Podcasts about christof spieler

This week on the podcast, we're back at last fall's virtual Railvolution conference.  Former BART GM Grace Crunican moderates a panel discussing the role of board members in transit agencies with Former MBTA board member Monica Tibbits-Nutt and former Houston Metro board member Christof Spieler. They talk about how to deal with board members with opposite ideas, how to help agency staff, and using the budget as a policy document.   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon. http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire    

This month on the Rail~Volution podcast, we're back at this fall's virtual conference.  Former BART GM Grace Crunican moderates a panel discussing the role of board members in transit agencies with Boston's Monica Tibbits-Nutt and Houston's Christof Spieler.

Public transit is essential to the well-being and growth of a city, but as we all know, it's hard to get it right. Enrique Peñalosa , a former mayor of Bogota, Colombia once said that “a developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.” And while that's definitely something to strive for, how achievable is it, really? On the last episode of this season, we explore what conditions are necessary to create a thriving public transit system in any city - and what, too often, is ignored. Adrian speaks with Christof Spieler, who helped redesign the Houston bus network, about the public transit blueprint he believes can be applied to all cities. We then hear from David Zipper, an urban mobility expert who worked with Washington and New York City mayors, on why focusing on something he calls ‘mundane mobility' will benefit the average rider in ways even the flashiest of public transit tech never can. Plus, The Globe's reporter Eric Andrew Gee, tells Adrian about why his time spent riding the Thunder Bay bus network made it clear how political public transit can be.

Join us for a mini-episode of We'll Take the Wheel where we'll go over the latest update on A Better Connection. Sam and Christof Spieler talk about the proposed changes to Trinity Metro's bus system. To view the Draft Plan key changes and map, please visit RIDETRINITYMETRO.org/ABC-FINALMAP To submit your feedback on the Draft Plan, complete the survey at https://form.typeform.com/c/WHBfXoDz

Arpit Gupta, Take the Q Train: Value Capture of Public Infrastructure Projects Arpit Gupta is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business and the co-author of Take the Q Train: Value Capture of Public Infrastructure Projects. Chris Severen, Senior Economist at the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank and author of Commuting, Labor, and Housing Market Effects of Mass Transportation: Welfare and Identification and Ticket to Ride: Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Rail Transit, joins as guest co-host. Appendices: Arpit Gupta: Order Without Design: How Markets Shape Cities, by Alain Bertaud. Greg Shill: Two working papers by Arpit Gupta, Racial Disparities in Frontline Workers and Housing Crowding During COVID-19: Evidence from Geolocation Data and Urban Flight Seeded the COVID-19 Pandemic Across the United States. See also Urban Flight video abstract here. Jeff Lin: The Economics of Speed:The Electrification of the Streetcar System and the Decline of Mom-and-Pop Stores in Boston, 1885-1905 by Wei You, and a Jonathan Dingel’s annual collection of job-market candidates whose JM papers fall within spatial economics, Spatial economics JMPs (2020-2021). Chris Severen: Trains, Buses, People An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit, by Christof Spieler. Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @greg_shill, @arpitrage, @ChrisSeveren. Producer: Schuyler Pals. The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.

The man behind "A Better Connection", Christof Spieler, joins our host, Ben Ajayi, to talk about Trinity Metro's bus system redesign. Plus, we go over the two remaining trade-offs of this initiative. We'll Take the Wheel is Trinity Metro's podcast. Tune in to learn everything you need to know to get your car off the road and fast track your commute.

RT&S Editor-in-Chief Bill Wilson talks to transit mapper and author Christof Spieler about certain transit systems in the U.S., Ottawa's passenger rail efficiency, transit life after COVID-19, and more.

In the US, the 25 largest metropolitan areas have fixed guideway rail or bus transit systems. Nearly all of them are talking about expanding—yet according to architecture and engineering expert Christof Spieler, discussions about transit are still remarkably unsophisticated. Spieler brought us his vision of some of the most important discussion in transportation, encapsulated in his book Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit. He focused the discussion on quality of service (not the technology that delivers it), the role of surrounding infrastructure, the diversity of riders, and the critical importance of ensuring transit systems access the right places. Spieler contended that geography, politics, and history have a tendency to complicate transit planning, and showed us how unique circumstances in individual major cities have resulted in the rise of very different transit systems nationwide. With accessible viewpoints for citizens, professionals, and policymakers alike, Spieler presented us with a comprehensive and understandable evaluation of our nation’s transit networks—their history, their future, what makes them effective, and how they can improve. Christof Spieler has spent over a decade advocating for transit as a writer, community leader, urban planner, transit board member, and enthusiast. He is Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars and a Lecturer in Architecture and Engineering at Rice University. He was a member of the board of directors of Houston METRO from 2010 to 2018. Presented by Town Hall Seattle. Recorded live in the Forum at Town Hall Seattle on October 8, 2019. 

Light Rail. Bus. Train. ... monorail ... commuter rail … They’re all different modes of the same thing: Moving people from where they are ... to where they want to go.We hear from transportation expert Christof Spieler, who emphasizes that transit systems should be designed to serve riders, not the egos of savvy, well-intended urban planners. Plus, Don Fry, president of the Greater Baltimore Committee, about what’s missing in state transportation funding when it comes to the needs of the Baltimore region and highlights a summit that allows citizens to weigh in on the city's transportation challenges.

Why is US public transit successful in some places and not in others? Christof Spieler believes the answer lies in how leaders deal with public opinion, why they build transit infrastructure in the first place, and the metrics they use to measure success.

