Elon Musk’s Wrong, Driverless Cars Make Things Worse and Buses are the Future of Transportation | Jarrett Walker




The Syndicate show

Summary: Jarrett Walker is an international public transit network design and policy consultant and the author of popular public transit blog <a href="https://humantransit.org/">HumanTransit.org</a>, and the book <a href="https://amzn.to/2LLSgiX">Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives</a>. This book is a friendly, non-technical introduction to transit’s underlying geometry and the real value judgments that must be explored to make both transit and development policy.<br> <br> His background integrates an arts and humanities Ph.D. with long technical experience in all aspects of transit and its role in city-building. He is a frequent keynote speaker, teacher, and facilitator of decision-making processes.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Listen and Learn:<br> <br> * How to engineer cities so ALMOST everyone wins<br> * What does the future of urban transit look like<br> * Why autonomous vehicles actually lead to more traffic<br> * The reason Uber and Lyft are part of the problem<br> * The geometric test to any transportation claim<br> * Why the Boring Company is bogus<br> * The law of induced demand and its implications<br> * How tech marketing twists issues and creates bigger problems<br> * What Jarrett thinks about electric scooters and micro-mobility<br> * Where we’re at in the IoT hype cycle<br> * Thoughts on regulating and market distortions<br> * Why cars are a dead-end future<br> <br> <br> <br>  <br> <br> Jarrett’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/humantransit">@humantransit</a><br> <br> Are you an accredited investor? <a href="https://thesyndicate.vc/ts-joinsyndicate">Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.</a><br> <br> Jarrett Walker is an international public transit network design and policy consultant and the author of popular public transit blog <a href="https://humantransit.org/">HumanTransit.org</a>, and the book <a href="https://amzn.to/2LLSgiX">Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives</a>. This book is a friendly, non-technical introduction to transit’s underlying geometry and the real value judgments that must be explored to make both transit and development policy.<br> <br> His background integrates an arts and humanities Ph.D. with long technical experience in all aspects of transit and its role in city-building. He is a frequent keynote speaker, teacher, and facilitator of decision-making processes.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Listen and Learn:<br> <br> * How to engineer cities so ALMOST everyone wins<br> * What does the future of urban transit look like<br> * Why autonomous vehicles actually lead to more traffic<br> * The reason Uber and Lyft are part of the problem<br> * The geometric test to any transportation claim<br> * Why the Boring Company is bogus<br> * The law of induced demand and its implications<br> * How tech marketing twists issues and creates bigger problems<br> * What Jarrett thinks about electric scooters and micro-mobility<br> * Where we’re at in the IoT hype cycle<br> * Thoughts on regulating and market distortions<br> * Why cars are a dead-end future<br> <br> <br> <br>  <br> <br> Jarrett’s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/humantransit">@humantransit</a><br> <br> Are you an accredited investor? <a href="https://thesyndicate.vc/ts-joinsyndicate">Apply to join our angel syndicate if you’d like to access our deal flow.</a><br> <br>