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Episode 509: City Tech with Rob Walker Nov 21, 2024

This week we’re joined by writer Rob Walker to talk about his book, City Tech: 20 Apps, Ideas, and Innovations Changing the Urban Landscape. We discuss data collection, misconceptions, impressive transportation technologies such as e-bikes, and how technology has progressed in the last decade.

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Monday's Flashback: What a Body Can Do Nov 19, 2024

A Flashback! That’s right we’re flashing back again to Episode 308 of the Talking Headways podcast with Sara Hendren discussing her book What a Body Can Do. Sara chats with us about how we think and talk about disability, reframing independent living, and designing a humane world for everyone. This is one of my favorites and I’m glad we’re getting to share it with folks again.

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Episode 508: Biden Administration's Transportation Policy Legacy Nov 14, 2024

This week we’re joined by Dani Simons, currently of Alstom but formerly Assistant to the Secretary and Director of Public Affairs at USDOT, to take a look back at how Biden Administration policies evolved from ideas to bills such as the IIJA and Inflation reduction act. We also discuss Buy America, the impacts of outside criticisms from different sides of the political spectrum, and the importance of storytelling.

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Episode 161: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Post Election with John Simmerman Nov 12, 2024

John Simmerman of Active Towns joins the Mondays Show post election to talk about some of the transit wins. We also look ahead and wonder if LA really could go car free for the Olympics and whether Canada is ready for high speed rail.

Below are the show notes and items we chatted about on the show with John.

Voters pass Denver 7A - Colorado Sun

Nashville voters pass transit funding - Nashville Tennessean

Columbus passes transit measure - Columbus Dispatch

Washington voters save climate bill - Associated Press

Cobb and Gwinett transit measures fail - Saporta Report

LA County homeless funding tax passes - Los Angeles Times

Will LA Olympics go car free? - Slate

Canada will announce high speed rail plans - CBC News

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Episode 507: Thinking Bigger About Regional Economic Development Nov 07, 2024

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Julie Huls, CEO of Waymaker Group. We chat about economic development strategies for mid-sized cities, the impacts of the pandemic on regional thinking, and what a future of Mega Regions means for cities trying to attract talent.

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Episode 506: Transit Wins and Co-Benefits from Climate Work Oct 31, 2024

This week on Talking Headways we’re listening in on a 1 to 1 conversation between Julie Eaton Ernst, Climate Resilience Practice Leader at HNTB, and Dr. Cris Liban, Chief Sustainability Officer at LA Metro. They chat about the co-benefits of transportation, the evolution of the definition of transportation, and making change in small steps.

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Monday's Flashback: More Than Just a Box Oct 29, 2024

We’re going back in time to Episode 144 to chat with Matthew Heins about his book The Globalization of American Infrastructure: The Shipping Container and Freight Transportation. We’ve done a lot of fun shows and I had forgotten about this one until I was looking back trying to think of a good oldie to share with you all.

Matthew talks about how the American highway and rail systems created a global standard for shipping containers, the local actors shaping globalization, containerization’s effects on labor and relevance to an automated trucking future, and the massive intermodal terminals in cities like Chicago.

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Episode 505: Urgency and Vision Zero Oct 24, 2024

This week we’re joined by Leah Shahum, Executive Director of the Vision Zero Network. We chat about why it’s so hard to make change, the implicit biases around designing for automobiles and the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims coming up on November 17th.

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Episode 504: Simpler Payment Systems for Agencies and Riders Oct 17, 2024

This week we’re joined by Gillian Gillett of CalITP and Dan Baker, of the Connecticut Department of Transportation to discuss how agencies can create simpler payment and travel experiences for transit riders. We chat about the Connecticut Integrated Mobility Project, building payment system capacity and merchant services for smaller transit agencies, and the need for digital customer first thinking in a paper based industry.

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Episode 160: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Long and Winding Road Oct 15, 2024

This week on Mondays Wes Marshall is back! We chat about his trip to Bogota Columbia, the connections between biological structure and the built environment, and of course we discuss the news from last week including climate migration, high speed rail, roundabouts, and healthy urbanism.

Check out below for the show notes including links to the items we chatted about and a full AI generated unedited transcript of this show. And don't forget to check this out on YouTube.

