Education
This week's episode features Sneha Adhikari, a civil engineering student who got to work on an issue close to home, on the King Street pilot with the City of Toronto! Notes 0:46 - Working in Toronto, going towards civil engineering from originally wanting to do life sciences; what they might have in common 7:59 - Civil engineering as a social field 11:45 - Applying to PEY; putting non-engineering things in her portfolio 15:30 - 2 crappy interviews that were good learning experiences 17:40 - Work on pedestrian projects, more on the King St. Pilot 26:45 - Most fun day at work, getting roasted by her teammates 36:20 - Salad club 38:35 - Transportation planning 40:42 - Bringing the urban planning perspective from Toronto to Nepal and back 44:45 - Being on the grad school train 49:00 - Advice Links King Street Pilot: https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/planning-development/planning-studies-initiatives/king-street-pilot/ Jane Jacobs: http://janeswalk.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Jane_Jacobs_One_Pager_1.pdf Tuk-tuks: https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5734/30997492635_dbf0ab2a56_b.jpg Music by Shawn Lee