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In this episode, I finally connect with Beth Osborne with Smart Growth America for an in-depth conversation about the Transportation For America Program. Note: A few days after recording this episode, Beth stepped in to serve as the Interim CEO of Smart Growth America.Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and subscribe to the podcast on your preferred listening platform. Also, don't forget to check out the Active Towns Channel for video content.Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to support the channel):

The Trump administration has upended the entire United States government over the last several weeks, sending Elon Musk and his minions into the guts of pretty much every federal department in a crusade for what they're calling “efficiency.” Funds that were legally appropriated by Congress have been frozen, and in some cases even clawed back. The battle to preserve all sorts of spending is now in the courts.  What does this all mean for federal funding of public transit, bike and pedestrian infrastructure, and the transition to EVs? And what is DOT Secretary Sean Duffy's “Woke Rescission Memo”? We talked with Beth Osborne, executive director of the advocacy organization Transportation for America, to help us understand what's at stake and how we can help defend projects we care about in our own communities. (Spoiler alert: It won't be easy!)   *** Support The War on Cars on Patreon and receive exclusive access to ad-free versions of regular episodes, Patreon-only bonus content, invitations to live events, merch discounts and free stickers! *** This episode was produced with support from the Helen and William Mazer Foundation and Cleverhood. Listen to the episode for the latest discount on the best and most stylish rain gear for walking and cycling. *** If you're in the New York area and are looking for a new e-bike, check out the Upway Sample Sale at their warehouse in Brooklyn on February 28th. You'll score deep discounts on e-bikes from all the major brands. Tell ‘em The War on Cars sent you. ***   LINKS: Transportation for America has some great resources to help you understand the federal funding picture in more detail. Some terms Beth mentions in the interview that might be unfamiliar:  ISTEA (pronounced ICE-T) is an acronym referring to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, which fundamentally restructured the way federal transportation funds are disbursed. You can read more about it here. (Brookings) Justice40 refers to a Biden-era policy initiative aiming to direct 40 percent of federal investments in areas like climate, clean energy, and affordable housing to disadvantaged, disinvested communities that suffer disproportionately from pollution.    Pick up official podcast tees and other merch in our official store. Purchase books from podcast guests and support independent booksellers at our official Bookshop.org page. This episode was edited by Ali Lemer. It was recorded by Josh Wilcox at the Brooklyn Podcasting Studio. Our theme music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Transcriptions are by Russell Gragg.  TheWarOnCars.org

On this week's episode of the Strong Towns Podcast, Chuck is joined by Beth Osborne, the director of Transportation for America, to discuss the Highway Trust Fund. They cover its history, how it affects federal and state transportation policies, and its potential future. Before joining Transportation for America, Osborne served as a deputy assistant secretary and acting assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Transportation. She also worked in multiple congressional offices, served as the policy director for Smart Growth America, and served as the legislative director for environmental policy at the Southern Governors' Association. ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES Beth Osborne (Twitter/X). Chuck Marohn (Twitter/X).

According to the Georgia Department of Public Health, from 2010 to 2022, opioid-related overdose deaths in Georgia increased by 302%. Naloxone is a lifesaving medication that's used to reverse opioid overdoses. Andy Gish, director of Georgia Overdose Prevention, discusses an upcoming community naloxone training. Plus, Georgia's 5th Congressional District, which includes parts of Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Decatur, East Point and College Park, ranks as the second deadliest district in the nation for pedestrians. Beth Osborne, director of Transportation for America at Smart Growth America, shares details about the reportSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

 "Project 2025" purports to be a blueprint for an ultra-conservative federal government should Trump win a second term as president in November. But what does that document actually say about the issues that sustainable transportation advocates care about most — and does either party really understand our issues?  On this episode of 'The Brake', we sat down with Transportation for America's Beth Osborne to chat through some of the standout passages of Project 2025 and break down what it would really mean if the next administration took the Heritage Foundation's advice to slash transit funding, let states raise more of their own transportation dollars, and push communities towards building more single-family-only neighborhoods. And we also explore where liberals, conservatives, and other political ideologies tend to overlap, and what it will take to push all of them towards a better conversation. 

