Just a week ago, I got my first radio interview: I talked for 20 minutes with Marielle Smith, the producer of Energy-Wise. The short segment played Monday morning on Newsradio 970 KFBX (and perhaps the other local Clear Channel stations). We covered:
- Our denied pedestrian right;
- The social aspects of pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods and cities;
- The need for and convenience of destination-rich, mixed-use neighborhoods;
- The benefits and challenges of bus ridership in Fairbanks;
- Problems with, and suggestions for, Fairbanks’s city planning; and
- Reasons to prefer light rail to buses.
The interview is broken up into Part 1 and Part 2. If those links don’t work, go to KFBX’s podcasts page and scroll down to Energy-Wise, episode 13.
Good job.
Light rail? Maybe from Ester to the Marlin with a stop at the U.
Well, Ester someday — I’ve certainly thought of it. For the start, though: Fbks. Intl. Airport to downtown, with a number of stops along Airport Way. Downtown to the train station, then on to the University (maybe on to Ester). Fairbanks to North Pole, maybe extended to Eielson. The hospital needs a stop nearby.
Then, I’m not sure what. Hamilton Acres? Aurora? South Cushman? One possible answer is, the shopping complex at the corner of Johansen and Steese — though that’s just the kind of development I hope we’d discourage.
Where else?