Beyond Streets
Rethinking How We Move, Build, and Live
Beyond Streets explores the everyday impact of transportation on our lives, neighborhoods, and futures. More than roads and rails, transportation is a mirror of our values — safety, connection, opportunity, and access.
In each episode, we go beyond the headlines and into communities, talking with organizers, policymakers, builders, and residents who are reimagining what it means to move through the world.
From housing to health, climate to equity, we uncover how smarter, people-first transportation can unlock better futures — and what’s standing in the way. If you're ready to ask bold questions, challenge ineffective systems, and explore what's truly possible, you're in the right place.
Podcasting since 2017 • 110 episodes
Beyond Streets
Latest Episodes
Pilots, Progress, and the Future of NYC Transportation with Arthur Getman
In this episode, Sam Roxas and co-host Greg Rodriguez sit down with transportation planner/data engineer (and new parent!) Arthur Getman to unpack how practical, measurable street fixes in NYC ripple out nationwide and what the next NYC ...
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Episode 17
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Can Abundance be... Abundant? With Tahra Hoops and Gary Winslett from the Chamber of Progress and The Rebuild
In this kickoff episode of our Abundance series, we’re asking the big question: Can abundance actually be abundant?We’re unpacking the buzzy optimism of Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson’s “abundance agenda” and confronting the messy realiti...
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Episode 16
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56:07
The City of Indianapolis does community engagement differently
In Indy, residents don’t just use infrastructure, they help design it. In this episode of Beyond Streets, we sit down with Natalie van Dongen, Director of Community Outreach for the City of Indianapolis, and Daniel Stevenson, Deputy...
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Episode 15
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48:30
Choose How You Move: Sabrina Sussman on Building Trust and Transforming Transit in Nashville
What does it take for a city to bet big on its future and actually bring the community along for the ride?In this episode of Beyond Streets, we sit down with Sabrina Sussman, former USDOT official, longtime Zipcar leader, and no...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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39:20
Listening as Strategy: Building Trust in Changing Communities with LaToya Thomas of Brick & Story
How do you move public engagement beyond checking the box?On the latest episode of Beyond Streets, we sit down with LaToya Thomas, founder of Brick and Story, who has built a practice around one powerful idea: en...
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Episode 13
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