Metro Blueprint

How local leaders and communities are leading the transition to clean energy

In this episode of Metro Blueprint, Xavier de Souza Briggs, senior fellow at Brookings Metro, Melanie Allen, founding co-director of the Hive Fund, and Robert "R.J." McGrail, director of the Accelerating Community Investment initiative at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, discuss how federal policy affects our energy future and what it will take to bring affordable and resilient energy to everyone. Transcript and show notes [https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-local-leaders-and-communities-are-leading-the-transition-to-clean-energy/]. Metro Blueprint is part of the Brookings Podcast Network [https://www.brookings.edu/podcasts/]. Subscribe and listen wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback to podcasts@brookings.edu [podcasts@brookings.edu].

Workers must have a seat at the AI bargaining table

In this episode of Metro Blueprint, experts explain the importance of including workers' voices in conversations that shape how AI is used and regulated. Molly Kinder, senior fellow at Brookings Metro, and Christy Hoffman, general secretary of the UNI Global Union, discuss how unions can protect workers from displacement as a result of companies using generative AI. Transcript and show notes [https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-federal-funding-cuts-impact-tribal-communities]. Metro Blueprint is part of the Brookings Podcast Network [https://www.brookings.edu/podcasts/]. Subscribe and listen wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback to podcasts@brookings.edu [podcasts@brookings.edu].

How federal funding cuts impact Tribal communities

In this episode of Metro Blueprint, experts examine the challenges Indian Country is facing due to the disruption in federal funding. Robert Maxim, fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Allison Neswood, senior staff attorney at the Native American Rights Fund, discuss what these cuts mean to Native communities—and why non-Native audiences should pay attention. Transcript and show notes [https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-federal-funding-cuts-impact-tribal-communities]. Metro Blueprint is part of the Brookings Podcast Network [https://www.brookings.edu/podcasts/]. Subscribe and listen wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback to podcasts@brookings.edu [podcasts@brookings.edu].

How can policymakers help communities left behind by globalization and automation?

In this episode of Metro Blueprint, experts discuss ways to address the regional economic consequences of globalization. Mark Muro, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Gordon Hanson, the Wertheim Professor of Urban Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School, explain how place-based industrial policy can help struggling Heartland economies. Transcript and show notes [https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-can-policymakers-help-communities-left-behind-by-globalization-and-automation/]. Metro Blueprint is part of the Brookings Podcast Network [https://www.brookings.edu/podcasts/]. Subscribe and listen wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback to podcasts@brookings.edu [podcasts@brookings.edu].

Will New York's congestion pricing program pave the way for broader adoption?

In this episode, experts explore how New York City created a successful congestion pricing plan that has so far reduced traffic and increased transit ridership while retaining a bustling downtown. Adie Tomer, senior fellow at Brookings Metro, and Polly Trottenberg, former U.S. Department of Transportation deputy secretary and former commissioner of New York City's transportation department, explain how other cities can use New York as a blueprint to implement their own congestion pricing policies. Transcript and show notes [https://www.brookings.edu/articles/will-new-yorks-congestion-pricing-program-pave-the-way-for-broader-adoption/]. Metro Blueprint is part of the Brookings Podcast Network [https://www.brookings.edu/podcasts/]. Subscribe and listen wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback to podcasts@brookings.edu [podcasts@brookings.edu].