All Episodes
good traffic. — 116 episodes
115 / Getting policy to actually build / with Amy Tomasso
114 / The American family rowhome / with Bobby Fijan
113 / Bike parking blunders.
112 / Middle housing university / with Alkarim Devani
111 / Is data center NIMBYism uniting the populace? / with Avani Adhikari
110 / A walkable algorithm / with Paul Stout
109 / The missing middle of our food infrastructure / with Caitlin Taylor
108 / The single-family starter home trap / with Tahra Hoops
107 / Streets as a microcosm of democracy / with Ben Wolf
106 / Field notes from Oslo, Stockholm, & Copenhagen.
105 / Cities bet on millennials, but forgot they'd have kids / with Rachel Booth
104 / Large-scale architecture's role & responsibility in urbanism / with Forth Bagley
103 / Super bowl economics, stadium financing, & sports as a land use / with Dominic Leonardo
102 / Public land, Ruben Gallego and federal housing plans, & loneliness / with Diana Lind
101 / Understanding eviction data / with Juan Pablo Garnham
100 / Winter is the best time to start walking everywhere.
99 / A second life for America's abandoned oil wells / with Kemp Gregory
98 / Trunk-or-treats, & the irony of safetyism.
97 / Is California (finally) ready to build enough housing? / with Nolan Gray
96 / How cities avoid becoming clichés / with Ryan Short
95 / What is our healthcare equivalent?
94 / A new book on Big Car / with David Obst
93 / The pretext for infrastructure investment is there.
92 / The problem with those “most walkable cities” lists.
91 / A model for communal workforce housing / with Matt McPheely
90 / Public space design, on the U.S. + Mexico border / with Miguel Mendoza
89 / How Cambridge gets stuff done / with Burhan Azeem
88 / Why Bentonville (& NWA) is booming / with Sophie McAdara
87 / Summer festivals are a gateway to urbanism.
86 / Families are smaller, yet homes are larger / with Eric Kronberg
85 / Talking housing policy (or anything) with Gen Z / with Tahra Hoops
84 / Capping vehicle speeds at 85 mph, & safety bonuses for car companies.
83 / Charlotte's trajectory / with Clayton Sealey
82 / May urbanism news you may have missed / with bike creator Sam Westby
81 / On the national housing policy discourse / with Diana Lind
80 / Pedestrian & driver relations, traffic data narratives, & a week in NYC.
79 / Shifting suburban strategy in Sacramento / with Rachel Bardis
78 / A tariff countermove, & bikeshare revisited.
77 / Walking makes us better drivers.
76 / Charlotte, maintaining the optimism, & a MLS season preview / with Tesho Akindele
75 / Thank you, Donald Shoup.
74 / Agricultural urbanism / with Scott Snodgrass
73 / Colin Cowherd moves to Chicago, Chalamet bikes the red carpet, & Gunna runs in the road.
72 / Winter storm observations, the Jeffersonian grid, & TikTok urbanism.
71 / Documenting progress / with Dominic Leonardo
70 / Nuance.
69 / Stanley park superiority (post-walk, from a Vancouver hotel room).
68 / The state of children's mobility / with Sam Balto
67 / Building optimism... & housing / with Coby Lefkowitz
66 / Gratitude journaling, for urbanists.
65 / Funding cuts, DOT mechanics, & Waymo optimism.
64 / Countering NIMBYism with nostalgia, & expanding our definition of home / with Aly Marchant
63 / New urbanism & landscape architecture / with Mallory Baches
62 / Bus rapid transit in Columbus, Ohio (election edition) / with Sophia Mohr
61 / Revamping the bus reputation / with Jerome Horne
60 / Voting with feet.
59 / Overheard urbanism.
58 / Five (& a half) reflections from year one.
57 / Active American towns / with John Simmerman
56 / Law & disorder (bike edition).
55 / The nature of our cities / with Dr. Nadina Galle
54 / Back to school... & thus stuck in carline.
