48 / Transportation engineering & congestion pricing / with The Transit Guy, Hayden Clarkin

Hayden Clarkin — a NYC-based transportation engineer known widely as The Transit Guy — is in good traffic this week to talk the engineering profession, getting transit projects across the finish line, and storytelling the technical aspects of the process. We cover the background, and current stasis, of halted congestion pricing implementation in New York City. We discuss: 00:00 The Transit Guy namesake. 02:15 Falling in love with transit. 08:54 Visually storytelling our arguments for transit. 18:08 Challenges and misconceptions. 23:32 Congestion pricing, and looming NYC subway system questions. 31:17 Governance and policy upgrades needed, with examples in Austin and Philadelphia. 37:48 Transportation engineering education and challenges. 47:06 Wrapping up. Further context: On the shortage of true transportation engineers (via Strong Towns). Some background on the congestion pricing standstill (via New York Times). Connect with Hayden: On Instagram. On Twitter. Connect with me, Brad: ⁠On Instagram.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠On TikTok⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠On LinkedIn⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