This week we're joined by Beth Osborne, Vice President for Transportation and Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America.  We chat about the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure Rule that will make State DOTs and MPOs measure emissions on the federal highway system. We also talk about how Beth thinks we have things lining up for positive change, politics of implementing rules, and how the NTSB treats air travel and surface transportation so differently. OOO Join our February Happy Hour! OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Beth Osborne on the best ways to approach driving in traffic // Chris Sullivan with a Chokepoint: An update on the new lane added to I-5 // Mike Salk on the Seahawks' first day of training camp // Dose of Kindness -- An update on an amazing dog // Ursula Reutin on why she does not believe in aliensSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The pandemic was devastating to America's transit systems — not only the lockdowns, but the enduring shift to working from home that followed. It has left transit systems everywhere desperate for riders and funding.Nowhere is that more true than California. The state's transit systems find themselves at the edge of a fiscal cliff. If they do not receive some new funding from the state in this year's budget — which will be decided and finalized by June 15 — they are going to be forced to implement dramatic cutbacks in service. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) could eliminate weekend service! It's grim.As anyone familiar with municipal transit systems can tell you, once routes and service are cut, it is extremely difficult to bring them back. And without transit, it will be that much more difficult to build infill housing, get people out of cars, or revive flagging downtown districts.It's a looming catastrophe — for climate, for social justice, for the state's reputation. So where is the governor? Where is the urgency in the legislature to prevent this? The deadline is rapidly approaching and the escalating urgency of transit activists has largely been met with silence or indifference.To discuss the crisis, I contacted Nick Josefowitz. He's the chief policy officer at SPUR, a California nonprofit focused on sustainable cities that has been one of the most prominent voices raising alarm about the situation. And to avoid total doom and gloom, I also contacted Beth Osborne, the director of DC-based Transportation for America, so she could share some stories about states that aren't screwing up their transit systems. Get full access to Volts at www.volts.wtf/subscribe

The vice president of transportation at Smart Growth America explores the role car-centric infrastructure plays in a growing traffic-fatality crisis, and how drivers are often blamed for errors that would be prevented by better design.

America's transit system is struggling. How do we fix it?A D minus. That's what the American Society of Civil Engineers gives US transit infrastructure for a grade. There's a $176 billion repair backlog across the country; nearly half of the population doesn't have access to any transit; and only 5% of US workers use a train or bus to get to work.Ridership on transit was already declining even before Covid hit. Today, it's still not anywhere close to where it was before the pandemic. Meanwhile, Americans spend more and more on transportation.In our first episode of ModeShift, co-hosts Andrei Greenawalt and Tiffany Chu talk with experts about the state of transit – exploring the history of transit's decline, and the economic and environmental impact of car dependency.Guests:Transit expert Jerome HornePeter Norton, associate professor of history at the University of Virginia.Beth Osborne, director of Transportation for AmericaListen to ModeShift on Apple, Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Thanks to technology, cars and roads just keep getting safer, right? That's the message we hear in the news and advertising on a regular basis. But if that were the case, traffic fatalities should be going down as technology progresses. And they're not. What's more, according to these standard beliefs subscribed to by much of the public, when driving dramatically decreased during the early months of the pandemic in 2020, we should have seen a drop in traffic deaths, too. Instead, we saw an increase. Beth Osborne, director of Transportation for America, calls this “one of the most dangerous assumptions we have made in the United States”—that deaths as a result of car crashes are just “the cost of doing business” and will naturally go up or down in correlation with the amount of traffic. The truth is that the design of our streets is fundamentally dangerous and fewer cars on the road actually means people will drive more quickly, taking more risks, and leading to more crashes. This is because engineers have built American streets to highway standards, removing all potential obstacles and widening streets to the point of absurdity. Car crashes aren't the result of mere human error or recklessness, they're the result of design.  That's why Osborne's on the Strong Towns Podcast this week, to talk about Transportation for America's new Dangerous by Design report and to encourage you not to look away or shrug your shoulders about the “cost of doing business” in America. According to Transportation for America's new report, 18 people a day were struck and killed in 2020. In any other context—terrorist attack, plane crash, mass shooting—these numbers would be horrific. We should take them seriously on our streets, too. The good news is that, if design got us into this mess, design can get us out, too. In this conversation, Osborne and Marohn dig into the issues with street design in America and how we can move toward safer, more financially productive streets everywhere. Additional Show Notes “Beth Osborne: America's Roads are ‘Dangerous by Design',” a previous Strong Towns Podcast episode featuring Beth Osborne. “Infrastructure Avalanche: How to Make the Best Use of Federal and State Funding,” a 2022 Local-Motive course featuring Beth Osborne. “How Street Design Shapes the Epidemic of Preventable Pedestrian Fatalities,” by Steve Davis, Strong Towns (July 2022). “New Report: America's Epidemic of Traffic Deaths Is Getting Worse,” by Daniel Herriges, Strong Towns (July 2022). Transportation for America website. Dangerous by Design 2022 report. Beth Osborne (Twitter). Charles Marohn (Twitter).

