Design and Architecture Bird scooters, Metro innovation, road diets Hosted by Frances Anderton Jan. 09, 2018 Listen 28 min MORE Bird scooters on the sidewalk in downtown Santa Monica. Photo by Frances Anderton. From this Episode: Scooter-sharing startup Bird takes flight in Santa Monica Last fall a battery-powered, adult-size variant on a Razor scooter appeared on the streets of downtown Santa Monica. 11 min Pitch your transit ideas to Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation You don’t have to be Elon Musk to pitch an idea for improving mobility in Los Angeles. Say you have an innovative idea for helping Angelenos get around the region. Who do... 10 min DoT chief: road diets aren’t dead Late last year the beachside neighborhood of Playa Del Rey got into a road rage over a road diet. Some car lanes were removed to slow traffic, and bike lanes were added. 7 min Credits Host: Frances Anderton Producers: Frances Anderton, Avishay Artsy