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The Next American Built Environment Episode 5 "The Biden Transportation Agenda" hosted by Michael Tae Sweeney, a new show about urban planning, architecture and transportation, with a focus on rail, cycling, walkability, urbanism and transit. Aaron W. Gordon of Vice's Motherboard joins us to discuss President Joe Biden's transportation agenda, what Congress has planned for its infrastructure bill and what Pete Buttigieg's agenda is for running DOT. We talk about NHTSA, NTSB, Tesla and Uber autonomous vehicle safety as well as the Dieselgate and recent US truck emissions scandals, as well as discussions of the Gateway Project connecting the Amtrak and NJTransit train tunnels between New York City and New Jersey and the East Side Access Project connecting Long Island and the LIRR Long Island Railroad with Grand Central Station. There's also a detailed explanation of the $10B Port Authority Bus Terminal project. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-next-american-built-environment/id1550468942 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly90aGVuYWJlLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thenabeshow Follow Michael on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mtsw
Paris Marx is joined by Aaron W. Gordon to discuss how VC-backed tech companies upended the bike-share industry, how that specifically played out in the case of Uber and Jump, and why the dockless bike and scooter model is failing.Aaron is a senior staff writer at Motherboard. He recently reported on Uber’s mismanagement of Jump Bikes. Follow Aaron on Twitter as @A_W_Gordon.You can also read Paris’ thoughts on the future of micromobility.Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.Support the show (https://patreon.com/techwontsaveus)
Public transportation is considered an essential service. But in many cities, much of the population doesn’t use the system. And those who do probably have some suggestions for routes and schedules. Aaron W. Gordon, senior writer for Motherboard, joins host Krys Boyd to talk about why public transportation is broken and how, especially now, it’s time to rethink how people get places. His article “Why the U.S. Sucks at Building Public Transit” was published by Vice.
On Monday's Indy Radio News, John Tarleton, editor-in-chief of The Indypendent, interviewed NYC transportation reporter Aaron W. Gordon about the MTA's renewed push to add three stations to the Q train at a cost of billions of dollars over the next decade or more while the rest of the subway system continues to unravel. To read more about the Indypendent's coverage on the MTA, please visit https://bit.ly/2tb9J9u
On this week's Indy Radio News aired on WBAI 99.5 FM on 12/04/2018 we talk to NYC subway journalist Aaron W. Gordon. On the second half of the show we talk about Mexico's recent elections wtih Laura Carlsen, the Director of the Americas Program in Mexico City. To read more of The Indypendent's coverage on the MTA go to https://bit.ly/2tb9J9u
John Raskin, executive director of the Riders Alliance, and Aaron W. Gordon, transportation reporter and author of the weekly subway newsletter Signal Problems, join The Brian Lehrer Show to talk about the future of NYC's deteriorating subway system in light of last week's primaries.