They are talking like traffic engineers haven't been trying - and failing - to fix traffic congestion for the last 70+ years
It's the wrong question to ask
And a good part of the reason we're in the mess that we're in
Hey Denver—let's get drinks and nerd out on transportation!
This Tuesday, join @wesmars.bsky.social, @jlocantore.bsky.social, and yours truly for a reception + live recording of @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social.
All proceeds support Denver Streets Partnership.
New episode is up!
Listen to learn:
- Why the ADAS hype is overblown
- Which US cities David thinks might next get congestion pricing
- Why Wes would never, ever live in NYC
A snippet from the new episode, out later this week:
What happens when car companies exaggerate what their driver assistance systems can do?
Misled consumers take dangerous risks, assuming their car will keep them safe.
NHTSA and the FTC never should’ve allowed this to happen.
30 minutes from now!
Next livestream is Tuesday a 6p ET!
Join Wes and David to delve into car safety, congestion pricing, and Wes's latest TV show obsession.
Hey Denver! Come join Wes and David for a live recording on Tuesday, April 21st!
All proceeds benefit the good people at @bikewalkbus.bsky.social.
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Look Both Ways now has a website!
You can access every episode (for free), search by transportation topic, and get in touch with @davidzipper.bsky.social & @wesmars.bsky.social.
Check it out: www.lookbothwayspodcast.com
New episode is live!
Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L7C...
Listen here: lookbothwayspod.podbean.com/e/episode-19...
Unfortunately, places actually do remove crosswalks rather than try to make them safer
Here's an example:
"markings at dozens of Oahu crosswalks have vanished.
It’s a strategy the city says is meant to save lives in an effort to get people to cross at traffic signals" www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
No joke: @wesmars.bsky.social once reviewed a study that proposed getting rid of sidewalks.
Using a statistical model, the authors found that pedestrian crashes mostly happen on streets with sidewalks. Their solution: No sidewalks!
From the newest episode, out later this week
It's that time again!
New pod recording this Tuesday at 6p ET on YouTube Live. Link below.
On the agenda:
🔸 Are higher gas prices already changing travel decisions?
🔸 Why is walking in the US becoming (a little) less deadly?
🔸 Why are states subsidizing ridehail commutes?
New episode is up!
Check it out to learn:
🔹 Why "crash deaths per mile" is a safety metric that needs to die
🔹 How higher gas prices beget better transportation choices
🔹 Why DC's mayor is happy to turn city streets into racetracks
lookbothwayspod.podbean.com/e/episode-18...
"Measuring deaths per mile driven is like measuring deaths per cigarette smoked."
From the new episode of @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social, out later this week on all podcast platforms.
@wesmars.bsky.social explains why higher gas prices can lead people to choose cleaner, healthier, and safer forms of transportation.
From Ep 18, coming later this week.
New livestream this Tuesday at 6p ET!
On the agenda:
➡️ How higher gas prices can improve transportation networks
➡️ Why mayors are weirdly willing to turn streets into racetracks
➡️ The right (and wrong) metrics to use when discussing road safety
Join Wes and David on YouTube Live:
Full episode now available on YouTube or your favorite podcast app!
lookbothwayspod.podbean.com
In 1984, an episode of Murder She Wrote featured a self-driving car with a murderous remote operator. Seriously.
@wesmars.bsky.social explains (clip from the new pod, out later this week)
In the next episode, David & Wes answer audience questions like this one from Gary, who asks why car headlights are so awful.
@wesmars.bsky.social: "Headlights could be done so much better than they are now."
Full episode coming later this week
BONUS EPISODE — Live from Fort Lauderdale — is now available: lookbothwayspod.podbean.com/e/bonus-epis...
Get answers to all your South Florida transportation questions, like "What happens when a Brightline train meets a sidewalk robot?"
Next livestream is this Tuesday at 6p ET. Link below.
David & Wes will be answering listener questions about transportation, safety, and tech. Have one for them? Email lookbothwayspod@gmail.com (or reply below).
Sneak peak of our upcoming bonus episode, recorded live at the Safe Roads Summit in Fort Lauderdale. Special guest: Greg Stuart, head of the Broward County MPO.
@wesmars.bsky.social thinks this one should be called "between six ferns."
David & Wes are in Fort Lauderdale for the Safe Roads Summit, and they're about to record a bonus episode w/Broward County MPO chief Greg Stuart.
South Florida's streets are among the most deadly in the US. They have some ideas for improvement.
Episode available soon on your favorite podcast app.
This is a frequent claim among transit boosters, but it's not really true.
As @wesmars.bsky.social and I discussed recently on @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social, drivers switching to transit get replaced by others who now drive at peak times — which slows traffic once again. Blame induced demand.
Episode 16 is up!
Wes and David delve into the challenges rural transportation — and ask whether autonomous vehicles might provide a solution.
Also, how bad is the "bikelash" roiling many US cities?
lookbothwayspod.podbean.com/e/episode-16...
David was so fascinated by Morristown's second-story sidewalks (which haven't really worked, BTW) that he wrote a story in Bloomberg about them.
Want to see a town that built second-floor sidewalks a strategy to compete with suburbia?
Put Morristown, Tennessee on your travel itinerary. That's what @davidzipper.bsky.social did.
From the new episode, out shortly.
I just finished watching 30 Rock, so I couldn't be more in the demo for this episode
Here is the story David wrote in @driverlessdigest.bsky.social about the untapped potential of rural AVs
@davidzipper.bsky.social on the disinterest that AV companies have shown in rural America:
"The places where robotaxis could do the most good are not the places where robotaxi companies can make the most money."
From the new episode, coming later this week.
