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StreetSmart
by Damien Newton
A Streetsblog California podcast talking to experts on various issues that impact how California grows.
Episodes
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StreetSmart 16: Damian Kevitt on the Last Weeks of the Legislative Session
It is hard for me to believe that in the dozen years since Streetsblog Los Angeles launched the Damien Talks podcast, that I've never had Damian Kevitt, the executive director and founder of Streets Are for Everyone, as a guest on that podcast, SGV Connect, What's Next or StreetSmart. Well, that...
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StreetSmart 15: Homes Before Highways
In StreetSmart 15, Damien Newton spoke with Yesenia Perez of the Greenlining Institute about the connection between freeway expansion and California's housing crisis. Perez discussed research behind her recent story at Streetsblog, which found that more than 800 homes have been demolished in the...
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StreetSmart 14.2 - The Governor's Race and High-Speed Rail
Following up on yesterday's podcast, today Damien Newton speaks with Adriana Rizzo of Californians for Electric Rail and Eli Lipmen of Move California about two major statewide issues: the California governor's race and the future of high-speed rail. The conversation focuses on what…
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StreetSmart 14.1 - What to look for from the 2026 Legislature
*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" tabindex="-1" data-turn-id= "request-698cf232-0d38-83e8-8a26-70865a1647f6-5" data-testid= "conversation-turn-88" data-scroll-anchor="true" data-turn= "assistant"> Episode 14.1 of the Streetsmart...
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StreetSmart Episode 13: Marty Beard, CEO of Hayden AI
On this episode of StreetSmart, Streetsblog California editor Damien Newton talks with Marty Beard, CEO of Hayden.AI, about the rapid expansion of automated camera enforcement on buses and city vehicles across California and beyond. Hayden.AI's technology uses forward-facing cameras mounted on...
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StreetSmart 12: The AMA with Damien Newton
In a special AMA episode of the Street Smart podcast, Streetsblog California editor Damien Newton reflects on his first year leading the site while answering reader-submitted questions on politics, transportation policy, and advocacy. Newton opens by thanking listeners for helping the nonprofit...
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UC Berkeley Researcher Explores Fire Department Tensions in the "War for Street Space"
On this week's StreetSmart Podcast, host Damien Newton spoke with UC Berkeley professor Zach Lamb about his team's new report, A Safety Dilemma, which examines why some fire departments across the country have opposed street redesigns that add bike lanes, bulb-outs, and other safety features. The...
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StreetsSmart Episode 10: Zack Deutsch-Gross and the Legislative Session
In this episode, host Damien Newton sits down with Zack Deutsch-Gross, the new executive director of Transform, for a wrap-up of California's 2025 legislative session. For a quick recap of all of the legislation we tracked this year, visit last week's legislative wrap-up. For this podcast, the...
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StreetSmart Episode 9: Should Your City Be Using EIFD's for Major Projects
StreetSmart launched its fall session with guest Melanie Curry, former editor of Streetsblog California. Host Damien Newton welcomed Curry back for her first official appearance since retiring in January, noting her long history covering statewide transportation, housing, and climate policy.…
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StreetSmart Episode 8: Greenlining Institute's Hana Creger on How We Need to Change to Win
Episode 8 of StreetSmart features an interview with Hana Creger, the Associate Director of Climate Equity with the Greenlining Institute. The interview was conducted on June 3 before the budget deals and before the ICE raids sparked protest in Los Angeles. Our brief conversation about the state...
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StreetSmart Episode 7: Sam Speroni on Automobile Debt
In StreetSmart Episode7, Streetsblog California editor Damien Newton and Sam Speroni from UCLA discussed the unequal distribution of car ownership costs in Los Angeles, using data from 2021 to 2023. Speroni and his fellow researchers found that while wealthy neighborhoods had high debt per...
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StreetSmart Episode 6: Zack Deutsch-Gross and the CA Cap-and-Trade Program
There's lots of legislation pending in California that will impact the way California grows and tries to address the global climate emergency. One of the most important decisions the legislature has to make is whether, when, and how to reauthorize the state's cap-and-trade program. In short, the...
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StreetSmart 5: Silicon Valley Transit Advocate Monica Mallon Chronicles the VTA Strike
Episode 4 of the StreetSmart podcast features Monica Mallon and a discussion of the VTA strike in Silicon Valley. If you're not familiar with Mallon, she is a one-person advocacy machine focused on transit in the Bay Area Peninsula, specifically the VTA. When bus drivers and rail operators were…
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StreetSmart Ep.4: Fighting Climate Change Through More Attractive Transit and Reducing Driving
The StreetSmart podcast returns with an episode where we discuss how transit agencies can best fight global warming by encouraging more people to ride transit and by eliminating freeway widenings. This episode's guest is Bryn Moncelsi, the Deputy Director of Climate Resolve. The interview is...
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StreetSmart Episode 3: High Speed Rail
This week's StreetSmart brings in not one, but two experts on California High-Speed Rail Joining me are Adriana Rizzo and Roger Rudick. Adriana Rizzo is with Californians for Electric Rail, a non-profit advocacy group that is "dedicated to connecting transit advocates and railfans with...
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StreetSmart Episode 2: The State of Transit Funding with Juan Matute
Welcome to the second episde of the Streetsblog California podcast, StreetSmart. In this podcast, I'll be talking to experts about various topics, policies, programs, and people that I'll be covering as part of the beat at Streetsblog California. Our guest in this episode is Juan Matute, the…
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StreetSmart: Demystifying the CTC with Jeanie Ward-Waller
Welcome to the first edition of the Streetsblog California podcast, StreetSmart. In this podcast, I'll be talking to experts about various topics, policies, programs, and people that I'll be covering as part of the beat at Streetsblog California. Our guest in the first episode is Jeanie...
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A Streetsblog California podcast talking to experts on various issues that impact how California grows.
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