Show Notes

Ants that count - NPR

Austin to Mexico HSR? MySA

Japan's 60 years of HSR - The Guardian

To Mexico Under Wires - The Overhead Wire

Moving to Disaster Prone Areas - New York Times

Nowhere is safe, not even climate havens - The Guardian

Galveston at the edge of the seawall - Washington Post

A worse case scenario - Washington Post

Rebuilding roads post disaster - Wired Magazine

The Sprawl - The Overhead Wire

The Modular Roundabout - Equipment World

Rethinking La Rambla - El Pais

Obvious Solutions v. Actual Ones - The Overhead Wire

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Episode 503: The Architecture of Urbanity Oct 10, 2024

This week on Talking Headways, we're joined by architect Vishaan Chakrabarti to talk about his book The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy. We discuss the goldilocks density, defining urbanity, and the ennui of young architects.

How to Make Room for 1M New Yorkers - NYT

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Mondays Flashback: Access as a Metric Oct 08, 2024

We’re flashing back to Talking Headways episode 246 from five years ago and chat with Andrew Owen of the Accessibility Observatory about access as a metric! Wes Marshall will be back next week but in the meantime we've got you covered with some great information.

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Episode 502: Transit Themed Rock Music Oct 03, 2024

This week we’re joined by Cameron Mays, lead singer of the Transit Themed band The Frans. We chat about transit in Cleveland, the song writing process for transit music, and the parking lot in Erie Pennsylvania that inspired him.

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Episode 501: How MPOs Can Help Design Safe Streets Sep 26, 2024

This week we’re joined by Cassidy Boulan and Thom Stead of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). We chat about their work in Philadelphia, Trenton, and greater New Jersey related to complete streets and creating safe infrastructure for biking and bus drivers.

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Episode 159: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - It's All Connected with Wes Marshall Sep 24, 2024

This week on Mondays we're joined by Professor Wes Marshall of the University of Colorado Denver to go through this week's news. We talk 15 Minute Cities, increasing car loans, social housing, and whether a new train to Boulder makes sense. We're also sharing this one on YouTube in a few days so check in there too.

Main Items

The 15 Minute City - Guardian Cities (Research Paper linked inside article)

15 minute city interactive website

Car loans pass student loans - Jalopnik

The Home Act - New York Times

An affordable housing experiment - Vox

Boulder train coming? - Colorado Public Radio

Future of Lyft bikes - Lyft

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Episode 500: LA and Beyond with Ken Napzok and Joseph Scrimshaw Sep 19, 2024

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're hitting 500 episodes! And to celebrate we have a bit of a look back in time with Tanya Snyder of the origins of the show and then we chat with Ken Napzok and Joseph Scrimshaw of my favorite podcast Force Center. But we don't talk about Star Wars, we talk about Los Angeles and thier feelings towards the place they call home.

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Episode 499: Expanding Amtrak Across America Sep 12, 2024

This week we’re joined by Mike Christensen, Executive Director of the Utah Rail Passengers Association and a tireless advocate for intercity passenger rail. Mike chats with us about Amtrak’s expansion plans, the impact of the infrastructure bill and why things take so long to implement.

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Episode 158: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - I Love Fall with Sam Sklar Sep 10, 2024

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Sam Sklar to talk about a lot of interseting topics from Charlotte and Riyadh transit expansions to climate policies that work and why kids aren't taking the bus to school as much. We also share some recent research on windshield perspectives from Tara Goddard and look at what rising car insurance rates might mean for the future.

Find Sam at Exasperated Infrastructures

Below are the Items we discussed on the show:

Main Topics

Charlotte city council wants transit ballot measure - WFAE

Riyadh's $25B metro project - Newsweek

What climate policies work - Grist

The Failing School Bus - Slate

Windshield Bias - Findings Press

Car insurance going up - CBS News

Puppies and Butterflies

Borgen The Show

The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared

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Episode 498: Transit Leadership for the Future Sep 05, 2024

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by podcaster and transit expert Paul Comfort and former California State Transportation Agency Secretary David Kim to talk about their ensemble book The New Future of Public Transportation. We talk about writing cookbooks, road user charges, and the importance of leadership.

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Mondays Flashback: Asphalt - A History Sep 03, 2024

Since it’s Labor Day we’ve got a flashback Talking Headways here at Mondays at The Overhead Wire! Next week we’ll be back with a Mondays show with a special guest that’s not Han Solo so stay tuned!

