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(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 511: Educating the Next Generation of Transit Riders

December 4, 2024

This week we’re at Mpact in Philadelphia chatting with King County Metro’s Rachel DeCordoba about her work educating the next generation of transit riders with the agency’s youth mobility program. She chats about transit education and curriculum and the importance of learning with peers. You can listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA or find

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In Slate, David Zipper looks into the behavioral science research on why it’s hard for commuters to change their transportation habits away from driving and why it’s a major life event that may dislodge people from their status quo. Many times what’s tied to these life events is residential relocation which studies have also shown

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December 2, 2024

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we’re Han Solo, but that doesn’t stop us from sharing upcoming episodes of Talking Headways and news from the last month or so.  We chat about greening concrete, a car free Congress Avenue, Hamburg’s green space compact, and rainways in Vancouver BC. Links from the Show below

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