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Talking Headways Podcast: Valuing Black Lives and Property
This week, we talk to an expert in Black wealth about why development and placemaking leaves out the community. Just because a big company comes to town does not mean everyone will benefit.
July 30, 2020
SGV Connect 68: Homeless Outreach; Goodbye to an Original Metro Board Member
Damien interviews Shawn Morrissey and Teresa Eilers about how COVID-19 impacts outreach to people experiencing homelessnes. Kris interviews John Fasana, who will leave the Metro Board of Directors after 27 years this December.
July 14, 2020
SGV Connect 67: Black Lives Matter Protests throughout SGV and Closed Streets in Whittier
In this week's SGV Connect, Kris Fortin marches with protestors in cities throughout the San Gabriel Valley and brings us their voices direct from the rallies and marches. Kris also discusses his experience at the protests with his broadcast partner, Damien Newton, and how activism is changing in the San Gabriel Valley.
June 15, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: Designing the Megaregion
Talking to Jonathan Barnett about where the idea of megaregions came from, environmental planning within the landscape, the importance of transit connections in these regions, and how we can coordinate megaregions administratively.
June 12, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: The Digital City
It's a special edition of the podcast this week, as we talk to an expert in how residents of a city interact with — and are sometimes exploited by — all our digital doodads.
May 22, 2020
SGV Connect: L.A. County Parks Re-Openings and Long-Term Planning Across the Region
Podcast features interviews with Norma Garcia of L.A. County Department of Parks and Recreation and Kome Ajise of the Southern California Association of Governments - SCAG.
May 20, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: California High-Speed Rail’s Next Steps
A top official at the California High-Speed Rail Authority gives us an update on that mega-project — and also offers lessons on what engineers and planners have learned.
May 15, 2020
SGV Connect 65: Water Plans and Beg Buttons
Kris spoke with Matt Frary, Acting Principal Engineer at Los Angeles County Public Works, about the County Water Plan. The board of supervisors decided at last week’s meeting to hire a consultant to develop the plan by 2021.
May 11, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: Housing and the Threat to our Democracy
Most American cities are not even attempting to hold on to their middle class — and that's a problem.
May 8, 2020
SGV Connect 64 – More BRT in the SGV and an Expanded SGV Connect
San Bernardino is planning a new Bus Rapid Transit line extending from Pomona to Rancho Cucamonga - and SGV Connect is expanding
April 29, 2020