Are Planning and Engineering Students On Board with Sustainable Transportation? (Nick Klein and Kelcie Ralph

Are Planning and Engineering Students On Board with Sustainable Transportation? (Nick Klein and Kelcie Ralph

Author: StreetsblogUSA June 28, 2022 Duration: 26:43

Planning and engineering students are poised to play a major role in shaping America's transportation system for decades to come. But do either of them agree with sustainable transportation advocates about what that future should look like — or even with each other? 

Today on The Brake, host Kea Wilson spoke with researchers Kelcie Ralph and Nick Klein, who conducted a new survey on how well these two groups of future built environment professionals understand fundamental concepts like "induced demand," as well as their opinions on the fundamental importance of reducing driving. Then, we dug into what it will take to get both disciplines and the public on the same page as transportation reformers — and why no one shouldn't take it for granted that doing it will be easy. 


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