12:00 Examining Mamdani’s proposal for free public transit - in NYC and beyond
1:00 Processing the assassination of Charlie Kirk
What would happen if cities offered free public transit for anyone who wants to use it? New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to do just that. Economist Amit Batabyal recently examined some data to see what the impact would be - and the answers were not what many of his readers in the Rochester Beacon expected. We’ll discuss what could happen if transit were free and widely accessible.
In studio:
- Amit Batabyal, Ph.D., distinguished professor and the Arthur J. Gosnell Professor of Economics at RIT
- Cody Donahue, co-executive director of Reconnect Rochester
Then in our second hour, the assassination of Charlie Kirk is the latest in a series of political attacks in recent years in this country. We sit down with a leader in the nonviolence movement to talk about the cost to a society of increasing violence. And we welcome feedback from our audience about how to process this disturbing and tragic news.
In studio:
- Jonathon Jones, community trainer with the Ghandi Institute of Nonviolence
- Kit Miller, director emeritus of the Ghandi Institute of Nonviolence
"Connections with Evan Dawson" is livestreamed each day on the WXXI News YouTube channel. Watch here.
