Beyond Streets
Rethinking How We Move, Build, and Live
Beyond 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 smarter, people-first transportation can unlock better futures — and what’s standing in the way. If you're ready to ask bold questions, challenge ineffective systems, and explore what's truly possible, you're in the right place.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 107
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
#068: Dr. Richard Ezike, Urban Institute - Equity, Mobility, & COVID-19
Dr. Richard Ezike of the Urban Institute joined us for a deep-dive into transportation equity, the impacts of COVID-19 on personal mobility, and how social distancing measures have contributed to gre…
01:13:03 |
Tue 30 Jun 2020
#067: The Man in the (Mobility) Mirror
After a short hiatus, we return the first episode with just our co-hosts - Greg Rogers, Greg Rodriguez, and Pete Gould - in over a year. We caught up to discuss the impacts of COVID-19 on the transpo…
00:48:05 |
Sat 16 May 2020
#066: Laura Schewel, Founder & CEO, Streetlight Data (at TRB 2020)
How can big data change the way we plan? Can that data be collected and used without violating privacy and consumer trust? And what is the Bradley Cooper problem? Laura Schewel, Founder and CEO of St…
00:39:52 |
Wed 11 Mar 2020
#065: David Estrada, Nuro
This month, NHTSA approved the first-ever exemption of a fully autonomous vehicle from three specific federal motor vehicle safety standards that were clearly unnecessary for a driverless vehicle car…
01:01:13 |
Wed 19 Feb 2020
#064: The Magic (Electric & Automated) School Bus - Jason Hanlin & Nathaniel Horadam, CTE (TRB 2020)
Jason Hanlin and Nathaniel Horadam from The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) joined SAFE Greg and Pete at the 2020 TRB Annual Meeting for a wide-ranging discussion around buses and…
00:38:14 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
#063: Sabrina Sussman, Zipcar - Live @ Transportation Camp 2020
In our first recording with a live (and sometimes lively) studio audience, Sabrina Sussman from Zipcar at Transportation Camp DC 2020. Sabrina joined us for a discussion of how Zipcar, which is now c…
00:57:18 |
Fri 24 Jan 2020
#062: Bomb Cyclones & Resilience - Matthew Cappucci, Washington Post Capital Weather Gang
What is a bomb cyclone? What is it like to track extreme weather? And how does this all play into transportation infrastructure and resilience? Matthew Cappucci from Washington Post's Capital Weather…
00:34:11 |
Fri 10 Jan 2020
#061 - Unpacking the Micromobility Revolution - Tony Ho, Segway-Ninebot (at SAE IIM)
The explosive growth of micromobility platforms has largely been enabled by Segway-Ninebot, which produce many of the shared electric scooters seen in cities today. At SAE’s Innovation in Mobility co…
00:40:16 |
Fri 15 Nov 2019
#060: Sweden's Approach to Autonomy - Jan Hellåker, Drive Sweden (at SAE IIM)
Jan Hellåker is the Chairman of Drive Sweden, an organization established by the Swedish government to advance technological solutions that will enable sustainable mobility. Through working with indu…
00:29:05 |
Wed 13 Nov 2019
#059: Redesigning Suburbia with Ellen Dunham-Jones, Georgia Tech (at SAE IIM)
Suburbia is not doomed, suggests Ellen Dunham-Jones – it’s just waiting to be redesigned, reimagined, and regreened to address the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century. Ellen is a Profess…
00:53:52 |
Mon 11 Nov 2019
#058: Joyfulness in Mobility - Annie Chang, Head of New Mobility, SAE International (at SAE IIM)
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has played a vital role in setting standards in the automotive and aerospace sectors. Now, in light of the rapid growth of the micromobility sector, SAE is w…
00:27:15 |
Wed 06 Nov 2019
#057 - Roads Don't Move People, Systems Move People - Joanna Pinkerton, COTA (at SAE IIM)
How can we use technology to actually improve people's lives and make better use of our roads? Joanna Pinkerton, President & CEO of the Central Ohio Transportation Authority (COTA), joined Greg Roger…
00:45:15 |
Tue 29 Oct 2019
#056: Mile Wide, Mile Deep - Innovations in Mobility Preview w/ Dave Weil & Frank Bokulich, SAE
In recent years, the mobility space has been flooded with conferences chock-full of buzzwords and “thought leaders” – but SAE has launched a new conference, Innovations in Mobility, that they say wil…
00:23:19 |
Tue 29 Oct 2019
#055: Electric Buses 101 with Ryan Popple, CEO, Proterra
Electric buses have emerged as one of the hottest topics in U.S. transportation policy, with transit agencies across the country increasingly looking to electrification as an opportunity to increase …
00:40:10 |
Fri 18 Oct 2019
#054: Freight Rail Tech with Adrian Arnakis and Ted Greener, AAR
We welcomed the Association of American Railroads (AAR) back on the podcast to talk about how the freight railroad industry is integrating new technologies to increase safety and efficiency. Adrian A…
00:42:49 |
Wed 09 Oct 2019
#053: Road Rules Redux with Avery A. Ash, INRIX (at AVS 2019)
In our final recording from AVS 2019 we were joined once again by Avery Ash, Head of Autonomous Mobility at INRIX, to talk about the expansion of INRIX’s Road Rules Platform in July. Last year, INRIX…
00:26:50 |
Fri 27 Sep 2019
#052: Dr. David Yang, AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (at AVS 19)
How do drivers react to ADAS features in their vehicles today? How many drivers know the limitations of technologies that are supposedly as simple as blind spot warnings in their vehicles? SAFE Greg …
00:36:08 |
Thu 19 Sep 2019
#051: AVs, PAVE, and Public Safety - Kelly Nantel, NSC (at AVS19)
At AVS 2019, Greg Rogers and Pete Gould caught up with Kelly Nantel from National Safety Council (NSC) about the latest activities of the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE) and other tra…
00:25:29 |
Thu 05 Sep 2019
#050: AVs, Brands, and Trust - Grayson Brulte, Brulte & Co and Mike Scrudato, Munich Re (at AVS19)
Will there be a Napster of Mobility? SAFE Greg and Pete met up with Grayson Brulte (Brulte & Co.) and Mike Scrudato (Munich Re) at AVS 2019 to discuss the importance of brand trust for the adoption o…
00:38:32 |
Fri 30 Aug 2019
#049: International AV Policy - Chris Leck, LTA Singapore & Marcus Burke, Australia (at AVS 2019)
In this episode, we took a step back from AV policy in the U.S. to explore how the transport authorities in Singapore and Australia are approaching AVs. SAFE Greg and Pete were joined by experts from…
00:34:59 |
Thu 22 Aug 2019
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