Reinventing Transport

Metro Manila depends on informal, lightly-regulated public transport which now faces a catastrophe as a result of this pandemic. The Mobility Coalition, an alliance of eight Metro Manila transport advocacy groups, has ideas on what to do.  Paul Barter spoke with Robie Siy who is active in the Mobility Coalition and who writes the weekly Mobility Matters column for the Manila Times.  Learn more and read the full show notes here.  Support Reinventing Transport on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter.

Cities need bus improvement champions - 'heavyweights' even.  For Reinventing Transport this time around I discussed bus improvements with public transport planning veteran Colin Brader of ITP.   Colin has worked on numerous public transport projects around the world and is one of the authors of the 2019 EBRD report, "Driving change: reforming urban bus services". Learn more and read the full show notes here.  Support Reinventing Transport on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter.

Where in the world is urban growth mainly outward onto new land? Where is it mostly upward in the form of taller buildings?  These questions (and others) are tackled in a unique way by the important World Resources Institute (WRI) working paper, "Upward and Outward Growth: Managing Urban Expansion for More Equitable Cities in the Global South".  I spoke with co-author, Anjali Mahendra about the paper and why transport folks like you and me should pay attention. The result of our conversation is Reinventing Transport episode #17.  Learn more and read the full show notes here Support Reinventing Transport on Patreon Follow Paul Barter on Twitter

If you care about promoting public transport, you need to understand the key choices about organising and regulating it. They shape the industry and they really matter. This edition shares the key alternatives and gives a sense of what's at stake. The focus is buses but most of the ideas also apply more widely. Learn more and read the full show notes here. Support Reinventing Transport on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter.

Minimum parking requirements are under siege and that is a very good thing.  This episode examines parking minimums and the pushes in many cities to abolish them. It does so with the help of excerpts from my other site and podcast, Reinventing Parking. Learn more and read the full show notes here. Support Reinventing Transport on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter.

Yoga Adiwinarto of ITDP Indonesia wants you to know that Jakarta's urban transport situation is not hopeless. There is progress and even a useful lesson or two for other large cities in middle-income countries. Paul and Yoga discussed urban transport in Jakarta for Reinventing Transport episode #14.  Learn more and read the full show notes here. Support Reinventing Transport on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter.

Reinventing Transport #13 is an explainer for the idea that public transport networks can often be improved at low cost by being simplified. Your long waiting times for buses might be because there are too many bus lines!  Learn more and read the full show notes here. Support Reinventing Transport on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter.

Stefan Bakker sees a big future for electric vehicles with two wheels. They get less attention than electric cars or electric buses but two-wheeled electric vehicles are increasing faster and are making more of a difference already. This is Reinventing Transport #12.  Learn more and read the full show notes here. Support Reinventing Transport on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter.

Could we end the era of mass car ownership without a huge fight and without draconian policies. That's the focus of Reinventing Transport #11. It is also a tribute to Chris Bradshaw who passed away in November 2018.  Learn more and read the full show notes here. Support Reinventing Transport on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter.

This encouraging episode looks at how the car-dependent metropolis of Auckland in New Zealand has been changing course since 2003 or so. It's part of my December 2018 discussion with Matt Lowrie and Patrick Reynolds of the Greater Auckland blog. Learn more and read the full show notes here. Support Reinventing Transport on Patreon. Follow Paul Barter on Twitter.