Can Seattle tax its traffic away?
Congestion pricing: the good, the bad, and the eye-popping pricetag of London’s driving fee.
On today's show:
Congestion Pricing
Seattle is considering moving to a congestion pricing model; it would be the first North American city to do so. Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone introduced and implemented the congestion charge there in 2003. Gabe Klein has studied the fee as former Commissioner of Transportation in Chicago and Washington, DC. And David Gutman is transportation reporter at the Seattle Times’ Traffic Lab project.
Adrienne Quinn Homelessness Exit Interview
How do we solve homelessness in King County? That was the mandate Adrienne Quinn was tasked with as director of the county’s Community and Human Services Department. She’s left the role for a teaching position – we asked her whether governance structures can solve homelessness.
Glynn Washington on the truth
There are a lot of different ways to discern what’s true, many of which are driven by a story. But can you believe someone's word, or your gut, or even your eyes? How do you get at the truth of a story? Glynn Washington, host of WNYC’s Snap Judgment, will be in Seattle on Saturday, October 13th. He joined Bill Radke to discuss the stories we share even when we’d rather look away.
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Bill Radke
Host
Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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