A bonus discussion on urbanism, advocacy, and completely banning cars.
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Proto-Future 16: Interview with Lucid Stew on High Speed Rail Politics
A discussion on Low, Higher, and High Speed Rail, infrastructure politics, and Lucid Stew's history and growth as a creator.
Check out Lucid Stew’s channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@LucidStew
Stew’s original two videos on CAHSR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBjsW19jak8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SG_DLyxQP14
Stew’s recent video on CAHSR between LA and Orange County: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7wZs5-r-VI
Stew’s old video on Chicago to Detroit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzdKDIrBeAM
Stew’s recent video on Lake Shore Limited HSR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cQbqCrVTig
Stew’s older video on Pennsylvania HSR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFq1zwuJq8o&t=10s
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Proto-Future 15: How to Ride Amtrak Part 2: Reserving and Riding a Train
Part 2 of how to ride Amtrak, finding a train, understanding service classes, booking a ticket, waiting at the station, and the onboard experience, recorded from the Coast Starlight.
Proto-Future 14: Interview with Tyler Trahan Part 1, Urbanism, Train Clubs, Railroad Museums, and Equity
Part 1 of an interview with modeler savant, Tyler Trahan, covering his history in model railroading, museum, and steam railroading, and his thoughts on manifestos, passenger trains, virtual modeling, club inclusivity, and public outreach.
Proto-Future 13: How to Ride Amtrak Part 1: The Entire Timetable
Part 1 of how to ride Amtrak, giving a brief history and describing the destinations and operations of every single route on the timetable, recorded onboard the Sunset Limited.
Proto-Future 12: GAP Pilot, Part 2
The second part of a pilot episode I recorded in 2023, exploring Pittsburgh and biking on the GAP trail back to Connellsville.
The City Cast Pittsburgh episode on the Silence of the Lambs house can be found here: https://pittsburgh.citycast.fm/podcasts/spend-the-night-at-the-silence-of-the-lambs-house
Go support my friends at City Cast if you’re in any one of their 13 (soon to be 15) cities!
Proto-Future 11: Layout, Life, and Podcast Update, 2025
This episode is a layout construction progress update amid some pretty major life changes: writing my and defending my Ph.D. dissertation, and looking to move overseas for safety. What will happen next to the layout and podcast? Listen on...
A final reminder to support CAN: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org
Proto-Future 10: Introducing the Centre County Highway Revolt
In this episode, I describe a project I've been working on with some friends to end car-dependency all across America, not just in cities, and details the many reasons why cars are always harmful to the environment, our health, and our economic prosperity.
The Centre County Highway Revolt is a citizen-led organization opposing any new automobile spending in Pennsylvania, and instead promotes building a fast, frequent, regional rail system out of existing, government-owned infrastructure for intercity travel, daily car-free commuting, and transit accessible nature.
Learn more at https://www.centrecountyhighwayrevolt.org
Proto-Future 9: GAP Pilot, Part 1
The first part of a pilot episode I recorded, testing out the concept of PFP before I released the Manifesto, where I Amtraked from Connellsville to Pittsburgh, explored Pittsburgh, and biked back.
A reminder to support CAN: https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org
Proto-Future 8: I heart New York???
G4's take on NYC's Congestion Pricing, just in the nick of too late. Plus a report of a recent trip to a live show between City Nerd and the War on Cars in NYC, as well as bicycling around Baltimore, DC, NYC, and Philly.