Talking Headways Podcast: Technology and Mobility in Miami
This discussion focuses on the Magic City, but its implications are national.
By
Jeff Wood
8:00 AM EST on January 23, 2020
This week, we are at the Railvolution conference in Vancouver, chatting with Miami Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works Director Alice Bravo and Assistant Director Carlos Cruz-Casas about better buses, managing the right of way, privacy and data, and their contactless fare payment system.
The discussion focuses on the Magic City, but its implications are national.
Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.
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