S3 #7 Conversations In Momentum - Peter Norton & Pablo Cabrera On The Status Quo In Urban Planning

Conversations in Momentum is a podcast about urban design for our towns and cities. Hosts Amelie Cosse, Joe Tang and Katie Mulkowsky are joined by guests every two weeks as they explore how progressive urban design and transport can accelerate the transformation of our economies, bend the curve on global emissions and deal with the impacts of climate change. Conversations in Momentum is brought to you by Momentum Transport Consultancy and Momentum Transport Canada. Working around the world our strategies add value to society, communities and individuals. Look out for new episodes every other Friday. In today’s episode, we’re going to be talking to Peter Norton. Peter is an associate professor of history at the University of Virginia, specializing in the history of technology, social dimensions of engineering, and professional ethics. He has authored Fighting Traffic: The Dawn of the Motor Age in the American City and Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving. He has published extensively on transportation history, policy, traffic safety, and autonomous vehicles. We’re also joined today by our colleague Pablo Cabrera, who is a consultant in our Canada business. Pablo is an economist, with a masters’ in urban planning and is particularly interested in transport and transit development. I think today is going to be very insightful, as we take a look at Peter’s critical examination of car-centric infrastructure, to alongside our views as a transport consultancy which specialises in active transportation and advancing sustainable, human-centered alternatives to the automobile.