Cities in Motion is a podcast about what it’s really like to get around — walking, biking, riding transit, or living with fewer cars. We talk sidewalks that vanish, stadiums you can’t walk to, “paint-only” bike lanes, and cities where transit works like magic (plus the ones where it doesn’t).
Each episode asks how the design of a city affects real life — our time, stress, safety, money, and independence. We celebrate places that get it right, call out places that don’t, and imagine what it would look like if moving through a city felt easy again.
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Ep 24 |Transforming McGuinness Boulevard with Ben Wolf, Director of Changing Lanes
What does it take to redesign a deadly street — and who stands in the way? In this season finale of Cities in Motion, we sit down with Ben Wolf, director of Changing Lanes, a new documentary following the grassroots battle to transform McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn after a hit-and-run tragedy sparked a community to act. From local politics to protected bike lanes, it's a story about democracy at street level.
Watch the trailer at changinglanesdoc.com (https://www.changinglanesdoc.com) and subscribe so you don't miss Season 3 — returning October 2nd.
26 Jun 2026
Ep 23 | Inside Austin's Yellow Bike Project with Marcelina Gray
Since 1997, Austin's Yellow Bike Project has been turning donated and discarded bicycles into transportation, independence, and community for thousands of Central Texans. Run entirely by volunteers operating as a consensus-based collective, the nonprofit teaches anyone who walks through their Webberville Road shop how to fix their own bike — no repair experience required.
In this episode, I talk with Marcelina Gray, Yellow Bike Project's Communications and Outreach Director, about how the shop's Earn-a-Bike and Get a Free Bike programs work, how they partner with organizations like Caritas, Integral Care, and Refugee Services to get bikes to people who need them most, and why bike access matters in a city where car dependency shapes so much of daily life. We also get into what it takes to run a nonprofit by full volunteer consensus, and what almost three decades of community bike work has taught the organization about Austin itself.
15 Jun 2026
Ep 22 | Noah Kaplan from Vibrant Englewood
Englewood, Colorado hadn't let residents vote for their own mayor in nearly 50 years. Then a small group of volunteers changed that — with no staff, no budget, and a whole lot of community organizing.
Noah Kaplan, founder of Vibrant Englewood, sits down with Cities in Motion to share how a grassroots 501(c)(4) became one of the most influential civic voices in a city where local elections rarely make the news.
From publishing the only voter guide in town to restructuring community meetings so anyone could show up — this is the blueprint for what people-powered local democracy actually looks like.
If you've ever felt like local government doesn't listen — this episode will change how you think about getting involved.
🎙️ Guest: Noah Kaplan | Vibrant Englewood
🌐 vibrantenglewood.org
📍 Englewood, Colorado
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