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Interview Archives: Transportation
Thursday April 19, 2012, 11:06 AM
Bicycling Resources in the Champaign-Urbana Area
Gary Cziko, Chair of Champaign County Bikes
Lorrie Pearson, President of the Prairie Cycle Club
Carl Stewart, Coordinator of the U of I Campus Bike Project
Host: David Inge
Riding a bicycle is good for you and good for the environment. Around the country, planners in a growing number of cities are working to make their streets more bike friendly. But it’s also important that riders obey the law and stay safe. We’ll address all of these issues with three guests: Gary Cziko, chair of Champaign County Bikes; Lorrie Pearson, president of the Prairie Cycle Club; and Carl Stewart, coordinator of the U of I Campus Bike Project.
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- Prairie Cycle Club
- Urbana-Champaign Bike Ride!
- Champaign County Bikes
- The Bike Project
- CU Bike to Work Day
Categories: Community • Transportation
Wednesday November 30, 2011, 11:06 AM
Ask the Pilot: Air Travel and the Airlines
Patrick Smith, Airline Pilot, Air Travel Columnist for Salon.com, and Host of AskThePilot.com
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Transportation • Airlines
Friday October 28, 2011, 10:06 AM
Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike That Changed America
Joseph A. McCartin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History; Director, Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor, Georgetown University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Government • History • United States history • Labor/worker issues • Transportation • Airlines
Tuesday October 25, 2011, 10:06 AM
Bicycle Safety and Planning
Gary Cziko, Ph.D., Chair, Champaign County Bikes; Professor Emeritus, Education Psychology, University of Illinois
Cynthia Hoyle, Transportation Planning Consultant
Host: David Inge
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- Champaign County Bikes
- C-U Safe Routes to School Project Bike Safety Video for Families
- C-U Sharing the Road video
Categories: Recreation • Transportation
Friday July 01, 2011, 10:06 AM
The Big Roads: The Untold Story of the Engineers, Visionaries, and Trailblazers Who Created the American Superhighways
Earl Swift, Writer
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Infrastructure • Transportation
Tuesday April 26, 2011, 10:06 AM
Ask the Pilot: Air Travel and the Airlines
Patrick Smith, Airline Pilot, Air Travel Columnist for Salon.com, and Host of AskThePilot.com
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Transportation • Airlines • Travel
Tuesday May 11, 2010, 11:06 AM
Bike Snob: Systematically & Mercilessly Realigning the World of Cycling
Eben Weiss, Writer, Bicycle Racer, creator of the blog bikesnobnyc
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Transportation
Thursday January 14, 2010, 11:06 AM
The Future of High Speed Rail for the Midwest
Richard Harnish, Executive Director, Midwest High Speed Rail Association
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Transportation • Railroads
Monday January 11, 2010, 10:06 AM
Current Developments in Yemen
Gregory D. Johnsen, M.A., Former Fulbright Fellow in Yemen, Ph.D. Candidate in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and Contributer to the blog Waq al-Waq
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Foreign Policy-U.S. • International Affairs • Terrorism • Transportation • Airlines • Middle East
Thursday June 18, 2009, 11:06 AM
The Future of the Airline Industry
David Grossman,, "Business Traveler" Columnist for U.S.A. Today.com, and former airline industry executive
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Transportation • Airlines • Travel
