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Damien Talks Episode 4: Jim Brown of Sacramento Area Bike Advocates

By Damien Newton | May 27, 2015 | 2 Comments

This week Damien Talks to Jim Brown, executive director of Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates, known locally as SABA. SABA has an out-sized role as they not only have to advocate for safe and attractive bicycle conditions in Sacramento; but are also the most visible advocates to many a Caltrans engineer, Assemblymember or Sentator, or executive […]

Damien Talks Special Edition: Meet Colby Tibbet

By Damien Newton | May 21, 2015 | 1 Comment

Welcome to a special episode of Damien Talks. Today, Damien Talks with Colby Tibbet, the new Fresno writer for Streetsblog California. You may have seen a freelance piece Colby wrote for us earlier about Fresno’s blight ordinance. We look forward to seeing what Colby has in store for us going forward. We talk about Colby’s […]

Damien Talks Episode 3: Oakland’s Uber Advocate Chris Kidd

By Damien Newton | May 20, 2015 | No Comments

Welcome to the third episode of Damien Talks, our podcast about the people and politics behind the Livable Streets Movement throughout California. Our first month broadcasting coincides with Bike Month, so we’ve been working up the coast, talking to bike advocates throughout the state. This week, Damien Talks with Chris Kidd, a board member with […]

Talking Headways Podcast: The Missing Middle

By Jeff Wood | May 14, 2015 | No Comments

This week on the podcast, Dan Parolek of Opticos Design talks about their new website themissingmiddle.com, which explores housing types between high- or mid-rise buildings and single-family homes that cities don’t make much anymore. We get into Austin’s development code, Cincinnati’s walkable neighborhoods, and how people are often worried by the phrase “density,” then surprised by density designed well. Why are developers and bankers […]

Damien Talks Episode 2: Bike Inland Empire’s Marven Norman

By Damien Newton | May 13, 2015 | 2 Comments

Welcome to the second episode of #DamienTalks. This week, Damien talks with Marven Norman with the Inland Empire Bicycle Alliance and Inlandfiets. Marven has been fighting the good fight in a part of California where commutes are long and many people have to bike between cities to get where they need to go. Norman makes […]

Audio: Part III of NRDC’s California Transportation Transformation

By Amanda Eaken | May 11, 2015 | No Comments

This was originally posted at the Natural Resources Defense Council’s Switchboard. Listen to Part I, here and Part II, here. Money talks. It sways decisions and alters behavior, from the choices we make at the grocery store to how often we turn off the lights when leaving a room. Such decisions can have long-lasting effects, which […]

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