good traffic

Jan 28 2025 73 ep. 40 mins 1

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good traffic is a workshop for walkable urban design in the U.S. Join a prolific collective of city and community leaders as we look to brand American urbanism. New audio, every Tuesday.

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72 / Winter storm observations, the Jeffersonian grid, & TikTok urbanism.

Jan 28 2025 35 mins

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 unmaintained/disregarded sidewalks each tell us something. We also touch briefly on takeaways from convictions of the Jeffersonian grid: foresight and planning to widen our ideological tent,

71 / Documenting progress / with Dominic Leonardo

Jan 14 2025 55 mins

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, glow-ups — have long been an effective way of visually storytelling change, and garnering momentum. Dominic does the vintage before/after in a contemporary fashion better than anyo

70 / Nuance.

Jan 07 2025 37 mins

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. This year, nuanced thought will be as critical as ever. It should not be controversial to say that — in pursuit of building better places and ways to move between them — women and chil

69 / Stanley park superiority (post-walk, from a Vancouver hotel room).

Dec 20 2024 11 mins

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 urbanists, listed below. We discuss: 00:00 Vancouver is the best. 00:49 The marvel of Stanley Park. 02:17 Density and nature. 03:19 Vancouver's natural setting. 07:20 Winter challenges and u

68 / The state of children's mobility / with Sam Balto

Dec 10 2024 41 mins

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 of prompting local-level progress via a national community.   We discuss: 00:00 Bike bus year in review. 01:19 The global bike bus community. 04:08 Bike commuting infrastr

67 / Building optimism... & housing / with Coby Lefkowitz

Dec 03 2024 61 mins

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 available now. We get into it, in this conversation. We discuss: 00:00 Building Optimism: the new book. 02:12 The genesis of the book. 05:42 Challenges and realities of American urban de

66 / Gratitude journaling, for urbanists.

Nov 29 2024 13 mins

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 A note on black friday and parking minimums. A sample journal exercise. First, the point of gratitude, followed by a summarized root-cause analysis. Apologies for brevity, these wer

65 / Funding cuts, DOT mechanics, & Waymo optimism.

Nov 20 2024 28 mins

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 policies and their potential impacts. Surface level breakdown of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), detailing the combined $566 billion i

64 / Countering NIMBYism with nostalgia, & expanding our definition of home / with Aly Marchant

Nov 12 2024 35 mins

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 power of nostalgia, and how to bring up urbanism at thanksgiving dinner. We discuss: 00:00 Aly's back. 02:54 Urbanism and nostalgia. 05:20 On third places. 13:35 Defining routine via w

63 / New urbanism & landscape architecture / with Mallory Baches

Nov 05 2024 54 mins

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 transect and its application in urban planning, emphasizing the importance of landscape architecture. We also examine the challenges of branding and public perception of new urbanism. The c