Talking Headways Podcast: Vehicle Miles Traveled and Electric Utilities
Let's talk about how measuring vehicle miles traveled is a better metric.
By
Jeff Wood
12:09 PM EDT on August 1, 2019
This week, we’re joined by Fred Dock, the former transportation director for the City of Pasadena. Dock talks about his work over the past 30 years, Pasadena’s move to measuring vehicle miles traveled and other metrics over level of service, innovation in smaller cities and more!
Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.
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