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This week we’re joined by Leah Shahum, Executive Director of the Vision Zero Network. We chat about why it’s so hard to make change, the implicit biases around designing for automobiles and the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims coming up on November 17th. You can listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Gillian Gillett of CalITP and Dan Baker, of the Connecticut Department of Transportation to discuss how agencies can create simpler payment and travel experiences for transit riders. We chat about the Connecticut Integrated Mobility Project, building payment system capacity and merchant services for smaller transit
A few discussions today about basic income in Oregon and St. Louis. St. Louis restarted a program that provides low income families $500 a month to help cover household bills but was stopped after a judge suspended the program from using public funds. The program has picked back up with donations from a private funder.
