The excellent weekly Friday lunchtime PSU transportation seminars are now being podcast (archived video has always been available). You can get the RSS feed for the podcast, or a link to subscribe in iTunes at the Seminar page.

This week’s Smart City radio program focuses on getting local. In the lead story, Steven Johnson talks about the value of “local experts” who know the details and history of a place. He also talks about an interesting web site he helped found, outside.in. It’s a blog aggregator that aggregates on the basis of your…

This week’s Smart City podcast features three different stories that grabbed my attention: The show leads off with a discussion of the interplay between housing costs and transportation costs, and how some consumers seeking lower housing costs may actually wind up pay more overall when commuting costs are factored in. About 22 minutes into the…