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Shepherd Traffic
by Colin Hughes
Here we explore cities: how they're built, how they fail, and how the people who move through them actually live. Each week, we examine the built environment through the unique lenses that shape it: engineering, urban planning, public policy, and philosophy with practitioners and researchers who spend their lives on these questions.We follow curiosity wherever it leads New episodes every week. Made by the team at Shepherd Traffic.
Episodes
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You Paid for it, Here's How | Shepherd Traffic Podcast
The only thing sexier than infrastructure is accounting.Governments and departments of transportation have to design, build, and maintain roads and infrastructure, but that money has to come from somewhere.We're talking money and infrastructure funding in this episode of the Shepherd Traffic Podcast
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Are We Building the New Surveillance State? (no)
Shepherd Traffic uses public video to analyze roads and how people use them to support the governments that maintain them. However, using public video creates the potential to automate law enforcement and trade privacy for safety.We dive into our philosophy behind privacy and the role of computer...
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Tree Huggers are Ruining Your City with Parks | Shepherd Traffic Podcast
Most urban spaces are almost entirely covered in concrete and buildings with only a few cracks of green space and parks left over. And believe it or not, there are people who want more green space instead of letting responsible citizens finish the job.Are these people evil and crazy, or merely...
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Is It Hopeless for Milwaukee's Light Rail?
Despite it's name, Milwaukee's light rail system "The Hop" has never left the ground. It runs on rails between the near east side and as far west as the Intermodal Station. Mired in controversy since long before it opened in 2018, it's critics have claimed it has both literally and figuratively...
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Why are Milwaukee's Bike Lanes Empty?
The City of Milwaukee has built a bunch of brand new bike lanes as part of their Vision Zero and Safe Streets initiatives to make their streets, well, safer. However, we and many other have noticed these bike lanes are frequently empty. We'll be discussing that and more on this episode of the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Here we explore cities: how they're built, how they fail, and how the people who move through them actually live. Each week, we examine the built environment through the unique lenses that shape it: engineering, urban planning, public policy, and philosophy with practitioners and researchers who spend their lives on these questions.We follow curiosity wherever it leads New episodes every week. Made by the team at Shepherd Traffic.
HOSTED BY
Colin Hughes
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Here we explore cities: how they're built, how they fail, and how the people who move through them actually live. Each week, we examine the built environment through the unique lenses that shape it: engineering, urban planning, public policy, and philosophy with practitioners and researchers who...
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Shepherd Traffic is created and hosted by Colin Hughes.
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