Winter Sidwalk Talk with Grammy-nominated recording artist José Antonio Zayas Cabán
01/19/23 • 52 min
John is joined by Grammy-nominated transportation organizer José Antonio Zayas Cabán (Our Streets Minneapolis) for a conversation about the push for municipal sidewalk clearing. In a northern city with significant annual snowfall every winter, how seriously do we take our commitment that each of our neighbors should get where they're going with bodies unbroken? We talk about the cost to do it right, the skepticism, what it looks like in other places, why the city council voted down funding for a pilot project in the 2023 budget, and the impact to the city's transportation and climate goals if we accept the failed and dangerous status quo. We finish the episode by congratulating José on his Grammy nomination and talk about some of his musical inspirations, including his experience as a young pedestrian growing up in Puerto Rico.
About Montreal's sidewalk clearing program: https://montreal.ca/en/topics/snow-removal-sidewalks-and-streets
Our Streets Minneapolis' push for municipal snow removal: https://www.ourstreetsmpls.org/muni_sidewalk_plowing
José's Grammy nominated work: http://joseantonio-zayascaban.com/release/el-pais-invisible/
Recommendations:
Movie - Finding Forrester
Music - "Alondra de los Bosques"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihf0KsNpMKc&ab_channel=BorinkenTv
Book - "How to Hide an Empire"
https://www.moonpalacebooks.com/item/pAG4rDFNcoxGxSfx850BTA
Book - "Empire of Borders"
https://www.moonpalacebooks.com/item/UEvoORypFGoyiCFb5_nA0Q
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Wedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee
John is joined by Grammy-nominated transportation organizer José Antonio Zayas Cabán (Our Streets Minneapolis) for a conversation about the push for municipal sidewalk clearing. In a northern city with significant annual snowfall every winter, how seriously do we take our commitment that each of our neighbors should get where they're going with bodies unbroken? We talk about the cost to do it right, the skepticism, what it looks like in other places, why the city council voted down funding for a pilot project in the 2023 budget, and the impact to the city's transportation and climate goals if we accept the failed and dangerous status quo. We finish the episode by congratulating José on his Grammy nomination and talk about some of his musical inspirations, including his experience as a young pedestrian growing up in Puerto Rico.
About Montreal's sidewalk clearing program: https://montreal.ca/en/topics/snow-removal-sidewalks-and-streets
Our Streets Minneapolis' push for municipal snow removal: https://www.ourstreetsmpls.org/muni_sidewalk_plowing
José's Grammy nominated work: http://joseantonio-zayascaban.com/release/el-pais-invisible/
Recommendations:
Movie - Finding Forrester
Music - "Alondra de los Bosques"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihf0KsNpMKc&ab_channel=BorinkenTv
Book - "How to Hide an Empire"
https://www.moonpalacebooks.com/item/pAG4rDFNcoxGxSfx850BTA
Book - "Empire of Borders"
https://www.moonpalacebooks.com/item/UEvoORypFGoyiCFb5_nA0Q
Watch: https://youtube.com/wedgelive
Join the conversation: https://twitter.com/wedgelive
Support the show: https://patreon.com/wedgelive
Wedge LIVE theme song by Anthony Kasper x LaFontsee
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