Webinar focuses on many imperative critical analyses for infrastructure megaprojects, provides a timely and fundamental overview / integration of the “Third Crossing” project.
Abstract
Focused on sustainable transportation(link is external), the Transformational Speaker Series(link is external) (“Series”) is proud to announce Dr. Karen Trapenberg Frick(link is external) of UC Berkeley, as this month’s presenter. The Series features the greatest minds in urban mobility, resilient infrastructure, and innovative transportation, and is a proud partnership between the pioneering sustainability publisher Island Press(link is external), the California Green Academy(link is external), and the blog TransportiCA(link is external).
Presenting from her much-acclaimed publication, Remaking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: A Case of Shadowboxing with Nature(link is external) (TransportiCA’s Book Club selection), Dr. Trapenberg Frick will discuss the increasing importance of multifaceted discussions, critical analysis, and deep reflection for infrastructure megaprojects –i.e., high-speed rail and the ‘second’ Transbay crossing. Joining her will be two of her colleagues: Kate Michelle Beck–Policy & Program Analyst at the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center, and Edward "Teddy" Forscher– a doctoral student at Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies.
TransportiCA elected Remaking the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge the September Book Club selection, as the publication is paramount in the consideration of infrastructure megaprojects.
“We are incredibly honored to welcome Dr. Trapenberg Frick and her colleagues to the Series. Her publication and work on the ‘Third Crossing’ project are, not only excellent technical documentations and critical analyses for megaprojects everywhere, but we are certain her book and project will become mandatory reading for infrastructure planning and engineering courses,” stated Series Co-founder and CalGreen’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Greg Justice.
This month’s Series webinar takes place Friday, 28 September, from 11:00-12:30 PST, free to attend, and registration is available here(link is external). Follow the Series on Instagram(link is external), Twitter(link is external), and YouTube(link is external), and connect to our partners’ social media in their descriptions below.