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(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 414: Speculative Futures for Cities

January 5, 2023

This week we’re joined by Johanna Hoffman to talk about her book Speculative Futures: Design Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience, and Co-Create the Cities We Need. We chat about thinking longer term about planning problems, people’s emotional reactions to the future, and ways to imagine a different way of interacting in cities. For a


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 413: Biking Further in Detroit

December 28, 2022

This week we’re joined by Jacob Graham, a Program Manager for MoGo Bike Share in Detroit. Jacob chats with us about how the system works in Detroit, how bike share riders and bus riders coincide, the benefits of E-Bikes, and coordination with other organizations. This podcast was produced in partnership with MPact (fmrly Railvolution) Below


Mondays 123: Closing Out 2022!

December 19, 2022

This week we’re Han Solo but we’ve got a lot to share from ideas we have for next year’s podcasts as well as a lot of really interesting news items you probably won’t hear about anywhere else. Check out the show notes below for more and have a great finish to 2022! Below are links


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 412: Autonomous Policy for a Transit Rich City

December 15, 2022

This week we’re joined by Sarah Kaufman of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation. Sarah joined us in Miami at the RailVolution conference to talk about autonomous vehicle policy, acceptable safety levels, what happens to the NYC Taxis and the lessons from Superstorm Sandy for transportation infrastructure. You can listen to this episode at Streetsblog


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 411: Transit Matters in Boston

December 8, 2022

This week we’re joined by Jarred Johnson, Executive Director of TransitMatters in Boston. Jarred talks about making the case for the MBTA, the Orange Line shutdown, regional rail and electrification, overhead wires versus batteries, and fare policy. You can listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA or at our Libsyn hosting site. Below is a


Mondays 122: Tastes Like Purple!

December 5, 2022

This week we’re talking about the big stories of the last few weeks! Why LED lights suddenly turn purple, what walking does to our brains, and the strange city of Lusail in Qatar. Below are a list of news items from the show:


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 410: One Year of the Infrastructure Bill

December 1, 2022

This week we’re joined once again by Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins and Helen Chin to talk about the one year anniversary of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. They chat about what they liked, the issue with capacity for applying for and implementing grants, transformative justice, and what states are actually doing well. To listen to



Mondays 121: The Public Utility

November 15, 2022

This week we’re joined by The Greater Marin’s David Edmondson!  We talk about the importance of Time, whether  freight railroad tracks should be publicly owned and managed, and the boom in ridership on Van Ness.  We also talk a bit of Andor and the hill slums of Sierra Leone Check out the show notes below


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