Good Roads Podcast
33 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Good Roads publishes a quarterly magazine that looks at all things infrastructure and transportation that effects our municipal members across Ontario. In this podcast we will select a couple of interesting or pressing articles from the magazine and expand upon and discuss them.
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Episode 32 - Climate Chronicles: How Climate Change Hits Home ft. Katharine Hayhoe
March 25, 2024 11:50 - 44 minutes - 41.9 MBIn this episode of the Good Roads Podcast, Thomas and Jared talk with renowned climate scientist, and keynote speaker at this years Good Roads Conference, Katharine Hayhoe. Hayhoe dives deep into the complexities of climate change, offering insightful perspectives on its impact and the urgency of action. Through her engaging storytelling and expertise, she navigates the intersection of climate science and society. Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of climate change and discover pathway...
Episode 31 - Walkable Cities
January 22, 2024 14:00 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MBIn this compelling episode of the Good Roads podcast, hosts Thomas and Jared engage in a thought-provoking conversation with urban planner and renowned walkability advocate, Jeff Speck. The trio delves into the transformative concept of walkable cities and its profound impact on the urban landscape. Jeff Speck, with his extensive expertise in urban design and planning, shares valuable insights on how creating walkable environments not only enhances the quality of life for residents but al...
Episode 30 - Revolutionizing Road Safety
October 16, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBThomas and Jared enter their second day of training on the path to becoming Certified Road Safety Auditors through Good Roads' new course. After a long day of class, they sit down with course directors Kenn Beer and Max McCardel to discuss how students of the course will revolutionize road safety. Road Safety Auditors will help municipalities identify problem areas on roads which will not only money save money, but lives as well. Tune in to hear how the practice of road safety auditing is ...
Episode 29 - Forging Indigenous Partnerships
September 12, 2023 12:00 - 45 minutes - 42.9 MBIn episode 29 of the Good Roads Podcast, Thomas and Jared explore the inspiring collaboration between municipalities and Indigenous communities as they navigate sustainable resource extraction, from minerals to LNG. Join us in this insightful conversation on fostering partnerships that prioritize environmental stewardship, mutual benefit, and taking meaningful steps towards reconciliation through trust and collaboration. First Nations LNG Alliance - https://www.fnlngalliance.com/ htt...
Episode 28 - The Human Factor of Road Safety
July 31, 2023 12:30 - 53 minutes - 50.2 MBOn this episode of the Good Roads Podcast, Thomas and Jared speak with Dr. Nicholas Duck, an organizational psychologist and head of Opposite, a company that looks at human factors when approaching road safety. So often the discussion of road safety and Vision Zero is centred on design. In this conversation, Nicholas explains that if we take into account how people behave in a given space, we can better utilize and design spaces that are not only more functional for people, but safer as wel...
Episode 27 - Let's Remember Adam: Stop for the School Bus Campaign
May 24, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 47.2 MBOn this episode of the Good Roads Podcast, Thomas and Jared speak with Pierre Ranger, Chair of the Let's Remember Adam: Stop for the School Bus campaign. Pierre addressed delegates at the 2023 Good Roads Conference, speaking about his brother’s untimely death after getting off a school bus. This conversation expands on Pierre’s remarks and examines what can, and is, being done to prevent future tragedies. https://letsrememberadam.org/ https://www.facebook.com/LetsRememberAdam GRQ Excerpt...
Episode 26 - Public Policy in a Complex World
April 05, 2023 09:32 - 49 minutes - 46 MBSunil Johal, the Vice President of Public Policy at the CSA Group joins Thomas & Jared on the Good Roads Podcast ahead of this address at the Good Roads Conference. The CSA Group released a report entitled Navigating Complexity: Policy Making for an Evolving World which investigates some of the big shifts happening in society. Sunil discusses some of these trends and prescribes solutions on how decision makers can best address these changes. Hear what Sunil has to say about declining trust,...
Episode 25 - Building Communities Through Sticky Streets with Brent Toderian
March 27, 2023 15:37 - 43 minutes - 41.1 MBOn this episode of the Good Roads Podcast Thomas and Jared talk to Brent Toderian, a renowned urbanist and city planner, and keynote speaker at this years Good Roads Conference. In this episode, we discuss some of the most pressing issues facing the transportation industry and how cities can plan and design their roads and transportation systems to better serve their communities. Join us and learn how municipalities and cities both big and small can take a creative approach, as well as ide...
