Urbanism Speakeasy
Urbanism Speakeasy is the podcast about human-scale design, just the way the free market intended. We're interested in what makes great cities, towns, and villages. Common sense planning and design has been taboo for decades, thanks in large part to government intervention. We talk about ...
Urbanism Speakeasy is the podcast about human-scale design, just the way the free market intended. We're interested in what makes great cities, towns, and villages. Common sense planning and design has been taboo for decades, thanks in large part to government intervention. We talk about technical issues in plain language for everyone to understand. No advanced degrees or new urbanism pedigree required.
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Give mom a bike lane, with Dena Driscoll & Marni Duffy
The Twitterverse. A vast expanse where I have connected with ...
The Twitterverse. A vast expanse where I have connected with all sorts of great people. Dena Driscoll and Marni Duffy are two such people. - I'm pretty sure it was Dena who first caught my attention with a photo of her young kids packed in a bucket in...
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Convincing politicians to do the right thing, with Kevin Posey
- If you keep quiet, they'll assume you agree. Kevin ...
- If you keep quiet, they'll assume you agree. Kevin Posey is an advocate for sustainable transportation. He lives in Alexandria, VA (just outside Washington, DC). It's a city that has a lot of great streets and architecture,
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How traffic engineers predict the future, with Adam Millard-Ball
Adam Millard-Ball is an assistant professor at the University of ...
Adam Millard-Ball is an assistant professor at the University of California in Santa Cruz. Before that, Adam worked as a transportation planner. So naturally, one of his focus areas of academic research is derived from his experiences. -
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Steps to designing great places, with Howard Blackson
"So do you sell your work on Etsy?" Howard Blackson ...
"So do you sell your work on Etsy?" Howard Blackson is probably best described as a placemaker. - A what? - For you planners or engineers out there, that's a familiar term. Have you looked around LinkedIn recently?
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When bicycling makes you invisible to motorists, with Robert Wright
The Invisible Visible Man Robert Wright is the U.S. industry ...
The Invisible Visible Man Robert Wright is the U.S. industry correspondent for the Financial Times. A journalist! He wasn't trained to be a road designer or a pro-bike lobbyist. So why feature him on Urbanism Speakeasy?
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Cards Against Urbanity, with Lisa Nisenson
Lisa Nisenson is on the show this week because she ...
Lisa Nisenson is on the show this week because she wants to save you and me from horrible places. Or maybe save us professional planners from ourselves. Or maybe both. - She and some other do-gooders are raising money to change the world. -
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Placemaking and street design for conservatives, with Bill Lindeke
Bill Lindeke started blogging about sidewalks and cities almost 10 ...
Bill Lindeke started blogging about sidewalks and cities almost 10 years ago. The catalyst was reading Jane Jacobs. - When we spoke, Bill was working on his dissertation about bicycling and cities. He's a native of Minnesota and serves on the St.
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Biking as a viable transportation mode, with Chris Bruntlett
Chris Bruntlett joins Urbanism Speakeasy this week. Chris has all ...
Chris Bruntlett joins Urbanism Speakeasy this week. Chris has all sorts of interesting stories, so it's convenient that he enjoys writing and photography so he can document what's happening around him. - And it's not just his work that's interesting.
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Fixing our mean streets, with Tanya Snyder [Streetsblog USA]
- Streetsblog is on a mission to improve infrastructure for ...
- Streetsblog is on a mission to improve infrastructure for people who walk, ride a bike, or hop on a bus. - Streetsblog USA covers federal transportation and land use policy, as well as trends from around the country.
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New Urbanism Film Festival, with creators Josh & Joel
Josh Paget is a comedian living in Los Angeles. Joel ...
Josh Paget is a comedian living in Los Angeles. Joel Karahadian is a musician and doesn't always wear socks. - These guys created the New Urbanism Film Festival - an event to showcase films about the built environment and its connection to human living.
