The Movement Podcast

In his final episode as host, Josh Cohen reflects and offers gratitude for his three years hosting The Movement Podcast.

In the array of changes necessary to avert climate disaster, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy’s Heather Thompson believes that we will need not only electrification and density, but also experimentation and political will.

As Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s transportation manager, Julia Campbell ensures that LA’s role as a transportation laboratory welcomes all modes, an approach shaped by her experience growing up and attending graduate school in LA.

In order to enable an “avalanche of opportunity” that the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law could allow, former US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx believes that we first need to proactively address the systems and processes that led to our current situation.

Few public transit agencies dedicate an employee to improve how riders experience the system each day. Danny Levy of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority tackled this unique role by mapping the customer experience and communicating the “why” behind projects.

Experience as a public transit executive influences how Ben Birnbaum of Keyframe Capital now makes investment decisions that shape what the future of mobility, electrification, and automation looks like.

Nedra Deadwyler’s recognition that understanding history is required to build the future led to her creation of Civil Bikes, a provider of bike and walking tours in Atlanta that enables reflection and connection.

Joe Regier of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County uses transit as a way to introduce the university—and its diversity, intelligence, and amenities—to the communities that surround the school.

From mobility entrepreneur to city official to now non-profit executive, Stacey Matlen’s transportation journey now includes helping entrepreneurs navigate complex procurements in order to solve the biggest challenges facing public transit at the Partnership for New York City.

Janet Attarian of SmithGroup believes the human side of our communities is what allows us to build trust, show empathy for each other, and integrate that sense of place into wherever we live and the mobility systems that serve us.