Tanner is a software engineer at Google Maps and is an advocate for walkability and bikeability, and transit. He is a member of the Norwalk Bike/Walk Commission and currently lives in Norwalk, CT.

Tanner's twitter: https://twitter.com/awholelottanner

Email us: [email protected]

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3iZ4EAq...

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

Google Podcasts:https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0...

Anchor: https://anchor.fm/moon-tea

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro

01:17 - How did Tanner end up here? A fateful bike ride

5:20 - Tanner's early suburb story with a bike trail nearby

11:20 - On studying geography and math and eventually working at Google and being on bike twitter

14:30 - Joining the Norwalk Bike/Walk Comission and starting to do advocacy work

17:40 - How does one get involved? (It depends on the city)

20:17 - Hugh is on the board of a Gilbert, AZ nonprofit and Tanner discusses about being excited about working on different problems

24:50 - Jon's story about finding a bug and software discussion. How does Tanner think about problems?

30:30 - On thinking at scale, both in software and civic advocacy

36:45 - Tanner's love of bikes! And plan to build a shed

41:00 - Car problems and the financial problems of cars

45:30 - Minimum parking requirements and the sexy topic of land use policy

49:30 - What would Tanner, as a benevolent dictator do, to improve housing density and walkability/bikeability?

56:40 - Culdesac in Tempe AZ! Car free community

1:04:40 - Tanner shoutout! Bike Twitter