But this week we’re chatting with Kenneth O’reilly about his book Asphalt: A History. We chatted about what asphalt is, how it was used for building, war, and economic expansion and how it affects the future of the planet. Ninety-four percent of our roads are asphalt, and they are 100 percent recyclable.

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Episode 497: The Real Work of Safer Streets Aug 29, 2024

This week on Talking Headways we chat with transportation and planning expert Warren Logan, who is running for Oakland City Council in District 3. Warren talks about the differences in how people perceive government works, the need for more flexible streets, and gives thoughts on housing policy.

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Episode 496: Portland's Micromobility Experience Aug 22, 2024

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Dylan Rivera and Jacob Sherman of the Portland Bureau of Transportation to discuss micromobility. We chat about the importance of cities regulating access to transportation markets, importance of bike infrastructure, transportation wallets and alternatives to a parking pass.

Link to Portland's E-Scooter Program - PBOT

Portland Scooter Data - PBOT

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Episode 157: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - First Nations Urbanism Aug 20, 2024

This week we're Han Solo, but we're chatting about how the First Nations in Vancouver are becoming to largest property developer in California, the idea of urban delivery hubs and switching cargo planning, how cities are heating up at night, and the idea that some folks are tired of losing.

Below are the links from the items we talked about on the shows.

First Nations development - Fast Company

Urban delivery hubs - Transport Topics

Ownership burdens of cars and homes - Infra/Structures

Rest of the world building subways - Fast Company

Tired of losing - Slate

Olympics bike revolution - Momentum Magazine

Commutes harm health - The City Fix

Cities heating at night - The New York Times

Chennai's subway savings - Times of India

Bonus Items

Berlin's street level pollution monitoring - TheMayor.eu

Long beach data collection - LA Times

Bus rapid transit impacts on traffic - SSTI

City of Boston e-bike voucher - Boston.com

London cargo bike gains - Forbes

Feds scrap veteran housing restrictions - LA Times

Cities should be proactive on road funding - Governing

$20B Bay Area housing bond cancelled - CalMatters

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Episode 495: Reducing Emissions on Highway Projects Aug 15, 2024

This week we’re joined by Move Minnesota director Sam Rockwell to talk about climate bills Minnesota legislators have passed that could reduce highway and road building emissions in the state. We chat about setting transportation related climate targets, highway modeling, and taking the time to read federal rule comment letters.

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Episode 494: Bandaids on a Lack of Density Aug 08, 2024

This week on the Talking Headways podcast swe’re joined by Nico Larco, Director of the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon. We chat about his new book with Kaarin Knudson, The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook as well as a realization about how most of what we do in the United States seems to be bandaids for a lack of urban density.

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Mondays Flashback: The Digital City with Germaine Halegoua Aug 06, 2024

This week we’re jumping back in time to visit Talking Headways episode 285 featuring Professor Germaine Halegoua discussing her book The Digital City: Media and the Social Production of Place. It’s one of my favorite book discussions ever and I thought it would be a nice episode to revisit.

In this episode, Germaine talks about how people use digital media to relate to cities whether that’s images on Instagram or through Google Maps. We also talk about how data exchange can be exploitative and how internet infrastructure is used as a commodity rather than a utility and how that affects equity. And finally there's a discussion about smart cities and how they try to create top down culture.

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Episode 493: Transit to the Great Outdoors Aug 01, 2024

This week on Talking Headways we have a conversation moderated by Corrie Parrish of Kittelson Associates with Andrea Breault of Cascades East Transit and Amy Schlappi of Columbia Area Transit discussing Transit service to the Great Outdoors.

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Episode 492: Have Cities Run Out of Land? Jul 25, 2024

This week we’re joined by Chris Redfearn of USC and Anthony Orlando of Cal Poly Pomona to discuss their paper - Houston, you have a problem: How large cities accommodate more housing. We talk about why "pro-business" Texas housing markets are catching up to "pro-regulation" California and what it might mean for future city growth.

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Episode 156: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Universal Basic Livability Jul 23, 2024

This week on Mondays Chrissy Mancini-Nichols is back! We talk about universal basic mobility, cool corridors, Japan's idea for a massive underground freight conveyor belt and freight's first mile last mile problem, health problems caused by a Texas bitcoin mine, and USDOT's push for emissions reductions.

