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Streetsblog California
Talking Headways Podcast: What We Can Do to Depave Cities
This week on the podcast, we're joined by Mary Pat McGuire, associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois. McGuire talks with us about what happens to water after it hits the pavement, the damaging environmental effects of covering cities in pavement, and steps we can take to reduce runoff in green cities.
September 30, 2021
SGV Connect 84 – El Monte Mutual Aid and Pop Up Lanes in Alhambra
Welcome back to the SGV Connect podcast, this week Damien talks with Active SGV about a pop-up bike lane in Alhambra, but first Kris checks in with some of the leaders of a mutual aid organization in El Monte.
September 17, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: The Built Environment Memory Hole
This week we’re joined by Tufts Professor Justin Hollander. Hollander chats with us about a range of topics, including VMT Taxes, using eye-tracking software to measure the effects of the built environment on people’s minds, and the most recent census release.
September 9, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Biking to the Stadium
This week we’re joined by new Rail~Volution CEO Tamar Shapiro. We chat about her previous work in transportation and city planning at organizations such as NUMO and The Governor's Institute, how to measure transportation success, and the "transportation parades" before German soccer games.
September 2, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: How We’ve Subsidized Driving (and What to Do About It)
This week we’re joined by Todd Litman, executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. Litman discusses his book "New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies." We reframe the transportation investments we make, talk about sharing information, and discuss why air taxis might not be the future.
August 26, 2021
Meet the Board Podcast Series: Marven Norman in the Inland Empire
After a six-year hiatus, Marven returns to a Streetsblog California podcast.
August 16, 2021
Meet the Board Special Podcast Series Number 6 : Abby Arnold
How is fundraising like dating? Listen to Damien talk to non-profit fundraiser Abby Arnold.
August 9, 2021
Meet the Board: Stopping and Moving with James Sinclair
James Sinclair is the author of the Stop and Move blog on transportation policy in and around Fresno
August 4, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: No More Transit Hunger Games
This week Dan Baer, senior vice president at WSP, talks with Kevin Corbett, president and CEO of New Jersey Transit. In this one-on-one conversation, Baer and Corbett talk about NJ Transit’s response to the pandemic, bus electrification, new technologies, and much more.
July 29, 2021
Meet the Board Podcast Series: Terra Curtis
Terra Curtis researches emerging mobility policy for the California Public Utilities Commission. She previously worked at Nelson\Nygaard and volunteered with the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
July 29, 2021
