High Frequency Podcast
1) Finale: Crisis and Opportunity: Transforming How We Fund Transit with Yonah Freemark
In this episode of "High Frequency," host Kapish Singla explores the state of transit funding with Yonah Freemark, senior research associate at the Urban Institute. Based on insights from the recent U...Show More
Finale: Crisis and Opportunity: Transforming How We Fund Transit with Yonah Freemark
17:05 | Dec 15th, 2023
2) S3 Ep 4: Brian O’Malley - Winning New State Funds for Baltimore Transit
Central Maryland Transportation Alliance is an advocacy group working to improve and expand transportation options in the Baltimore region. Using data and storytelling, CMTA has forefronted how unreli...Show More
3) S3 Ep 3: Scarlett De Leon - Care-Based Safety on Transit in Los Angeles
ACT-LA is an advocacy organization that strives to create equitable transit systems and neighborhoods in Los Angeles. In recent years, ACT-LA has campaigned on securing safety alternatives to armed po...Show More
4) S3 Ep 2: Courtney Jackson - Rider-Centric Community Engagement in New Orleans
Ride New Orleans is an advocacy organization with a mission to win equitable public transportation for all residents across the New Orleans region. For over a decade, Ride New Orleans has advocated fo...Show More
S3 Ep 2: Courtney Jackson - Rider-Centric Community Engagement in New Orleans
17:07 | Aug 15th, 2022
5) S3 Ep 1: Laura Chu Wiens - Campaigning for Community-Led Solutions in Pittsburgh
In February 2022, Pittsburgh’s Mon-Oakland Connector Project—an autonomous shuttle proposal that would have spent $23 million of taxpayer dollars—finally died. Cause of death? Years of organizing by ...Show More
S3 Ep 1: Laura Chu Wiens - Campaigning for Community-Led Solutions in Pittsburgh
11:17 | Jun 7th, 2022
6) S2 Ep 7: Laurel Paget-Seekins - The Inside/Outside Approach to Win More Equitable Transit
How do policies that make transit more equitable get implemented? That’s a question that Laurel Paget-Seekins, Leadership in Government Fellow at Open Society Foundations, is looking into. Laurel draw...Show More
7) S2 Ep 6: Mary Buchanan & Ron Thompson - Measuring Transit Equity in 6 Cities
In June, TransitCenter released the Transit Equity Dashboard. The dashboard uses maps and graphs to show how transit access varies by race, class, and other demographic factors in 6 major urban region...Show More
S2 Ep 6: Mary Buchanan & Ron Thompson - Measuring Transit Equity in 6 Cities
19:50 | Aug 12th, 2021
8) S2 Ep 5: Chris O’Claire - Planning With an Equity Lens at King County Metro
King County Metro, the largest transit agency in the Seattle region, is guided by the principle that “mobility is a human right.” For Metro, that means reducing barriers to frequent, reliable transit ...Show More
S2 Ep 5: Chris O’Claire - Planning With an Equity Lens at King County Metro
14:22 | Jun 8th, 2021
9) S2 Ep 4: Jessica Meaney & Scott Frazier - Restoring Bus Service in Los Angeles
At the onset of the pandemic, LA Metro made deep cuts to its bus service despite retaining the highest proportion of bus riders among large transit agencies in 2020. Over the past year, a coalition of...Show More
S2 Ep 4: Jessica Meaney & Scott Frazier - Restoring Bus Service in Los Angeles
16:36 | Apr 12th, 2021
10) S2 Ep 3: Az Chougle - Redesigning Miami’s Bus Network
Cities across the US, including Miami, have been redesigning their bus networks to better serve today’s riders. Many decades-old networks have simply not kept pace with changing residential and employ...Show More