ITE Talks Transportation

Charles Brown, MPA, senior researcher and adjunct professor at Rutgers University, addresses the challenges to creating healthy and sustainable communities through transportation and highlights innovative solutions, including complete streets policies. He also addresses equity issues and what communities can do to improve access to the transportation system for low-income and minority populations.

Leah Shahum, founder and executive director of the Vision Zero Network, and Robert Spillar, director of transportation, Austin, TX, USA, discuss how communities can safely manage speeds with roadway design and speed limit setting, and create a speed management program to reduce serious injuries and fatalities on roads.

Susan Zielinski, independent consultant and former managing director of the SMART program at the University of Michigan, discusses Mobility as a Service (Maas), including what initiatives are currently underway in the space, how the public and private sectors are contributing to the MaaS ecosystem, and the opportunities and practical challenges of implementing a true MaaS environment in a community.

There has been a tremendous shift in the parking industry over the last few decades, both in terms of how parking is generated and regulated, as well as how practitioners approach their job. Mike Klein, CAPP, founder and CEO of Klein & Associates, joins the ITE Talks Transportation Podcast to discuss these issues and more.

Listen to all 12 questions and responses in this file.

We'd like to give our listeners a little perspective on you beyond your work and ITE. Can you give us some insights on what you like to do when you are not focused on transportation?

We have covered a variety of topics in our Q&A sessions, what area haven't we touched on that you are passionate about and would like to share with our members?

If elected, you will be making a 4-year commitment to be part of the ITE Executive Leadership Team. This is a significant and personally demanding commitment. Why are you seeking this position, and why now?

ITE is striving to expand its global footprint. How can we do a better job of enhancing our international presence, meeting the needs of our members outside of North America, and also bringing the value of this global outreach to our North American membership?

ITE has recently engaged in new initiatives that are more multi-disciplinary (Vision Zero, Transportation and Health, Smart Communities and most recently Mobility as a Service). Recognizing that ITE can't be all things to all people, how do you see ITE fitting into this new landscape of transportation challenges?