Christof Spieler, PE, LEED AP, is a Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars and a lecturer in Architecture and Engineering at Rice University. He was a member of the board of directors of Houston METRO from 2010-2018, where he oversaw a complete redesign of the bus network that has resulted in Houston being one of the few US cities that are increasing transit ridership. His Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit (Island Press, 2018) is a fascinating book about “How To” develop better transportation modes for US cities and urban areas. Christof has put assembled a dense amount of research with maps, diagrams, and images to demonstrate the successes and lessons learned from US transit. This is a must read book for anyone interested in urban planning, landscape architecture, and the design of our cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christof Spieler, PE, LEED AP, is a Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars and a lecturer in Architecture and Engineering at Rice University. He was a member of the board of directors of Houston METRO from 2010-2018, where he oversaw a complete redesign of the bus network that has resulted in Houston being one of the few US cities that are increasing transit ridership. His Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit (Island Press, 2018) is a fascinating book about “How To” develop better transportation modes for US cities and urban areas. Christof has put assembled a dense amount of research with maps, diagrams, and images to demonstrate the successes and lessons learned from US transit. This is a must read book for anyone interested in urban planning, landscape architecture, and the design of our cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christof Spieler, PE, LEED AP, is a Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars and a lecturer in Architecture and Engineering at Rice University. He was a member of the board of directors of Houston METRO from 2010-2018, where he oversaw a complete redesign of the bus network that has resulted in Houston being one of the few US cities that are increasing transit ridership. His Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit (Island Press, 2018) is a fascinating book about “How To” develop better transportation modes for US cities and urban areas. Christof has put assembled a dense amount of research with maps, diagrams, and images to demonstrate the successes and lessons learned from US transit. This is a must read book for anyone interested in urban planning, landscape architecture, and the design of our cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christof Spieler, PE, LEED AP, is a Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars and a lecturer in Architecture and Engineering at Rice University. He was a member of the board of directors of Houston METRO from 2010-2018, where he oversaw a complete redesign of the bus network that has resulted in Houston being one of the few US cities that are increasing transit ridership. His Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit (Island Press, 2018) is a fascinating book about “How To” develop better transportation modes for US cities and urban areas. Christof has put assembled a dense amount of research with maps, diagrams, and images to demonstrate the successes and lessons learned from US transit. This is a must read book for anyone interested in urban planning, landscape architecture, and the design of our cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christof Spieler, PE, LEED AP, is a Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars and a lecturer in Architecture and Engineering at Rice University. He was a member of the board of directors of Houston METRO from 2010-2018, where he oversaw a complete redesign of the bus network that has resulted in Houston being one of the few US cities that are increasing transit ridership. His Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit (Island Press, 2018) is a fascinating book about “How To” develop better transportation modes for US cities and urban areas. Christof has put assembled a dense amount of research with maps, diagrams, and images to demonstrate the successes and lessons learned from US transit. This is a must read book for anyone interested in urban planning, landscape architecture, and the design of our cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christof Spieler, PE, LEED AP, is a Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars and a lecturer in Architecture and Engineering at Rice University. He was a member of the board of directors of Houston METRO from 2010-2018, where he oversaw a complete redesign of the bus network that has resulted in Houston being one of the few US cities that are increasing transit ridership. His Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit (Island Press, 2018) is a fascinating book about “How To” develop better transportation modes for US cities and urban areas. Christof has put assembled a dense amount of research with maps, diagrams, and images to demonstrate the successes and lessons learned from US transit. This is a must read book for anyone interested in urban planning, landscape architecture, and the design of our cities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Topic:Urban Resilience Series – key elements of urban transit systems Guest & Organization:https://infiniteearthradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Spieler-Headshot.jpg ()Christof Spieler, PE, LEED AP, is a Vice President and Director of Planning at Huitt-Zollars and a Lecturer in Architecture and Engineering at Rice University. He was a member of the board of directors of Houston METRO from 2010 to 2018, where he oversaw a complete redesign of the bus network that has resulted in Houston being one of the few US cities that are increasing transit ridership. Christof has spent over a decade advocating for transit as an urban planner, transit board member, blogger, community leader, and enthusiast. In the fun and accessible Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit (Publication date: October 23, 2018), he profiles the 47 metropolitan areas in the 50 states that have rail transit or BRT, ranks the best and worst systems, and draws out lessons for cities to build better transit. Resources: https://www.trainsbusespeople.org/ (Learn more about Trains, Buses, People: An Opinionated Atlas of US Transit) https://twitter.com/christofspieler (Find Christof on Twitter) https://islandpress.org/resilience-matters-download (Download the Island Press Urban Resilience Project’s new, free e-book Resilience Matters: Strengthening Communities in an Era of Upheaval)

This week’s episode features a conversation between Christof Spieler and our alumni specialist Jacki Schafer. Their conversation dives into Christof’s experience as an engineering student at Rice and how the campus community fostered many of his additional interests. These interests later developed into individual threads within his unique career.

This week we're joined once again by Christof Spieler who recently wrote a new book called Trains, Buses, People. Christof talks about how transit isn't a mystery and we all know what makes it work. But ultimately we're not having the right conversations. We also review Christof's time on the Houston Metro board and why it's important to have people who ride the bus and think about it all the time as a part of the agency discussion. You can find the book Trains, Buses, People at IslandPress.org

This week we’re joined live from Rail~Volution by Houston Metro Board Member Christof Spieler.  We talk about the progress on Houston’s bus reimagining and Christof gives tips for public engagement and system planning.  There’s also a discussion about route alignments for bus and rail lines and a plea to use more data when making decisions. 

Christof Spieler joins me again to chat about Houston.  This time we chat transportation and all the great things Houston is working on.