Podcasts about rapid transit

Rapid Transit comes up in conversation as Dave breaks down the Supersonic test flight that happened yesterday.  Tyler Carr is on the hot seat again today with more Audio Quizzes for prizes!  Tyler needs the 411 on "Traitor" and he also dishes on all the gaming news with this weeks "Game Scoop".@TylerCarrfm@Energy106fmTyler Carr on Tik Tok

BOMBERS! JETS! Brett blew it with the Rapid Transit (1:40); SOUNDS OF THE GAME...JETS V STARS... HOLY HELLEBUYCK (8:55); Bombers advance to the Grey Cup... Last-minute vacation??? (16:35); CUPW issues 72-hour strike notice to Canada Post (24:00); Breakfast With The Bombers... SOUNDS OF THE GAME... HERE WE GO BOMBERS...HERE WE GO! (30:25); A unique memorial spot for those who are cremated or aquamated (41:30).

A federal jury has sided with fired Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers who sued the agency claiming they lost their jobs over a COVID vaccine mandate. There are six of them total in the lawsuit and each will receive more than $1 million.  The employees claimed religious exemptions to the vaccine mandate but say they were not accommodated by the transit agency, and subsequently lost their job. Plus, we dive into what the Trump Administration needs to do to protect us from the next deep state overlords that would respond to another pandemic. TWC is the only company that can help you secure the most common prescription medications, including Ivermectin. Order now before it's to late. TWC.Health/Grant Use Promo "Grant" for 10% off.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bay Area native Anisa McNack saw many things growing in Oakland, California. When she decided she wanted to make a change in her life, she chose the route of the BART Police Department and steadily rose through the ranks. Find out more about her story in this episode.

Jas talks to Mike Little, Mayor of District of North Vancouver, on the NDP's pledge for a rapid transit link to solve gridlock on the North Shore. GUEST: Mike Little, Mayor of District of North Vancouver Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode of NETs Get Real is an encore presentation of our interactive Livestream Q&A with Leigh Anne Burns, MS, RDN - Nutritionist on September 4th, 2024. About Leigh Anne Burns, MS, RDN A specialist in the area of nutrition support for nearly 30 years, Leigh-Anne earned a BS from Northeastern Louisiana University and an MS from Louisiana Technical University. As a member of The Cancer Center, she joined the statewide disease management team for cancer prevention and early detection. She taught medical students, residents, and fellows various areas of nutrition and participated in both research and patient care in the area of oncology and cancer prevention. She specialized in the clinical practice care of oncology patients for nearly 20 years and has been an vital to the NET community for most of that time. Rapid Transit and Meal Plan discussed in this show: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xksz8xIJUa5Mx365Y4tLEguwkOsL3j4o/view?usp=sharingFor more information please go to our website: http://www.netcancerawareness.org and follow us on social media @netcanceraware

Episode 312: I will discuss The Jackson Park CTA Rapid Transit Station in Chicago and The 50th Anniversary of The Big Blue Marble TV Show. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pete-kastanes/message

Episode 312: I will discuss The Jackson Park CTA Rapid Transit Station in Chicago and The 50th Anniversary of The Big Blue Marble TV Show. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pete-kastanes/message

Rapid transit in Tucson. Streetcar @ $110M/mile? Bus? Balloon shuttles? Barney Brenner joins Chris today. Barney is a semi-retired local business owner, political consultant, and occasional contributor at townhall.com

VIA metropolitan Transit is planning for 2024 to be a big year. We get an update from Jeffrey Arndt, the president and CEO of VIA.

Episode 38 features an interview with Brian Mayes, the Winnipeg council representative for St. Vital since a byelection November 2011. In Part 1, he discusses his ward and his view on the first year of Mayor Scott Gillingham's term- "a very honest man" who knows how City Hall works, but they did have some heated dialogue about the federal strings-attached housing funding. 5.25 - "Change is hard is a pretty hollow, shallow argument", Mayes remarks, citing how city staff claims they don't get complaints about infill applications while council members get swamped. "I think we got out-negotiated' by the Trudeau government, says Mayes, because the City was never going to get $192 million in funding. Gillingham still pitched it as a reason for councilors to support zoning process changes. Mayes calls that deal "a loss of democracy here" as residents won't be able to file opposition to many projects anymore. "The City put out an FAQ thing saying "does this mean there could be 4plexes everywhere?" and the answer "No!!"- clearly that's the exact federal wording... now you'll have the infighting of various councilors who voted for it trying to shape the thing so none of it affects them." Mayes explains how defining the "800 meters to a bus corridor" could result in people trying to move bus routes and affect the exclusion of River Park South, and how "clumsy oversight" meant the Parker Lands project- "purpose built" for a Rapid Transit line - doesn't qualify under Trudeau's new rules for funding. Get all our columns and podcasts at ⁠⁠⁠ActionLine.ca⁠⁠⁠ Email Comments, News tips or donate via Interac- ⁠⁠martygoldlive@gmail.com⁠⁠ 14:51 Part 2- Speaking of clumsy oversight, the Goulet bike lane road rebuild is a dysfunctional mess affecting a Truck Route his residents rely on. As reported on ActionLIne.ca, Mayes is going to speak with another council critic of the rushed project that has degraded a major route for a bike lane that isn't even open. “You've been good at policing some of these projects.” 25.00 Mayes gets reminded by Marty Gold he was one of 7 current councilors who voted for the requirements for fairness to all stakeholders set out in the City Auditor's review of the Assiniboine bike lane debacle. "Things are often obtuse at City Hall," Mayes notes. "I can ask... some of these routes have implications along multiple wards". 27.34: Mayes returns to the housing fund debate: "I do worry about the long term impacts" and that "many of the fears were realized" during previous infill debates. Reviving the Al Golden caution "the devil is in the details," a brief discussion of Golden's work on Council in St. Vital ward years before Mayes assumed the seat, and Mayes' tireless work to get running tracks added to City recreation assets- West End, you're next! - is part of the conclusion of the interview. 35:40 - Marty provides a closing commentary, mentioning a retro sports scandal he helped investigate about 30 years ago. The shocking negligence and improper financial practices eventually resulted in the ouster of a provincial commission chair. Read it here: https://actionline.ca/2023/12/and-a-merry-christmas-to-you-bulldog/ Analysis of Civic politics and interviews with councilors is part of what TGCTS podcasts are all about- and it's not funded by Government. We bring decades of old-school experience, passion for the community, and ask hard questions because we do not follow the media narratives. Go to our Donate page, and see the links to the top stories we delivered in 2023 including provincial election reports, crime and courts updates, City Hall scandals, and the only dedicated reporting of antisemitism in Winnipeg. We rely on you - our listeners and followers - to keep us on the beat. We earn your support! Help us reach our December target of $1800 today.

MCALLEN, Texas - Hidalgo County Prosperity Task Force is likely to recommend the establishment of a rapid transit authority, Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez has confirmed.The subject came up at a summit the task force hosted jointly with Futuro RGV at South Texas College's Pecan Campus last Friday. The summit was titled, “CEOs Unite: Let's Get Uncomfortable.”Interviewed later, Cortez told the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service: “One of the barriers and obstacles that we have is moving people from areas, from where they live to where they work. And, as you know, a lot of households only have one vehicle. So, when the husband works and the wife works and what do you do when you only have one vehicle or the husband is gone and the wife needs to go shopping or go to the doctor or whatever is,” Cortez said.“Transportation is very important. In larger communities such as Austin, Houston, San Antonio, they have a transit authority, that's basically a taxing body to provide for transportation. I think that we're at the size already in Hidalgo County that we need to start looking into that and see if that fits our needs. And everything takes a long time. So we better start looking at it now and start to prepare for it.”Cortez said he is also concerned about the traffic count in his county.“We have a lot of people out there on the roads. If we can reduce some of those cars from being on the roads because they have another form of transportation that helps us there also.”Asked if a rapid transit authority could be part of the final recommendations of the task force, Cortez said:“Absolutely. No, we're already looking into it. The Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council already has done some work. We just took it off the shelf and started looking at it again.”Editor's Note: Here is an audio recording of the Guardian's interview with Judge Cortez, as well as the analysis of Thomas Ray Garcia, one of the lead coordinators of the Hidalgo County Prosperity Task Force. Editor's Note: Go to the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service website to read the full story.To read the new stories and watch the news videos of the Rio Grande Guardian International News Service go to www.riograndeguardian.com.

Guest: Alexa Loo, Richmond City Councillor  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Translink's brand new Rapid transit corridors  GUEST: Kevin Quinn, CEO of Translink  Mike Serr appointed as administrator of the Surrey Police Board GUEST: Keith Baldrey, Global BC Legislative Bureau Chief The Next Million - What would policing in BC look like by 2050? GUEST: Rob Gordon, Professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University How Singapore handled housing investments GUEST: Michael Geller, President of The Geller Group, Architect, Planner and Real Estate Consultant Improving working conditions for ride hailing and food delivery gig workers GUEST: Harry Bains, B.C's Minister of Labour The stolen $20,000 bronze statue from The Gallery George GUEST: Theresa Mura, Director for The Gallery George Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Translink CEO Kevin Quinn comes on to discuss the brand new Rapid transit corridors! Guest: Kevin Quinn - CEO of Translink Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nadia with the All Souls Procession, coming up this Sunday The City wants to spend another $200M plus on another rapid transit corridor. US Representative Andy Biggs.

The Music City Walk of Fame added one star in the ground from a famous Nashvillian who is not an artist. Nashville's crowded weekend was full of music, beer conferences, and bad weather. Plus, Mayor Cooper's fiscal year 2024 budget may include a faster way to get to the airport. But how long would that plan take?New YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKjWKXfpjtNL0oL2R6MKSxwToday's Sponsors:XPLR Tourshttps://xplrtours.com/Use ND10 for 10% off the History of Nashville Walking TourNash NewsMusic City Walk of Fame to add four legendary additions on Thursdayhttps://www.newschannel5.com/news/music-city-walk-of-fame-to-add-four-legendary-additions-on-thursdayBNA Events Tweethttps://twitter.com/Fly_Nashville/status/1654108075014463489/photo/1Busy weekend: Nashville events draw large crowds across townhttps://www.newschannel5.com/news/busy-weekend-nashville-events-draw-large-crowds-across-townFY ‘24 Budget for Rapid TransitFaster transit route to BNA project eyed for $15M funding in Metro budget https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2023/05/03/cooper-budget-wego-brt-airport-bna-murfreesboro.htmlMayor Cooper Files Proposed FY24 Operating Budgethttps://www.nashville.gov/departments/mayor/news/mayor-cooper-files-proposed-fy24-operating-budgetNashville Daily Artist of the Day Playlisthttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/51eNcUWPg7qtj8KECrbuwx?si=nEfxeOgmTv6rFUyhVUJY9AFollow us @ XPLR NASHWebsite - https://nashvilledailypodcast.com/YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/c/xplrnashInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/xplr.nash/Twitter - https://twitter.com/xplr_nashNASHVILLE & XPLR MERCH - https://www.xplrnash.com/shopMedia and other inquiries please email hello@xplr.life

Brandon's honor flight recap. Lakefront art festival is back! And why are we adding another bus?

City officials in San Jose are backing an unusual public transit option to get people to San Jose Mineta International Airport.  Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg Senior Executive Editor of Global Tech Coverage, Brad Stone.

