Today, we interviewed Peter Furth, a professor in engineering at Northeastern University and a skilled speaker of creating safe transportation infrastructure in Boston. I saw this video, contacted him, and lucky for us he accepted our invitation for an interview as we drilled him on some major questions surrounding bike infrastructure, bike safety, and all the other questions that some leaders often dance around but never fully address head on. We took 15 minutes for set up and intro, then interviewed Peter in 45 minutes (did not really have moment where we stopped). The knowledge he offered was immense.
After the interview I asked Peter how he felt, as we did some intense questioning (“Sorry Peter for drilling you, but you offer a unique insight and knowledge that other do not have, and we wanted to be sure to capture that on video to share with those who need to see it the most.”) Keep an eye out for our video soon after Yaoming and Dingfang finish the edits. I, for one, am excited to see how we can use this video to move those in leadership positions into action.
This is Peter’s talk at Northeastern on creating successful bicycle transportation networks in Boston, if you haven’t seen it: