Nov. 12, 2025

Episode 9: The New New York City Transportation Agenda + Back to the Future

Episode 9: The New New York City Transportation Agenda + Back to the Future
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Episode 9: The New New York City Transportation Agenda + Back to the Future

In this episode of Look Both Ways, David & Wes break down Mamdani's New York City’s new transportation agenda and & the priorities it elevates and avoids. We examine how political vision, implementation, and street-level realities align or clash... and what all this signals about where cities may be headed next. Listeners will come away with a clearer sense of what’s genuinely new in the agenda, what feels recycled, and why meaningful change often arrives later than promised.

Today, we also talk about:
🔹 Where we went, what we saw, & how seeing cities up close shapes our transportation thinking 
🔹 Back to the Future & how flying cars seem long overdue, but do we even want Marty McFly's future?

Then we dive into the mailbag & have some rail drinks... stay tuned for bi-weekly conversations about all things transportation!

Music by Charlie Van Stee
(courtesy of bensound)

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