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Biden's Transportation Agenda - The NABE Episode 5 Featuring Aaron W. Gordon Mar 08, 2021

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.

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Secretary Pete Buttigieg's Transportation Vision - The NABE, Episode 4 Feb 12, 2021

The Next American Built Environment Episode 4, "Secretary Pete Buttigieg's Transportation Vision" hosted by Michael Tae Sweeney, a new show about urban planning, architecture and transportation.

Austin Gibble joins us to talk new United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg's time as mayor of South Bend, Indiana and his impact on transportation, bike lanes, railroads and passenger rail, housing and land use there and what it means for how Buttigieg will run DOT.

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Is This the Worst Article Ever Written About Gentrification? - The NABE, Episode 3 Jan 31, 2021

The Next American Built Environment Episode 3, hosted by Michael Tae Sweeney, a new show about urban planning, architecture and transportation.

Alex Baca of Greater Greater Washington joins us to talk about the Washington Post Magazine's controversial article "The Mount Pleasant Miracle" about gentrification in Washington D.C.'s Mount Pleasant neighborhood and housing affordability, school districts and bourgeois retail establishments in and around D.C.

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Episode 2 - Covid-19 and Tenants' Rights Jan 27, 2021

The Next American Built Environment Episode 2, hosted by Michael Tae Sweeney, a new show about urban planning, architecture and transportation.

Shanti Singh of Tenants Together joins us to talk about the eviction crisis and tenants rights in California. Aaron Carr of the Housing Rights Initiative joins us to talk rent control, Covid-19 evictions and rezonings in New York City.

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Episode 1 Jan 23, 2021

See the video version of this episode at https://youtu.be/eH7tQ2ePCBA

The Next American Built Environment Episode 1, hosted by Michael Tae Sweeney, a new show about urban planning, architecture and transportation.

Andy Keatts of the Voice of San Diego joins the show to talk about the housing cost crisis in San Diego, California, as well as plans for new transit improvements that SANDAG is making in the region. Dave Colon of StreetsblogNYC to talk about Polly Trottenberg, the outgoing NYC DOT Commissioner (and Biden Administration Deputy DOT Secretary), the Covid crisis and it's impact on city transportation and the 2021 NYC Mayor's race, and it's leading candidates, Andrew Yang, Eric Adams, Scott Stringer, Carlos Menchaca, Shaun Donovan and others.

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