Stories in this episode: Day in History: 1923: Dr. Banting, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, to visit Mayo Clinic Rochester rapid-transit plans are moving forward Fountain's new mayor 'excited to serve the community' Decades later, Kenyon-Wanamingo raises curtain on one-act competition with existential performance Winona goalie faced 100 shots in a game, kept coming back for more

Born: Panama Canal Zone 1956 Hometown: Sierra Vista, AZ Occupation: Career Musician, Organ/keyboards, Entertainer, Composer, Recording Artist, Studio Engineer Experience: 40 years Self Taught Lamont Arthur has been playing, composing and teaching jazz in Tucson for the last three decades. Born in Panama, the son of an army soldier, Lamont found himself growing up at Ft. Huachuca in Southern Arizona. At the age of 12 he became aware of his passion for music. He learned to play the Glockenspiel from his 6th grade music teacher Mrs. Smith. He turned his musical attention to the Hammond B-3 organ and played in mixed-ethnic rock and country groups at places like the Blue Room and Carr Canyon Corral in Sierra Vista. By the late seventies he had moved to Tucson and began playing with groups like Street Pajama, Rapid Transit, Bloolyte, Bondavi and legendary blues-man Sam Taylor to name just a few. He began playing gigs at many of the clubs in Tucson; the Pirates Den, Fun Factory, Bobby McGee's, The Doubletree, Nino's, Gentle Ben's and Merlin's. The scene was very open and loose at that time and his ability to play the Hammond B-3 allowed him to crossover as well and play blues, reggae, latin and gospel. His love for jazz music prompted him to take the jazz improvisation class at Pima Community College under the tutelage of sax man Mike Kuhn and he was asked to assist him with some of the more novice musicians. This, was the turning point for what would become his passion to be a mentor and a better jazz musician. Not only as a keyboardist but as a jazz scat vocalist as well.. For a 7 year stint ('93-2000) he played in a keyboard/guitar duo with Phil Davis named L.A.P.D. at Sakura Japanese Restaurant. They reached a cult status with their penchant for playing standards and uptempo barn-burners then turning things right around to play cumbias or R&B dance tunes. Legions of Tucson-ans flocked to Sakura for their performances. During his career Lamont has tried to give back to the community through his gift of music. He has performed for the Tucson Jazz Society, the Oro Valley Jazz Festival, the Jazz Guild of Tucson, and the Rising Star Baptist Church.. He has collaborated with Tucson Jazz fixtures such as pianist Dan "Sly" Slipetsky, trumpeter Tony Frank, trombonist Rob Boone, bassist Elliot "Kirk" Kuykendal and drummer Gil Rodriguez. He has also been involved in many recording endeavors and has a gospel/Christian CD of all original songs on itunes entitled: "It's Time For Knowing". Over the last several years he has been mentoring a stable of young musicians. One is currently enrolled at the Arizona Jazz Academy. Often he will get a student who is classically trained and Lamont puts it on himself to get them to "get off the sheet" and use their hearts and ears to bring out the music that dwells within them. He has also mentored many musicians within the church. Having not been mentored himself as a young music- ian he feels that being a mentor is a great way to give the younger musicians a head start and leave a continuing musical legacy especially for the future "serious jazz musicians". Lamont had to move back to Sierra Vista to be closer to his mother. He has been an unsung hero in the Tucson Jazz Community and the JJA for 2012 would be a fitting way to acknowledge his humble persona and love of music. Beyond the Music; Jake

Stories in this episode: Day in History: 1972: Roller skate center opens Soldiers Field Park, rapid transit are big spends in plan for nearly $32 million in state DMC funds for 2023 'She was gifted with never-failing tact' Despite proposed levy increase, Stewartville aims to reduce taxpayers' burdens Mayo set to honor its soccer giant, Dr. Charles Abboud The Post Bulletin is proud to be a part of the Trust Project. Learn more at thetrustproject.org.

Wellington Mayor Andy Foster has distanced himself from a fellow election contender, the state of local government today is just as much the fault of voters as it is the politicians, and treasury officials will report back to Cabinet early next year with a plan to fund billions of dollars' worth of mass rapid transit. Each week New Zealand Herald Wellington issues reporter Georgina Campbell joins Nick Mills for A Capital Letter.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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In this week's Capital Letter, our Wellington Issues reporter Georgina Campbell reacts to comments by Shelly Bay developer Ian Cassels that the occupation on the site will soon be over.Georgina also discusses her column today on where Wellington Airport sits among the region's mass rapid transit plan, and why Wellingtonians should be keeping a close eye on proposed changes to the city's district plan.HEAR IAN CASSELS' INTERVIEW WITH NICK MILLS HEREFOLLOW GEORGINA CAMPBELL ON TWITTER HERE

This week on Commune College, Hyperlink recounts the history of Cincinnati's failed subway system, whose derelict tunnels still sit unused beneath the city to this very day. Also, literally everyone they mention in the story has a completely silly name. Show notes: SOURCES Singer, A. J. (2003). The Cincinnati Subway: History of Rapid Transit. United States: Arcadia Pub.. Mecklenborg, J. R. (2010). Cincinnati's Incomplete Subway: The Complete History. United States: Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Subway https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Hunt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_B._Cox https://www.theverge.com/2016/8/10/12411632/public-transportation-failures-america-cincinnati-subway http://www.thecincinnatisubway.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Bell_Connector https://web.archive.org/web/20160911063055/http://www.go-metro.com/news/715/58/Cincinnati-Bell-Named-Sponsor-of-the-Cincinnati-Streetcar

Episode 56 of Amazing Places! We spend millions on highways, overpasses and fly-overs and end up with the same result - more traffic. Eric Doherty thinks that investing in Rapid Transit will move more people, more quickly, with fewer GHG emissions. Eric Doherty is the co-chair of Greater Victoria Acting Together's Climate Action Research Team Check out Greater Victoria Acting Together http://www.gvat.ca/

