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Beyond Streets
Beyond Streets Podcast
110 episodes
2 weeks ago
In this episode, Sam Roxas and co-host Greg Rodriguez sit down with transportation planner/data engineer (and new parent!) Arthur Getman to unpack how practical, measurable street fixes in NYC ripple out nationwide and what the next NYC administration must do next. We get into: Why “small wins” (LPIs, hardened centerlines, slow-turn wedges) add up to big safety gains and how they scaled from pilots to citywide programs.The quick-build playbook: paint, posts, and proof before pouring concrete....
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In this episode, Sam Roxas and co-host Greg Rodriguez sit down with transportation planner/data engineer (and new parent!) Arthur Getman to unpack how practical, measurable street fixes in NYC ripple out nationwide and what the next NYC administration must do next. We get into: Why “small wins” (LPIs, hardened centerlines, slow-turn wedges) add up to big safety gains and how they scaled from pilots to citywide programs.The quick-build playbook: paint, posts, and proof before pouring concrete....
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Tech News
News,
Government,
Science,
Social Sciences
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Beyond Streets
Pilots, Progress, and the Future of NYC Transportation with Arthur Getman
In this episode, Sam Roxas and co-host Greg Rodriguez sit down with transportation planner/data engineer (and new parent!) Arthur Getman to unpack how practical, measurable street fixes in NYC ripple out nationwide and what the next NYC administration must do next. We get into: Why “small wins” (LPIs, hardened centerlines, slow-turn wedges) add up to big safety gains and how they scaled from pilots to citywide programs.The quick-build playbook: paint, posts, and proof before pouring concrete....
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3 weeks ago
44 minutes

Beyond Streets
Can Abundance be... Abundant? With Tahra Hoops and Gary Winslett from the Chamber of Progress and The Rebuild
In this kickoff episode of our Abundance series, we’re asking the big question: Can abundance actually be abundant? We’re unpacking the buzzy optimism of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s “abundance agenda” and confronting the messy realities of implementing it. From housing fights in California to cost-of-living politics, and permitting bottlenecks to the psychology of scarcity, our guests Tahra Hoops and Gary Winslett of the Chamber of Progress (and writers of The Rebuild) join us to explore ...
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1 month ago
56 minutes

Beyond Streets
The City of Indianapolis does community engagement differently
In Indy, residents don’t just use infrastructure, they help design it. In this episode of Beyond Streets, we sit down with Natalie van Dongen, Director of Community Outreach for the City of Indianapolis, and Daniel Stevenson, Deputy Director of Policy & Planning at the Indianapolis Department of Public Works. Together, they share how the City of Indianapolis is flipping the script on traditional urban planning with Community Powered Infrastructure. From tactical urbanism pilot...
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1 month ago
48 minutes

Beyond Streets
Choose How You Move: Sabrina Sussman on Building Trust and Transforming Transit in Nashville
What does it take for a city to bet big on its future and actually bring the community along for the ride? In this episode of Beyond Streets, we sit down with Sabrina Sussman, former USDOT official, longtime Zipcar leader, and now head of Nashville’s Choose How You Move program. After voters approved a bold ballot measure to raise local funds for mobility improvements, Nashville is embarking on a generational investment in sidewalks, transit, and safe streets. We talk with Sabrina about: Why ...
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2 months ago
39 minutes

Beyond Streets
Listening as Strategy: Building Trust in Changing Communities with LaToya Thomas of Brick & Story
How do you move public engagement beyond checking the box? On the latest episode of Beyond Streets, we sit down with LaToya Thomas, founder of Brick and Story, who has built a practice around one powerful idea: engagement should be meaningful, strategic, and rooted in community stories. We talk about: 👉 Why “listening” is a strategy, not a checkbox 👉 What trust looks like in neighborhoods facing gentrification and displacement 👉 The role of storytelling in shaping better pro...
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2 months ago
51 minutes

Beyond Streets
Digital Infrastructure IS Infrastructure with Jana Lynott
In this episode of Beyond Streets, we talk about how rural mobility, aging in place, and data standards are, amazingly, at the center of a more inclusive, tech-enabled transportation future. We sat down with Jana Lynott—longtime transportation policy expert, livability advocate, and self-proclaimed “transpo geek”—to unpack what it really takes to make our streets and systems work for older adults and underserved communities. From building smarter dial-a-ride networks to demystifying the link ...
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4 months ago
54 minutes