Chrissy also mentioned commenting on the PROWAG regulations

Also the Fresno transit microgrid

News Items

Universal Basic Mobility Oakland - LA Times

Cooling corridors - DW | Reasons to be Cheerful

Japan's freight mover - Fast Company

Bitcoin mining and health - Time Magazine

USDOT Decarbonization strategies - Smart Cities Dive

Minnesota e-bike rebate - Minneapolis Star Tribune

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Episode 491: IrrePLACEable Jul 18, 2024

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Kevin Kelley, founding partner and principal at Shook Kelley. We talk about his book Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places that Bring People Together. We discuss eliciting emotions, the debate between themes and authenticity, changing the meaning of cities, and embracing density.

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Episode 490: Electrify the Rails Jul 11, 2024

This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Adriana Rizzo of Californians for Electric Rail. We chat about freight and warehousing growth in California's Inland Empire, the benefits of train electrification and a new California CEQA exemption push for overhead wires, and why hydrogen trains are getting more attention.

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Episode 155: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Four Day Work Week Jul 09, 2024

This week on the Mondays show, we're Han Solo but have a lot of interesting items about shorter work weeks, children's brains and the impact of traffic noise, overbuilt retail, and highway expansion and climate change.

Below are the links and show notes:

News Items

Supreme court overturns Chevron - Grist

Supreme court on homeless - Governing

Traffic and children's brains - BBC Future

Retail vacancies - Slate

Highway expansion and climate - LA Times

Colorado creating tenant value - Shelterforce

Four day work week - Barcelona Metropolis

VMT Place Types - CTOD

Bonus Items

Children's play and climate change - Houstonia Magazine

Stable housing for kids - NPR

NJ Transit funding - NorthJersey.com

Listener Questions + Comments

SBA Small Business resilience - SBA

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Replay: Measuring Transportation Insecurity Jul 05, 2024

On this fourth of July special replay of Talking Headways we’re going back to Episode 382 with Alix Gould-Werth and Alex Murphy discussing their work on transportation insecurity. Anna Zivarts mentioned this work in her book and recently on the podcast and I think it’s really important to share it again. Hope everyone has a great holiday and we’ll see you with a new episode next week.

This week, Alix Gould-Werth of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and Alex Murphy, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan, talk about their transportation security index.

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Episode 489: Post-Peaky Transit Jun 27, 2024

This week on Talking Headways we’re chatting with Tracy Hadden Loh of the Brookings Institute about impacts of the pandemic on downtowns, activity centers, and transit usage. We chat about creating activity center cluster maps and a recent report entitled Building Better on Philadelphia.

Articles of note from the discussion:

Mapping America's Activity Centers - Brookings

Ensuring the intertwined post-pandemic recoveries of downtowns and transit systems - Brookings

Building Better - Brookings

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Episode 154: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dead University Line Jun 25, 2024

We're Han Solo this week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire but that doesn't stop us from covering a lot of ground from the last several weeks. We chat about how climate change could impact infrastructure building, the death of Houston's University Line, and Boston's commuter rail ridership success compared to before the pandemic. We cover a lot more but listen in to find out!

Below are links to the items we discussed on today's show!

Banks realize climate risk - Wired Magazine

Risk of property insurance increase - Moving Day

Talking Headways Podcast - In a Bad State

Metro shelves University Corridor - Houston Public Media

Mexico city running under water - New York Times

Bogota water restrictions - Bloomberg CityLab

Boston commuter rail comeback - Route Fifty

Small future of housing - Fast Company

Cities come alive after hours - Washington Post

Medical insurer pledges for housing - Yahoo News

Denmark's fix for mortgage rate jumps - Business Insider

Colorado's new approach to highways - New York Times

Wyoming road failure opens housing discussion - Whitehall Ledger

Bonus Items

Health impacts of station areas - MedicalXpress

Put lazy money to work - Governing

Curbing costs from "betterments" - The Urbanist

Bike lanes reduce traffic speeds - Rutgers

Homeless Angelino takes over previous house - Los Angeles Times

Homeowners want prices to go up - The American Prospect

A conditional contract - Equipment World

$100K for every new Canadian home - Toronto Star

Connecting North and South Stations - Boston Globe

Deep sea mining not necessary - Frontier Group

Self driving, but not at dusk or dawn - Australian Broadcasting News

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Episode 488: When Driving is Not An Option Jun 20, 2024

This week on Talking Headways I’m joined by SPUR’s Laura Tolkoff to interview Anna Zivarts about her new book: When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency. We chat about non-drivers, car seats, and the week without driving.

