Duffy's "transit is dangerous" claim is wrong on multiple levels.
"What Trump and Duffy aren't talking about at all ...is that safety isn't just about crime; it's also the likelihood of being hurt or killed in a crash, If you really want to be safe don't get inside a big SUV -- get inside a bus."
15.10.2025 12:27 — 👍 46 🔁 11 💬 2 📌 0
Why do new transit buses cost 2-3x more in the US than in other rich countries?
@davidzipper.bsky.social: "US transit agencies customize *everything*."
Full episode here (or on your fave podcast app):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5yd...
14.10.2025 17:26 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Are fire trucks blocking street safety efforts?
@davidzipper.bsky.social and @wesmars.bsky.social discuss.
Full episode: lookbothwayspod.podbean.com
14.10.2025 12:25 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
After crunching the numbers, @wesmars.bsky.social found that that the avg NYC transit commuter will be the victim of a felony once every 3,300 years.
From Episode 7 of @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social:
lookbothwayspod.podbean.com
13.10.2025 13:25 — 👍 16 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Wes and I will discuss these new books -- and where the anti-car movement could go from here -- in the next episode of
@lookbothwayspod.bsky.social. Coming soon.
Subscribe/listen/watch: lookbothwayspod.podbean.com
10.10.2025 14:51 — 👍 27 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
Episode 7 is out!
Listen wherever you pod, or watch the video version here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ydKzNluAY
08.10.2025 17:26 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
New @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social livestream today at 6p ET! Use the link below.
The recording will be available on podcast platforms later this week.
07.10.2025 12:16 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 2
YouTube video by Look Both Ways with David & Wes
Look Both Ways LIVE with David & Wes: Episode 7
New @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social livestream on Tues at 6p ET!
On the agenda:
🔹 USDOT yanks transit funding
🔹 Amish e-bikes (it's a thing!)
🔹 Why new US buses cost $$$
This will be the last livestream for a bit b/c @wesmars.bsky.social & I are heading abroad. Join us ⤵️, or listen later
04.10.2025 11:53 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
A listener in Finland asks: Is Vision Zero a process or a goal?
@wesmars.bsky.social: It's both.
@davidzipper.bsky.social: No, it's entirely a process.
01.10.2025 15:03 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Why has Mobility-as-a-Service flopped?
"There's no evidence I could find anywhere that these MaaS apps were changing how people travel or reducing driving. And I asked everyone, for years." --@davidzipper.bsky.social
30.09.2025 19:15 — 👍 14 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
A few hundred robotaxis in a city are a fun novelty, but hundreds of thousands would bring urban life to a crashing halt.
From the latest episode of @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social
30.09.2025 17:05 — 👍 18 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0
I really don't hate John Forester, but I do hate how we traffic engineers let his nonsensical "research" dismantle our approach to safe bicycling infrastructure
26.09.2025 21:24 — 👍 12 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
“You can’t subscribe your way out of poor transit service, dangerous streets, and bad land use planning.”
That quote pretty much sums it up! Good episode.
25.09.2025 14:00 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Look Both Ways with David & Wes
Episode 6: What Cities Should Do for Robotaxis, MaaS gone MIA, & John Forester
Episode 6 of Look Both Ways with David & Wes is up!
Find it wherever you like to listen to podcasts, or watch the video version here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNFnsXGORWg
24.09.2025 22:00 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 3
Join @davidzipper.bsky.social and I for a LIVE taping today at 6 PM EST... youtube.com/watch?v=rdFV...
23.09.2025 21:21 — 👍 3 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
YouTube video by Look Both Ways with David & Wes
Look Both Ways LIVE with David & Wes: Episode 6
New livestream on Tuesday! Join @davidzipper.bsky.social & @wesmars.bsky.social @ 6PM ET (link below).
On the agenda:
🔹 What happened to Mobility-as-a-Service?
🔹 How cities can prepare for a deluge of self-driving cars
🔹 Bike lanes!
Join us live, or listen later on your favorite podcasting app
20.09.2025 16:26 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
The guys have now done enough episodes that they have relaxed and the conversation flows well and these guys are both deeply knowledgeable and very engaged in making our streets safer.
16.09.2025 11:40 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
On the latest episode of @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social, Wes and I discussed why traffic cameras are more popular than many realize:
"A very motivated minority of drivers lose their mind over the perceived inequity...even though speeding or running through a red light is by definition illegal."
16.09.2025 11:27 — 👍 24 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 1
One benefit of automatic traffic enforcement is that cameras aren't racist.
@davidzipper.bsky.social: "The cameras are not going to be weighing whether or not to give a ticket based on what the driver might look like."
From the latest episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kft-...
13.09.2025 20:10 — 👍 27 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1
Trump is trying to force Europe and Japan to import Detroit's gigantic SUVs/pickups that flunk foreign safety tests.
My take: Good luck with that.
From the new @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social: "There's a lot of reasons why Europeans and Japanese don't really want an Escalade or a Hummer."
13.09.2025 11:32 — 👍 70 🔁 15 💬 6 📌 4
YouTube video by Look Both Ways with David & Wes
Look Both Ways with David & Wes: Episode 5
New livestream on Thurs (Sept 11) at 4p EST
Join @davidzipper.bsky.social & @wesmars.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIBtU9kROkw (or listen later on any podcast app)
On the agenda:
🔹 How Trump is forcing car bloat on other nations
🔹 Why "traffic camera hate" is a myth
🔹 **Mystery topic**
08.09.2025 17:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 1
USDOT's insistence that cities remove colored crosswalks has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with LGBT censorship.
From the latest episode of @lookbothwayspod.bsky.social
29.08.2025 17:10 — 👍 76 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 2
YouTube video by Look Both Ways with David & Wes
Episode 4: Rainbow Crosswalks, the Misery Index, & Canadian-Style Safety
Full episode available here, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
29.08.2025 16:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
On the latest episode of the podcast, @wesmars.bsky.social &
@davidzipper.bsky.social discussed why US transportation agencies are often led by people who don't actually care or know much about transportation (ahem, Sean Duffy).
29.08.2025 16:51 — 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
YouTube video by Look Both Ways with David & Wes
Episode 4: Rainbow Crosswalks, the Misery Index, & Canadian-Style Safety
Episode 4 is now available on YouTube & all major podcast platforms!
Today, we talk about rainbow crosswalks in the crosshairs, the misery of Paratransit, & road safety north of the border.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdP4r4G6158
26.08.2025 22:55 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Make them read Latour, I reckon www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/defaul...
14.08.2025 21:21 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
Many people love speed humps -- and for good reason: They work.
But many cities won't install speed humps on streets with more than an eight percent grade.
A listener asks: Are those rules a mistake? @wesmars.bsky.social answers:
14.08.2025 17:46 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1
