Carly Berlin
New Orleans Metro ReporterCarly Berlin is the New Orleans Reporter for WWNO and WRKF. She focuses on housing, transportation, and city government. Previously, she was the Gulf Coast Correspondent for Southerly, where her work focused on disaster recovery across south Louisiana during two record-breaking hurricane seasons. Much of that reporting centered on the aftermath of Hurricanes Laura and Delta in Lake Charles, and was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center.
Carly grew up in Atlanta and earned a BA in English with a Creative Writing concentration from Bowdoin College in 2018.
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The city wants to reverse the trend of rising roadway deaths, but some critics say it could be doing more to prevent it. -
Lona Edwards Hankins, who took the helm at the Regional Transit Authority in March, joins us to talk about bus shelters, rider communications, and rapid transit plans. -
Strengthen Alabama Homes gives residents up to $10,000 to retrofit homes to the FORTIFIED standard. Other states see it as a model for their own insurance woes. -
When we talk about climate change, we hear one word all the time: resilient. We use it to talk about everything from our houses, to our power grid, to ourselves. Earlier this spring, we asked our listeners to tell us how you feel about this word. And you blew up our voicemail box.In this episode of Sea Change, we hear your responses. And we ask: how can we address the physical forces of climate change and the broken social systems that make it an even greater threat? We hear stories about efforts from across the Gulf Coast – from storm-proofing homes to creating neighborhood disaster response groups – to help keep people from needing to be resilient in the first place. -
Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about recent proposals on carbon capture – why some lawmakers are embracing it and others are pushing back. Plus, Stephanie Grace sits down with Republican gubernatorial candidate and state House Rep. Richard Nelson to hear more about his platform. -
Bus ridership is rebounding but still below pre-COVID levels. Federal dollars are expanding services in many parts of the country. We take a ride through New Orleans to find what could be improved.
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The measure, passed on Thursday (April 6), means that all existing residential permits will sunset at the end of August – regardless of the expiration date stated on the permit. -
Bus ridership is rebounding but still below pre-COVID levels. Federal dollars are expanding services in many parts of the country. We take a ride through New Orleans to find what could be improved.
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The Thursday vote came after a delay last month, when council member Freddie King raised concerns that the new route could increase traffic. Now, the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority will be able to seek federal funding to help advance the line. -
Council members approved an amendment to allow special exceptions to the square-block cap.