On this episode of the ACB Advocacy Update, we revisit a session from the ACB Legislative Seminar. During this breakout session, ACB's Transportation, and Pedestrian and Environmental Access Committees host a conversation with Beth Osborne, Director, Transportation for America. To review more content from the 2022 ACB D.C. Leadership Conference, please visit ACB's YouTube channel. Find out more at https://acb-advocacy-update.pinecast.co

This week on Streetsblog, we looked at two communities who each planned to calm an ultra-wide, ultra-dangerous road with the support of the vast majority of the residents they asked, only to have those plans scuttled in the face of vocal opposition. In San Antonio, Texas, that opposition is coming from the top down, as state DOT leaders and the governor himself step in and insist that 7-lane Broadway Avenue must continue to prioritize motorist speed over local safety; in Philadelphia, Pa., it's coming from the bottom up, as a coalition of  business owners and residents of color claim that cutting five-lane Washington Avenue down to three would eventually result in their displacement, successfully persuading the city to rethink their plans.  Both stories, though, prompt the same thorny questions: why is redesigning killer roads so difficult in American communities? Who should get the final say on how safe — or fast — a road through a neighborhood should be? And which structural changes could make it easier for road diet projects to actually make it across the finish line — and make sure that new dangerous, car-centric roads are never built in our neighborhoods in the first place?  On today's episode of The Brake, we sat down with Beth Osborne, director of Transportation for America, to tackle those tough questions, and talk about what strategies could get road diet resisters on board. 

Nick Albanese leads BloombergNEF's global Intelligent Mobility team, which produces research, data and forecasts on shared mobility services and autonomous vehicles. Based in Washington D.C., Nick advises the world's leading automakers, energy companies, governments and financial players on the policies, technologies, corporate strategies and economic factors shaping the future of e-mobility. He is also a lead author of BNEF's annual “Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook”. Nick holds a B.S. from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and a M.A. from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs.Beth Osborne is the Director of Transportation for America, a national nonprofit seeking a transportation system that safely, affordably and conveniently connects people of all means and ability to jobs, services, and opportunity through multiple modes of travel. She was previously at the U.S. Department of Transportation, where she served as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, managing the TIGER Discretionary Grant program, the Secretary's livability initiative, and the development of policy proposals for the department. Before joining DOT, Beth worked for Sen. Tom Carper (DE) as an advisor for transportation, trade and labor policy, as the policy director for Smart Growth America and as legislative director for environmental policy at the Southern Governors' Association. She began her career in Washington, DC, in the House of Representatives working as a legislative assistant for Rep. Ron Klink (PA-04) and as legislative director for Rep. Brian Baird (WA-03).

