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Back to the Future of Transportation with Aaron Gordon

Back to the Future of Transportation with Aaron Gordon

*We have a new live show on the calendar! Listen for details.* If you care about battling climate change, then you might want to pay attention to the New York City subway system. We know there’s an urgent need to cut our carbon emissions and a big part of that is going to be transportation. We need to radically reimagine the way we get around in the coming years because we cannot continue to have an economy and a commute system that revolves around cars, particularly cars that are dependent on fossil fuels. In that way, the NYC subway system is a marvel - it’s a massive and democratic public good that nearly everyone relies on. It’s also in the midst of a slow motion crisis after decades of neglect and technological stasis. So if we want to make the subway a vision for the country, then the country needs to learn from the missteps of the New York subway - and transportation reporter Aaron Gordon has some ideas on where to start. Email us at [email protected] Tweet using #WITHpod Read more at nbcnews.com/whyisthishappening RELATED: Signal Problems Social Infrastructure Week with Eric Klinenberg (released Oct 23) Medicare for All with Abdul El-Sayed (released Sept 25)

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Show Notes

*We have a new live show on the calendar! Listen for details.*

If you care about battling climate change, then you might want to pay attention to the New York City subway system. We know there’s an urgent need to cut our carbon emissions and a big part of that is going to be transportation. We need to radically reimagine the way we get around in the coming years because we cannot continue to have an economy and a commute system that revolves around cars, particularly cars that are dependent on fossil fuels. In that way, the NYC subway system is a marvel - it’s a massive and democratic public good that nearly everyone relies on. It’s also in the midst of a slow motion crisis after decades of neglect and technological stasis. So if we want to make the subway a vision for the country, then the country needs to learn from the missteps of the New York subway - and transportation reporter Aaron Gordon has some ideas on where to start.

Email us at [email protected]

Tweet using #WITHpod

Read more at nbcnews.com/whyisthishappening

RELATED:

Signal Problems

Social Infrastructure Week with Eric Klinenberg (released Oct 23)

Medicare for All with Abdul El-Sayed (released Sept 25)

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