In a recent Eno Center for Transportation series on re-imagining USDOT, the items got me thinking about what a complete revamp might look like if we thought outside of the box on transportation. Early on in this newsletter’s history I was asked if I would ever just focus on transportation, and while tempting I ultimately

Something I think about a lot is how our transportation system actually interacts with natural systems. In his book Crossings, Ben Goldfarb shares the many ways that our obsession with road building blocks off animal movements and in some instances even reduces the gene pool for some. While he talks about creatures big and small, he

This week we’re joined by Cortni Desir, Executive Program Manager for Public Transportation at the Connecticut Department of Transportation at the Mpact transit + community conference in Portland. We discuss her international influences, upgrading bus stops, customer experience, homelessness and transit, and being curious. To listen to this episode, visit Streetsblog USA or find it

This video from the Flying Moose is from several months ago, but it’s the best explainer I’ve seen on Hong Kong’s rail + property model of developing the MTR subway network. What they are clear about is that you can’t just prop up this type of system overnight, it takes decades of planning and lessons

I know that everyone is talking about the mayoral race in New York City and I’ll get to that in a second, but I do also want to marvel over what has happened in the last few weeks pertaining to transit and governance as well. On Halloween, the Illinois legislature sent a transportation reform and

Note: Apple podcasts users may not see the last three podcasts in our feed as we’re having technical difficulties.  Please use the Libsyn or other feeds to listen to the show if you aren’t getting it.  We apologize for the inconvenience. This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Corrigan Salerno of Transportation

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we chat about signal timing tinkering in Houston, the impact of commute times on sleep disorders, Phoenix’s lack of water for sprawl, and how many times Raleigh had to bid for contractors to build bus rapid transit. Below are the show notes:

This week we’re back live for another show from Manny’s in the Mission featuring Streetsblog SF editor Roger Rudick interviewing California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri. They chat about reducing costs, systems in other countries, and take questions from the audience. You can listen to this episode first at Streetsblog USA, or find

This week Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon of the War on Cars podcast join the show to talk about their new book: Life After Cars – Freeing Ourselves from the Tyranny of the Automobile. We discuss opposing views, Turtle Jesus, and potential offramps towards car free cities. Listen to this episode first at Streetsblog USA

I’ve been thinking more about the trip to China and especially the high speed rail of it all. I’m also about to dive into a new book I was able to get while I was there published by the Chinese State Railway but wanted to think a bit more on what I wanted to bring