Show Notes: Active Towns Landing Page for this Episode (for additional photos and content)In order to combat climate change, we know that we must electrify the motor vehicle fleet (and other fossil fuel burning engines for that matter) as soon as possible but what we also need is far fewer motor vehicles on our roads (not to mention far fewer lane miles), especially in our cities. John and Ben Holland, Senior Associate at RMI discuss these issues and the critical role that walkable urbanism, better land-use patterns, and active mobility networks appropriate for "All Ages & Abilities" play in our quest for sustainable, successful, equitable, and livable communities.Additional Helpful Links:Electric Cars Are Great, But Even Better: No Cars an article with Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation for AmericaTransportation for America: Driving Down Emissions RMI's Coming Back Stronger ReportRMI: Building Urbanism into Climate Policy RMI: We Need New HousingRMI: The Pandemic and Fragility of Auto-Centric CitiesRMI: Bringing Back Clean Air Bloomberg Newsletter: Need To Think Outside the Electric Car Ben's Guest Opinion regarding opening up West Pearl Street to DinersCNU - Congress for the New UrbanismCNU - Central Texas ChapterStrong TownsNRDC - (Natural Resources Defense Council)World Resource Institute (WRI)IPCC: Mitigation pathways compatible with 1.5°C in the context of sustainable developmentBetter BoulderBedrooms for PeopleSouthwest Energy Efficiency ProjectUC Davis VMT Induced Demand Calculator  RMI Colorado Induced Demand CalculatorUC Davis National Zero Carbon PlanSmart Growth America Martha Roskowski - Further Strategies Constantine Samaras - Low Carbon Transportation researcherTalking Headways/Overhead Wire Podcast Episode: Jeff Wood and BenChuck Marohn and James Howard Kunstler - Strong Towns Podcast: "Why can't we just have corner stores again..." @41:50Active Towns Podcast Episode w/ Jason Slaughter of Not Just BikesMelissa & Chris Bruntlett's Active Towns Podcast episode and their new book Curbing TrafficIndianapolis Cultural TrailShow Credits:Audio Production by Active TownsA not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping communities create a Culture of Activity.Creative Commons License: Attributions Non-Commercial No Derivatives 2021Please consider supporting the Active Towns Podcast by making a donation or becoming PatronTo sign up for our monthly newsletter, scroll down to the form at bottom of our home pageBe sure to check out our video podcasts on our YouTube ChannelYou can reach John Simmerman by email at john@activetowns.org Music: Various Logic Pro X mixes by John Simmerman★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The future of mobility is coming fast, but there are a couple of bumps on the road. To better prepare for the future, we need to understand what the potential risks are, and how to manage them. This week, we focus on how testing can help us get around more safely, and provide a more environmental form of transportation. We welcome Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation for America, to talk about building safer cars and the infrastructure that will help us avoid crashes. We also welcome Jason Marks, Business Development Manager from NI, to speak about the role of the test engineer when validating complex software, and the scale of autonomy for where we are now, and where we want to go. While we have made significant advances in electric vehicles, there are still many challenges. Planning and the right tests are crucial to help make the future of mobility more affordable and efficient for everyone.  Learn More About: How climate change has an impact on how we move and choose to get around.The Erie Canal built in 1808, the rail network and the I-390 are examples of new technology and infrastructure appearing and new opportunities showing themselves.Time is of the essence for finding better solutions to lessen traffic-related fatalities and congestion. How will we make sure that what we need is done not only with precision and care but in a timely fashion?Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation For America, speaks about how test might be able to improve some of the dangerous designs we see out in the world.What is Vision Zero, and what is the role for test engineers to help the greater vision actualize to a reality?Do we have to change everything about our current roads and highways to accommodate self-driving cars?Jason Marks, Business Development Manager for NI, speaks on how we can use test to better understand our current infrastructure and also build better technology using real data sets.What are the biggest challenges in getting self-driving cars out to market on a widespread level? Resources Mentioned: NIDepartment of TransportationVision Zero Transportation for America Jason Marks  

