368I_Josh Rands, Co-Founder and CEO at TerraCity

15/10/2025 36 min Episodio 368

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"Transportation is the movement of people and goods ... allowing people to do what they want."Are you interested in predicting urban transportation systems and their effects? What do you think about transportation as the movement of people and goods? How can we consider the first, second and third rate consequences? Interview with Josh Rands, Co-Founder and CEO at TerraCity. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, transportation, sustainability, second and third rate consequences, and many more.Josh Rands is the Founder and CEO of TerraCity, a software startup he founded in 2022 that's developing AI-powered modeling tools to help cities with comprehensive planning and decision-making across transportation and land-use. Josh previously founded Litter CleanUp, a nonprofit that built a mobile volunteering platform to empower community-driven action to fight litter and pollution. At TerraCity, he serves as Principal Investigator on research and development projects funded by the United States Department of Energy and Department of Agriculture to develop novel AI technology.Find out more about Josh through these links:Josh Rands on LinkedInTerraCity websiteTerraCity on LinkedInLitter CleanUp websiteLitter CleanUp on LinkedIn@litter_cleanup as Litter CleanUp on InstagramConnecting episodes you might be interested in:No.274 - Interview with Richard Gill about how economics drive behaviour changeNo.354 - Interview with Andrew J Cary about a new way of urban transportationNo.367R - The fundamental issues and development trends of AI-driven transformations in urban transit and urban spaceWhat was the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WTF4Cities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wtf4cities.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website where the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shownotes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are also available.I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in.Episode generated with ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Descript⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ assistance (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠affiliate link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠).Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lesfm ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠

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