22/09/2023
Rituparna Das in conversation with Justin Hyatt of the Carfree Cities Alliance
Rituparna Das speaks to Justin Hyatt about global and comparative mobility politics, activism, and the carfree cities idea.
07/09/2023
Theresa Pfaff and Viktoria Scheidler in conversation with John Munro
The WZB Berlin Social Science Center's Projekt Graefekiez considers how to create space for the everyday life of the many. John Munro went to Berlin to find out more....
01/08/2023
Danni Ebanks-Ingram in Conversation with Sähëlï Hub
Sähëlï Hub is an organization providing culturally sensitive physical activity leadership and advocating for positive infrastructural change in and beyond Birmingham, UK. Movements & Mobility advisory board member Danni Ebanks-Ingram interviewed some of the Sähëlï team to find out more....
A historian reflects on San Francisco's transportation system
John Munro, lecturer of United States history at the University of Birmingham, shares his educated outsider’s perspective on transportation infrastructure, street safety and social equity in urban planning with the San Francisco Examiner
John Munro, lecturer of United States history at the University of Birmingham, shares an outsider’s perspective on transportation infrastructure, street safety and social equity in urban planning with the San Fransisco Examiner:
John Munro – interviewed by Benjamin Schneider, 31 May 2022
Holly Harrison and John Munro in conversation
Holly Harrison, an urban planner based in Birmingham, UK, speaks with John Munro about automobility, public space, and the city of Birmingham.
Holly Harrison, an urban planner based in Birmingham, UK, speaks with John Munro about automobility, public space, and the city of Birmingham, on 18 April 2022:
Dian Nostikasari and John Munro in conversation
John Munro speaks with Dr. Dian Nostikasari, Assistant Professor in the Environmental Science and Sustainability Department at Drake University, in this exploration of the knowledge, assumptions, and power that inform urban planning.
John Munro speaks with Dr. Dian Nostikasari, Assistant Professor in the Environmental Science and Sustainability Department at Drake University, in this exploration of the knowledge, assumptions, and power that inform urban planning.
Recommended reading:
Dr. Nostikasari's article, co-authored with Colleen Casey, “Institutional Barriers in the Coproduction of Knowledge for Transportation Planning,” with appeared in the journal Planning Theory and Practice.
Rituparna Das and John Munro in conversation
John Munro speaks with Rituparna Das about the perspectives of children on cities and the concept of child-friendliness in urban planning.
John Munro speaks with Rituparna Das, who is currently pursuing her research at Ranbir & Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
This conversation discusses the perspectives of children on cities and the concept of child-friendliness in urban planning.
Recommended reading:
Rituparna Das’ Journal of Urban Affairs article, co-authored with Ankhi Banerjee, entitled "Identifying the Parameters for Assessment of Child-Friendliness in Urban Neighborhoods in Indian Cities".
Njogu Morgan and John Munro in conversation
John Munro speaks with Njogu Morgan, a post-doctoral scholar at the University of the Witwatersrand, to discuss his work on bicycle use in cities, and efforts to make Johannesburg a cycling city once again.
John Munro speaks with Njogu Morgan, a post-doctoral scholar at the University of the Witwatersrand, to discuss his work on bicycle use in cities, and efforts to make Johannesburg a cycling city once again.
Recommended reading:
Njogu's Guardian article entitled "How Apartheid Killed Johannesburg's Cycling Culture”.