Breaking News! Following weeks of negotiations, and as a mind-boggling heat wave settled on the Pacific Northwest, President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of ten Senators stepped out of a closed-door meeting at the White House to announce they'd made a deal. There will be infrastructure! $579 billion worth of it, in fact. The biggest federal investment in infrastructure in more than a hundred years and, according to President Biden, the 21st century equivalent to our historic investments in the Interstate Highway System and the transcontinental railroad. But if you're a tad skeptical about what this deal might mean for The War on Cars, you have good reason. Federal transportation investments have not been kind to Americans who wish to live untethered from an automobile. And in U.S. political discourse, “infrastructure” has typically been shorthand for “car stuff.” But could this moment be different? Here to help us understand the big infrastructure package and the arcane world of federal transportation policy is Beth Osborne, executive director of Transportation for America. Warning: This episode includes a brief audio clip of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. ***This episode was sponsored in part by our friends at Cleverhood. For 20% off of stylish, functional rain gear designed specifically for walking and biking enter coupon code WARONCARS at checkout.*** Support The War on Cars on Patreon and get cool stickers, access to exclusive bonus content and more. SHOW NOTES: Episode 62: It's Finally Infrastructure Week, April 3, 2021. (The War on Cars) Learn more about Transportation for America here. Follow Beth Osborne on Twitter. President Biden Announces Support for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (WhiteHouse.gov) What's in the White House, Senate bipartisan infrastructure package (Washington Post) As Feds Debate Transportation Pay-Fors, Don't Forget What We're Buying (Streetsblog USA) Biden's infrastructure deal proves bipartisanship can't deliver (Vox) Get official War on Cars merch at our store. Check out The War on Cars library at Bookshop.org. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts. This episode was edited by Ali Lemer and produced by Aaron Naparstek. Our music is by Nathaniel Goodyear. Our logo is by Dani Finkel of Crucial D. Find us on Twitter: @TheWarOnCars, Aaron Naparstek @Naparstek, Doug Gordon @BrooklynSpoke, Sarah Goodyear @buttermilk1. Questions, comments or suggestions? Email us: thewaroncars@gmail.com TheWarOnCars.org

Transportation Law Symposium Special - Beth Osborne (Keynote) Today episode is the sixth and final in a special series of episodes we are running from a first-of-its-kind academic event on law and transportation policy, The Future of Law & Transportation Symposium, hosted by the Iowa Law Review and featuring scholars from multiple disciplines. After a brief intro from show co-host Greg Shill, Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation for America, speaks. Her remarks are followed by Q&A. Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation for America Symposium Program Article ("Unsafe Streets' New Liability") mentioned by Greg in Q&A Article ("Rules of the Road: The Struggle for Safety and the Unmet Promise of Federalism") by Sara Bronin relating to her question in Q&A Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @gregshill, @BethOsborneT4A, Producer: Schuyler Pals. The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.

The numbers are staggering, saddening, maddening. From 2010-2019, 53,435 people were killed by drivers while walking. That’s up 45% from the previous decade. In 2019, the last year for which we have complete data, 6,237 people were struck and killed...the equivalent of more than 17 per day. The years from 2016-2019 were the four deadliest years in nearly three decades. And early numbers indicate that 2020—a year in which driving was down 13% due to the pandemic—actually saw an increased death rate. What’s going on? With so much money and lip service (“Safety is our top priority”) paid to safety, why do these numbers so consistently go the wrong direction? For more than a decade, our friends at Transportation for America have been analyzing the data and drawing attention to the epidemic of pedestrian deaths. Their latest report, Dangerous by Design 2021, describes the ten-year increase in deaths as “a failure of our government at nearly all levels.” And they urge policymakers to reconsider or abandon an approach that simply isn’t working: Many states and localities have spent the last ten years focusing on enforcement, running ineffectual education campaigns, or blaming the victims of these crashes, while often ignoring the role of roadway design in these deaths. Meanwhile the death count has continued to climb year after year. States and localities cannot simply deploy the same playbook and expect this trend to change—they need a fundamentally different approach to the problem. They need to acknowledge that their approach to building and operating streets and roads is contributing to these deaths. We are pleased to welcome Beth Osborne, the Director of Transportation for America, to this week’s episode of The Strong Towns Podcast. Before joining Transportation for America, Osborne served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary and Acting Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation. She also worked in multiple congressional offices, served as the policy director for Smart Growth America, and as the legislative director for environmental policy at the Southern Governors’ Association. In this episode, Strong Towns president Chuck Marohn talks with Osborne about the Dangerous by Design 2021 report, about how engineers and policymakers know what it takes to #SlowTheCars and reduce deaths, and about why they yet fail to act on it. They discuss the need to make behaving safely the easiest thing to do, and the mixed message we send drivers about pedestrian safety. And they discuss the good news/bad news about bipartisanship around this issue, whether to be optimistic about a Mayor Pete D.O.T., and what local leaders can do right now to make their own streets safer. Additional Show Notes: Dangerous by Design 2021 Transportation for America Smart Growth America COVID and the Curb Dangerous by Design Webinar (March 25) Beth Osborne (Twitter) Charles Marohn (Twitter) Strong Towns content related to this issue: “Pedestrian Deaths Are Up 45% in the Last Decade. When Is Enough Enough?” by Daniel Herriges “What Can We Hope For from a Mayor Pete D.O.T.? (Podcast) “This Will Change How You Hear Traffic Reports,” by Daniel Herriges “The Most Important Pedestrian Safety Document You've Never Heard Of,” by Angie Schmitt & Mike McGinn “Now Is the Time to End Traffic Fatalities. Here's a Simple Plan to Do It.” by Charles Marohn “Have Coronavirus Shutdowns Prompted an Epidemic of Reckless Driving?” by Daniel Herriges

