Vee Paykar on transportation justice and policy, building empathy, and examining our privilege
Season 1 Episode 5
Hosted by Ally Celones Senturk & Alex Kaufman
Can you imagine your perfect city? Victoria (or Vee) Paykar can. This week we examine why designing fair, and accessible transportation policies require empathy. With this crash course in equity and intersectionality, listen and learn about what it takes to uplift communities disproportionately affected by environmental racism.
Feelanthrope is produced by Ally Celones Senturk. Our audio engineer and composer is Kory Hilpmann, with original music by Danny Nguyen. Our designer is Kait Kolsky.
Listen
Various vittles from our chat with Vee
Connect with Victoria Paykar on LinkedIn
Learn about improv’s famous “Yes and…” mantra
Meet transportation advocate Tamika Butler
Learn about the Intersectional Environmentalist
Read L.A.’s Dodger Stadium’s violent origin on Vox
Learn about BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and listen to NPR’s Code Switch: Is It Time To Say R.I.P. To 'POC'? episode on the topic
Learn about President Biden’s proposed infrastructure funding framework
Read about the built environment
Read Alex’s blog post on Biden’s infrastructure package
Learn about marginalism and intersectionality on the Privilege Wheel by Sylvia Duckworth
Watch Privilege/Class/Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race
Learn about the electric vehicle models on the market today
Read about micromobility
Learn about the 15-Minute City
All We Can Save author Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s Venn diagram on what you should do about the climate crisis (we think she’s pretty great)
Read The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
Read The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Kline
Read The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It by Robert Reich
Learn about redlining and Redlining and Coastal Access Inequity in San Diego
Read the Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design by Charles Montgomery