The Problem of Our Time

Visions of Our Public Transportation Future w/ Shannon Binns

49 min · 22 de may de 2026
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This is episode asks the question: Is Charlotte's failure to provide a viable public transportation an environmental issue? Spoiler alert: YES! But how and what are some of the visions for the future. Host, Colin Harden sat down with Shannon Binns of Sustain Charlotte to find out. I also take the bus to work to see how trash it is and got an unexpected to call from my buddy Charles who tells me his bus story. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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