On this episode, Arman Bachmann and Ken Greenberg discuss how politics impacts urban planning the transportation policy. How can urban policymakers navigate the complicated politics of their field when commonly held perceptions often conflict with reality.

On this episode, Arman Bachmann and Ken Greenberg discuss how and when they each fell back in love with walkability, and begin to chat about how we can once again build cities in human-scaled and walkable ways.

How our relationship to cars appear in pop culture.

On this episode, Arman and Ken discuss the presence of cars in our popular culture, and how “car culture” has changed over time. Through sharing experiences from their own lives — plus some help from popular shows like Seinfeld, Friends, The Life of Riley and The Honeymooners — Arman and Ken examine how the cultural and social perceptions of cars have developed over generations.

How accommodating the car altered our cities.

In this episode, Arman Bachmann and Ken Greenberg discuss how building around the car dramatically reshaped our living environments and how we interact with them.

Downtowns Altered for Parking:

Michael Manville in The Atlantic: How Parking Destroys Cities

Vox on Youtube: The High Cost of Free Parking

Reading on Possible Impacts of Self-Driving Vehicles:

The Alex Pareene Newsletter: Losing a Street Fight to Elon Musk

How we reorganized our cities to accommodate the car.

On this episode, Arman Bachmann and Ken Greenberg introduce themselves while discussing the impact of the 20th century's shift away from streetcar and subway supported housing towards car dependent neighbourhoods.

Article mentioned in episode:

Bloomberg - CityLab: The Commuting Principle That Shaped Urban History