This Changes Everything #13: How We'll Be Getting Around California

California Groundbreakers

Now that California is reopening, where do we go and how do we get there? This three-part episode focuses on the future of transportation in the state, from clean cars and electric trucks to high-speed rail and highway removals. We're talking with three people who are working on innovations in all those areas. GUESTS * Part 1: Robert Powers, general manager of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART ) * Part 2: Craig Segall, deputy executive officer of mobile sources and incentives at California's Air Resources Board * Part 3: Jeanie Ward-Waller, deputy director of planning and modal programs at Caltrans PODCAST PLAY BY PLAY * 0 to 2:30 min - Intro to California Groundbreakers, and to this episode * 2:30 min - Robert Powers of BART talks about public transit -- how it's recovering from the pandemic gut punch, who it needs to service, and how it should be funded going forward * 23:10 min - Craig Segall of the Air Resources Board explains California's Clean Cars program, how he's going to meet the 2035 goal of all new-car sales being zero-emission vehicles, and how he's going to convince millions of us to buy them * 38:25 min - Jeanie Ward-Waller, the "forward-looking thinker" at Caltrans, talks about that agency's plans, from "electrifying" California to making Equity come first when repairing current infrastructure and building new ones RESOURCE GUIDE * SPUR's Bay Area Regional Strategy for 2070: Climate Change and Transportation (https://www.spur.org/featured-project/spur-regional-strategy/climate-transportation) * Link21, the proposed integrated rail network for Northern California - https://link21program.org/en/about * The Advanced Clean Cars Program - https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/our-work/programs/advanced-clean-cars-program * Clean Cars 4 All Program - buying guide and rebate incentives - https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/msprog/lct/vehiclescrap.htm * Caltrans' 5 Priorities - https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/documents/director-5-topic-fact-sheet-a11y.pdf * California Transportation Plan 2050 - https://dot.ca.gov/programs/transportation-planning/state-planning/california-transportation-plan