Archive - Exasperated Infrastructures

Autonomous Vehicles & Parking Reform: A Panel Review

A panel review and some commentary about this very prescient topic sponsored by the Parking Reform Network.

17 hrs ago • sam sklar

Losing Frank’s or…The City Almost Got Him Again

As cost of living increases, what can the City learn from Frank's Bike Shop to help support small businesses in 2026?

Jul 27 • Tricia Davies

Public 🤝 Private Partnerships: A Legacy, with Alexis Rosenberg

We dug into the the meat of the P3 process and an successful (with receipts!) example in Georgia.

Jul 21 • sam sklar

54:10

Ranking Transit Abundance Playbook essays by how much I learned

The online "intellectuals" are too focused on what's wrong with the playbook instead of what's right.

Jul 16 • sam sklar

June 2026

Sidewalk Nation: The Life and Law of America's Most Overlooked Resource

In Conversation with Michael Pollack, Professor, Author and Sidewalk Scholar

Jun 25 • sam sklar

46:23

May 2026

This Is Why We Can't Ever Stop Superspeeders

Dangerous by Design indeed.

May 29 • sam sklar

Pitchfest 2026: Civic Tech in Action

I sat down with Cara Eckholm and we talk the future of Civic Tech, Philanthropy and the Power of Partnership. Interest forms due June 2nd! Don't delay.

May 28 • sam sklar

22:12

Peck, Michigan is the gold standard for project reform.

This tiny town of 570 can teach all of us how to harness government for good.

May 20 • sam sklar

30:04

Why Nothing Works

A conversation with author Marc Dunkelman from March 2025 because I am a delinquent.

May 11 • sam sklar

49:23

An Exasperated Conversation with Matthew Algeo's, author of "New York's Secret Subway"

The book is amazing. Imagine a story and then there's a whole other story.

May 8 • sam sklar

37:41

A Conversation on Civic Tech, AI, and the Future of Cities with Andrew Rasiej

The founder of Civic Hall gives me a hall of an earful.

May 6 • sam sklar

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May 5 • sam sklar

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