Episode 24 - The Pathway to Safer Roads with Kenn Beer
February 13, 2023 13:06 - 46 minutes - 43.7 MBWith the Good Roads Conference fast approaching, Thomas and Jared reach halfway across the world to chat with conference speaker Kenn Beer of Safe System Solutions. Together they discuss road safety audits and how they have helped create safer roads, not only in Australia, but around the world. With Good Roads bringing this system to Ontario, hear about how it can help your municipality create safer roads for your community. Safe System Solutions: https://safesystemsolutions.com.au/ Red...
Episode 23 - In Conversation with Mike Schreiner
January 30, 2023 14:29 - 55 minutes - 51.9 MBBill 23: https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-bu... Veteran Ontario Liberals want Green MPP Mike Schreiner to be their leader: https://www.thestar.com/politics/prov... https://twitter.com/Goodroads https://www.instagram.com/on.goodroads/ https://www.facebook.com/goodroads.ca https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodroads/ https://www.GoodRoads.ca
Episode 22 - Demystifying Automated Speed Enforcement
December 02, 2022 14:02 - 48 minutes - 45.6 MBhttps://otc.org/ - Ontario Traffic Council https://twitter.com/Goodroads https://www.instagram.com/on.goodroads/ https://www.facebook.com/goodroads.ca https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodroads/ https://www.GoodRoads.ca
Episode 21 - Reducing Exposure to Municipal Liability
November 14, 2022 13:11 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MBMunicipal Liability: Traffic Collisions Course - https://goodroads.ca/courses/municipality-liability-traffic-collisions/ Milestones Podcast: Episode 11 - Rising Municipal Insurance Rates - https://youtu.be/P5PI4-FQDPM Municipal Liability - What is Reasonable: https://www.mondaq.com/canada/civil-law/745134/municipal-liability-what-is-reasonable https://twitter.com/Goodroads https://www.instagram.com/on.goodroads/ https://www.facebook.com/goodroads.ca https://www.linkedin.com/company/good...
Episode 20 - Municipal Safety in a Digital World
October 18, 2022 13:00 - 43 minutes - 40.5 MBOh Behave! The Annual Cybersecurity Attitudes and Behaviors Report 2022 - https://staysafeonline.org/online-safety-privacy-basics/oh-behave/ National Cybersecurity Alliance - https://staysafeonline.org/ TerraNova Security - https://terranovasecurity.com/ Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency - https://www.cisa.gov/ Cyberattack on Clarence-Rockland should be warning to others, expert says - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/cyber-attack-clarence-rockland-expert-1.6231021 O...
Episode 19 - The Statesman vs the Politician
September 26, 2022 17:17 - 55 minutes - 51.7 MBhttps://twitter.com/GoodRoads https://www.instagram.com/on.goodroads/ https://www.facebook.com/goodroads.ca http://www.linkedin.com/company/goodr... https://goodroads.ca/ [email protected]
Episode 18 - Provincial Election Platforms
May 17, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBGood Roads Election Priorities: https://www.ogra.org/news-and-issues/... 2022 Good Roads Conference Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list... Good Roads Podcast: Episode 11 - Rising Municipal Insurance Rates: https://youtu.be/P5PI4-FQDPM Globe and Mail - Northern Ontario Debate: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/polit... Platforms: Conservatives (2022 Ontario Budget ): https://budget.ontario.ca/2022/pdf/20... Ontario Liberal Party: https://ontarioliberal.ca/wp-content/... Ontario ...
Episode 17 - The Collaborative Approach to Net Zero
February 22, 2022 12:19 - 44 minutes - 41.8 MBShow Notes: 2022 Good Roads Pre-Budget Submission: https://www.ogra.org/news-and-issues/advocacy-efforts/submissions.html Good Roads Podcast - Beyond Carbon Neutral: https://youtu.be/gdAb7uqtqrs CAPP Indigenous Engagement and ESG Report: https://www.capp.ca/resources/publications/?fwp_publication_topics=6f18b4380a20aa1fb8d13ee4734bdab3 2022 Good Roads Conference - http://www.OGRAConference.ca Past Milestones Episodes - https://milestones-the-podcast.simple... http://www.OGRA.org/Milestone...
