good traffic.

While bleak and gray at times, winter can be the prime time for observational and behavioral learnings in our local environments. Sneckdowns (snow + neckdowns), multi-day snow-covered cars, and unmai…

Dominic Leonardo — Rhode Island city planner, and the reputable @cityglowup on socials — is in good traffic to discuss the simple-yet-vital process of documenting progress.

Transformations — or, glo…

We're back for the first episode in 2025 (!!), where we'll work harder to thread the needle between championing urbanism wholeheartedly, and understanding public concerns about safety + comfort.

Thi…

Vancouver continues to be the favorite city I've ever been to, largely due to what is arguably the best city park in North America: Stanley Park.

Plus, a non-sponsored holiday gift guide for urbanist…

Sam Balto — cofounder of Bike Bus World, and leader of the Portland Bike Bus — is back in good traffic for an updated chat on children’s mobility, the failure that is school carlines, and the paradox…

Coby Lefkowitz is back in good traffic. Amidst leading Backyard in developing housing in Southern California (and tweeting up a pleasant storm), Coby has written a new book.

Building optimism is avai…

Thankful for you all. Pardon a slight deviation from our usual Tuesday release.

We discuss:

00:00 Thanksgiving and urbanism.

04:35 A journaling exercise.

10:01 Upcoming guests and episodes.

11:21 …

Quick hits re: the federal-level implications of the recent election on transportation, housing, and urbanism in the U.S.

No political post-mortems or predictions, but rather look at existing polici…

Aly's back, and with some recent perspective on third places. Particularly, their significance in expanding our sense of home beyond four walls. We talk devised theatre, childhood restaurants, the po…

Mallory Baches returns for a conversation on the highlights of the 2024 CNU congress in Cincinnati, where restorative urbanism and connected communities policy were focal points. We talk the CNU tran…

Sophia Mohr — Chief Innovation and Technology Officer at the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) — is in good traffic this week ahead of a big vote on November 5. Issue 47 is on the local ballot in…

Jerome Horne — transit advocate and communications executive — is in good traffic to talk buses, better transit advocacy, and Baltimore (among other places).

We discuss:

00:00 Choosing cities for…

Urbanization is a forgone conclusion. Yet, we still hear remnants of the old, more rural American dream being presented as American cultural taste. But, even in our most rural states (like Texas), th…

Sharing a few conversations that have veered into urban planning / design, transportation, American mindset, and the like.

Clips shared during the episode:

Ari Matti on Matt and Shane's Secret Podca…

We've passed the year mark. Huge thanks to you all.

Here, we hit on five (and a half) summative takeaways from twelve+ months of weekly conversations.

These are points that keep showing up( in dial…

John Simmerman — Founder of Active Towns — is in good traffic to talk the push for more active towns across the U.S. John travels the world's cities via active mobility, and creates stellar content t…

Aside from better infrastructure, varying and incongruent laws make biking very challenging. Should I ride on the sidewalk, or on the road? Where do I belong? Will I actually get a ticket if I make a…

Dr. Nadina Galle — ecological engineer and author of new book, The Nature of Our Cities — is in good traffic this week to hash out the crossroads of cities, nature, and technology. We talk proper par…

Schools are back in session — and in less than a week, we're already fielding car line and traffic complaints.

There has to be a better way to empower children's movement.

We discuss:

00:00 Back t…

Kyla Scanlon — author of In This Economy? How Money and Markets Really Work — is in good traffic to talk oil and gas economics and sociology, consumer sentiment and election voting driven by vibes, t…