Comforts Corner: Designing Technology for Pandemics

Published: May 6, 2020, 6:52 p.m.

\u201cOur job is to \u2026 innovate and design technologies that can solve the pandemic issue, address the pandemic issue, or better prepare us for a future that\u2019s even worse.\u201d

As COVID-19 affects public transit dramatically, we\u2019re proud to present a special edition of Transit Unplugged led by transit evangelist and Trapeze VP Paul Comfort. In today\u2019s episode, Paul talks about public transit\u2019s advanced cleaning measures to protect employees and riders. Then, hear Josipa Petrunic, Executive Director & CEO of CUTRIC (Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium), talk about innovating and designing technologies for COVID-19 and future pandemics. We also hear from Mike Bismeyer for Mike\u2019s Minute, where he encourages us to stay safe and pay it forward to those in need. Plus, listen to a reading from the bestselling new book The Future of Public Transportation.

To keep informed on COVID-19, please visit the World Health OrganizationGovernment of Canada, or Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.