Episode 16 - Ontario and the New Localism
February 01, 2022 11:00 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBShow Notes: The New Localism - https://www.thenewlocalism.com/ The New Localism: How Cities Can Thrive in the Age of Populism - https://www.amazon.com/New-Localism-Cities-Thrive-Populism/dp/0815731647 2022 Good Roads Conference - http://www.OGRAConference.ca Past Milestones Episodes - https://milestones-the-podcast.simple... http://www.OGRA.org/MilestonesPodcast For questions or comments drop us a message at [email protected] https://twitter.com/Ont_Good_Roads https://www.facebook.com/onta...
Episode 15 - Good Roads mean Strong Towns
November 08, 2021 14:03 - 32 minutes - 30.5 MBShow Notes: Strong Towns - https://www.strongtowns.org/ Confessions of a Recovering Engineer: Transportation for a Strong Town - https://www.confessions.engineer/ Strong Towns Podcast - https://www.strongtowns.org/podcast 2022 Good Roads Conference - http://www.OGRAConference.ca Past Milestones Episodes - https://milestones-the-podcast.simple... http://www.OGRA.org/MilestonesPodcast For questions or comments drop us a message at [email protected] https://twitter.com/Ont_Good_Roads http...
Episode 14 - Are municipal priorities reflected in federal platforms?
September 13, 2021 16:15 - 54 minutes - 53.3 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Conservative Party of Canada Platform - https://www.conservative.ca/plan/ Liberal Party of Canada Platform - https://liberal.ca/our-platform/ New Democrat Party of Canada Platform - https://www.ndp.ca/commitments Past Milestones Episodes - https://milestones-the-podcast.simplecast.com/ http://www.OGRA.org/MilestonesPodcast For questions or comments drop us a message at [email protected] https://twitter.com/Ont_Good_...
Episode 13 - Municipalities and Reconciliation
July 26, 2021 19:40 - 41 minutes - 40.7 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Storykeepers: Lets Talk Indigenous Books - https://storykeeperspodcast.ca/ Bob Joseph: 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act - https://www.amazon.ca/Things-Know-About-Indian-Reconciliation/dp/0995266522 After the Journey: Cheryl Fort - https://youtu.be/izQVtG3MYbw http://www.OGRA.org/MilestonesPodcast For questions or comments drop us a message at [email protected] https://twitter.com/Ont_Good_Roads https:...
Episode 12 - Beyond Carbon Neutral
June 21, 2021 11:13 - 50 minutes - 49.5 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Hamilton's Carbon Negative RNG Bus - https://www.hamilton.ca/government-in... Milestones Magazine: Carbon Negative Bus - https://fliphtml5.com/read/jgfei/djqz... CAPP Jarret Coels on Methane: Milestones Podcast Episode 7 - https://vurbl.com/listen/1VVl1Es7vpK/ Enbridge Gas and Joey Cyples - https://www.enbridgegas.com/Natural-G... http://www.OGRA.org/MilestonesPodcast For questions or comments drop us a message at po...
Episode 11 - Rising Municipal Insurance Rates
May 17, 2021 13:00 - 43 minutes - 42.5 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Escalating Cost of Municipal Claims - https://bit.ly/3opABkk Intact Public Entities - https://www.intactpublicentities.ca/ Steep rise in insurance rates has Council's attention - https://bit.ly/3eUFDSo Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/P5PI4-FQDPM www.OGRA.org For questions or comments drop us a message at [email protected]
Episode 10 - The 413, The Sprawl and Ontario's Future
April 12, 2021 14:21 - 54 minutes - 52.8 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com 2021 OGRA Conference - http://www.OGRAConference.ca Why objections to Highway 413 are misguided - https://www.thestar.com/autos/opinion/2021/03/27/why-objections-to-highway-413-are-misguided.html Ontario's 34 Billion Dollar Roads Deficit: https://www.ogra.org/member-services/index.html Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/m_zX1A4qtzQ www.OGRA.org For questions or comments drop us a message at [email protected]
Episode 9 - Local Leadership to a Net-Zero World ft. David Miller
February 01, 2021 13:50 - 40 minutes - 40.4 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Mixing and Mastering by Proximity Sound - http://www.proximitysound.com/ C40 Climate Leadership Group - https://www.c40.org/ Milestones Magazine: Interaction with David Miller - https://online.fliphtml5.com/jgfei/capz/#p=32 Halifax Carbon Concrete Startup - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-concrete-from-east-coast-startup-used-in-new-amazon-hq-cuts-emissions/ 2021 OGRA Conference - http://www.OGRAConfe...
