In this episode, Dr. Natalia Barbour and I discuss her family's big move from The Netherlands back to Florida and a few of her recent publications as a researcher and Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida.

We talk about the network of separated pathways that allow her and her family to meet many of their daily needs, including getting to school, the grocery store, and the coffee shop without having to drive. We also discuss her new cargo bike and how other moms are imagining the possibilities.

Whether you’re new to the world of transportation or you’re already the person at the party ranting about things like bike lanes and electric vehicle policy, this list of 10 transportation voices across social media is for you.

In this episode I'm joined by Dr. Natalia Barbour to discuss building and redesigning cities to be bikeable, walkable, and skateable. Dr. Barbour specializes in transportation and travel technologies and we talk about methods for restructuring and the positive effects of transitioning to bikeable and walkable cities. She explains why cities have evolved to be so dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians and some of the obstacles for greener cities such as lobbying by the fossil fuel and automotive industries. We point out some of the cities and countries that are currently well designed for bikeabilty and how the culture shift toward cycling in the United States will help create positive design changes in American cities.

(Illustration: Karin Veenendaal) In late August, the carmaker Dodge was highlighted in the news because of its new electric vehicle concept. And if you think that this EV caused a sensation because of its environmental impacts, safety features, or silent driving technology, you are very much in the wrong. It attracted attention because it promised “126 decibels of output” which, according to US public health agency the CDC, is louder than a chainsaw and necessitates ear protection. The interest generated by the EV’s artificially manufactured sound was called ‘brotherhood’ by Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis.
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On episode 7 of the Pave The Way podcast, we are joined by with an Assistant Professor of transport and energy at Delft University of Technology in Netherlands, Dr. Natalia Barbour!
Host Akash Basu and Dr. Barbour explore the meaning of the term 'vulnerable road users', how to design transport infrastructure to better cater to all road users, the value of shared mobility systems and much more.

We opened the year 2022 with a cycle "Bicycles and science", to which we invited an international expert and the Poznan scientific community. On January 5 we had the great pleasure to host in Poznan Dr. Natalia Barbour from Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) and scientists from Poznan University of Technology (Department of Transport Systems PP) and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. The meeting was also attended by people connected with our association.

We talked about bicycles, transport and sharing economy, both in scientific and everyday terms. The second part of the meeting was an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with academics. We invite you to read the conversation with Dr. Natalia Barbour!

Aired on December 28th at 3pm EST on Valleyfreeradio.org/listen

Galen Mook, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Bike Coalition, interviews Lloyd Alter, writer at Treehugger.org, about Lloyd's article, "Politicians and Planners Are Missing The E-Bike Revolution."
Taylor Nichols interviews Dr. Natalia Barbour, Assistant professor at the Delft University of Technology, and Courtney Cobbs, E-Bike enthusiast, co-editor of Streetsblog Chicago, and Co-founder of Better Streets Chicago.

[PUBLISHED IN DELTA] I once read that tenure tracking is getting used to the feeling of being completely overwhelmed. On another occasion, I read that tenure tracking and academic freedom mean the best job in the world. So which one is it? Is it both or neither?

I started my quest as an assistant professor exactly one year ago. I first worked in the USA and over the summer of 2021, I moved to the Netherlands. It was not only a new job but a new country, new language, and new friends – a do-over in a way. Moves are never easy and transatlantic moves seem impossible. The ongoing pandemic (…)

EPISODE 101, SEASON 3:
In this episode, John connects with
Dr. Natalia Barbour, Assistant Professor at TU Delft
They have a wide-ranging discussion about her background and work, what it was like to make the move from Florida to The Netherlands, and how she and the family (…)

Cycling to work, taking children to school, shopping... For us the most normal thing, for Dr. Natalia Barbour – who moved from Florida to Delft three months ago - a mecca. She takes her Twitter followers around the world on a journey of discovery on two wheels.
Sometimes it is a photo of a bicycle parking at the university, with a surprising addition: here you don't have to renew your parking permit every year. Then she posts another tutorial on how to put your bike on the top rack in a double-layer underground bike parking.
The happiest tweets are those about her daughters (…)

“Thanks to the fair in 2020, I was able to secure a tenure track assistant professor position at one of the leading technical universities — Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands," says Natalia Barbour, then a postdoc at MIT. (…)

[ IN BLOOMBERG CITYLAB by David Zipper] “There’s a lot of variation and unknown in pooled trips,” says Natalia Barbour, a professor of transport at Delft University of Technology. “You have to account for the other passengers, a possible detour, and more.” (..)

[PUBLISHED IN DELTA] If last year someone had told me that I would secure a tenure track position at one of the top universities in the middle of a global pandemic, move to another continent without visiting my future city first, and start working six time zones away from where I live, I would probably have laughed and said that no one is that crazy and all this sounds insane.

When I started interviewing at TU Delft, I was working as a postdoctoral associate at MIT. The interview process went great, I gratefully accepted the job, and within a few months I began working remotely from the USA, hoping that the pandemic would end soon.

Less than a year of Covid-19 later, I am getting up at 04:30…