
The #CitiesFirst Podcast
Hosted by Scott Shepard · Scott Shepard
5.0from 3 ratings
- 40
- Episodes
- 9
- Transcribed
- 3
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
About The #CitiesFirst Podcast
New Podcast Series hosted by Scott Shepard, and focused on the intersection of AI, Urbanism, Mobility & Decarbonization. An award-winning urban planner, entrepreneur, author, educator, speaker & thought leader, Scott Shepard has his finger on the pulse of everything related to #CitiesFirst, an interdisciplinary term he coined.
- Publisher
- Scott Shepard
- Category
- business · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Aug 2022
- Latest episode
- 21 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
9 of 40 episodes have a transcript.

21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 40: Transit, Places, People: A Conversation with Nick Saponara on Building Communities Around Transit

21 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 39: Designing Cities for People: A Conversation with Helle Soholt on the Future of Urbanism

29 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Episode 38: From Istanbul to Birmingham: Turning Mobility Innovation into Deployment (The #CitiesFirst Webinar)
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Episode 40: Transit, Places, People: A Conversation with Nick Saponara on Building Communities Around Transit
Published 21 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] A lot of the aspects, and you, I think, described it aptly, it's not just the transit system, it's what happens in these communities around the transit system, which is so important to leveraging and ensuring a vibrant, successful system where people have options and choices to get around. […]
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- Nick Saponara
- Helle Søholt
- Peter Staelens
- Berfin Sönmez
- Joost VANTOMME
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 1 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 26 / 100
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- Quality
- 25
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 68
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Who hosts The #CitiesFirst Podcast?
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