Damien Talks
Streetsblog California
#DamienTalks Episode 18 – Melanie Curry on the Recently-Ended Legislative Session
Today, #DamienTalks with Melanie Curry, the editor of a boutique news website known as Streetsblog California. Melanie has been covering the legislature for two full sessions, with a focus on transportation, urban design, and public health.
September 15, 2015
#Damien Talks Episode 17: Fighting the Bikelash with Modacity
This week, with the California legislative session moving faster than my ability to cover it in a podcast, we're taking a little break from the halls of the Capitol.
September 9, 2015
#DamienTalks #16: EDF’s Tim O’Connor on Reducing Petroleum Use
Maybe you've seen the mailers, or the insane websites, or have heard a rant on talk radio. The petroleum industry is coming for S.B. 350, legislation that would set standards to help the State of California reduce its petroleum use by 50 percent in the coming decades.
September 2, 2015
#DamienTalks Episode 15: LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds on Vision Zero
Today, #DamienTalks with Seleta Reynolds, the General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation about the City of Los Angeles' recent announcement that L.A. will be a Vision Zero City.
August 26, 2015
#DamienTalks Episode 14: Assemblymember Richard Bloom
Today, #DamienTalks with Assemblymember Richard Bloom, who represents western Los Angeles County in the State Assembly. Bloom is on the Finance Special Session Committee in the State Assembly, meaning that for the next two and a half weeks, the Assemblymember will have a chance to weigh in on any transportation bills before they come to the full Assembly for a vote.
August 21, 2015
#Damien Talks Episode 13 – The Davis Planning Department on the Bike Protected Intersection
Today, #DamienTalks with Jennifer D'Onofrio and Bryan Michaelson of the City of Davis about the new protected bike intersection in Davis, California. The newly redesigned intersection is the first of its kind in America, and receiving warm reviews from both cars and bicyclists in Davis and advocates around the country.
August 13, 2015
#DamienTalks Episode 12: Transportation Funding with Commissioner Yvonne Burke
Today #DamienTalks with Yvonne Burke, former LA County Supervisor and current commissioner for the California Transportation Commission, about transportation funding issues in California. With the legislature due to come back soon to discuss the ongoing transportation funding crisis gripping the state, Burke lays out the case that California needs to find a way to raise more funds for transportation.
August 5, 2015
#DamienTalks Episode 11: Brian Addison, Long Beach Super-Reporter
Today, #DamienTalks with Brian Addison, the former editor of the Long Beach Post and LongBeachize. Addison was recently named the "Best Online Journalist" by the Southern California Press Club for, in Addison's own words, "writing about the city I love."
July 30, 2015
#DamienTalks Special Edition: Our New Central Valley Writer, Graham Wheat
Today, Damien Talks with Graham Wheat our new Central Valley writer for Streetsblog California.
July 27, 2015
#DamienTalks Episode 10: CalBike’s Dave Snyder
This week, DamienTalks with Dave Snyder, the executive director of CalBike, about the current legislative session and generally about how things are going in Sacramento. Spoiler: so far, pretty well.
July 23, 2015