Designing Future Transit: Cable Cars, Driverless SkyTrains & Pod Cars with Nick Caros

Agent Fraser reporting in for Episode 24 of Join the Fray! 🎙️🚌

In this latest episode, host Fraser explores the fascinating worlds of trains, buses, bridges and future city planning with Nick Caros - a graduate of MIT, transportation researcher and policy analyst currently working in Paris!

Nick shares how his childhood dreams shifted from studying volcanoes and marine life to helping construct massive real-world projects like the Port Mann Bridge in BC, getting his PhD at MIT and using datalike a detective to make transit better around the globe.

In this episode, Fraser and Nick sit down for a good chinwag on:

• 🌋 Early Dreams to Engineering: How Nick’s childhood obsessions with volcanoes, Legos and SimCity eventually led to an engineering career.
• 🌉 Building Giant Bridges: What it feels like to work on huge infrastructure projects like Metro Vancouver's Port Mann Bridge.
• 🚏 The Science of Bus Stops: How city planners use mathematical guidelines to decide where train stations and bus stops go.
• 🌍 Transit & Climate Change: Why bikes, electric cars, and crowded buses help save the planet, plus surprising data on remote work.
• 🚡 Cool Global Transit: Gondolas over cities, driverless SkyTrains, and futuristic modular "pod cars" that connect on the highway!
• 🎓 Inside MIT: Banana lounges, Captain America dome pranks, and taking classes taught by Nobel Prize winners.
• 💡 Advice for Future Planners: How kids can start observing their own cities TODAY and send their ideas straight to city council!

Whether you love trains, maps, science, or building cool structures, this episode is packed with big ideas and urban insights!

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🚀 PROVINCIAL RESOURCES & CAREER PATHWAYS Looking to turn inspiration into action? Check outthese helpful resources for students and parents:

• [Canada - BC] WorkBC Parents’ Guide: Discover career quizzes and labor market trends for the next decade.  WorkBC.ca
• [Canada - BC] EducationPlannerBC: The one-stop-shop for planning post-secondary paths at schools like BCIT, SFU, and UVic. EducationPlannerBC.ca
• [Canada - BC] Skills Ready: Focused on the "Skilled Trades" mentioned by BC Finance Minister Brenda Bailey as the backbone of BC’s 2026 economy.  SkillsReady.ca
• [UK] National Careers Service (Parents' Guide): They offer a specific "Help a young person" section. It includes a "Skills Health Check" that parents can help their kids take.  nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/careers-advice
• [USA] CareerOneStop (Get My Future): A youth-focused portal designed for ages 14–24, but excellent for parents of 9–12 year olds to look at "Career Clusters. careeronestop.org/getmyfuture