# upzoned (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover upzoned. Page: Feed: --- ## [L.A.’s 8-Mile Bike Path Is Now a $1 Billion Project](https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/la-s-8-mile-bike-path-is-now-a-1-billion-project/) _2026-08-19 · Upzoned_ An eight-mile gap keeps Los Angeles from having a continuous river bike route through the heart of the city. Voters approved hundreds of millions of dollars to help close it, but years of planning have pushed the project toward a possible billion-dollar price tag. Carlee Alm-LaBar is joined by transportation advocate Dave Snyder, Pasadena city councilmember and longtime local government leader… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bby6ugune8puz49r/UPZ_8-19-26.mp3) ## [The Water Crisis That Left a Small Town Abandoned](https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/the-water-crisis-that-left-a-small-town-abandoned/) _2026-08-12 · Upzoned_ Hartman, Colorado, reached a point where it could no longer function as a town. Its water system was unsafe, every member of the town board had resigned, and no one remained with the authority to hold an election or sign the agreements needed to fix the water. Norm Van Eeden Petersman is joined by Joshua Hopkins, mayor of Chugwater, Wyoming, and Strong Towns executive director John Reuter to look… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/riu3s2kbqjhcdmx4/UPZ_8-12-26.mp3) ## [What If NIMBYs Were Paid to Say Yes?](https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/what-if-nimbys-were-paid-to-say-yes/) _2026-08-05 · Upzoned_ What if the easiest way to overcome opposition to new housing was simply to pay people to accept it? A recent article in The Atlantic argues that after state laws, packed public meetings, and economic appeals have failed to overcome local resistance, cash payments might succeed where persuasion has not. Chuck Marohn is joined by John Reuter, executive director of Strong Towns, and Dr. Chloe… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/2s8rwmh8fa9ukf9x/UPZ_8-5-26.mp3) ## [When Boomers Don’t Downsize, What’s Left for Everyone Else?](https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/when-boomers-don-t-downsize-what-s-left-for-everyone-else/) _2026-07-29 · Upzoned_ What happens when one generation holds much of the country’s housing wealth and has little reason to give it up? Chuck Marohn talks with Strong Towns board chair Andrew Burleson and historic property renovator Richard Rumrill about boomers buying bigger homes, even as younger families wait for those houses to come back onto the market. The generational frustration is easy to understand, but the… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/h85zw5g9ffck9nnm/UPZ_7-29-26.mp3) ## [The Retirement Plan Trapped Inside the Housing Crisis](https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/the-retirement-plan-trapped-inside-the-housing-crisis/) _2026-07-23 · Upzoned_ Americans have been told that buying a home is one of the safest ways to secure their future. But when retirement depends on home values continuing to climb, affordability begins to look like a threat. Carlee Alm-LaBar is joined by Daniel Herriges, co-author of Escaping the Housing Trap, and Alli Thurmond-Quinlan, executive director of the Incremental Development Alliance. Together, they push… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/epz4xh2y2r9xrgj3/UPZ_7-23-26.mp3) ## [Chicago’s $1.2 Billion Parking Meter Problem](https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/chicago-s-12-billion-parking-meter-problem/) _2026-07-15 · Upzoned_ In 2009, Chicago traded 75 years of parking meter revenue for a $1.2 billion payment that helped fill an immediate budget hole. Norm Van Eeden Petersman is joined by Tony Jordan, executive director of the Parking Reform Network, and Edward Erfurt, chief technical advisor at Strong Towns, to look at what the city actually gave up and why its recent $3.3 billion bid never made it to the finish line.… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/z9kdrhe68jeeqeqn/UPZ_7-15-26.mp3) ## [Can Rebuilding Make a Town Weaker?](https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/can-rebuilding-make-a-town-weaker/) _2026-07-08 · Upzoned_ Five years after wildfire destroyed most of Lytton, British Columbia, rebuilding remains slow despite more than $140 million in committed public funding. Norm Van Eeden Petersman talks with Michel Durand-Wood, author of You’ll Pay for This, and Graham Watt, who manages strategic initiatives and flood recovery for Grand Forks, British Columbia. They look at what happens when a small town is pushed… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/vycfbk4ucupkiu6v/UPZ_7-8-26.mp3) ## [The Housing Crisis Isn’t Moving in One Direction](https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/the-housing-crisis-isn-t-moving-in-one-direction/) _2026-07-01 · Upzoned_ Chuck Marohn has long been critical of housing research that treats affordability as a simple supply problem. This week, he brings Andrew Burleson, chair of the Strong Towns board, and Jeff Fong, a board member at YIMBY Action, a new paper on Australia’s housing crisis that starts somewhere else: with the way price increases move between detached houses and apartments, and from one city to… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/srmtcdak2ausmss5/UPZ_7-1-26.mp3) ## [Charlotte Said No to a $4.3 Billion Highway. Now the State Wants $60 Million Back.](https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/charlotte-said-no-to-a-43-billion-highway-now-the-state-wants-60-million-back/) _2026-06-24 · Upzoned_ When Charlotte and its regional planning body withdrew support for a $4.3 billion widening of Interstate 77, North Carolina lawmakers responded by threatening a $60 million penalty and a funding cutoff. Host Carlee Alm-LaBar is joined by Patrick Kennedy, whose Atlas of Inner-City Highway Impacts documents highway damage across 142 cities, and John Reuter, the newly named Executive Director of… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nwigz4njc2c7mkb8/UPZ_6-24-26a4c13.mp3) ## [Web Coding With AI, Live (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/97gsxUsBERUg) _2026-06-24 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control, open source. ## [Why Do Vacant Storefronts Stay Vacant?](https://upzoned.strongtowns.org/e/why-do-vacant-storefronts-stay-vacant/) _2026-06-17 · Upzoned_ A decade ago, a row of North Park storefronts was cleared for a university housing project that never came. The businesses are gone, the buildings are mostly empty, and neighbors are still pushing Northeastern Illinois University to act. Norm Van Eeden Petersman is joined by Bernice Radle, an incremental developer in Buffalo, and Alex Montero of Strong Towns Chicago to ask why places like this get… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/wgch29jacdhizjzw/UPZ_6-17-26.mp3)