Description
Professor Brian Caulfield wants us to do everything, everywhere, all at once.
Transport makes up a huge part of our emissions – around 20-25% in Ireland and the UK, and closer to 40% in the US.
Knocking those numbers down is no easy task. A system as complex and inter-dynamic as our transport network is a big beast: and there are so many competing visions.
Should we get behind a big public transport push – a metro for every city?
Is the answer self-driving EV’s? Or redesigning cities to be car-free?
Should we use big data for efficient car-sharing? Or is the answer behaviour change, under the cosh of mandated charges and zoning laws?
This episode’s guest understands that complexity better than anyone. And his number one policy priority?
Do it all – now!
Introducing Brian Caulfield
This week’s guest is a leader in the field of sustainable transport science. Brian Caulfield is Professor in Transportation, and Head of Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin, where he works on the frontier of decarbonising transport systems.
As well as academia – with over two hundred papers and €7m in research grants to his name – Brian is also active in the policy world, addressing the Citizen’s Assembly and working as an advisor to the Climate Change Advisory Council of Ireland.
"… we're doing this for a greater good and we're trying to make all these changes to make our cities and everything else better and more clean, more healthy…"
"… I think that the key thing that I would say to the listeners is to listen, engage, and proactively engage. And because it's going to impact upon all of us…"
REFERENCES:
Trinity College Dublin page: https://tinyurl.com/ypskqqfl
Brian's Linkedin page: https://tinyurl.com/ytsoh2ja
In this episode:
the science of transportation
emissions, COVID and business-as-usual
transport beyond climate
our low-emission transport future
health, inequality and storytelling
sustainable transport policy: the good, the bad and the ugly
self-driving cars – a solution looking for a problem?
the tricky politics of the car
lessons from Brazil
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