability agenda.

Key takeaways:
- HSR is part of California’s plan to decarbonize.
- Station design can increase not just numbers of rail passengers but active travel.
- Placemaking is a key component of station planning for HSR.
- Station design can improve wider town planning, prevent urban sprawl and protect agriculture.

Guests

• Margaret Cederoth, California High-Speed Rail Authority's director of planning and sustainability, is an urban planner with over 20 years of experience in sustainable infrastructure, land use, and transportation planning in the United States and across the world.

Host

• Tim Gallagher, Steer Journalist.