A nationwide bus driver shortage is hitting critical mass affecting disabled passengers oft times leaving them stranded. One American Airlines flight was cancelled after a group of Massachusetts teenagers staged a revolt refusing to follow TSA guidelines requiring masks on board planes, and the Bay Area Rapid Transit discovers goats can be their best friends during wildfire season.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed on Tuesday the federal government will invest over $12 billion in public transit projects in Ontario, including a rapid-transit development in Hamilton. The PM says the rapid-transit line in Hamilton will go from McMaster University, through downtown, to Eastgate in Stoney Creek. A formal announcement is set for Thursday and is a continuation of the largest single announcement of transit funding in Canada’s history made on Tuesday. GUEST: Richard Brennan, Former Journalist with The Toronto Star covering Queen’s Park and Parliament Hill GUEST: John Best, Founder of the Bay Observer See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode 81 What do robotic Torah scribes, Bluetooth rosaries, and a decapitated hitchhiking robot have in common? They're all teaching us what it means to be spiritual beings in the 21st century. Whether we like it or not, smart, adaptive technology is working its way into our religious and spiritual lives. Will we use it thoughtfully to enhance our lives or will it just become another technological nuisance? We're still in the early days of AI, and our actions today will have an outsized impact on how it develops. Let's be intentional, thoughtful, and prayerful about how we shepherd its growth, and become the sorts of people that Hitchbot would be proud to call friends.    Support this podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/DowntheWormholepodcast   More information at https://www.downthewormhole.com/   produced by Zack Jackson music by Zack Jackson and Barton Willis    Show Notes To read: 1) The church of AI https://www.wired.com/story/anthony-levandowski-artificial-intelligence-religion/ 2) Robot religious functions https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/9/9/20851753/ai-religion-robot-priest-mindar-buddhism-christianity 3) Funerals for robotic companions https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/09/funerals-for-fallen-robots/279861/ 4) AIBO funerals and our humanity https://www.discovermagazine.com/technology/robot-funerals-reflect-our-humanity 5) Can robots pray (and a super creepy monk)...we didn't talk about this, but it is still a fascinating part of the conversation https://aeon.co/essays/can-a-robot-pray-does-an-automaton-have-a-soul-ai-and-theology-meet 6) Values-based AI https://slate.com/technology/2019/11/priest-rabbi-robot-walk-into-bar-religion-technology.html 7) The Southern Baptist Convention principles on AI (again, didn't talk about this in particular but it is creative and proactive rather than reactive) https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/southern-baptist-convention-artificial-intelligence-evangelical-statement-principles.html  8) Hitchbot (wiki) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HitchBOT  9) Social Credit system used in China (wiki article) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Credit_System  10) 5min video on what the Social credit system looks like https://www.reddit.com/r/TheGoodPlace/comments/a719ko/s1e1_chinas_social_credit_system_resemblance_to/ 11) Point system in the Good place https://howard-chai.medium.com/a-look-at-the-moral-point-system-of-the-good-place-7858215fd9dc 12) Opportunity's last words and goodbye tributes https://laist.com/2019/02/16/jpl_mars_rover_opportunity_battery_is_low_and_its_getting_dark.php   Transcript This transcript was automatically generated by www.otter.ai, and as such contains errors (especially when multiple people are talking). As the AI learns our voices, the transcripts will improve. We hope it is helpful even with the errors.    Zack Jackson 00:04 You are listening to the down the wormhole podcast exploring the strange and fascinating relationship between science and religion. This week our hosts are   Rachael Jackson 00:14 Rachel Jackson Rabbi at Agoudas Israel congregation in Hendersonville, North Carolina. And my favorite fictional robotic companion is Data from Star Trek Next Generation.   Zack Jackson 00:30 Zack Jackson UCC pastor in Reading, Pennsylvania, and my favorite fictional robotic companion is Marvin the Paranoid Android from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.   Ian Binns 00:42 Ian Binns Associate Professor of elementary science education at UNC Charlotte. And my favorite is R2D2   Kendra Holt-Moore 00:51 Kendra Holt-Moore PhD candidate at Boston University. And my favorite fictional robot companion is also Data. Because I just started watching Star Trek, and I love him.   Rachael Jackson 01:07 Resistance is futile Welcome on board.   Zack Jackson 01:12 I don't think she's gotten that far yet.   Rachael Jackson 01:13 No, not that don't be fine.   Zack Jackson 01:15 Well that'll be funny in a couple weeks.   Rachael Jackson 01:20 Okay, so thank you for that question. I'm glad that we were able to start there. And as we are doing our AI series, and I wanted to talk about this in a slightly different way than we have been talking about it. So previously, we've talked about transhumanism and cyborgs. And really, what is the concept? Last time we talked about this, we really focused on education. And so today, I really wanted to focus our conversation on religion, right, what is AI in relation to religion, and that in and of itself is a huge topic. But I want to start with an example from my tradition. And this example, is the use of ritual of a particular ritual object and how, how it appears. So I'll go into a little bit of detail there. In Judaism, we read the five the five books of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers in Deuteronomy, from a scroll, rather than from a Codex form. And the scroll form doesn't have vowels. It doesn't have punctuation marks doesn't have page numbers. So it can be very complicated to read. And not only that, it's extremely complicated to write. It takes a scribe who's working on parchment, which is animal skin, with using a quill dipped in special ink, writing on this paper, and the letters have to be extremely precise, and everything the columns are justified. And if anyone has ever tried to hand write in justified columns, it's so crazy hard. So sometimes the letters look really long, or sometimes the letters are really squished and it's just it's a very laborious, intensive intensive in terms of time but intensive also in terms of emotional and and frankly redundancy. And for for a good scribe or for a professional scribe, a year to a year and a half is what it takes full time to write a Torah. And then each of the peaches, pieces of parchment are stitched together rolled up and Mazel Tov we have we have a scroll. I don't want to necessarily give an estimate, because I don't want to undersell those that are that are paying for this. They're a brand new one is anywhere between 40 and $80,000. Just Just to give a Yeah. Wow.   Zack Jackson 04:05 Yeah, I guess you're paying the wages for a year.   Rachael Jackson 04:08 You're paying the wages, you're also paying, like parchment is animal skin, like that's not cheap. And these use, you know, many, many animals. Again, it depends on the size of the parchment and the kind of animal if you're using, like, goat skin, how many pieces of parchment you can get per goat, like it's, it's a lot.   Kendra Holt-Moore 04:30 How big is the finished product.   Rachael Jackson 04:32 So the parchment itself can vary. It's anywhere between, say 18 and 36 inches tall. Right, so top to bottom, and of course, there's a there's borders around it so that you're not just touching the scroll every time so 18 to 36 inches. Our synagogue is lucky enough to have three scrolls of various sizes, and then you put them on wooden die. You stitch them into wooden dowels and roll them up that way. And so when you're actually scrolling the scroll, you're using the wooden dowels to move, you know, literally go through the parchment that way and that way, of course, we, we make it pretty, because everything needs jewelry. And so we put a beautiful gown on top of it, and we put some finishing touches on it, and then the pointer because you're never supposed to actually touch it. And so the thing that you're carrying around our largest one is about 50 pounds, and is over four feet tall. You know, Tao is over four feet and over 50 pounds.   Kendra Holt-Moore 05:34 It's massive.   Rachael Jackson 05:35 Yeah, they're massive write these and no, of course, there are small ones, right, you can get one that's about 12 inches, but they're extremely hard to write, which actually makes the cost go up because like you're doing tiny print then and,   Kendra Holt-Moore 05:48 and then you also have to buy a magnifying glass to rewrite.   Rachael Jackson 05:51 They're really hard to read because like I said, No vowels, no punctuation. Really hard to read.   Ian Binns 05:58 So, gosh, that sounds like an awful lot of work. Can I interrupt? Of course, is it required? Or maybe required is not the right word. But does every synagogue? Have one? That is the goal? Yes. Okay, so the goal is very, but it's not like, there's not anything written in where it says for you. It's pretty much.   Rachael Jackson 06:19 It's pretty much it's pretty much there. Yeah, it's not that you have to. But how do you read from the Torah, if you don't have one? Right? I mean, you're reading from a Codex of Hamas, a Torah, write a paper Torah. But like, if you're going to do it, like the best you can do is do it well. And so sometimes there's like loans like, oh, there's a little small synagogue over here that doesn't have one, we'll loan it to you for, you know, 30 years or something,   Ian Binns 06:44 do you have like, Are any of those in your office where you're in our worship space,   Rachael Jackson 06:50 oh, they're all in the sanctuary. And they're all under a locked cabinet. And they are all there is a fire a smoke detector inside the ark where we keep them. And the fire department knows that, that save those, like, if you're here for a fire, go right there. And we'll deal with the rest of the building. Like they're really they're that important, like they are the most important thing in the synagogue. So parchment and scribing is expensive and intensive. So the question is, will then why do it? Right? Like, why have a person do this, we've had printing presses for hundreds of years at this point. And okay, so you don't want to print the toy because you can't really it's hard to do printed to our on parchment. Okay, but now when the 21st century, and the 21st century, we can have a mechanical hand, actually write the Torah, and it can use a parchment, it can use the special ink and it just once you program it in there with all the specifications, this AI robot can write the Torah. So why wouldn't we have that and once you've put in the the capital of programming it, you just go right, you don't have to you don't have to change it up. So many times, you don't have to repay the programmer. Every time you just say, Nope, we just need more parchment more ink. Alright, so if we're still doing a halakhically, what is the role of the person? What does the person bring to this, that a robot can't or a and I'm using AI in this a not just a robot, because as I was saying, like, they can be different size parchments, the column width can be different. So you have to you have to teach the robot or the robot has to know what what justification in this, you know, full justified center justified looks like and so it has to know looking at the parchment, so it has to learn not just be programmed. So that's how I'm using AI as opposed to just a robot program. And there's a female scribe, which is a whole different category of, you know, egalitarianism and feminism that we won't get into this particular episode, but there's a female scribe, and Julia seltzer, who with I think it was five other women scribed an entire Torah together like each one of them took most of a book, Deuteronomy is really long. And then they stitched it together. And what she noticed is that their handwriting was different, that someone might have had like a little bit more of a flourish when they made the crown on a letter or a little bit like maybe one looked a little blockier and the other one looked a little bit softer, that looks different and you know, the person behind it and so now you're like I don't I don't study the scribe but there aren't that many in the world and there there haven't been so if you know the age and the location of the tour that you have You know, the person who scribed it, there is a story, there are memories, there is an intention behind it, there is an awareness of what you're doing. And that awareness doesn't exist in AI and robots. There's a prayer in Judaism, which says, Thank you like in the mornings, thank you for my soul. And thank you for the awareness of my soul. And it's that extra step that I think is missing, when we're looking at what can I do, as far as religion is concerned? So I just wanted to open up with the tour and saying it would be far cheaper, and far more accurate if we chose to do this sort of robotic arm AI printing than using a person. But it's not just about the money, right? in religion, it's not just what is the bottom line? Right? That's, that's one of the things that makes religious organizations different than, you know, other businesses or for profit centers. And I'm being kind that religions are not for profit centers, and sort of being generous to religion as a concept, in those ways, that it's not about doing it the cheapest and fastest. So what is it about? So when we look at again, using the example of writing the Torah? What What is it? So that's where I wanted to start. And so that's when one place for my tradition of where AI could be used, but we're choosing not to use it and wondering if there are places that you could see, either as an object or as a ritual in and of itself, from your traditions, or you are understandings that could or could not be substituted with AI?   Zack Jackson 12:00 Yeah, so there's a product that you can purchase from the Vatican itself. That is basically a Fitbit. For your your rosary.   12:14 Yes, I   Zack Jackson 12:14 saw that, were you It's great, because it's got its own little charging station, and you pick it up, and you make the sign of the cross on it. And that activates it. And then it's able to tell by the weighted beads, and for those of you who maybe aren't as familiar with rosary has a certain amount of beads. And the point is to hold a bead while you say a prayer, and then move to the next bead. While you say a prayer. It's a physical act while you're doing a spiritual act, in order to connect the full body to engage all of your senses, and to help you keep track of what you're doing while you're doing it. Because like, if you're saying a prayer a number of times in a row, how are you going to keep track? Like, do you lose track, you know, like, well, I guess I got to start over again, or start writing it down or something. So the rosary has long been a helpful tool for people. But in this one, it now syncs up to your phone, and can remind you, if you haven't been doing your prayers, or reward you, if you have been doing your prayers. Have you know, there might be social functions where you can encourage each other, I know that there was by the Bible gateway app, introduced a social aspect to it. And then suddenly, I started getting notifications like crazy, where all of my friends were like, connect with so and so on Bible gateway and share your daily devotional, your practice your reading. And so then that now there's this kind of social pressure, that now everyone knows what I'm reading. And now I have to make sure I'm reading extra spiritual stuff. Make sure everyone else knows how spiritual I am. And so there are some issues with that. I think we're now it Jesus says, practice your religion in secret, don't let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. If possible, go into a closet where no one knows you're there. He says that if you are fasting, not to put on sackcloth and ashes and let everyone know that you're super spiritual, but to put on your Sunday best and act like everything is normal. So nobody knows. And so a lot of these we talked last time about the gamification of education and other things. And so when you have sort of the gamification of, of religious practice, then I don't know, you start to want to show off a little bit or feel that social pressure that a lot of the church because of, you know, but I don't know, I've never used one of these. So maybe they're great. I do love love. All gadgets. That's fascinating. That's,   Rachael Jackson 15:03 that's a great word gadget. Right? It's using tech to encourage a particular practice. And one of the pitfalls, I think, is when we make that practice public, the Fitbit idea, right, you can have your own Fitbit, and not tell anybody, by the way, and you can set your own, you can set your own, like, tell it get up every 10 minutes or get up at you know, 10 minutes every hour, or whatever it is, and you don't have to tell people, but then we get that bias built in of whoever is creating the software, whoever is creating the technology, what is their value system. Sort of like the zoo, I didn't, I never joined the Bible gateway group, nor did a join this other way that I'm going to say, covenant eyes, right? Like basically, where you can have a person, double check your browser history, to make sure that you're staying on the up and up the accountability of what you're looking at on the internet. And as we all know, the internet was created for porn. So if the internet is created for porn, then your covenant eyes need to make sure you're not doing that. I'm being a little flippant, but maybe not that much. But that then turns into, it could turn into a race of I am holier than thou Look at, look at how much I'm doing and posturing and buckling under peer pressure, and then you're losing that that authenticity, and then suddenly, it's just besting each other, which kind of goes against most religious tenants from most religions that I'm aware of, right, like, look how better I am than you are at this. But building in that value system, and I think that's, that's the really dark gray area that could get pretty twisted, when we look at AI because at this point, at least, there is not sentience and choice in AI, which means it's all about the person who's programming it and the values that they're using. Yeah, I   Kendra Holt-Moore 17:45 think it's interesting, the examples that we're talking about are, seems to be examples of what AI takes away from us, or from religious traditions, whether that's like authenticity, or, you know, like not not having a person's story behind a tourist scroll. But instead, it being you know, a robot that has like standard handwriting and all these things, or, you know, the rosary gadget that, you know, for whatever reason, there's something that we feel is missing from these rituals and relationships. And I like that all makes a lot of sense to me. But I was really struck by one of the articles that Rachel shared with us before our meeting today, and it was an article in The Atlantic called funerals for fallen robots. Yes. And that that piece was just like highlighting the emotional attachment that people have for robots and how we, you know, the, the emphasis here is not so much on like, the nature of AI itself. I mean, it is a little bit, but it's more about, I think it's more about, like how humans create themselves, like the creation of the self through relationship with objects, which is something we've always done like before robots, but it's so interesting to me, because it's like, is that something is that like, what the flip side of AI is, we gain a lot by having potentially these robots, or, you know, even if it's just like a gadget, you know, like, I definitely have emotional attachments to like random objects, just like little tokens on my desk, because of the person who gave it to me. Or, you know, I have like a pouch of these. I call them my study tokens. They're just like little random buttons and pins and rocks and little figurines that people have given to me and I set them around my computer sometimes when I like really need to Get in the zone. And you know, they're not robots, but it's like this like emotional attachment with these inanimate like metal and rock objects on my desk. And I would be so sad if I lost any one of these things. And so I think it's like a very similar kind of relationship that if we look at robots and AI, like we can still form those kinds of attachments, and they might even be deeper, if AI is mimicking the kinds of like, human effect and human thought. And I just think that's so interesting, because it I, there was a long time where I thought, like, my gut reaction is that oh, well, that's still kind of empty, though. Like, it doesn't mean anything. And then like, the older I get, and the more I've like, thought about this, especially as technology just changes, I think that's like, I think it's really a powerful relationship, even though it's very weird to think about. But like, if I had a robot, and it was like, you know, r two D two, or data or you know, any, any of our like, famous robot companions from any fictional universe, yeah, I would want to, like protect that robot friend, and make sure that it was charged every day and make sure that it was like, happy and whatever, since that robots can be happy. And I think that that whatever, whatever we can say about the realness or not realness of that relationship, I think what's true about it is that it changes who we are. And it reflects something about who we are and who we are becoming. Because everything that we have a relationship with in the world plays on or, you know, helps to create the virtues that we have the weaknesses that we have the personalities that we have. And I just think that's really cool. And really interesting, because it doesn't have to just be with humans. And that's always been the case.   