good traffic.
A workshop for American urban design and urban planning.
Join a prolific collective of city and neighborhood staples as we look to better brand American urbanism.
New conversations, each week.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 93
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
12 / Daylighting, bump outs, & bollards.
The first installment of a new subseries: a weekly walkabout (working title). We'll take stock of recent readings and stories, experiences while navigating via foot and bike, and comments received on…
11 / The bike bus, active transportation, & empowering kids / with Coach Sam Balto
Coach Sam Balto — a physical education teacher, active transportation catalyst, and Portland bike bus leader — is in good traffic to open up on sustainable and healthy transportation options for chil…
10 / The state of the American dream, selling walkability, & suburban shifts / with realtor Obi Johns
Obi Johns — Rising Columbus, Ohio real estate professional (and budding urbanist) — is in good traffic to address the state of the American dream, how walkable neighborhoods have begun to replace the…
09 / Athletes should be urbanists / with former pro footballer Tesho Akindele
Tesho Akindele - Former Major League Soccer and Canadian national team player turned urbanist and real estate developer - is here for the pitch on why athletes make great urbanists, and a dialogue on…
08 / Norway's electric car experiment.
The prompt for this week's audio was David Zipper's recent Vox article, titled "Why Norway — the poster child for electric cars — is having second thoughts."
Electric cars as the salient solution t…
07 / Parenting, a plant shop, & no parking minimums / with "Density Dad" Barry Greene Jr.
Barry Greene Jr. - The “Density Dad”, plant and record shop owner, car-free commuter, and Richmond urbanist - is in good traffic this week to discuss how parenting and entrepreneurship intersect with…
06 / Walkable cities are good for your love life / with Aly Marchant
Alyssa Marchant - actor, teacher, and my beautiful urbanist girlfriend - is here this week for an important conversation on how walkable cities, bikes, and public transportation have been the life-ch…
05 / Street furniture, local hardware stores, & getting started in your neighborhood / with Placemakin' Draven Pointer
Draven Pointer - architectural designer at Better Block, craftsman of street furniture, woodworker, and Marvel maniac - joins the traffic from Dallas, Texas.
We discuss:
- Building better blocks, an…
04 / Urbanism and water conservation / with 'Western Water Girl' Teal Lehto
Teal Lehto - known as Western Water Girl for her thorough storytelling and commentary on the worsening water crisis in the U.S. - brings the water conservation conversation to the city.
We discuss:
- …
03 / Car calculus, landscape architecture, and TikTok / with creator Paul Stout
Paul Stout - @TalkingCities on TikTok, prolific creator, future landscape architect, and Culdesac alum - sits down for a chat on all-things content, cities, cars, and crafting practical places for pe…
02 / Growing up in the Netherlands / with pro footballer Eva Van Deursen
Eva Van Deursen - professional footballer for Bayer Leverkusen and the Dutch National Team - joins live from Phoenix, Arizona for the second episode of the show.
We discuss:
- Growing up in the Net…
01 / We're all urbanists / with Nathan Allebach
Nathan Allebach - TikTok urbanist, Strong Towns storyteller, walkable cities enthusiast, Creative Director at Allebach Communications, The Steak-umm Guy, and Scott Galloway's favorite Instagram follo…
You're in good traffic.
Welcome, you’re in good traffic. This audio begins an ongoing, optimistic conversation on urban planning and urban design in the United States. Hear from city and community leaders, and everyday citi…