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Beyond Streets

Beyond Streets Podcast

Rethinking How We Move, Build, and LiveBeyond Streets explores the everyday impact of transportation on our lives, neighborhoods, and futures. More than roads and rails, transportation is a mirror of our values — safety, connection, opportunity, and access.In each episode, we go beyond the headlines and into communities, talking with organizers, policymakers, builders, and residents who are reimagining what it means to move through the world.From housing to health, climate to equity, we uncover how

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44:55

Pilots, Progress, and the Future of NYC...

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2025/10/24

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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56:07

Can Abundance be... Abundant? With Tahra Hoops and...

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2025/10/13

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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48:30

The City of Indianapolis does community engagement...

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2025/09/30

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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39:20

Choose How You Move: Sabrina Sussman on Building...

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2025/09/04

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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51:19

Listening as Strategy: Building Trust in Changing...

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2025/08/22

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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54:41

Digital Infrastructure IS Infrastructure with Jana...

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2025/07/18

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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51:31

Second Life on Two Wheels: Refurbishing E-Bikes for...

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2025/07/03

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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47:52

COME CORRECT: Oakland's Warren Logan on making cities...

Beyond Streets ·

2025/06/23

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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49:28

The Remix Generation: Updating Cities for 21st...

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2025/06/09

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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62:02

Schools, Streets, and Systems: A conversation with...

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2025/05/27

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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46:08

Buffalo, Bikes & Big Vision: Reclaiming Streets with...

Beyond Streets ·

2025/05/16

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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43:13

Infrastructure week is here! And Ross van Dongen of...

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2025/05/06

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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43:30

From Ideas to implementation to Impact: Julia Thayne...

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2025/04/23

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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44:32

Beyond Streets Hosts Hang: What's Certain in these...

Beyond Streets ·

2025/04/16

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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42:19

The curb is alive: Jonah Bliss of Curbivore is...

Beyond Streets ·

2025/04/08

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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58:07

"Moving people toward opportunity, toward wellness,...

Beyond Streets ·

2025/04/01

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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25:20

Introducing Beyond Streets! Why Transportation Needs...

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2025/03/25

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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34:24

Our last gem from TRB 2024: Unpacking Transportation...

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2024/03/20

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35:49

New year, new co-host! What we're watching in 2024...

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2024/02/15

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32:37

Rep. Earl Blumenauer - LIVE at Replica's TRB After...

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2024/01/26

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