TALK: Adaptive Cities in a Post-Covid Era: The Mobility Sector

This virtual forum will focus on the Mobility Sector, which has been strongly impacted by the Covid-19 stay at home orders. The panel will explore the specific ways in which cities and societies have been affected, and how public and private sector actors are working to support a near and long-term revolution to create more equitable, sustainable, healthy, and beautiful cities.

Topics of discussion include:

• Moving from temporary solutions to permanent changes in urban mobility
• The role of public transportation in the Post-Covid era
• The emergence of bicycles and micro-mobility
• How private businesses can lead the change

Participants

• Laura Smith, Deputy Director, Transportation Division at NYC Department of City Planning
• Jeff Speck, Principal, Speck & Associates LLC and author of “Walkable Cities”
• Lewis Knight, Development Manager at Facebook
• Anne Lusk, Research Scientist at Harvard School of Public Health
• Jarrett Walker, President of Jarrett Walker and Associates and author of “Human Transit”
• Francesco Cerroni, Mobility Leader at Buro Happold Cities (moderator)

Registration here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_R-M9854NRPiNmzkQyHARfg  

Thursday, June 4, 2020
12:30pm – 1:30pm EST