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(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 396: Tech Won’t Save Transportation

August 18, 2022

This week we’re joined by author Paris Marx to talk about their book Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation. We talk about Technologists and the stories they tell themselves, Ursula K Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory, and Uber’s impact on labor laws. To listen to this show visit



(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 395: Asphalt Art

August 10, 2022

This week we’re joined by David Andersson, part of the Art and Culture team at Bloomberg Associates. David chats about the implementation and safety characteristics of asphalt art, how communities work on these projects, and the character of public art. You can listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA or on our hosting site. Below




Mondays 114: Heat Waves and Ridership Drops

July 25, 2022

This week we’re Han Solo, but don’t let that stop you from listening to the news!  We chat about DOT’s emissions monitoring plan as well as Charlotte’s ridership drop. All the links to the news items we chat about are below the fold:


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 392: Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities

July 21, 2022

This week we’re joined by Professor Michael Neuman to talk about his book Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities and Societies.  We chat about why trees are important models for infrastructure development, the important lessons of Barcelona for the world, and why infrastructure is lately seen as a monetary asset instead of a public good. You can



Mondays 113 – The New Universe!

July 12, 2022

This week on Mondays we’re joined by Sophia Li, the editor of the Talking Headways podcast and Landscape Architecture Masters Candidate at the Harvard GSD. We chat about Doug Gordon’s piece on the phrase ‘Ban Cars’, Bogota’s GPS pricing scheme, sounds of cities, and how Germany is coping with the 9 Euro pass. Join the



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