Elizabeth Deakin
Elizabeth Deakin is Professor of City and Regional Planning at UC Berkeley, where she is also an affiliated faculty member of the Energy and Resources Group and the Master of Urban Design group. She served for 10 years as director of the UC Transportation Research Center, the UTC for Federal Region 9, and for four years as co-director of UC Berkeley's Global Metropolitan Studies Initiative, which involves nearly 70 faculty members from 12 departments.
Deakin's research focuses on transportation planning, urban development policy, environmental impacts, and political and institutional factors in policy implementation. She has published over 200 articles, book chapters, and reports on these topics. She served for nine years on the City of Berkeley Transportation Commission and was one of the founding members of the Alameda County Transportation Tax Authority. She also served for four years as the Legislature's representative on the California Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Committee.
Gregor Saladin
Gregor Saladin is the media spokesperson of the Swiss Federal Office of Transport (BAV/FOT) and Assistant Department Head of Information and IT. He holds a degree in philosophy and literature from the University of Basel. Since 1983, he has held various positions at Swiss press agencies and worked as an editor and journalist for several Swiss media companies, specializing in public transportation. He founded a railways news service.
Saladin joined the FOT in 2002 where he organised communication of the New Rail Links through the Alps (NRLA). He recently served as project manager for the Gotthard base tunnel's breakthough event. He has contributed to several publications including More trains for Switzerland and The Lötschberg base tunnel. His knowledge of public transportation systems is not only theoretical but also practical: he uses public transportation all over the world.
Rachel Swaby
Rachel Swaby is an assistant research editor at WIRED. She has been with Wired for the last three and a half years and has written articles on a wide range of topics, including transportation. Her most recent feature discussed the future of high speed rail in the United States.
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