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
#028: Shailen Bhatt, ITS America
What is ITS today? In this episode we sat down with Shailen Bhatt, President and CEO of ITS America, to discuss connected vehicles, public/private collaboration on lifesaving technology, and issues p…
00:48:56 |
Mon 05 Nov 2018
#027 - Hilary Cain, Director of Technology and Innovation Policy, Toyota
This week Pete and SAFE Greg were joined by Hilary Cain from Toyota to discuss AV 3.0 and AV START, as well as Toyota’s development of two automation systems for its vehicles: Guardian and Chauffeur.…
00:55:23 |
Fri 26 Oct 2018
#026 - Understanding USDOT AV 3.0 & An AV START Update
On October 4, the U.S. Department of Transportation released the third iteration of the federal government’s regulatory guidance for automated vehicles, titled AV 3.0. The two Gregs and Pete dive int…
01:01:41 |
Sun 14 Oct 2018
#025: AV Road Rules with Avery Ash, INRIX
Earlier this summer, INRIX released an exciting new platform that helps cities and AV manufacturers prepare for an autonomous future together. Avery Ash of INRIX recently joined SAFE Greg, BB&K Greg,…
00:55:08 |
Sun 26 Aug 2018
#024: Emerging Railroad Tech with Mike Rush and Ted Greener, Association of American Railroads (AAR)
Much like the rest of the transportation sector, the American railroad industry is adopting cutting-edge connectivity, automation, and data analytics technologies to improve safety and efficiency. Mi…
00:47:37 |
Mon 30 Jul 2018
#023: Tanya Snyder, Transportation Reporter, POLITICO Pro
This week we spoke with our good friend Tanya Snyder, a Transportation Reporter at POLITICO Pro, about the state of the Senate's FAA Reauthorization bill, the future of infrastructure funding, cargo …
00:40:55 |
Tue 24 Jul 2018
#022: The Eternal Rush Hour - Crossover with Jeff Wood, Talking Headways Podcast/The Overhead Wire
What does the future of mobility really look like? Is it an eternal rush hour caused by the "Hell" scenario for AVs? Or is it two transportation wonks eating a lot of poutine in Montreal? In our firs…
00:17:41 |
Thu 12 Jul 2018
#021: Ian Adams and Caleb Watney, R Street Institute
Better late than never! On May 23rd, SAFE Greg and BB&K Greg sat down with Ian Adams and Caleb Watney from R Street Institute to discuss the variety of AV policies that states are experimenting with …
00:43:13 |
Fri 22 Jun 2018
#020 - AV Soul Searching- Uber, Tempe, and Driverless Regs in CA
Following the tragic death of Elaine Herzberg last month in a collision involving a self-driving Uber, the transportation community is soul-searching about the future of AVs and traffic safety. BB&K …
00:48:55 |
Tue 03 Apr 2018
#019 - Randy Iwasaki, Contra Costa Transportation Authority
The nation’s first driverless shuttle pilot program started in California earlier this week, thanks to the efforts of Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA).At the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting we sp…
00:45:55 |
Sun 11 Mar 2018
#018 - Robin Chase - Shared Mobility Principles (Live @ Urbanism Next)
"Infrastructure is destiny,” says Robin Chase, the co-founder of Zipcar, Veniam, and SharedMobilityPrinciples.org. We sat down with Robin at the Urbanism Next conference to discuss her work in drafti…
00:41:54 |
Wed 07 Mar 2018
#017 - Dr. Susan Shaheen, UC Berkeley (Live @ Urbanism Next)
Dr. Susan Shaheen from UC Berkeley is the leading academic in shared mobility. For two decades she has been at the bleeding edge of research in this field and was a driving force behind the convergen…
00:34:37 |
Mon 05 Mar 2018
#016 - Urbanism Next Sneak Peek with Nico Larco and Becky Steckler, Univ. of Oregon
This week we're at Urbanism Next, a conference hosted by the University of Oregon that aspires to break the mold of transportation conferences, which are often filled with people from industry, the p…
00:13:23 |
Mon 05 Mar 2018
#015 - Todd O'Boyle, LimeBike
We recently sat down with Todd O’Boyle, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Limebike, to discuss the emergence of dockless bikeshare and the policy challenges that they have faced. Keep up with Tod…
00:46:07 |
Mon 05 Mar 2018
#014: SOTU - State of Transportation and Urbanism 2018
Ahead of Trump's State of the Union Address tomorrow, Gregs Rodriguez and Rogers got together to provide their own SOTU - the State of Transportation and Urbanism. It's packed with all the goodies of…
00:47:21 |
Mon 29 Jan 2018
#013: Laura Bliss, CityLab (Live from TRB)
Is Columbus living up to the equity promises made in its winning application for the USDOT Smart City Challenge? Why don't trains in the NYC subway arrive on time? And why on earth would people graff…
00:31:09 |
Tue 23 Jan 2018
#012: Austin Brown, UC Davis Policy Institute (Live from TRB)
Dr. Austin Brown joins the two Gregs and Pete to discuss his work on the 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program, which researches the convergence of vehicle sharing, electrification, and automation. A…
00:16:20 |
Mon 15 Jan 2018
#011: Nico Larco, University of Oregon (Live from TRB)
When we adopt new and innovative approaches to mobility, Nico Larco says we should pull back the curtain first. As the Co-Director of the Sustainable Cities Initiative at the University of Oregon, La…
00:19:33 |
Sun 14 Jan 2018
#010: Dispatch from Transportation Prom - Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting 2018
Coming to you live from the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting 2018, the Mobility Podcast crew discusses new trends emerging at TRB this year and reveals the guest interviews that we'…
00:08:38 |
Mon 08 Jan 2018
#009: Interview with Jessica Nigro, Daimler North America
Jessica Nigro, Manager of Outreach & Innovation Policy at Daimler North America, joined the two Gregs and Pete for a light-hearted yet wide-ranging discussion of automated vehicle policy, Daimler's m…
00:58:31 |
Wed 20 Dec 2017
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