REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech

Episode 4: Redesigning Cities for the Collaborative Economy features Robin Chase, founder of Zipcar and author of Peers Inc., and Gabe Klein, author of Start-Up City and former Commissioner of Transportation for both Washington DC and Chicago. Together they draw on their broad expertise to discuss both the role of cities in shaping entrepreneurial, collaborative economies and in being shaped by them.

Watch Episode 4 on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSWuKOW_IL8&t=5s

Episode 5: Redesigning Cities Against Climate Change is a conversation between Peter Calthorpe, author of Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change, planner, and developer of Urban Footprint, and Rob Kunzig, Senior Environment Editor at National Geographic and author of Fixing Climate. This podcast features a candid and sobering discussion on climate change and human nature.

Watch Episode 5 on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzJs6AHcAWg&t=1075s

Episode 3: Redesigning Cities' Parks as Social Infrastructure is a discussion between Mitch Silver, Parks and Recreation Commissioner of New York City, and Maurice Cox, Planning Commissioner of Detroit, on building social equity through the development of parks.

Watch Episode 3 on Youtube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NofvgOGdPGo&t=15s

Episode 2: Retrofitting Suburbia Too explores the redesign of outdated, suburban infrastructure and associated aging malls, office parks, and other auto-oriented property types with June Williamson, Associate Professor of Architecture at The City College of New York and author of Designing Suburban Futures and co-author of Retrofitting Suburbia, and Allison Arieff, Executive Director of SPUR in San Francisco.

Watch Episode 2 on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0GqNWrPuRA&t=2s

Episode 1: Redesigning Cities with Autonomous Vehicles is a conversation between Jeff Tumlin, Principal and Director of Strategy at Nelson Nygaard, and Harriett Tregoning, immediate past Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of CPD at HUD, on the convergence of mobility, technology, and design.

Watch Episode 1 on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIXY5owFHgM&t=6s