Zack Jackson 22:02 I that. I think we need to take a second and pour one out for hich bot while we're at it. Do you remember hitch bought? No. So it was a an adorable two young little robot from but too young. It was like 1013   Kendra Holt-Moore 22:22 Is it like a Tamagotchi?   Zack Jackson 22:24 No in 2013. So eight years ago, these developers in Canada made this robot and they made it to kind of look junkyard chic is how they called it, where it was cylindrical body. And it's got these like pool noodle arms and legs and this adorable little face. And the point of it was an social experiment to see if robots could trust humans. So it can't walk. But it can talk. And it was equipped with 3g connection and GPS, so that it could update its own social media accounts. And it could talk to the people who interacted with it and ask them to hitch a ride to the next place. And encourage them to like talk back to it had some rudimentary AI so it could communicate with people like a chatbot. And people would take pictures with it, it would be such an honor to like stumble upon hitch bot, and you get to update your social media and be like, I dropped it off here. And now the next person picks it up. It went across Canada three different times. I think. It went across Germany and the Netherlands.   Rachael Jackson 23:35 And then it just went the second one went across Germany.   Zack Jackson 23:38 Okay, but in 2015 tried to go across the US but got decapitated in Philly. Because Because Billy and if you were to ask me, somebody who's lived in Philly, and is from south south Jersey, where it would have been killed, I would have told you it would have been Philadelphia.   Rachael Jackson 24:04 Also, just just to add to that, it only its goal was to start in Boston. I remember Following this, it was it started in Boston and was going to get to San Francisco, got decapitated in Philly. And the head was never found. Like it didn't even it's not like it started in San Francisco. No, it started in Boston, and only got to Philly.   Zack Jackson 24:29 It had made it out of the East Coast or totally would have gotten there. It would have gotten there. If you can make it out of the East Coast, then you're okay.   Rachael Jackson 24:37 Ichabod I love what you're saying. Right? Like this idea of what is our attachment both from an emotional standpoint or she's made from an individual standpoint, but then also a cultural right like this poor hitch bot was totally fine and the Netherlands and Germany and Canada and the US we were like I don't trust you. Yeah. decapitate. Wow, season four of shields calculating things. So but what? What does that say about us and our relationship? And I think that's also what you were saying Kendra, right? This, this funeral for a bow AI Bo. I might be mispronouncing it. But that's how I had heard it. Right, these these robotic dogs. And it's true that even in the military people that have military companions, robotic companions, there's a sadness there. I mean, there was there was a famous movie, it wasn't a robot. But oh, Castaway. Right, Tom Hanks and Wilson, the volleyball, right there were weird, I think the movie was quiet for what 40 minutes, there was no dialogue or something like that, something crazy like that. And we were all just like, we'll setting like, we'll set it like we were just like something. And we had this immense attachment to a movie volleyball. No, it's just, it was so powerful, in fact, could create how much of the more so something has been there, watching your back, if something has been there carrying you on. And so many of us use objects as tools, right, that I don't have a deep attachment to my laptop or to my phone, like I use them, but I don't have an emotional attachment. My son, who's who's almost seven has had the same Kindle for, I guess we got him three years ago. And he has an emotional attachment to his Kindle, like he cares for it, he makes sure that it's in the right place, he makes sure that it's clean, he's sad, when it doesn't work, he makes sure that it's it's charged so that he can carry it with them. Like, it's very different than I need to use this as a tool, right. And so for me, we're able to use a AI or technology, we're using those a little interchangeably, as an ability to start forming relationships and bonds that teach us about who we are. And in religion, it's my, it's my understanding that one of the things that religion does, is teach us and help us with relationships, relationships, and in all, in all dimensions. And and I say that in the horizontal, it teaches us how to be in relationship with the world around us and those within the world around us, including ourselves, it is a vertical relationship, such that we have a relationship with the past and the future. And it's also the z axis relationship, which to me is the Divinity or spiritual aspect, right. So if we're on an X, Y, Z axis, the z axis would be the godly aspect. Or however each religion chooses to understand that which is not known. But it's, it's all relationships as almost as a stark difference from facts. And so if AI can teach us those things, or teach us how to do those things, or encourage those things, or grow those things, I think it can be a beautiful relationship, which is a couple of the other articles that that I'll post in the show notes, or I'll have Zack post in the show notes. So I think that there's beauty in there, what we need to make sure that when we're using them, and they're using us, that we recognize the values and that we trust what's in front of us. And I think that's an important piece that we're not that we haven't fully fully digested. How do we gain this trust? Right, so so Zack brought in the hitch bot, where it couldn't trust Americans and Americans couldn't trust it. And it is no longer, right. How do we develop the trust, which is the foundation of relationships?   Kendra Holt-Moore 29:17 Yeah. And I think that it's interesting to think about the trust that we can develop with these, you know, Ai, whatever technology, we're talking about these emotional attachments, and how that's a really different that's a really different relationship to these objects than talking about whether or not AI and you know, future robots will deserve rights. Which is like really interesting, because I think there's a natural blending of those ideas where over time, if we're treating something like we're In a relationship with it in the same way we would be with the human. That conversation to me kind of feels a note inevitable. I don't know, like what the answer will end up being. But, you know, like, that's already a conversation of like, Can robots? Or should robots who are more like Android in nature? Should they be granted citizenship, which is just like, so crazy to think about, but I think is, you know, is going to be a conversation that's like, way more prominent, like way down the line in the future when we do have robots that are a lot more like us. But for now, I think it's a lot easier actually, to ask the question of like, how can we trust the technology that's in front of us? Because that feels a little bit more manageable? I think, still a really hard question, because you have to think about the ethics of, and the values that go into programming. And that's like a huge debate to have about the, you know, the cultural code of the robot in front of you, and how that conflicts with whoever's using it or interacting with it. So still really difficult. But it's, I think, still maybe a little bit more manageable than talking about, like robot citizenship.   Zack Jackson 31:45 Have you all heard about what's going on in China with the social credit scores?   Rachael Jackson 31:50 Oh, yes. Oh, it's so scary,   Ian Binns 31:53 I want you to unpack that for us. Because that was interesting,   Zack Jackson 31:55 a way of, of using AI, especially, to keep humans in line. While they're already well known for their facial recognition, and the fact that there's cameras everywhere, and that those cameras are always tracking who you are and where you are, and what you're doing.   Rachael Jackson 32:15 Said, right and said with pride that I think it was that once you enter the public sphere, meaning not your own home, within three seconds, it can identify their entire population, like 1.4 billion people within three seconds.   Ian Binns 32:33 That was crazy,   Zack Jackson 32:35 which sure helped to keep the COVID under control, but also their populace. And so they've been doing these trial runs, in some places have adopted them more thoroughly, where they're essentially keeping record of each individual person and giving that person a score based on their trustworthiness. So things that might negatively impact your social credit rating might be things like playing loud music, or eating food on Rapid Transit when you're not supposed to, or jaywalking or speeding, or this is a good one, making reservations at a restaurant and then not showing up. Oh, yeah, I'm not correctly sorting your recycling. And if your score gets too low, you might be denied things. Like, I think I read that there was like 80,000 people so far, who had not been able to get on trains, because their social score was too low, and they couldn't be trusted on it. And if you want to get out of that, it takes like two to five years to get out of that. Or you can work really hard to raise your score. By doing things like donating to charity, or giving blood or volunteering or praising the government on social media.   Ian Binns 34:06 I feel like 10s of millions of Americans would have been screwed during the last administration.   Zack Jackson 34:10 Right? Yeah. So like, if you want good things like, you know, a line of credit to buy a house or favorable terms on loans, or getting   Rachael Jackson 34:22 a reservation at a restaurant   Zack Jackson 34:24 or getting a reservation at a restaurant, like you'd better make sure that your social social score is high. And this is, I mean, this is also a society that as is a shame, shame and honor based society. And so kind of taking advantage of that. In order to control the populace, using opaque artificial intelligence like No, nobody, this is not open source data. This is stuff that's tracking your every single movement, so you might be out walking Down the street somewhere, and you reach in your pocket to get your phone and a receipt falls out your pocket, and you get docked for littering, because it knows what you just did. And it was watching you. And supporters of this. say that this is going to be a way of creating a utopian society where like plenty of people will just do the right thing, because it's the right thing to do. Do these   Kendra Holt-Moore 35:24 dystopian literature come on over?   Rachael Jackson 35:28 China, they don't have it. Yeah, it's not an   Zack Jackson 35:32 like, this will finally do what religion failed to do. In keeping the people in line and making a morally just society, because it offers punishments that are immediate, and felt instead of like, afterlife based.   Rachael Jackson 35:49 Yeah. And daily and daily life. impactful, right? Not just, yeah, eventually, one day, this will come back to bite you. And that took us, but like, Oh, I can't get on the bus today. Like, oh, that has impacted my life. And this is like, I'm wondering, did they ride? Or did they take notes from the good place? With this feels, this feels very much like the scores that people are getting based on their activities. And one of the things that I am troubled by, in this just one of very many things I'm troubled by with this whole scenario is we don't actually know the end result of a single action. So let's just take the littering on on the face of it. That seems like a pretty like, we'd all kind of get behind that. Right? Like, you don't want to litter like I'm not a fan of littering, and we talk about it and we don't want to do it. And sometimes Adrian IO and you know, his friends will go pick up the litter that we find in the in the park. Right, littering. I'm totally behind that. In this particular society, as far as I have read, and I, I could be corrected, please. Having clean streets is really important. Right that there's there is a value in the in the culture of having clean public spaces, in order to have clean public spaces. Somebody has to do that job. So if somebody accidentally litres, and then they get docked for it, then people stop littering. How many jobs did that cost? There was no intent behind the littering. But the accidental littering or the wind took it away. How many jobs did that cost? And what are the life what is the life like for those people whose job was to literally be a human a street sweeper. And, and those ramifications, that we're not able to see the human cost? Again, minus the whole dystopian issue, but that to be docked for something that seems dockable. But we don't know where this where this is going. That's where I'm uncomfortable with this, like, how far are we going? Oh,   Kendra Holt-Moore 38:19 but on the other hand, maybe we should just let the robots take all of our jobs so that we can just focus on our hobbies and have universal basic income. Am I right?   Rachael Jackson 38:29 Totally. Right. I just want to start doing more cross stitching. So yes, I am 100% on board with just take my job. Right? But   Kendra Holt-Moore 38:38 but we got to have the infrastructure like you're right. That's not where we are right now. But I hope one day, we can all have our hobbies, and money and just like live our lives because work   Zack Jackson 38:50 shouldn't be all I mean, according to will robots take my job calm. I'm only point 8% likely that clergy will be replaced by AI and robots,   Rachael Jackson 39:01 right. And we have seen that so very clearly in this last year. Because the people that have been in hospitals or have died or have had a funeral, or have had any sort of life cycle moment in which they want their clergy there, in addition to whatever worship we have on the weeks, there's no comparison and holding someone's hand. That, yeah, it'd be great if a robot did my job, but I don't think a robot could do my job. Right? Because there's something about the touch. There's something about the human connection. There's something about the look in a person's eyes that says, I see you and I empathize with whatever you're going through. That we haven't gotten there yet with AI and while the technical aspects of most of our jobs could be done I think even the jobs where it's a 95%, your job could be done by AI, or robot. It's not going to be a healthy thing. Because Where are we getting those relationships? Sorry, and I'm talking about   Ian Binns 40:15 that's okay. I'm just makes me think about like, if we think about so instead of just, you know, a thought experiment, I guess on what are the things in our so not necessarily to take our entire job? But what are the things within our particular professions? That if robots or AI took over that aspect profession, what would free us up to do more of beautiful things? We could do more? Still still with your profession? Yes, hobbies? Definitely. But like, so for me. And I know, we brought this up in the last episode. For me, especially it's like grading, for example. You know, if there were robots or you know, something like that, that could I mean, obviously, it's easier now than it used to be because of technology. But if that was a way where it can be fully programmed to do all of that for me, then what? There are other, I'm certain that there, it will give me time to do other things.   Rachael Jackson 41:18 Really? Okay, I'm gonna push you on that one a little bit. The reason I say that, barring Scantron tests, which are stupid. Good. Sorry, for those that I'm offending that do. I feel like you get to know your student based on the answers, they give in the questions, that you're losing something when you don't grade their papers. You're losing, how they're thinking you're losing. And what what creativity are they coming up with? And so, so I would say, if you're not doing that, you're not seeing the individual? What are if, if that part is taken away by robots, which I'm not quite sure how you would do that equitably? I would have to be a pretty smart robot to try to grade individual questions that aren't Scantron based, or that multiple choice, how else would you then get to know the students like that, to me isn't where you spend the time, right? in getting to know like, having coffee shop our having, you know, let's sit down and chat for 20 minutes, just because like the 20 minutes, I would have spent grading your essays. Now let's just talk about them. But I don't I don't know how you could equitably do that, honestly. And also,   Ian Binns 42:42 what I'm curious about is though, that, to me, is still less thinking in the same way that things are done now. Like I'm almost pushing us to think, what other avenues could it open. If some skill, some things like that, that can become very time consuming. I'm not saying already, like, there are definitely parts that I would still need to do as human. But I think there are some things that may make it where I could end up spending more time on other tasks and other ways of getting to know students and connecting with him. potentially even more fully.   