Driving Not An Option
EPISODE 245, SEASON 7: In this episode, I connect with Anna Zivarts, author of When Driving Is Not An Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency, a new book by Island Press, available on May [...]
April 2024
Freeway Fighting ER Nurse for Texas State Senate
SPECIAL BONUS EPISODE, SEASON 7: In this episode, I connect with Molly Cook, An ER nurse and freeway fighter in Houston, Texas, running for the vacated senate seat in District 15 We [...]
Ender for East Portland
EPISODE 244, SEASON 7: In this episode, I reconnect with Timur Ender, who is running to represent East Portland on City Council We discuss his long history of public service in Portland, [...]
E-Bike Benefits Calculated
EPISODE 242, SEASON 7: In this episode, I connect with Bryn Grunwald, Senior Associate with RMI's Carbon Free Transportation Team We discuss her own e-bike journey and RMI's new tools and calculators [...]
More Walkable Bikeable Cities
EPISODE 241, SEASON 7: In this episode, I connect with Jeff Speck and Chris Dempsey, the dynamic duo behind the new urbanism super-firm Speck Dempsey We discuss what prompted them to partner [...]
America’s Transportation Prodigy
EPISODE 240, SEASON 7: In this episode, I connect with Petru Sofio, A Transportation Professional Prodigy We discuss his journey to becoming a passionate, engaged, and influential advocate for safer streets in [...]
Dutch Values and Public Space
EPISODE 227, SEASON 7: In this episode, I reconnect with Cathy Tuttle, Anthropologist and Urban Planner We discuss her recent work in and studies of the values and cultural norms influencing the Dutch [...]
Ethics in Transportation Engineering
EPISODE 238, SEASON 7: In this episode, I connect with Jeanie Ward-Waller, who made national news last fall when she was fired from Caltrans for speaking out We discuss our urgent need [...]
March 2024
A Dutch Bike Quest
EPISODE 236, SEASON 7: In this episode, I connect with Mike West, a city planner with Lehi, UT We discuss his quest to import proven Dutch sustainable safety mobility design concepts into his [...]
Fietspad the Book
EPISODE 235, SEASON 7: In this episode, I connect with Roy Symons, a Burnaby, BC-based transportation engineer We discuss how a love for riding bikes prompted his journey from Scotland to Canada [...]