53 / Cars? In this economy?! / with Kyla Scanlon
52 / Overhauling parking pseudoscience / with Donald Shoup
51 / Biking from Canada to Mexico / with Sam Westby
50 / Everyone loves a firefighter, & this one loves bikes / with The Biking Fireman, Steve Dunn
49 / A new urban design handbook / with professor Nico Larco
48 / Transportation engineering & congestion pricing / with The Transit Guy, Hayden Clarkin
47 / A pedestrian in Portland.
46 / Women moving people, regional passenger rail, & North Carolina insight / with Joan Lyons
45 / Duality of space.
44 / Permaculture in your city / with Kev Polk
43 / Overparked (part one of many).
42 / Branding American cities / with Ryan Short
41 / Five under-the-radar reasons a walk might feel safer.
40 / A new creative industry town? / with Rob Parker
39 / Single occupancy vehicles, heavier cars, & transportation inefficiency.
38 / Why walkability matters in commercial real estate (an excerpt from the Real Finds podcast).
37 / Desensitized driving — the lost meaning of speed limits and stop signs.
36 / Calming traffic, on the road to safer American streets.
35 / Intercity v. intracity transportation (live from a cross-country move).
34 / Healthspan, active transportation, & practical mobility / with Steve Nash & Ryan Johnson
33 / Girls on trains / with Aly Marchant
32 / Induced demand, Jevons paradox, & wider bike paths.
31 / Scalable development patterns vs. personal lifestyle choices, & a weekend in SLC.
30 / Getting the U.S. back on its feet / with walkability expert Dan Burden
29 / A Texas-sized mistake: highway expansion in Austin (& other lone star cities) / with author Megan Kimble
28 / Suburban subcategories, rural & urban common ground, & conservative urbanists.
27 / Your next minivan might be a bike / with @cargobikemomma Maddy Novich
26 / Leading one of the most underrated cities in the U.S. / with Tempe Mayor Corey Woods
25 / Cults and communes are good at walkability.
24 / Branding a New Urbanism / with CNU president Mallory Baches
23 / Should we be building places for residents or visitors?
22 / Financial freedom from cars / with Mr. Money Mustache
21 / Suburban sprawl & the loneliness epidemic / with Dr. Tayana Panova
20 / Crafting the American car-free neighborhood / with Culdesac founder Ryan Johnson
19 / Bird scooter bankruptcy & misguided micromobility hate.
18 / Sensorial urbanism / with walking artist Jonathon Stalls
17 / Noticing in your neighborhood / with The Happy Urbanist, Jon Jon Wesolowski
16 / Building gentle density & beautiful neighborhoods / with developer Coby Lefkowitz
15 / Walkable Pockets: Indianapolis, Indiana / with Downtown Indy Inc. CEO Taylor Schaffer
14 / The duality of winter festival season, zoo lights traffic jams, & U.S. traffic deaths on the rise / recorded in a self-driving car.
13 / Walkability trojan horses, downtown stadiums, & a weekend at MLS cup.
12 / Daylighting, bump outs, & bollards.
11 / The bike bus, active transportation, & empowering kids / with Coach Sam Balto
10 / The state of the American dream, selling walkability, & suburban shifts / with realtor Obi Johns
09 / Athletes should be urbanists / with former pro footballer Tesho Akindele
08 / Norway's electric car experiment.
07 / Parenting, a plant shop, & no parking minimums / with "Density Dad" Barry Greene Jr.
06 / Walkable cities are good for your love life / with Aly Marchant
05 / Street furniture, local hardware stores, & getting started in your neighborhood / with Placemakin' Draven Pointer
04 / Urbanism and water conservation / with 'Western Water Girl' Teal Lehto
03 / Car calculus, landscape architecture, and TikTok / with creator Paul Stout
02 / Growing up in the Netherlands / with pro footballer Eva Van Deursen
01 / We're all urbanists / with Nathan Allebach
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