Zack Jackson 43:22 Yeah.   Ian Binns 43:23 So all by all the grading, it's okay. So I'm just curious, like, Are there ways within your professions that there are some mundane things that you're just like, you know, what, if I could get rid of that imagine I would have more time on this,   Rachael Jackson 43:38 you know, what I gotta say, I have predictive text set up on my Gmail. And I have had it set up on my like, I've been using the same gmail account for work for six years. I'm pretty like I change it up, I don't, I don't write the same exact same thing every time. But I have a particular way of talking in email. I have a particular rabbinic voice or a style that's in email, just like when you if any of you were to ever talk to me on the phone, and and I pick up and I say, Hello, this is Robert Jackson, you hear my voice go up by about half an octave. It is amazing. Um, so I have that same sort of tick quality characteristic in my email. And so now when I'm writing an email, it will the predictive text will have almost the entire sentence written if I write one or two words, and I go, yeah, that's what I want. tab, tab, tab. And next thing you know, my entire email is written in two minutes rather than six. And so as a person who writes enter between 20 and 50 emails, writes 20 to 50 emails a day. That's that's been helpful, right? It's it's freed me up to have the conversation with someone in person.   Zack Jackson 45:19 I think a database that would help keep track of who is sick? Who is? Well, who is recovered? And who's related to who would be really helpful?   Rachael Jackson 45:35 Oh, I have that for you, I can send you the link. I well.   Zack Jackson 45:38 So one that that can also like predict things. I'm thinking AI wise, where, like, I know that this person has this condition, this condition and has been in the hospital this amount of time this amount of time. And then so you might want to check in on this person at this time. You know, have you talked with so and so lately? They haven't been in church? Oh, yeah. Okay, that's a good point, there's probably something going on. Because like, my mind personally doesn't work like that. I cannot hold on to details about individual people. Especially when I have that many people. Were I think, like, Oh, I haven't seen that person in six weeks, because I've been with the other people. And I haven't thought about it, or Oh, yeah, that's right, they did get COVID last month, and I never checked back in on them. I wonder how they're doing now like that kind of a thing, connected with the local hospitals, which could update me on people's medical conditions, as well as like death of relatives who maybe aren't members of my church, like it's scanning through the obituaries of the local papers to be like, Oh, well, I have this member whose uncle just died. But they're not. The uncle is not a member of my church. And so now I know that maybe I should reach out to this person, like that kind of assistance and pastoral care would be really helpful, because nine times out of 10, I miss it. And then I realized after the fact that I could have been a comforting presence in that moment.   Rachael Jackson 47:08 Although I will just say, I do have an awesome pastoral care website that I use. And it's, it's super helpful. It's not AI. But it's really amazing to help me to help me do those exact same to do those things. Again, it doesn't connect to the hospitals. It doesn't it doesn't scan obituaries, but it helps. It's my own personal. It's my own personal pastoral care assistant. Well, we   Zack Jackson 47:33 have a lot of clergy who listen, what's the website,   Rachael Jackson 47:36 it's called notebaert. And ot e bi, rd note, bird. And it is awesome. And I'm happy to share this and happy to be a poster child's No, they're not paying me for any reason. I just love it.   Zack Jackson 47:49 But they could.   Rachael Jackson 47:53 Really, and and they are. They're totally non denominational. Like, they they listened to the Jews, and they put stuff in there for the Jews. But there's a whole bunch of stuff in there for Christians to like, I haven't, you know, communion wise, I didn't, I didn't look at all the Christian stuff, because I don't need to. And they're extremely responsive and wonderful. And I could just like sing their praises all day long. Because I think we're getting there, right? Like, we keep having these, these brainstorming so we can get there. And I think if we're not afraid of it, and I keep going back to what Kendra was saying, right, that that initially, we started talking about the drawbacks, and Ken was like, Hey, what about all the positives? Wait, it could be so great. It would like it would just be wonderful. If our values were there, right, the value of pastoral care would have to be there.   Kendra Holt-Moore 48:50 Yeah. And I think to like another way of thinking about, like how AI would like, you know, supplement people's jobs. It's not even that, like all of the things that we do in academia or as clergy. I don't, I don't really know how AI is gonna, like supplement what any of us do besides like what we're talking about now with, like databases, like technology stuff, sure. But I just think, like, there are a different category of jobs that AI can do. So that it like frees up people like maybe, maybe there will be more people who want to be clergy members, or like, you know, researchers and teachers. And since AI is doing, you know, the jobs that those people might have been doing now, we have all these people who want to do these jobs, but we don't have to work the whole year. Like maybe we're on a half year schedule. And then you know, we switch out and then the robot or not the robot that that People who would have been doing, I don't know, pick a job, what's a job that maybe AI is going to take over one day? I guess we use the idea of like the streets with images, or sandwiches? Yeah, sandwiches. You know, like, it just creates an abundance of like, time, I guess is what it's giving us, or like opportunity to do something that you might not have thought you were going to do. I don't know, it just there's, there's more ways to think about it than just that, like, yeah, robots gonna, like grade my papers or like, sit by someone on their deathbed. Because I don't I don't know if like that. There's something about that, that makes me like, like cringe a little bit, even though that's like also what we're talking about as a potential for being like really cool. And   Zack Jackson 50:51 COVID, they've had to do that. And I there are hospitals that have set up these like, iPad robots that kind of look humanoid, but they have an iPad for a head, where you can connect to people that you know, and that you love. There's even some more advanced technology out there that will have a hand on it. And then another hand will be held by your loved one who's maybe in the waiting room. And then like the two cents each other cool and will squeeze cool other sad   Rachael Jackson 51:20 at the same time.   Ian Binns 51:23 But necessary during times like a pandemic,   Zack Jackson 51:26 right? Yeah. Right. But given a normal circumstance, no one would choose that. Right.   Rachael Jackson 51:31 Right. And, you know, what I, what I hear you suggesting Kendra, too, is perhaps that technology AI as it gets there, again, using them interchangeably, allows us to really understand what we want our lives to be, especially as Americans who have been trained and our culture of just high productivity, like unbelievably high productivity that our value is based in what we produce. And then our value as a citizen, or as a person is how much effort we put into our company. Right? Whatever that as a worker, that's where it last. And so if we have the ability to, to have our job being done by something else, rather than replacing our job, like finding something else, as in was suggesting to do with that time for a job to say, great, it's done. Now I have time to be me. I to actually say it's not. Yes, maybe the average is a 40 Hour Workweek. But I don't really know anybody that does that. I don't, I don't I don't know of any salaried, that's untrue. I know of one salaried employee who works for the government, frankly, and they're the only ones that I know that's a salaried employee that actually sticks to 40 hours. The only reason I'm using the term salaried is because the employer then has to pay per hour and usually they don't want to pay overtime. And so they're they're battling this like well, you then you just have to be extremely highly productive in your hour. So that's why I'm separating out the hourly versus a salary because the the employer in that case is not willing to pay the the overtime wages often read that this 40 Hour Workweek and this idea of downtime being not a good thing. Right. So   Ian Binns 53:35 you think about like, the genius time or whatever, that or whatever it was that Google had, right, isn't it, you know, they that they didn't Google Earth, like the idea for Google Earth and the development of Google Earth? What came from someone having that? Like, didn't they have it as their job like 20% of the people's time was meant for them to just focus on thinking, yeah,   Zack Jackson 54:01 whatever. Certainly the work on certain engineers job. Yeah, they give freedom to they have like little play rooms, basically. Yeah, with little things to mess around with. And they encourage people to do that. And, yeah, but that's just for the engineers that are making things.   Ian Binns 54:16 Yeah, yeah. So when I was thinking, so this is I like that you mentioned that Rachel was still part of the job. So I guess for clarification, if there was a way that there that AI can help make some of the tasks of my job easier, right for me to then go in directions with my job in life that I couldn't have even imagined as a teacher. I would take that. Or just I know there could be some negatives there. Potentially, that that could be coming. But I would choose to initially focus on what are the things I could gain. Like that would give me the time to not have to worry about oh well. So When I'm recording this podcast, there are other things on my mind that I'm like, oh, man, I gotta get back to that someday, right? I would have to worry about that stuff. Right, I would have that time. And the things. So what I think about like within academia, so when we started this, the podcast idea, and we started running with it, and now we're doing it. And it's been almost two years, and I wouldn't trade for anything. And I'm not I'm not ready to leave it. I love doing this stuff. Right? One of the thoughts that had to go through my mind was is how do I write this down to make sure that my supervisors all the way up the chain in academia value it? And then you think about, so when you get new leadership, and they see that I'm writing on these areas that may not be as high research productivity? What does that mean? I don't care, because it's doing what I love to do. Right. And I still get to do the other things too. But that just means that now I'm adding more to my plate, which is fine. But I'm always thinking about when it comes to like, teachers. So there are ways you know, in this field of education, that could make it so that we could do some of those other things that people love to do that somehow to resolve the time or because of just exhaustion. Right? Yeah. So yeah, I think those are the things I would try out and just backing on my give that a shot, if it doesn't work, doesn't work, I try something different. So I don't think I would lose connection with the students. If I had some of those other tests that were a little bit easier for me to do at least less time consuming. Right, so that because I would use that time to plan for more different types of experiences in the classroom. When I'm thinking about class stuff, here are some different things that could potentially do in my classroom. Now, let me now got time to really plan it out. Let me run with it. That's how I would want to approach it. And it's funny while saying that the AI on my wrist was telling me, you look like you need to breathe right now. I guess my heart rate was going up.   Zack Jackson 57:06 I should think we we should all breathe, right? Yes, I know.   Ian Binns 57:09 But it says even a minute of deep breathing can be helpful. It's almost like a meditation reminder to meditate.   Rachael Jackson 57:17 Right? A reminder to to be, and I think we're at the point and perhaps perhaps it's just my limited imagination. And perhaps it's my limited vertical ability. I can't really see AI as like really intelligence. Right? Just really, I think I'm stuck in technology, and what that's doing. But I think and I hope that we have the ability to create things where where we are allowed to be human beings, not human doings. And that can be the focus. So however, we can get there, using the value systems that we have in places individuals or to whichever society and culture we ascribe of which many of us have overlapping ones, right, Amir for me, you know, feminist, and Jewish, and American and all that stuff, right, like overlapping, but what are what are my values they're in? And how can I use this technology in the AI to allow me to be a human being not just a human doing, and in that way, sort of living up to this idea that I myself, so there was a Zionist named a had her arm, which actually he changed his name, and it translates to one people. That's what that translates to, I had her um, he was writing in the late, late 19th, early 20th century, and he was defining the difference between sacred and profane. And that which is profane, is a means to an end. And when you get to the end, the object itself loses its meaning. And the sacred is that which the object itself can be used in lots of different ways to achieve many different ends and is, is by itself, by its nature, holy. And for me, that's what I want for the human being, not just the human doing, not that I am here, to do something, to do a job to do this, that and the other but to be and there and that being using the AI to create an imbue holiness in the self in whatever job we're in, whether that's in religion, whether that's an academia or any myriad of other fields that we've sort of, we've sort of touched on and when we're able to then bridge AI and religion in those ways we can see ourselves as holy that's, that's, that's my sort of my hero range. Bow in the sky hope   Kendra Holt-Moore 1:00:02 that what you're saying, Rachel, about bridging those those things is reminding me of. And this sort of ties back to a conversation earlier about religion and AI and like the funerals of robots and stuff like that. There was a late 19th century anthropologist, Eb Tyler, if you study religion, you probably know him. There's lots of like, problematic issues, we could talk about them. But the what he was writing about at that time was about animism, and had this idea that animism is like the original religion, and that it was also like a central characteristic of what he called a quote unquote, primitive religions. And so that's where we can like talk about, like colonialism and all that stuff. But the the idea of what he's talking about is that there is like this development of religion where you start out as being animistic, which, if you don't know, animism is like, basically put life or seeing that there's life or like a soul in inanimate objects or in things besides humans. So thinking that the river has a spirit, and the trees and the rocks have spirits. And so this is what Tyler's talking about. But it's interesting to me, because I, I was thinking, you know, even though someone like Tyler, or, you know, other anthropologists and people who would say like, oh, only primitive religions have animism or this idea of like, life and soul and inanimate objects, or like having these childish attachments to things. What we know or like, what, you know, if you study religion is that has nothing to do with like, this like line of progress, where like, the more advanced modernized religions don't have attachments, or don't have these ideas of life and spirit in nature or other inanimate objects. And I think like the prime, like piece of evidence for that right now in this conversation is that, you know, we can really be looking at the most, like technologically advanced places, and we're talking about how we, like throw a funeral or some other kind of celebration for our robot friend, and that it's just like this human impulse to relate to the world around us. And there's nothing that's like primitive about that, whether whether it's like animism in the traditional sense, or what we're talking about now, where we're relating to things in this new way, as technology changes. You know, our best friends are going to be robots one day, and it just is like, so interesting to see how humans are continually coming up with ways to relate to the world around us. So that's what I was thinking.   Zack Jackson 1:03:19 Yeah, it's the final words of, of the opportunity rover that struck a chord around the world that yes, you know, the opportunity rover, went for 15 years on Mars, way longer than it was supposed to the little rover that could, and then one final dust storm covered the, as far as we know, covered it up. And, you know, it's just sending telemetry data back and you know, just the battery's dying and whatnot. And somebody on Twitter, wrote, The last message they received was basically, My battery is low, and it's getting dark. And that phrase, then, like, went around the world. my battery's low, and it's getting dark. I've seen that tattooed on people. I've seen so many t shirts and mugs and like that little rover with its little solar panels, just alone on this distant cold planet. my battery's low and it's getting dark. Then there was like this worldwide morning for this little little rover guy. That will one day I'm sure be in a museum and those words I hope will be inscribed on it. So that we know that like this is a human connection. This isn't just a religion thing. This is a human connection.   Rachael Jackson 1:04:39 All the fields right the rest in peace   Zack Jackson 1:04:44 rest in peace which bot whose final we will   Rachael Jackson 1:04:49 find we will find your   Kendra Holt-Moore 1:04:52 your word   Zack Jackson 1:04:53 and avenge them. No, no, no hitch bought wouldn't want it that way. hitch Potts, fine. No tweets By the way, were August 1 2015. Oh dear, my body was damaged. But I live on with all of my friends.   Rachael Jackson 1:05:09 Sometimes that was funnier to me.   Zack Jackson 1:05:12 Sometimes bad things happen to good robots and then little bit later posted a picture of itself with its with its creators and said my trip must come to an end for now but my love for humans will never fade. Thank you friends.   Kendra Holt-Moore 1:05:31 me getting love should fade. A little little buddy.   Zack Jackson 1:05:35 Oh, no hitch BOD is the best of us.   Ian Binns 1:05:41 Data Philly.   Zack Jackson 1:05:43 Well just wait a few years when hitch bought the white comes up and saves us all from the evil forces having battled the Balrog of Philadelphia   Rachael Jackson 1:05:57 to be controlled   Zack Jackson 1:05:58 to niche all right next time