Buckle up! We kicked off this year with an engaging hour-long discussion of transportation policy with Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation for America. We discuss a huge range of topics, including: -How Secretary Pete Buttigieg's USDOT could improve transportation decision-making; -Beth's recommendations for writing an impactful surface transportation reauthorization this year that actually helps put people to work; -How to pay for the next reauthorization; -Why we need to combine electrification with good land use and better planning to achieve our sustainability goals. You can access T4A's recent reports, including Driving Down Emissions, on their website: https://t4america.org/ Follow Beth and T4A on Twitter: @BethOsborneT4A and @T4America And, as always, you can keep up with the Mobility Podcast on Twitter: @MobilityPodcast, @AVGregR, @CatapultPolicy, @SmarterTranspo.

In this episode of “The Dispatch,” Transportation for America's Beth Osborne suggests that a future with more remote work options might mean a future with more on-demand transit.

ft. Del. Marc Korman, Del. Brooke Lierman, & Beth Osborne, Director of Transportation for America. On this episode two members of the MDGA’s Transportation Caucus and a national transportation policy expert join the podcast to talk about the transit issues and projects up for debate during Session 2020. The episode opens with an overview from Beth Osborne on what jursidictions are doing around the country to improve transportation (3:30). Del. Lierman talks about transit disparities in Baltimore and central Maryland (6:10). Del. Korman talks about Maryland’s “multi-modal” approach to transit throughout the State and the current slate of projects in Montgomery County (9:30). The conversation turns to transportation equity and how transit policy impacts urban and suburban residents differently (17:15). Del. Korman describes how his constituents rely heavily on high quality mass-transit options to live their lives (21:00). Del. Lierman talks about the needs of Western Maryland and the Shore for viable mass transit options (27:45) and the positive economic benefits that could be realized through the pursuit of solid transit choices. Arinze asks the group about commercial scooters and bikes to help with the “last mile” of a pedestrian commute (32:50). Del. Lierman says that land use decisions will play a major factor in alleviating transportation challenges in Maryland (36:10). The podcast wraps with an extended discussion on the importance of MARC train service and investment (38:40).

Beth Osborne is Director of Transportation for America. In this episode, Beth explains how the federal transportation program has failed to safely connect Americans with access to jobs and opportunities, despite the billions of dollars being poured into it. Since accomplishing its original mission of building the interstate highway system, the program has floundered, with misplaced goals and metrics for success. “Crumbling roads and bridges” has become common refrains for politicians, yet allocated funds often prioritize new projects rather than maintaining new ones. Many cities have outlined “Vision Zero” goals, yet pedestrian deaths have continued to increase in the past decade. In this episode of High Frequency, Beth walks us through the recommendations Transportation for America has developed for the federal transportation program: 1) prioritize maintenance, 2) design for safety over speed, and 3) connect people to jobs and services."We need to address safety, particularly for more vulnerable populations. While fatalities for people inside vehicles has gone down a little bit. Fatalities for people outside vehicles is going up at an alarming rate and we need to get to the bottom of that." - Beth OsborneDisclaimer: Political views raised by guests on the podcast do not reflect the views of TransitCenter.For more information on Transformation for America, click here. To learn about the TransitCenter event that Beth spoke on, click here.Music: “Comma” - Blue Dot SessionsHosted by Kapish SinglaProduced by TransitCenter

