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Dec 15, 2024
Cleaner Cities: Harnessing Smarter Mobility & Urban Planning
Show contributors: Dr. Laura Schewel, Jenny Jones, Arthur Jones
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Transportation is still the highest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. and one of the greatest carbon contributors globally.
Governments and local authorities are continually researching ways to drive positive change through legislation and policy, and a large part of this will come down to urban mobility and transportation planning.
To make the right decisions in these fields, we need the right data and measurement tools. Case in point: the Transportation Climate Impact Index by StreetLight Data. Their report uncovers how metros in the U.S. rank across eight key factors and reveals the major mobility trends impacting climate.
In this episode, we discuss urban mobility and its role in climate change. We explore how to build a climate-resilient transportation system — one that offers social, environmental and commercial value. Our celebrated guests explain why urban mobility is one of the most critical areas of climate response, and more importantly, how we can better design our cities for greener futures with cleaner air and less traffic.
Today, we’re speaking to Dr. Laura Schewel, CEO of StreetLight Data and VP of Transportation Software at Jacobs and Jenny Jones, Head of Transport Planning for Europe at Jacobs.
Tune in to find out
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How to create sustainable urban mobility though better design
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Why transportation and urban planning are key for social equity
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How the climate impact of cities can be measured (and improved)
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How data can help build greener, cleaner and healthier cities
About our guests
Laura Schewel is using big data to make better mobility decisions that hold benefits for all of us – and the planet – such as helping reduce carbon emissions and traffic congestion and improving safety and equitable transportation access.
She founded StreetLight as an outcome of her graduate work after discovering the transportation industry lagged behind other industries in data availability. Laura has worked in the advanced transportation sector for her entire career, focused on accelerating innovating transportation and energy solutions from the start-up, academic, governmental, and non-profit vantage points. Before founding StreetLight, Laura worked on transportation sustainability issues at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and Rocky Mountain Institute. Laura holds degrees in Engineering and Literature from Yale, with a PhD from UC Berkeley.
Jenny Jones is Jacobs’ Head of Transport Planning for Europe, leading our European transport planning capability and delivery. Jenny has 24 years of experience in delivering transport planning and multi-disciplinary transport projects and leads a team of 450 Transport Planning staff across U.K. and Ireland offices, delivering to a wide variety of U.K. and international clients. Jenny started working in transport planning after graduating with a degree in geography from the University of Nottingham in the U.K. She has worked in transport planning consultancy throughout her career with a specialist focus on delivery in partnership with local government clients. Linked to her role, Jenny has a keen interest in current and future transport challenges, the places and communities that transport is designed to serve, and constantly evolving the skills of our professionals to meet these challenges.
About If/When
In Jacobs’ series of interviews with some of the industry’s leading subject matter experts, inspirational leaders and trailblazers, we pull back the curtain on some of the hottest topics and trends across critical infrastructure, climate resiliency, water, advanced manufacturing, energy transition, sustainability, technology and artificial intelligence. We unpack the innovation, core values and close collaboration between Jacobs and its relationships with clients, partners and the communities in which it serves. We explore how we’re building social value across all that we do to create digitally enabled, science-based and sustainable solutions that drive climate response and human wellness.