The concept of space travel for civilians is nearing reality.  Blue Origin is one of several companies racing to certify their craft for space travel.  If you are considering an "Out-of-this-world" travel experience, this may be just the thing for you, providing you have the funds. 

Ken reviews the 2021 Toyota Venza hybrid.  Learn why the automaker decided to bring the vehicle back to North America after a five year hiatus; a look at Blue Origin's Rapid Transit to Space opportunity for (rich) civilians; and a city where cars (electric or otherwise) are not welcome! 

I have concerns with the current Transit Master Plan. There are some significant financial questions not being answered. Approval of this plan would max the city's credit. There is a risk that we must consider. There should be a rapid transit route which on one bus connects Red River College's main campus to HSC / U of M to downtown to U of M main campus. Any transit plan not based on 100% electrification is insufficient. Was light rail transit considered? It was fifteen years ago. A Master Plan should move us forward and be functional twenty-five years from now, not just be more of the status quo. Finally, the Master Plan doesn't address a primary concern I hear from residents, using transit isn't safe. We recently saw reports of the protective transit screen breaking when a bottle was thrown at one. I have residents who called me about people refusing to wear masks while riding the bus. They are afraid for their health. Others have reported that people will take a shopping bag if they sit too close to a door. Others are afraid to use transit to attend events because of having to wait for a bus downtown at night. I realize nobody wants to speak about this, but someone has to. Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. We need to collect quality data to inform policy, direct investments, and plan appropriately. I will NOT spend over one billion dollars of resident's money on a master plan that is only half done and is something residents will continue to be afraid to use. That doesn't make any sense. Let's collect the data. Review the facts and focus on solutions that keep everyone safe. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After a short break for a much-needed vacation, Christian is back for another episode of Holy City Sinner Radio. Unfortunately, the show opens with another discussion about the multiple mass shootings and police shootings of Black men (and children) that have dominated the national news. Bringing the news a little closer to home, Christian then discusses the incident near Columbia where a White Fort Jackson sergeant was caught on video berating and shoving a Black man.   Christian then talks with Sharon Hollis, Principal Planner for BCDCOG and the Lowcountry Rapid Transit (LCRT) Project Lead, and Morgan Grimes, BCDCOG Communications and Outreach Specialist for LCRT. The pair provided extensive details and plenty of information about the LCRT project. You can learn more at https://lowcountryrapidtransit.com.   The show's artwork was created by Grace Lancaster-Goguen (glancastergoguen@gmail.com). This episode's music is "Short Skirt, Bare Knees," "Front Page Show," and "When I Was Young" by Tyler Boone (tylerboonemusic.com). The episode was produced by LMC Soundsystem

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"When we complete the six phases of the transit system in Tanzania, we expect to have more than 3,000 BRT buses in the city, and they will replace what we have currently, nearly 10,000 local buses." Joining the Transit Unplugged podcast for this episode is Ronald Lwakatare, Chief Executive of Dar Rapid Transit Agency (DART) in Tanzania. Ronald joined DART in January 2016 as Chief Executive and is working hard to bring future public transportation to his nation and city. In this episode, Ronald shares with listeners a look into the transportation system in Tanzania, what it means to be a successful public transit agency, and what his country is doing to lead the way for public transit. If you want to know more about Dar Rapid Transit Agency (DART), check out their website.

Today's highlights:  The Mayor made a major announcement yesterday But, does it make sense? We check in with an Urban planner about this ambitious yet ambiguous plan. Robert Pickton You remember the name, you remember the story, so why is he back in the news? It isn't good. North Shore Rapid Transit What would your preference be for options to the North Shore for Rapid Transit?  NAVIGATE THE PODCAST:  Chapter 1 Debriefing Mayor Kennedy Stewart's HOME plan We touch base with Andy Yan, an urban planner, about the housing initiative that the mayor announced yesterday. Chapter 2 Robert Pickton: Back on the Beat John Daly, host of Back on the Beat on CKNW, joins the show to chat about the history behind Robert Pickton, and the reason he's back in the news. Chapter 3 North Shore Rapid Transit Do you have a preferred option when it comes to Rapid Transit to North Shore? Chapter 4 LTC visits are complicated in B.C. Long term care facilities, which have been greatly impacted by COVID-19, are a tricky street to navigate right now in B.C. particularly. Chapter 5 What the hell happened in Surrey yesterday? A video surfaced showing a large group of kids attacking a squad car and acting disorderly in Surrey. What.. happened?  Chapter 6 What are you grateful for? It might be hard to think of gratitude in 2020, but in fact, it is in dark times that special people and special things highlight themselves even brighter. ___________   Remember to wash your hands, practice physical distancing, and stay home at all costs if you are sick. We're not out of the woods yet!    The Lynda Steele Full Show podcast includes all the individual segments that can be found on the Lynda Steele Show page, digitally stitched together for your convenience.    Listen live online at globalnews.ca/radio/cknw/ 3-6 PM! Connect with us on Twitter: Lynda Steele - @steeletalk Eric Chapman - @Chapappay Amir Ali - @AmirsDoingItAll Alan Regan - @Alan_Regan

Listen to the latest episode of The Transit Authority, APTA’s official podcast, with our guest Tim Chan, Group Manager -- Station Area Planning at the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, who discusses initiatives and strategies to address homelessness in public transit, with special focus on COVID-19 and its impact on the issue.

Do you have a preferred option when it comes to Rapid Transit to North Shore?   Stephan Nieweler, Doctoral candidate and transportation instructor at SFU's Dept of Geography, gives us his two cents.

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST TRANSIT SYSTEM TO RUN THROUGH THE TUNNELS AND ELEVATED TRACKS THROUGH THE FIVE BOROUGHS, KNOWN AS THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM OR IRT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_the_IRT_subway Photo by: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1897_Poor%27s_Brooklyn_Rapid_Transit_Company.jpg --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thequeensnewyorker/support

On this podcast, GFOA’s John Fishbein talks with Joe Costello, Chief Financial Officer for Dallas Area Rapid Transit about a variety of financial topics including the effects of COVID-19 on their budget process.

On this episode, I chat with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Board of Director Debora Allen on a variety of topics from the budget, ridership, cleanliness, homeless, BART Police and enforcement of code of conduct, its new 15 Point Plan, to whether or not BART should get into the housing business. 01:25 – Intro 02:05 – Steps to make the trains safer and healthier during COVID-19. Question asked by Supervisor John Gioia. 04:37 – Rider health procedures during when ridership increases. 06:45 – BART Budget issues and impact it may have 08:15 – BART Police enforcing things such as masks, eating on platforms, sex on platforms (code of conduct issues) 09:37 – Recap the May 23 meeting on the budget and sustaining a 90% drop in ridership. Debora gets into how the budget was formulated. 13:42 – How do you save as many jobs as possible for BART? Current budget calls for no layoffs, no furloughs, and current budget calls for 2.75% raises. How does it work when State Employees are getting a 10% cut, but BART still receiving a COLA increase? 16:11: Elected officials are elected due to unions and special interest which prevent tough decisions to be made. The big picture is not being taken seriously as BART will have a 6% increase in operating costs with ridership being down 90%, 21:50 – we get into BART projects helping maintain and improve tracks as ridership is down to save money later with little impact on ridership. They can now work more than 3-4 hours of actual construction. 23:25 – BART issues a 15 Point Plan – we talk about it. 25:17 – We touch on fare evasion, community outreach and back to police enforcing people wearing masks. BART Police need 93 more officers in 2018. 31:30 – Debora explains her tweet about 20-unfilled BART Police positions will be replaced by civil ambassadors.   35:22 – Is there any plan to address the homeless using the train as a bathroom. Any plans to expand to East Bay (Question from The Happy Medic). We get into how BART is going to enforce masks and eating on trains, but not homeless sleeping on trains and using BART as a restroom. How BART directors were not happy with 15 Point Plan because BART is enforcing mask policy. To enforce the code of conduct or not? 41:20 – BART’s Disconnect between urban and suburban areas. Need to redistrict BART Trustee districts for more equity around the Bay Area. In Contra Costa County, we only have 2 BART Directors. 45:26 – is BART Board qualified to get into housing? (Question by Wolfgang Croskey). 47:22 – Does Allen believe the BART Board understands why people are not riding BART? 49:19 – closing

President of CUPE 7000, Tony Rebelo, joins Carlos via Zoom to talk about the every day scenarios his fellow members are facing on the frontlines of Metro Vancouver’s Transit System, the ripple effects of Translink’s most recent decision to cut services and lay off workers, and the potential hazards workers and the public are now facing while using transit during COVID19.    to learn more about the work CUPE 7000 (Rapid Transit and Rail Workers) does visit: CUPE7000.ca    To sign on to the “fund transit now” campaign visit: https://moveuptogether.ca/fundtransitnow/

On this installment of Hi-Performance Heritage we talk about the introduction of Plymouth's Rapid Transit System in 1970. The lineup included the Duster 340, 'Cuda, Road Runner, GTX, and Sport Fury GT. We also cover the usual weekly segments of Project Car of the Week, Hi-Performance Parts, and Listener Stories. TalkingMopars.com Facebook: @TheMoparHunter / @TalkingMopars Instagram: @The.Mopar.Hunter / @TalkingMopars  HemiPages.com (FB & IG: @HemiPages)

To talk about the potential options and how feasible they might be, we chat with City of North Van Mayor, Linda Buchanan.  For the logistics side of things, we talk to Stephan Nieweler, who is a doctoral candidate and transportation instructor at Simon Fraser University. 

