{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast DC","slug":"city-cast-dc-5592992","podcast_index_feed_id":5592992,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/citycastdc","website_url":"https://dc.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/e406f33c-e282-11ec-8cad-a7edae1b4b13/image/0ae8636759e046ff7dcfa65d44f24512.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":1057,"summary":"City Cast DC is the daily, local audio companion you knew DC needed.. Washingtonians are deeply passionate about our city, whose story is still being written, and City Cast DC is here to tell it. Every weekday morning, our hosts Michael Schaffer and Bridget Todd will engage people from all over the eight wards in conversation about DC’s crises and its beauty, both literal and figurative. It’ll have the feel of eavesdropping on an energetic and informative coffee shop chat, except that with City Cast DC, consider this your official invitation to listen in. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at dc.citycast.fm.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T14:24:45.980119+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992"},"episode":{"title":"What Does It Take To Make Our City Safer?","slug":"what-does-it-take-to-make-our-city-safer","published_at":"2026-07-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992/what-does-it-take-to-make-our-city-safer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/412b92/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6844393361.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/412b92/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC6844393361.mp3","summary":"What does it take to make a dangerous street safer? That's what we're talking about today with Dan Reed. Dan is a transportation planner and the Maryland Policy Director at Greater Greater Washington. Last year, they were walking their dog through their neighborhood in Silver Spring, Maryland when a driver struck both of them. Dan wrote about the accident—and then about the year they spent fighting to make their street safer. Want some more DC news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter City Cast DC. You can text us or leave a voicemail at: (202) 642-2654. You can also become a member, with ad-free listening, for as little as $10 a month. Learn more about the sponsors of this July 9th episode: Library of Congress Alliance Française Washington DC Interested in advertising with City Cast? Find more info HERE.","meta_description":"What does it take to make a dangerous street safer? That's what we're talking about today with Dan Reed. Dan is a transportation planner and the Maryland…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1960,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-dc-5592992/episodes/what-does-it-take-to-make-our-city-safer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-dc-5592992/what-does-it-take-to-make-our-city-safer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}