Antonio Villaraigosa: Becoming the "Subway Mayor" in Car-Centric Los Angeles
Cityspeak
English - July 22, 2019 18:00 - 18 minutes - 12.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsDesign Arts Business cities los angeles socal urbanize la urbanism construction commercial real estate development architecture urban planning Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the debut episode of CitySpeak, Max Masuda-Farkas interviews the 41st Mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa. Dubbed by LA Weekly as “the Subway Mayor,” Mayor Villaraigosa was mayor from 2005-2013, promoting a new vision for Los Angeles as “a city of smart growth,” the fruits of which are just beginning to bear today. Listen in as Mayor Villaraigosa chats with Max Masuda-Farkas about everything from why cities are becoming more powerful than nations and how he wrangled the federal government to actually put its money where its mouth is on transportation.