Beyond Streets
Second Life on Two Wheels: Refurbishing E-Bikes for Sustainable Cities with Marta Anadón Rosinach, Head of US at Upway
What if buying a secondhand e-bike were as easy and trustworthy as buying a certified pre-owned car? In this episode of Beyond Streets, we talk with Marta Anadón Rosinach, Head of US at Upway, a company redefining the second-life market for e-bikes. A former Uber Eats executive, Marta shares how her personal obsession with e-bikes turned into a mission: making high-quality, affordable, refurbished e-bikes accessible to more people in more places. We dig into: Why e-bikes are a powerful and fu...
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4 months ago
51 minutes

Beyond Streets
COME CORRECT: Oakland's Warren Logan on making cities work and building better partnerships, block by block
Warren Logan doesn’t just talk about change, he clears the path for it. Whether it’s translating between city departments and private developers, batch-submitting 311 requests, or reworking zoning rules down to the inch, this man makes room for progress in places where inertia and red tape usually wins. As the Director of Government Partnerships and Community Affairs for the Northlake project and Principal Advisor at Progress Public Affairs, Warren is helping reshape how cities and private pa...
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4 months ago
47 minutes

Beyond Streets
The Remix Generation: Updating Cities for 21st Century Life with David Dixon
In this episode of Beyond Streets, we sit down with urban planning legend David Dixon—dubbed by us as the “Urban Planning Yoda”—to explore how cities can adapt to a changing world. From walkability to housing, transit to community-building, David brings decades of insight into how post-WWII patterns shaped our cities and how today’s leaders can design more equitable, vibrant, and people-centered places. We talk about why density is a tool (not a threat), how community needs are shifting, and ...
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5 months ago
49 minutes

Beyond Streets
Schools, Streets, and Systems: A conversation with education law leader Namita Brown
As the school year winds down, Beyond Streets leans into the everyday intersections between education, transportation, and equity. This week, we sit down with Namita Brown, managing partner at Fagen Friedman & Fulfrost and a powerhouse in California education law. From collective bargaining to broadband, school transportation to walkability, Namita offers a wide-angle view on the unseen scaffolding that keeps our schools—and students—functioning. We dig into how COVID reshaped schoo...
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5 months ago
1 hour 2 minutes

Beyond Streets
Buffalo, Bikes & Big Vision: Reclaiming Streets with Justin Booth of GoBike Buffalo
In this episode, we head to Buffalo, New York—a post-industrial city with deep roots and a bold future. We sit down with Justin Booth, Executive Director of GOBike Buffalo, to explore how biking, community-led planning, and quick-build infrastructure are reshaping the city’s streets and values. From “Recycle-a-Bicycle” to regional trail planning, Justin shares the journey of GOBike’s 25-year evolution and the coalition-building needed to reconnect communities fractured by expressways. We disc...
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6 months ago
46 minutes

Beyond Streets
Infrastructure week is here! And Ross van Dongen of United for Infrastructure tells is why it should matter to us all
Infrastructure Week is back — and no, it’s not just for D.C. insiders and engineers. This week on Beyond Streets, we’re joined by Ross van Dongen, who wears a lot of hats at United for Infrastructure and Accelerator for America. We get into what’s actually happening on the ground with all the federal dollars flowing into cities. We talk about: What a “C” grade on our national infrastructure report card really means Why those annoying orange cones might be the most hopeful thing you...
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6 months ago
43 minutes

Beyond Streets
From Ideas to implementation to Impact: Julia Thayne on Climate + City Innovation and Community Power
In this episode of Beyond Streets, we’re joined by Julia Thayne — economist, urbanist, and co-founder of Two Degrees and Rising. Julia’s career has spanned public, private, and nonprofit sectors, all driven by one clear mission: turning bold ideas into real-world impact. We dive into her journey from Ernst & Young to Siemens to LA Mayor Garcetti's office, the founding of Urban Movement Labs, and now her latest venture building global clean tech partnerships. We unpack what it really takes...
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6 months ago
43 minutes

