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We cover how people move about the region, as well as trends in housing and commercial development.
Kiley Koscinski
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection announced $2.1 million dollars in grants Thursday for alternative fuel projects across the commonwealth.
Sarah Kovash
Katie Blackley
Let’s take a ride! Be it on the Pennsylvania Turnpike (“America’s First Super Highway,” and a model for the national interstate highway system), the massive Brilliant Viaduct over Washington Boulevard, or Skybus (futuristic transit system that never took off), we’ll explore all the different ways to get around Pittsburgh past and present. (The Good Question! Podcast is sponsored by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and CASTUS.)
Listen • 15:35
Kevin Gavin
On today’s episode of The Confluence: Riverlife released a plan to complete a loop connecting the parks and trails along downtown’s riverfronts, at a cost of nearly a quarter billion dollars; former Pittsburgh Police Chief Robert McNeilly’s book shares insights into policing and his experiences leading the department following the consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice; and a Pittsburgh artist works with the Mattress Factory to address inequities experienced by Black homeowners.
Listen • 22:30
Kevin Gavin
On today’s episode of The Confluence: Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey campaigned on improving the city’s affordable housing market, but recent developments may make reaching those goals more difficult; how employers can look to neurodiverse adults to help fill vacancies; and the state’s looking to regulate PFAS, known as forever chemicals, in drinking water.
Listen • 22:30
Kevin Gavin
On today’s episode of The Confluence: We find out how some disciplinary hearings have been going since the Allegheny County of Port Authority’s vaccine mandate took effect for employees; a decade after a gunman opened fire at Western Psychiatric Hospital, we speak to the program manager of the County Office of Violence Prevention about how violence is a public health concern; and we preview a new podcast from WESA, inspired by a project to answer listeners' good questions.
Listen • 22:30