Collective Choices
Our future is based on our choices. The ones we make as individuals and also the ones we make as groups, countries and as a species. A peaceful and plentiful future is only possible if we agree on making sustainable choices together. Collective Choices is a podcast that aims to explore both possible solutions to some of our current issues and also the process of reaching agreements for the common good. As more and more people live in cities, these are the key centers that define economic models, political decisions, consumer behavior and mindset shifts with all the eventual global consequences, so we will talk quite a bit about how we can improve life in urban spaces. I am Doru Oprisan, a radio journalist and photographer who loves to ride his bicycle in Stockholm, Sweden.
Collective Choices
Ep 7 - How A Mobility Expert Moves With Kids feat. Marie Pellas
Ep. 7 of Collective Choices was recorded in Uppsala, Sweden, with Marie Pellas, mobility expert and winner of the Traffic Award for 2023.
We talk about:
- how do you win a traffic award
- living an (almost) car free life with kids
- how the size of a city, its design and the options available influence travel choices
- you need infrastructure to change behaviors, but you have to feel the change before you know you want it
- how politicians are open to build new infrastructure, but not to prioritize differently in the existing one
- why the planners should navigate the city without their car
- a mother’s experience with the beg button
- trying to explain to children why the infrastructure is against them and why they are blamed
- how municipalities reacted to the energy prices and why the attitude will change regarding the transportation sector as well
Marie works at Mälardalen Energikontoret:
https://energikontor.se/
Collective Choices is a podcast by Doru Oprisan, exploring sustainable choices for a better future and the process of agreeing on those choices. Thanks for listening and sharing!
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