Secretary Anne Canby & Pam Eaton: (Don’t) Miss the Bus | How to (Not) Kill Your Community
In this episode, Stuart Comstock-Gay speaks with Pam Eaton and Secretary Anne Canby about the unique transportation challenges of northern and southern Delaware, climate change, and moving past a highway-only mindset.
Secretary Anne Canby is a transportation policy expert who pioneered women’s leadership in state transportation agencies. She served as the first female Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation from 1981 to 1982 and the first female Secretary of the Delaware Department of Transportation from 1993 to 2001. Over her career, Canby advocated for multimodal transportation systems, including the introduction of EZPass toll collection, expanded regional rail services, bike and pedestrian infrastructure, and context-sensitive design principles in Delaware, shifting departmental focus from highway-centric to broader, sustainable options that minimized environmental impacts.
Pam Eaton is a seasoned transportation planning executive with more than 35 years of experience advancing sustainable mobility, transit, and infrastructure improvement. Her work integrates transportation and land use planning to deliver multimodal, long-range strategies that balance public facilities, environmental stewardship, and community priorities. Pam has also delivered testimony before U.S. Congressional Committees following Hurricane Katrina, founded the Rhode Island Flood Mitigation Association chapter, and authored Rhode Island’s first public coastal access guide.
About How to (Not) Kill Your Community: Delaware Community Foundation President & CEO Stuart Comstock-Gay gathers insights from remarkable experts across Delaware, each offering their perspective on what it takes to build and sustain thriving communities for the long haul.
About the Delaware Community Foundation: The DCF stands at the intersection of generosity and community transformation. It manages charitable funds, advises donors and grants to nonprofits to cultivate the future of philanthropy in Delaware. Our mission is to expand opportunity for all by helping individuals, families, businesses and organizations focus their generosity where it can create the greatest impact statewide. Through convening, connecting, providing leadership on important issues and investing in community needs, the DCF empowers Delawareans to build a stronger, more vibrant future. https://delcf.org/