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Audio: Bruce Babbitt on Sprawl
On last week’s Smart City radio program, former Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt talks about (MP3, 15M) sprawl and the current pattern of mindless roadbuilding. There’s also a segment with local Portland educational thinker Laurel Dukehart about getting high school dropouts back on the path to college.
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Audio: City Repair, Transit Analysis on Smart City
This week’s episode (MP3, 14MB) of Smart City includes a discussion with Bob New of the City Repair project about their work at intersections in Portland (and other projects). It starts about 28:20 minutes:seconds into the show. There’s also a rebuttal of Randall O’Toole’s transit nay saying at about 24:38 minutes:seconds into the show. It’s…
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Portland Transport Audio – Complex Systems and Lifecycles
No, we’re not starting a podcast (at least not yet). But we will from time to time point our readers to interesting content we come across in audio form. This week’s Tech Nation radio program features a fascinating discussion (MP3, about 10MB) with John Thackara on the design of complex systems. Included is a discussion…