“While we have to think about the future, we also have to think about the here and now and making sure that we’re improving the customer experience.” Atlanta and the surrounding area is the third fastest-growing region in the U.S. That means more people and more traffic, so public transit is essential to help boost the economic vitality and development of the region along with reducing congestion. Jeffrey Parker, GM and CEO of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), joins Transit Unplugged to talk about the present and future for the agency. Parker discusses the importance of MARTA becoming a more customer-centric organization – improving the reliability of the bus service, implementing new bus stops, and renovating rail stations are just part of this larger picture. Additionally, he highlights MARTA’s plans for new bus rapid transit and light rail services, and how it is essential to still focus on state of good repair while expanding service. If you want to know more about MARTA, check out their website. Remember to check out transitunplugged.com to learn from top transit professionals and stay up to date to catch all the latest episodes.

MARTA(Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority)- The vision of MARTA is providing a reliable transportation service that will boost economic development and enhance the lives of people where they want to travel today and tomorrow.- It's history all began in the 70's laying the groundwork for MARTA's rapid rail system. With more than $800 million in grant support from the federal government, MARTA began operation of the East Line in 1979. Which marked the beginning of MARTA's combined bus and rail service. By June 1996, MARTA completed more than 20 major projects including the Airport rail line, the North line, transit beyond the perimeter and a variety of improvements to existing infrastructure.- MARTA believes public transportation is far more than a last resort. It's an opportunity to better serve the people and communities all throughout the city of Atlanta.- During this month, the month of February, MARTA celebrates Black History Month. This month is with many activities all over Metro Atlanta to celebrate, discuss, and learn about African Americans who helped mold our country and the world what it is today. The Sweet Auburn Historic District will host events all month long. You may ride the Atlanta Streetcar to these events embracing Black History Month. Ride the Streetcar to Auburn and Piedmont stop to the events planned at the Apex Museum and to the Auburn Avenue Research Library. One event is the Auburn Avenue African-American Heritage Half Day Sightseeing Escorted All-Inclusive Tour. And. Another event is An Evening at the Apex Museum with Diana Nicole and Special Guest I Am Black History.- Located near the Centennial Olympic Park streetcar stop are events planned for children at the Children's Museum of Atlanta and the Center for Civil and Human Rights. There is daily programming of Children's Museum of Atlanta and visit the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection.- The schedule of train hours are: Weekdays: 4:45A.M.-1A.M. on Weekends: 6A.M.-1A.M. And the train frequency is Rush Hours: 10min./train during the Rush Hours between 6A.M.-9A.M. and 3P.M.-7P.M. The non-Rush Hours are trains arrives every 15min. Nights and weekends the MARTA train arrives every 20min. The bus hours are between 5A.M.-1A.M. on weekdays and 5A.M.-12:30A.M. on weekends.- MARTA rail lines consists of 4 railing systems. Which consists of 48 miles of rail track and 38 train stations. The 4 railing systems are #1. Red Line and its schedules, #2. Gold Line and its schedules, #3. Blue Line and its schedules and #4. Green Line and its schedules. The Red and Gold Line travels North and South and the Blue and Green Line travels East and West.- The train stations has access to Elevators and Escalators.- You can buy a MARTA Breeze Card in person at either MARTA Ride Stores or at Breeze Vending Machines. All you need is the payment for the card or you can order a Breeze Card online at breezecard.com. You can check your balance online at breezecard.com. You can check your balance by phone. Also. You can reload at the Breeze Vending Machines at Marta Train Stations or reload online at breezecard.com. You can use cash or credit/debit card at the Breeze Vending Machines at any MARTA Train Stations or MARTA Ride Store. Standard Regular Fare is $2.50 with four free transfers permitted during a three-hour period on board. These transfers are not valid for round trips. It is $1 fare to ride the Atlanta Streetcar Regular Fare. Children 46in. and under can ride MARTA or Atlanta Streetcar for free. Senior Citizens and Disabled Riders with a Medicare Card pays a reduced fare of $1. MARTA passes are the mkst inexpensive. 1-Day Pass is $9.00, 2-Day Pass is $14.00, 3-Day Pass is $16.00, 4-Day Pass is $19.00, 7-Day Pass is $23.75, 10 Trip Pass is $25, 20 Trip Pass is $42.50 and a 30 Day Pass is $95.- Also. The MARTA Police Department informs keeping our customers safe is our top priority and the MARTA Police Department helps MARTA keep that mission.- I wou

Land use and zoning attorneys, Stanley B. Price and Anthony De Yurre, explore the history of rapid transit zones in Miami-Dade County and what challenges developers face in the expansion of rapid transit impact zones today.

We are in the home stretch of the Holiday season! Battered, bruised, and exhausted, two Dads emerge this week to bring you the latest episode of the Dads On...Podcast! This week we run down all of our Christmas activities, we chat about the new ART Bus program, get into the NFL Playoffs, and end the show with a couple small New Years resolutions. So strap in, lend us your ears, and enjoy!

GUEST: Keith Baldrey TITLE: Global BC Chief Political Reporter

When it comes to Vancouver real estate, “location, location, location” has become “SkyTrain, SkyTrain, SkyTrain”. So many industry leaders on this podcast have advised to buy near SkyTrain Stations but what if you want to get in on the ground floor? Translink’s CEO Kevin Desmond sits down with Adam and Matt to discuss the future of Metro Vancouver’s Skytrain Lines & Rapid Transit Expansion and it does not disappoint. The Broadway Line, Surrey LRT, and Rapidbus expansion are only some of the exciting projects that will unlock our growing region over the next decades. This is one stop you won’t want to miss...now stand clear of the closing doors!

That was North Vancouver District Mayor, Mike Little - with a little help from Jimi Hendrix of course. The Mayor is excited with the fact that the provincial government has commissioned a study of a rapid transit link across Burrard Inlet. And as you heard: the Mayor says traffic congestion on the North Shore right now is a nightmare. So this can't come quickly enough. Guest: Bowinn Ma NDP MLA for North Vancouver-Lonsdale

Will Rapid Transit work ? Transportation, Chas. City Councilman Mike Seekings + Bernie fans still burning + Joe Biden 2020 ?

“We think, from a customer service standpoint, letting the customer decide what they want is pretty cool.”  The definition of mobility is changing, so what does mean to be a public transit agency? In the eyes of Gary Thomas, President and Executive Director at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), it means becoming the mobility manager and integrator for the Dallas region. One of the ways they can do this is via their GoPass app.   The app offers mobility as a service options based on the criteria most important to the individual user. Is their preferred option based on cost or trip time? Additionally, the app offers cash options for unbanked users or those that don’t want their credit card tied to an app. Finally, you’ll learn about a great feature that caps fares once you’ve purchased the equivalent to a monthly pass, saving some riders $60-80 a month.  Learn all that and more on this episode of Transit Unplugged.  If you want to know more about DART, you can check out their website.  Remember to check out transitunplugged.com to learn from top transit professionals and stay up to date to catch all the latest episodes.

Another low-key and totally normal week! We're talking Hanoi, Michael Cohen, Bibi going ByeBye, the Kealoha scandal, and more. Then, we're joined by two wonderful, talented, and passionate guests: Dawn Morais Webster and Corie Tanida. They tell us about the critical effort to push for Automatic Voter Registration in Hawaii, and we also get into the need for a living wage (shoutout Nate Hix!), the current state of religion in politics (check out Dawn's writing on needed reforms in the Catholic Church -- https://dawnmorais.com!), and of course....their favorite restaurants in Honolulu (shoutout to Olive Tree, Hugh Lee's, and Island Brews)! PLUS we have shoutouts: the most ferocious dynasty in Hawaii high school sports -- the Iolani Math Team, good news for the Hawaiian hawk,a great new podcast from NBA legends Darius Miles and Quentin Richardson, and congratulations to the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit on achieving the federal subpoena triple crown. And surprise -- another one of Trump's judicial nominees doesn't know shit about Native Hawaiian rights or history! Like, tag, share, subscribe, get in touch, and enjoy....we'll see you next week!

One of the things my co-host today has been quite vocal about is urban sprawl. And Doug McCallum very much wants to focus development on dense pockets of the city of Surrey - and in particular, the new transit corridors that will be opening up. Guest: Dean Barbour Executive Director, Fleetwood Business Improvement Association

On this episode, I chat with Bay Area Rapid Transit Director Debora Allen about a variety of issues facing the transit agency across the San Francisco Bay Area.

This episode we have our 1st ever guest, David Sindel! We're talking about mass transit, mostly in the state of Massachusetts but in general at times.Dream MBTA map: http://web.mit.edu/jdreed/www/t/maps/mbta_files/MBTA_future6.jpgDudley Silver Line doc: https://www.imdb.com/videoplayer/vi633184537

This is Rep. Shelley Kloba's second visit to "Capitol Ideas." She's that good. Today she'll talk about easing Washington's transportation crisis, improving special education in our K-12 schools, fine-tuning the rules surrounding recreational cannabis, and perhaps most interesting of all, how and why she got into public service.

William Walker Accessibility, lower fares, affordable housing, safety, broken escalators, over-surveillance… it's all on the table in the last days of a hot election race. William Walker is a candidate for the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) board to represent San Francisco's eighth district. We ask his opinion on BART's current service to people with disabilities, as well as his plans to serve our community should he be elected. Eddie Ytuarte and Sheela Gunn-Cushman host. Walker spent four years as a student of Urban Studies and Demography at UC Berkeley.  He served as student body president at City College of San Francisco where he fought for a reduced fare program for all City College students.  He also has extensive hands-on experience in public transit, having worked for SFMTA, 511 Bay Area, SamTrans and Los Angeles Metro/MTA. Full disclosure: William Walker worked at KPFA as a volunteer, a staff member and a board of directors member between 2001-2006. During that time, he occasionally filled-in as a board operator for “Pushing Limits”. The post Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) with William Walker appeared first on KPFA.