Episode 8 - The rEVolution ft. Cara Clairman
January 11, 2021 18:42 - 51 minutes - 50.4 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Mixing and Mastering by Proximity Sound Plug n' Drive - https://www.plugndrive.ca/ Condo Charging - https://www.plugndrive.ca/condo-charging/ Milestones Magazine: My Journey to an Electric Vehicle - https://online.fliphtml5.com/jgfei/capz/#p=28 PlugShare - https://www.plugshare.com/ Fleet Carma - https://www.fleetcarma.com/evolution-of-ev-charging-load/ 2021 OGRA Conference - http://www.OGRAConference.ca www.OGR...
Episode 7 - Petroleum, On the Precipice of a Green New World ft. Jarret Coels
November 19, 2020 12:00 - 46 minutes - 45.5 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Mixing and Mastering by Proximity Sound - http://proximitysound.com/ CAPP Context - https://context.capp.ca/ Oil producers and Geothermal Energy - https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Geothermal-Energy/Could-Oil-Drillers-Make-Geothermal-Energy-Go-Mainstream.html Plastic is "part of the solution" to climate change - www.Dezeen.com Squamish Carbon Capture - https://www.squamishchief.com/news/local-news/is-squamish-s-...
Episode 6 - Feeling the Chill ft. Rob Burlie
October 19, 2020 15:44 - 36 minutes - 36.3 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Mixing and Mastering by Proximity Sound Managing Winter Operations Workshop - https://cvent.me/MQaDWa Pickering Operations Centre Opening - http://online.fliphtml5.com/jgfei/tvmz/#p=19 City of Pickering Operations Portal - https://www.pickering.ca/en/living/interactive-winter-operations-map.aspx Milestones Fall 2020 - https://online.fliphtml5.com/jgfei/vfbd/ The Winter Web App - http://ograapps.com/ www.OGRA.org...
Episode 5 - A Fond Farewell ft. Joe Tiernay
July 13, 2020 16:06 - 39 minutes - 39.6 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com The Seventh Son - theseventhson.ca/ The Silverbacks - thesilverbacks.ca/ OGRA Webinars - https://www.ogra.org/covid19/webinars.html www.OGRA.org For questions or comments drop us a message at [email protected]
Episode 4 - 2+1 Roads ft. Mark Wilson
June 16, 2020 12:25 - 34 minutes - 34.5 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com 2020 Milestones: Summer Edition - http://online.fliphtml5.com/jgfei/ljvb/#p=4 2019 OGRA Conference: Mark Wilson - https://youtu.be/1Zf0JG8i6bU?t=4745 www.OGRA.org For questions or comments drop us a message at [email protected]
Episode 3 - Where We Go From Here
April 24, 2020 11:22 - 32 minutes - 33.1 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Ottawa seeks ‘shovel-ready’ projects for post shutdown stimulus plan - https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-mckenna-seeking-shovel-ready-projects-for-post-shutdown-stimulus/ COVID-19 crisis creates chance to re-examine provincial funding of cities - https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2020/04/06/covid-19-crisis-creates-chance-to-re-examine-provincial-funding-of-cities.html OGRA COVID-19 Webinars - ...
Episode 2 - From the Show Floor
March 04, 2020 13:28 - 39 minutes - 38.9 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com 2020 OGRA Conference: Dr. Daniel Bear www.OGRA.org For questions or comments drop us a message at [email protected]
Episode 1 - A Vision for the Future
January 20, 2020 19:37 - 32 minutes - 32.9 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com Milestones Podcast Episode 0: https://milestones-the-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes OGRA Conference Site: http://ograconference.ca/ Toronto's Ambitious EV Strategy: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/very-ambitious-new-strategy-aims-to-make-all-toronto-transportation-electric-by-2050-1.5419520 City of Pickering's New Operations Centre: http://online.fliphtml5.com/jgfei/tvmz/#p=19 2020 OGRA Conference Delegation Requ...
Episode 0 - The Pilot
December 12, 2019 18:46 - 35 minutes - 34.2 MBIntro Music: Higher Up by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com 2019 Milestones Winter Edition: http://online.fliphtml5.com/jgfei/tvmz/ Vision Zero Press Conference: https://www.ogra.org/VisionZero.html www.OGRA.org For questions or comments drop us a message at [email protected]