Beyond Streets
Beyond Streets Hosts Hang: What's Certain in these Uncertain Times
In this host-only episode, we dive into one of the most elusive forces in transportation and public life today: certainty—or the lack thereof. With some decent dad jokes, candor/wit, and the occasional turmeric-ginger tonic, we unpack what it means to move forward on transportation policy, planning, and research when funding is unpredictable, infrastructure is politicized, and communities are just trying to make it work. From the shifting fate of Safe Streets for All to LA's budget realities ...
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7 months ago
44 minutes

Beyond Streets
The curb is alive: Jonah Bliss of Curbivore is building a movement from the edge of the street
What do scooters, taco stands, Uber drop-offs, and bike lanes have in common? They all meet at the curb. In this episode, we talk with Jonah Bliss, founder of Curbivore, about how his background in mobility startups and marketing led to a full-blown movement rethinking the curb—not just as infrastructure, but as opportunity. From his early days helping launch Turo and Velo to building Curbivore during the pandemic, Jonah shares how a scrappy idea became a vibrant festival-meets-conference in ...
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7 months ago
42 minutes

Beyond Streets
"Moving people toward opportunity, toward wellness, toward joy” talking active transportation and community building with Olatunji Oboi Reed, CEO and Founder of Equiticity
In this powerful episode of Beyond Streets, we sit down with Olatunji Oboi Reed, CEO and founder of Equiticity, to explore how cycling transformed his life—and how he's working to make active transportation a tool for racial and social justice in Black and Brown communities. Oboi shares his personal story of confronting depression and how a solo bike ride on Chicago’s lakefront sparked not only a healing journey, but a lifelong commitment to mobility equity. From founding Slow Roll Chicago to...
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7 months ago
58 minutes

Beyond Streets
Introducing Beyond Streets! Why Transportation Needs a New, Community-Centered Conversation
In our first episode, co-hosts Greg Rogers, Greg Rodriguez, and Samantha Roxas kick off the Beyond Streets podcast with a candid, wide-ranging conversation about why we’re launching this show — and where we hope it goes. This isn’t just another policy podcast. Beyond Streets is a space for big questions, bold ideas, and grounded conversations about how transportation shapes communities — and how we can build systems that truly serve the people who rely on them. We reflect on the limitations o...
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7 months ago
25 minutes

Beyond Streets
Our last gem from TRB 2024: Unpacking Transportation & Artificial Intelligence with Renee Autumn Ray of Hayden AI
At TRB 2024 we sat down with Renee Autumn Ray, Senior Director at Hayden AI, to unpack one of the most discussed (but perhaps the least meaningfully understood) topics in transportation: artificial intelligence. Renee gives us the highlights of her recent Eno Center of Transportation report, Understanding AI & Transportation, and goes deeper into some practical applications of AI in the industry. She also shares what she’s been up to at Hayden AI, how they’re using next-generation te...
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1 year ago
34 minutes

Beyond Streets
New year, new co-host! What we're watching in 2024 and welcoming Sam Roxas to the team
In this episode, we ushered in the new year by getting together at TRB's 2024 meeting (a.k.a. the greatest transportation show on earth) and introducing our newest host, Sam Roxas. Sam dove right in by sharing her transportation story, starting with her grandmother, who instilled the importance of walkable cities and their ability to create community and resilience for historically underserved communities. We're excited to bring Sam's experience in local government, insights on next-gene...
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1 year ago
35 minutes

Beyond Streets
Rep. Earl Blumenauer - LIVE at Replica's TRB After Hours Reception
No person in Congress has done more to promote active transportation and livability than Representative Earl Blumenauer. With his brightly-colored bike lapel pens, he has long been one of the most recognizable people on Capitol Hill. Since his election to the US House of Representatives in 1996, Congressman Blumenauer has been a tireless advocate for livable communities that are safe, healthy, and economically secure. Ahead of his retirement at the end of this year, The Mobility Podcast ...
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1 year ago
32 minutes

Beyond Streets
In this episode, Sam Roxas and co-host Greg Rodriguez sit down with transportation planner/data engineer (and new parent!) Arthur Getman to unpack how practical, measurable street fixes in NYC ripple out nationwide and what the next NYC administration must do next. We get into: Why “small wins” (LPIs, hardened centerlines, slow-turn wedges) add up to big safety gains and how they scaled from pilots to citywide programs.The quick-build playbook: paint, posts, and proof before pouring concrete....