Saturday, August 29, 2015

Perils For Pedestrians 205: Geneva 1


  • We talk in depth with a geographer about pedestrians in Geneva, Switzerland.

Perils For Pedestrians 204

  • We talk with a state delegate about a new sidewalk in Kensington, Maryland.
  • We talk with Rick Steves about walking in Europe.
  • We look at bicycle access to the University of North Carolina in Charlotte.
  • Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood speaks at the National Bike Summit in Washington.

Perils For Pedestrians 203: Charlotte 2

  • We travel to Charlotte for the American Public Works Association Winter Maintenance Conference.
  • We talk with an architect about walkable communities.
  • A planner discusses the role of the private sector in making walkable places.
  • We learn about accommodations for blind pedestrians in Charlotte.


Perils For Pedestrians 202: Charlotte 1


  • We travel to Charlotte, where we meet the Director of the Department of Transportation.
  • We talk with the Safe Routes To School state advocacy organizer.
  • We talk with the Bicycle Program Manager for Charlotte.

Sunday, July 19, 2015

White House Conference On Aging



"The Power of Intergenerational Connections and Healthy Aging" Panel at the White House Conference On Aging, July 13, 2015.
Michael Smith, WebMD, Moderator.
Diana Nyad, Professional Athlete.
Mayor Matt Hayek, Iowa City, IA.
Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General.
Kevin Washington, YMCA.
Fernando Torres-Gil, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs.

Discussions include "The Walk Across America" in 2016, "Healthy Aging Action Plan" in 2016, "New Way To Move" in August 2015, "A Call to Action on Walking and Walkable Communities", A Culture of Prevention, Complete Streets, and more.

Monday, June 1, 2015

Perils For Pedestrians 201

-Transportation initiatives of the Congress for the New Urbanism.
-The ProWalk, ProBike, ProPlace Conference in Long Beach, CA.
-Los Angeles Walks, a pedestrian advocacy organization.
-Fire hydrant blocking a sidewalk in Bethesda, MD.

Friday, May 15, 2015

Perils For Pedestrians 200



We talk with Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean about walking on the moon.
We talk with Space Shuttle astronaut Rick Mastracchio about walking in space.
We look back at some of our favorite interviews in our first 199 episodes.
1996 Eva Beach, HI.
1997 Toronto, Canada.
1998 St. Louis, MO.
1999 Richmond, VA.
2000 Bethesda, MD.
2001 Fayetteville, AR.
2002 Hallowell, ME.
2003 Silver Spring, MD.
2004 Copenhagen, Denmark.
2005 Zurich, Switzerland.
2006 Winnebago, NE.
2007 Raleigh, NC.
2008 Oxon Hill, MD.
2009 Paris, France.
2010 Brussels, Belgium.
2011 Pittsburgh, PA.
2012 Boston, MA.
2013 Silver Spring, MD.