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Category: Public Policy

POLICYSMART 35: Finding Solutions to Your Transportation Woes with Dr. Susan Shaheen of UC-Berkeley, a Transportation Research Pioneer

February 28, 2019

How can transportation care for the elderly? Will there ever be a convenient solution for that distance from your house to a public transit station? How much do our own behaviors influence AI? Dr. Susan Shaheen is a pioneer in transportation and she was thinking about connected and autonomous mobility long before it was front […]

POLICYSMART 34: The Future of Privacy with Lauren Smith, Policy Counsel at the Future of Privacy Forum

February 14, 2019

The Future of Privacy? Isn’t that the question, as we get closer to the promises of new mobility systems driving transportation? Lauren Smith, with the Future of Privacy Forum, who deals with the policy of all things private and not so private when it comes to data, joined us as she had just finished a […]

POLICYSMART 31: “Radical Neighborliness” and Drew Philp’s $500 House in Detroit

January 4, 2019

Listen to our discussion with Drew Philp as he describes what he chose to do to help the city of Detroit.

POLICYSMART 30: Intelligent Transportation Systems, Public-Private Partnerships, and More with Malcolm Dougherty, Former Caltrans Director

December 20, 2018

Join us for a brilliant, high-tech conversation with Malcolm about ITS, P3s, DSRC, and all things cutting-edge and transportation.

Why Millennials are Changing Traditional Communication

December 10, 2018

Who are Millennials? You’re probably thinking they’re the self-entitled youth responsible for killing the housing and napkin industries. They’re the helpless generation of nearly-30-somethings expecting the world to be handed to them on a silver platter. While on the surface your views on Millennials may feel justifiable, Gabrielle Bosché, founder of The Millennial Solution, explained […]

POLICYSMART 26: Semaphore and Re-skilling the Future Workforce with Elaina Farnsworth of The Next Education

October 31, 2018

Big news for the workforce out of the INTERSECT18 conference last week with the announcement of a new intelligent transportation certification process.

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