This week&#8217;s guest is Dr. Lisa Schweitzer of USC&#8217;s Sol Price School of Public Policy. In the first of a two-part series, Dr. Schweitzer talks about how her students respond to urban planning classes, what a recent controversy in a Los Angeles City Council election reveals about bike advocacy, and autonomous vehicles and land use policy.

Talking Headways Podcast: Lightsaber Fights From Autonomous Pods

core/paragraph

Kea Wilson

Streetsblog USA

‘I’m Always on the Bus’: How Transit Advocacy Helped Katie Wilson Become Seattle’s Next Mayor

Lucia Cappella is a Los Angeles-based writer, advocate, and current Outreach Coordinator for the Festival Trail. She is passionate about expanding access to arts programming, public transportation, and urban nature — seeing these spaces as vital to creating more connected, empathetic, and resilient communities.

Lucia Cappella

Talia Goddard is an undergraduate student at Occidental College double-majoring in Urban &amp; Environmental Policy and Economics. She interned with the Festival Trail during the summer of 2025. As a Los Angeles native, Talia was drawn to the project’s commitment to creating a positive Olympic legacy for the city. Her studies currently center on global climate policy, sustainable cities, and urban history through art. Outside the classroom, she works as a photographer and enjoys highlighting community stories and urban landscapes.

Talia Goddard

An Olympian Task: Replicating Paris’s Bike Boom in Los Angeles

Breaking: House Moves to Rescind $3.1B for Reconnecting Communities Divided by Highways

Fletcher Wilson

Op-Ed: How Transit Agencies Are Tackling America’s Public Bathroom Crisis

Josh Vredevoogd

How to Defeat Car Culture in America’s Deadliest City for Pedestrians

Marissa Bell is a senior studying civil engineering at the University of Texas at Austin who undertook a semester-long research project on accessibility.

Marissa Bell

On a Roll: Feds Inch Closer to Finally Achieving Key Goal of Americans With Disabilities Act

Streetsblog LA

Streetsblog Network

Become a subscriber today to get unlimited access

Thanks for reading!

Register to continue

Streetsblog Los Angeles

Joe Linton

Today's Headlines

Tuesday’s Headlines

The Week In...

This Week In Livable Streets

Monday’s Headlines

Metro

Metro Plans to Spend Nearly $900M Expanding Freeways Next Year, a 40 Percent Increase

Talking Headways Podcast: Lightsaber Fights From Autonomous Pods

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog Los Angeles

Tuesday’s Headlines

This Week In Livable Streets

Monday’s Headlines

Metro Plans to Spend Nearly $900M Expanding Freeways Next Year, a 40 Percent Increase

Friday’s Headlines

Thursday’s Headlines

Stay in touch