This week on the podcast we are back at the Rail~Volution conference in Miami last fall.  We chat with Miami Dade County Commissioner Eileen Higgins about the South Dade Busway, the importance of FTA ratings in getting projects built, and why she thinks it’s important as an elected official to ride transit. You can find

This week we’re joined by Dr. Jennifer Kent, Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism at the University of Sydney, to talk about her work on family transportation, the messiness of travel for parents, and loneliness and the built environment. She also shares what parents might need to travel more sustainably. To listen to this episode, head to

This week on Mondays we’re again Han Solo, but don’t let that stop you from listening in to all the news from the last couple of weeks! We chat about the 15 Minute City conspiracy, why the American Association of Railroads is against electrification, and Wales’ climate action on roads. Below are the links from

This week we’re joined by Diane Jones Allen, Program Director for Landscape Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington. We chat about her work on food deserts and transportation access and the American Society of Landscape Architects Climate Action Plan. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA or at our archive site. Below is

This week we’re going to the Rail~Volution (Now MPact) Conference in Miami. Daniel Gibson of Regional Vice President of Miami Dade Allegany Franciscan Ministries moderates a panel featuring LA Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins, SEPTA CEO Leslie Richards, and Diana Stanley, CEO of homeless services provider The Lord’s Place to talk about homelessness and public transportation.

This week we’re Han Solo but we do talk about a LOT of news from around the country! We chat about Denver’s successful e-bike pilot, biodiversity in cities, transit project costs report, Pittsburgh rethinks its budget based on climate change, and much much more! Check out the show links below the fold…

This week we’re joined by Greg Shill, Professor of Law at the University of Iowa, and Jonathan Levine, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan to talk about their paper, First Principals in Transportation Law and Policy. We talk about how to rethink transportation metrics towards accessibility, how the law has

This week we’re joined by Colin Parent, Executive Director of Circulate San Diego, to talk about their new report Fast Bus! How San Diego Can Make Progress by Speeding Up the Bus. We chat about some of the big things happening in San Diego and how the region can promote and support buses. To listen

Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show this week to talk bike lanes, low traffic neighborhoods, gas stoves, and transportation engineering in the United States. It gets even more fun as Jeff’s power goes out and we have to do the last 10 minutes over the phone! Join us for episode 125 of Mondays at The

This week we’re joined by Dr. Dorina Pojani, Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Queensland to talk about her book Planning for Sustainable Transport in Southeast Asia: Policy Transfer, Diffusion, and Mobility. We chat about how four different Southeast Asian cities are taking transportation ideas from other places and trying to deal