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Transportation Avoidance
Telekinetic
English - January 13, 2021 20:51 - 40 minutes - 55.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsTechnology Society & Culture telecommuting remote automation transportation digitization Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
(1:28) Mitch introduces Carlos Pardo of NUMO. (3:52) Carlos illuminates the modern history of "transportation avoidance" as an urban planning strategy. (6:26) We consider why transportation planners and mobility agencies refuse to acknowledge teletravel as a key component of TDM. (19:30) We debate the inherent value of travel as an instinctive and anthropological need, regardless of trip purpose. Carlos cites a study about soccer moms and the Marchetti constant. Mitch offers his hot take: transportation optimizes at zero. (30:42) Carlos speaks to the threats and opportunities transit systems are grappling with due to pandemic-induced confinement, and the potential future where social movement shifts from a pendular nature to a more chaotic one. (37:13) Carlos offers up the concept of a "mobility hub", the current focus of his work at NUMO.