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.

Co-host

Samantha Roxas

Sam is a mother, foster parent, public policy nerd, and city optimist. She’s a recovering public servant who spent a decade leading housing, sustainability, economic development, homelessness, and mental health policy in San Francisco City Hall and in the California State Legislature before hopping into the wild world of start up tech. In the private sector, she led nationwide government affairs teams for real estate, built environment and mobility tech. She is now Founding Partner at Common Good Strategies, a mission-oriented public affairs strategy firm that helps government agencies and start up tech collaborate to advance the common good.

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