Groups come from all over America to ask Congress and the Administration for more money. The needs are many and the dollars few, so the push, often times, is intense. The federal government plays a key role in so many initiatives across all 50 states, but there aren’t many that are greater than the lead Uncle Sam takes when it comes to funding transportation.The lagging condition of our infrastructure is well known. Perhaps it’s the magnitude of the need that makes one transportation non-profit’s message so unique.Transportation for America has made a break from conventional thinking, and while others are saying “more,” its leaders have energetically declared “no more.”T4’s Director, Beth Osborne, joins us week to explain her organization’s funding message heard ‘round the transportation world.Link:Advocacy Group: Stop Spending on New Roads

Beth Osborne, director of Transportation for America, joins City Journal contributing editor Nicole Gelinas to discuss the state of U.S. infrastructure and how federal spending could be used more effectively to improve safety and reduce fiscal waste. The federal government spends between $40 billion and $60 billion on transportation infrastructure annually. In recent years, congressional leaders and the White House have pushed a $2 trillion plan to upgrade roads, bridges, and more. But such proposals, Osborne argues, "would throw more money into the same flawed system."

This week we’re joined by Beth Osborne of T4 America and Chris McCahill of the State Smart Transportation Initiative. We talk about how states like Virginia and Hawaii are using data on access to score and prioritize transportation projects for funding. Beth and Chris also talk about how easy it can be to get the data and that connecting people to jobs seems to be a goal that is bipartisan.

Beth Osborne of transportation advocacy nonprofit Transportation for America gives a roadmap forward to overcome federal USDOT regulations that incentivize new projects over maintaining existing systems and high speed travel over local economic activity.

As pro AV devices grow increasingly interconnected the need to ensure the security of these devices grows. Protecting pro AV equipment from bad actors is an important step in making sure a project goes off without a hitch. Tim Albright, President of AVNation Media, joins this week's episode to discuss the steps that can be taken to prevent security issues. This week's episode also features a conversation with MarketScale correspondent Beth Osborne to recap the ways that retail locations utilized pro AV over the holidays. She walks through specific examples detailing how AR and VR made a big push into the retail landscape.

This week on the podcast we’re chatting with Beth Osborne of T4America and Kevin DeGood of The Center for American Progress about infrastructure plans of the new administration.  We talk about the budget process skinny or thick, the possible benefits and drawbacks of public private partnerships, the difference between funding and financing, and what this means for transportation in rural areas. 

Beth Osborne, a senior advisor for Washington-based Transportation for America, was in town recently to discuss transportation needs with state officials and policy advocates. Osborne, a former undersecretary in the Department of Transportation and a longtime congressional aide to several lawmakers, said Trump's "skinny budget" isn't going to give a lot of answers for transportation, at least in the immediate future. Osborne joined Transit Matters board members Josh Fairchild and James Aloisi for this week's edition of The Codcast, and they talked about the uncertainty of just what transportation means in the Trump administration. Trump promised during his campaign and in his February address to Congress that he plans to launch a $1 trillion infrastructure program, music to the ears of transportation officials and advocates. But Osborne cautioned not to start spending the money just yet.

What stands in the way of a solution to the nation's crumbling, outdated and inadequate transportation infrastructure? Judging from the decades of debate surrounding the issue, the obstacles are immense. Legislators can't seem to agree on a way to fix crumbling roads, bridges and highways, let alone built new infrastructure. The sticking point, as usual, is the argument over how we'll pay for the work. But there are also questions about where the money should go, and how eligible projects should be selected. On this episode, we speak with Beth Osborne, vice president for technical assistance with Transportation for America. A transportation policy veteran, she was formerly acting Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation. She also oversaw DOT's successful TIGER competitive grant program for infrastructure investment. Now she has a four-point plan for solving the crisis. It's contained in her new report, published by The Century Foundation's Bernard L. Schwartz Rediscovering Government Initiative, which provides a path to funding key transportation projects, while ensuring that taxpayers get a higher return on their investment.