{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 476: Saving California Transit from the Fiscal Cliff","description":"This week we\u2019re sharing a San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) forum on how a statewide coalition of transit advocates were able to organize a funding bridge to avert a fiscal cliff for transit operators in the state. The discussion led by SPUR\u2019s Laura Tolkoff, shares how they did it and what\u2019s next. Featured guests include... Laura Tolkoff \/ Interim Chief Policy Officer &amp;amp; Transportation Policy Director, SPUR &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Rebecca Long \/ Director, Legislation &amp;amp; Public Affairs, Bay Area Metro &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Cyrus Hall \/ Independent Sustainable Transportation Advocate &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Zack Deutsch-Gross \/ Policy Director, Transform CA &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Raayan Mohtashemi \/ Legislative Aide, Office of California State Senator Scott Wiener &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Monique Webster \/ Regional Government Affairs Manager, SFMTA Adina Levin \/ Policy Director and Co-Founder, Seamless Bay Area ***  Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http:\/\/patreon.com\/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!&amp;nbsp; And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at  Tee-Public! And everything else at http:\/\/theoverheadwire.com  ","author_name":"Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/streetsblog.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/30576058\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ed1c24\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/30576058"}