Critical Conversations in Transportation Planning: Olatunji Oboi Reed

Every two years, the American Planning Association Transportation
Planning Division publishes the State of Transportation Planning
Report with the intention of highlighting innovative ideas,
cutting-edge research, and interesting experiments in
transportation planning in the United States. As part of the 2022
edition of the report - titled “Intersections + Identities: A
Radical Rethinking of Our Transportation Experiences" - we’re
bringing you a series of critical conversations with pioneers and
industry leaders across the US who are offering their insights
into some of the most challenging issues facing our field.


In this podcast episode, we’ll hear from Olatunji Oboi Reed, who
serves as the founding President & CEO of Equiticity, a
racial equity movement, operationalizing for racial equity,
increased mobility, and racial justice to improve the lives of
Black and Brown people across the United States. He discusses
emerging research on the ways in which a neighborhood’s
infrastructure can have an impact on reducing violence, and how
Equiticity’s Mobility Rituals are increasing social cohesion and
collective efficacy through bike rides, neighborhood walking
tours, and public transit excursions.


Episode URL:
https://planning.org/podcast/critical-conversations-in-transportation-planning-olatunji-oboi-reed/