Can Mass Transit Solve City Sprawl?
29:07 minutes
Commuters in Los Angeles spend some 60 hours a year stuck in traffic. But that could change, some experts say, as the city ramps up its mass transit. Guest host John Dankosky talks with a panel of city planners about how to add mass transit to L.A. and other urban areas—and get people to ride it.
Segment Guests
Yonah Freemark
Yonah Freemark is an associate at the Metropolitan Planning Council and writer on the Transport Politic blog in Chicago, Illinois.
Stefanos Polyzoides
Stefanos Polyzoides is a founding member of the Congress for the New Urbanism and architect at Moule & Polyzoides in Pasadena, California.
Ian Carlton
Ian Carlton is a doctoral candidate in city and regional planning at U.C. Berkeley; expert consultant for Mayor Villaraigosa’s Transit-Oriented Development Cabinet; and author on a report on L.A.’s mass transit strategies based in Berkeley, California.
Related Links
- Berkeley Transportation Letter: Berkeley Team Develops Transit Orientation Strategy for Los Angeles
- The Daily Beast: City Leaders Are in Love With Density but Most City Dwellers Disagree
- The New York Times: In Los Angeles, Big Step Ahead for Mass Transit
- Los Angeles Times: L.A. and Orange Counties No. 2 in U.S. for Traffic Delays
Meet the Producer
About Christopher Intagliata
@cintagliataChristopher Intagliata was Science Friday’s senior producer. He once served as a prop in an optical illusion and speaks passable Ira Flatowese.