Jonathan Lyens is a blind user of BART, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, and a former financial analyst in the San Francisco Mayor's Budget Office.  He believes the BART system needs more accountability and transparency. Jonathan Lyens As a candidate for the BART Board in District 8, he is promising open clean bathrooms, working elevators and escalators and a host of other improvements.   Sheela Gunn-Cushman and Adrienne Lauby talk to Jonathan about how our beloved and beleaguered mass transit system does and does not serve people with disabilities. Lyens' Opponants are: Janice Li Melanie Nutter Eva Chao William Walker Brian Larkin The post The Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART) with Jonathan Lyens appeared first on KPFA.

“We were going to do this in a way where it was multimodal, multijurisdictional, [and] multiproduct.” Are disruptive and displacement technologies an opportunity? Or an existential threat? Does public transit need to start acting more like the private sector – getting speed to market, while seeking cheaper options? Is the future really mobility as a service (MaaS)? David Leininger, CFO at Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), looks to answer all this (and more) on this episode of Transit Unplugged. If you want to know more about DART you can check out their website dart.org. Remember to check out transitunplugged.com to learn from top transit professionals and stay up to date to catch all the latest episodes.  

Andrew Liu of Arrivo talks their platform, their goals and the tech behind a company that is tackling the future head on.

Ontario Providing Faster Transit for Commuters and Families with Finch West LRT

Brian and Laura interview Bart Board Director Nick Josefowitz about the state of BART, funding, and what comes next for our aging Bay Area sometimes-less-than-Rapid Transit system.

The Blue Bombers' Home Opener is tonight (July 7th)! The Team started chatting about how we are all getting there... driving, Public Transit, walking...?  What is the Rapid Transit was completed?  WOuld you take that... not just to THe Bombers Games, but everywhere else as well?  We're Having Coffee, Talking - Methods of Transportation!

Taipei, Taiwan has one of the most efficient and reliable MRT or public rapid transit systems in the world. Locals are used to the convenience but if you are visiting either for a short or extended time to Taipei you are in store for a comfortable, safe, and easy way to get around the city. There are 5 main lines of the Taipei Metro which consists of a mix of underground and above ground infrastructure with a total of 108 stations. This does not include the airport service as this is a separate entity called Taoyuan MRT. I highly recommend downloading either the IOS or android Taipei MRT app available in The App Store and Google Play. This will help you plan your day while you’re having a coffee in your hotel room or at breakfast. All of the stations are also searchable online with full descriptions including in most cases major sites that are close by. You can purchase single journey tokens but you’ll save alot of time, especially if you’re traveling during rush hour, to pick up either a TaipeiPass card or an Easycard. You can purchase TaipeiPass cards at any MRT station and at most convenient stores including 7-Eleven. They are available in 1,2,3, and 5 day unlimited use cards. There is also an additional 1 day + card that can be used on the Maokong Gondola next to the Taipei Zoo. These passes are for unlimited use on the Taipei Metro, not including bus routes with four digit buses for their time frame so there’s no lead to load or reload them. TaipeiPass Cards: If you’re planning on taking some bus trips or train rides to Northern Taiwan besides using the MRT then you may want to purchase an Easycard instead for NT$100. You’ll have to load money onto it but the EasyCard is more flexible than the TaipeiPass. EasyCards can be purchased at all MRT stations. Using the Easycard gives you a 20% discount on single journey fares on the MRT and 10% on local trains to Keelung and Ruifang. Keelung has one of the most famous night markets on the island, Keelung Miaokou Night Market. Ruifang is your connection to Pingxi, home of the world-famous Sky Lantern Festival. The Taipei MRT system operates between 6am-12am but service ends earlier at some stations. Here is a link that gives the last train time for each station:http://english.metro.taipei/ct.asp?xItem=1056375&CtNode=70242&mp=122036 Music courtesy of:http://www.purple-planet.com Become a sponsor of Far East Adventure Travel! Visit my Patreon page now!: Help others discover Far East Adventure Travel! Write a Review:

Janet Tharp lead the Smart Growth in the 21st century course at the Greater Lansing Association of REALTORS®. More than 100 REALTORS®, local business leaders and city officials attended.

Richard talks to City of Winnipeg managers involved with phase two of the Southwest Transitway on design changes and huge savings for the bus rapid transit project.

On this episode we make a trip over to Taipei¡¦s Department of Rapid Transit for an update on the decades-long Taipei Metro project, and while we¡¦re there we learn a little bit more about the lines set to open later this year.

On this episode we make a trip over to Taipei¡¦s Department of Rapid Transit for an update on the decades-long Taipei Metro project, and while we¡¦re there we learn a little bit more about the lines set to open later this year.

[embedplusvideo height="343" width="560" editlink="http://bit.ly/17sKT2v" standard="http://www.youtube.com/v/uShaVkUypMM?fs=1&hd=1" vars="ytid=uShaVkUypMM&width=560&height=343&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=1&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=" id="ep3608" /] On this episode of The AIE Podcast... - Final Fantasy opens for transfers! - Book of Heroes turns a new page! - Meetups happening all over the place! - The AIE Guild Hall is almost here! - And we talk with RattoZatto, Kamiel, and Grimbane about AIE in The Secret World All that and more coming up right now... AIE NEWS  If you are currently playing FFXIV but weren't able to get your character on Gilgamesh, which is AIE's Server, Abovan let us know that Transfers are starting the 15th of Oct, so that's next Tuesday, and they'll be free for 5 days! He'll also be here next show to talk about our presence there!   Book of Heroes has certainly had waves of interest, then RL kicks in and perhaps the lack of complexity with it being Andriod/iOS causes flagging attendance, but there are still folks playing! It looks like there needs to be another guild compression, and from what has been read, it appears you only dip down to loyalty 4 (of possible 5) when changing guilds! Please comment in the forum post BOH -- Merges II: Son of Merges in the Imperium Ludi: Minor League Games to get your voice heard.   Unfortunately Ghomus won't be able to make this one, but there is a raid this weekend, on Harry's Hofbrau on Sunday at 1pm in San Jose, CA! If you happen to be on the OTHER coast, there is in fact a group trying to get together at New York Comic Con as well. Check the Meetup.com site for more information on these and many others! There are 347 members of AIE signed up there, and I KNOW there are more of us out there!   It looks like it was announced this week on TMS, that Nerdtacular 2014 will be July 4th once again!  Watch Nerdtacular.com and the forums (go to the forums!)  for more details as they surface.   It appears that we've put ALL the SW:TOR officers through the ringer of question and answer sessions. So Dark Lord Pel-patine has moved onto fellow guildies in a galaxy far far away! this month? Cliffy! Hit up the thread on the forums to ask some random crazy things of him!   BlizzCon and the AIE Guild Hall is just one month away! Even though the Kickstarter has more than funded, it's not too late for you to get in on the super cool rewards. You can still pick up a custom one-of-a-kind guild hall t-shirt and other goody bag prizes, and there are still spots open for a raid run with the officers or a game of Card Against Humanity with Scott Johnson. But you need to hurry! The Kickstarter ends tomorrow, Oct 11th.   Even if you don't back the Kickstarter, or even have a ticket to BlizzCon, if you're anywhere nearby, you really need to come experience the AIE Guild Hall. It's free to all AIE members, even if you don't play WoW, and will be full of food, fun, and a number of special guests. How special? So special we're not even allowed to tell you who they are, but trust me, you'll want to be there. And if you can't be there in person, tune in to the live stream and chat room and join in on the fun from wherever you are. AIE MEMBER SPOTLIGHT   This week we're giving a shoutout to AIE members Althemage and Aeos, hosts of the Azeroth Roundtable podcast, where they cover World of Warcraft along with with a touch of news, and an open discussion about various topics. They usually have a guest from the WoW community, whether it be podcaster, segment producer, or blogger.   If you're a member of AIE and host a podcast, have written a book, published a web comic, or have done anything else extraordinary, we want to brag about you on the show. Send details about your awesomeness to us at podcast@aie-guild.org, and be sure to let us know if we need to warn people if it's not quite family-friendly.   And with that, let's get into AIE in The Secret World... GAME NEWS   Everything's a secret!

This high-energy hour caps off the SpeedBump Series to get you to a competitor's pace of 180 BPM. Also works as a standalone running mix. Go! Keep Podrunner going with a contribution or purchase at https://www.podrunner.com/donate.html. PLAYLIST 01. Pint Size - Deep Down (Emil Lanne Remix) 02. Aaron Roberts - Soul It As Funk (Scud Bloom's Dub Mix) 03. Aaron Roberts - Soul It As Funk (Spur's Remix) 04. Aaron-Carl - I Refuse (Quentin Harris Remix) 05. Rob Curtis & Anistropic - Quicksilver (Anistropic Remix) 06. Rocket - Voices of Freedom 07. Seth Vogt - Don't Turn Away (Oracle Dub Remix) 08. Roman Zawodny, Lilonee - Underground EP (Edy C Remix) 09. The Scientifics - Invading Claire 10. Reda - Assonance 11. Timoshii - Top One - Jackbot's Epic Klubb Dubb Mix 12. Seth Vogt - Don't Turn Away (South Rakkas Crew Remix) == Please support these artists == Podrunner is a registered trademark of Podrunner LLC. Music copyright © or CC the respective artists. All other material c2010 by Podrunner LLC. For personal use only. All rights reserved. Any unauthorized reproduction, editing, exhibition, sale, rental, exchange, public performance, or broadcast of this audio is prohibited.

This high-energy hour caps off the SpeedBump Series to get you to a competitor's pace of 180 BPM. Also works as a standalone running mix. Go! Newsletter, merchandise, donations: http://www.podrunner.com PLAYLIST: 01. Pint Size - Deep Down (Emil Lanne Remix) 02. Aaron Roberts - Soul It As Funk (Scud Bloom's Dub Mix) 03. Aaron Roberts - Soul It As Funk (Spur's Remix) 04. Aaron-Carl - I Refuse (Quentin Harris Remix) 05. Rob Curtis & Anistropic - Quicksilver (Anistropic Remix) 06. Rocket - Voices of Freedom 07. Seth Vogt - Don't Turn Away (Oracle Dub Remix) 08. Roman Zawodny, Lilonee - Underground EP (Edy C Remix) 09. The Scientifics - Invading Claire 10. Reda - Assonance 11. Timoshii - Top One - Jackbot's Epic Klubb Dubb Mix 12. Seth Vogt - Don't Turn Away (South Rakkas Crew Remix) == Please support these artists == Podrunner is a registered trademark of Podrunner LLC. Music copyright c the respective artists. All other material c2010 by Podrunner LLC. For personal use only. All rights reserved. Any unauthorized reproduction, editing, exhibition, sale, rental, exchange, public performance, or broadcast of this audio is strictly prohibited.

This high-energy hour caps off the SpeedBump Series to get you to a competitor's pace of 180 BPM. Also works as a standalone running mix. Go! Keep Podrunner going with a contribution or purchase at https://www.podrunner.com/donate.html. PLAYLIST: 01. Pint Size - Deep Down (Emil Lanne Remix) 02. Aaron Roberts - Soul It As Funk (Scud Bloom's Dub Mix) 03. Aaron Roberts - Soul It As Funk (Spur's Remix) 04. Aaron-Carl - I Refuse (Quentin Harris Remix) 05. Rob Curtis & Anistropic - Quicksilver (Anistropic Remix) 06. Rocket - Voices of Freedom 07. Seth Vogt - Don't Turn Away (Oracle Dub Remix) 08. Roman Zawodny, Lilonee - Underground EP (Edy C Remix) 09. The Scientifics - Invading Claire 10. Reda - Assonance 11. Timoshii - Top One - Jackbot's Epic Klubb Dubb Mix 12. Seth Vogt - Don't Turn Away (South Rakkas Crew Remix) == Please support these artists == Podrunner is a registered trademark of Podrunner LLC. Music copyright c the respective artists. All other material c2010 by Podrunner LLC. For personal use only. All rights reserved. Any unauthorized reproduction, editing, exhibition, sale, rental, exchange, public performance, or broadcast of this audio is prohibited.