Transit Episodes
Episode 15: The High Cost of Parking Meters + Devaluing that Asset (T…
Parking Meters – David & Wes unpack the recent multi-billion-dollar resale of Chicago’s parking meter lease and why it matters. They explain the contract, including the compensation clause, and how it continues to hamstring C...
Episode 10: What Happens When We Defund Transit + Rethinking Access
Defunding Transit – David & Wes examine the growing efforts to defund transit through mechanisms like the Highway Trust Fund. What happens when transit funding is threatened and slowly hollowed out? Rather than treating these...
Episode 7: Transit Funding Failures + Learning to Drive
Transit Funding – David & Wes dive into the growing threats to U.S. transit funding and why they matter far beyond agency balance sheets. By looking at how federal decisions shape what cities can build and operate, they unpac...
Episode 5: Traffic Cameras are More Popular than You Think + Our Firs…
Traffic Cameras – David & Wes take a closer look at traffic cameras and why they consistently poll better than most people expect. Rather than treating automated enforcement as a political third rail, they explore what the da...
Episode 1: Fare-Free Transit + Why We Started This Podcast
This is episode 1 of Look Both Ways with David & Wes, a new transportation podcast by David Zipper & Wes Marshall