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Episode 487: Killed by a Traffic Engineer Jun 13, 2024

This week we’re joined by Wes Marshall, Civil Engineering Professor at the University of Colorado at Denver to talk about his book Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System. We chat about writing process, the ideas of risk and exposure, and what he learned from pouring over old transportation engineering journals.

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Episode 153: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - (De)congestion Pricing with Ben Kabak Jun 11, 2024

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we go into depth on the past week in New York City and Governor Kathy Hochul's attempt to end a (de)congestion pricing program that was going to begin on June 30th. We're joined by Ben Kabak of Second Avenue Sagas to go over all the details.

Links discussed on the show: Riders Alliance | Transportation Alternatives

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Episode 486: The Computable City Jun 06, 2024

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Michael Batty, Professor of Planning at the University College London. We chat about his book The Computable City: Histories, Technologies, Stories, Predictions which includes histories of computing, smart city critiques, what the discourse on AI should really be about, and discussions on the future of urban forms.

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Episode 485: Amtrak vs Brightline in Ohio May 29, 2024

This week we’re joined by Cleveland journalist Ken Prendergast to talk about intercity passenger rail in greater Ohio. We chat about the competing interests of Brightline and Amtrak and the history of passenger rail planning in the region.

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Mondays Flashback: Verkehrsverbund with Ralph Buehler May 28, 2024

We’re Han Solo today but no fear we’re flashing back to Episode 211 of the Talking Headways podcast where we chatted with Ralph Buehler about the topic of the German transport concept of Verkehrsverbund. With a lot of talk of regional transportation networks and planning, I thought it might be worth a listen again five years later.

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Episode 484: Rethinking Denver Along the South Platte River May 23, 2024

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Erin Clark, Chief Real Estate Investment Officer of the Denver Housing Authority. We chat about the redevelopment of Sun Valley, a public housing project built in the 1950s that is being reinvigorated by new investments in public housing, parks, and community.

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Episode 483: An Update to Human Transit May 16, 2024

This week we’re joined once again by Jarrett Walker to talk about the release of the revised edition of his influential book Human Transit. We chat about Ursula Le Guin, expanding access to opportunity, how to think about transit riders, the free transit movement and thoughts on anger as a response to change.

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Episode 152: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Ancient Ways of Water Infrastructure May 14, 2024

This week we're Han Solo but have a lot of news to cover including items on skateboarding, new types of segregation, third places, and some ancient ways to cool cities and streets.

Check out the show notes below for more information.

Notes:

Skateboarding - Reasons to be Cheerful

Cityhood - Corner Side Yard

Cleveland rail competitors - NEOtrans

Third Places - Vox

Second Best - Bloomberg CityLab

Access Maps - New Urban Order

Ancient water tunnels - Al Jazeera

Like two mortgages - Moving Day

Brightline to Vegas - Smart Cities Dive

Agglomeration after pandemic - Business Insider

Bonus Items

Harnessing land - Los Angeles Times

Interstate speed limits - Streetsblog USA

Taiwan urban mining - Time Magazine

Zoning rule in CA shut down - Los Angeles Times

Taxes raised for child care - Associated Press

CO gas truce for transit funds - CPR

Cincinnati Solar Array - WVXU

E-bikes reduce VMT - CTV News

CA TX on same path - Real Estate Economics Journal

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Episode 482: Highway Fighting in Texas May 09, 2024

This week we’re joined by Megan Kimble to talk about her book City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways. We chat about the folks fighting back against highways, the history behind building big roads, and what the future looks like for advocacy.

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Episode 481: Money is a Lot of Different Things May 02, 2024

This week were sharing part 2 of our discussion with Jim Kumon. We chat about the challenges of development, how to crowdfund a building, coming to the end of an 80 year economic cycle, how the built environment is an outcome of how we structure capital, and how more information can make it harder to learn new things.

Some websites of note:

Electric Housing

Incremental Development Alliance

Passive House Crowdfund

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Episode 151: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - It's Been a Minute Apr 30, 2024

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Tracy McMillan to talk about aging in place, Nashville's big transit plan, potential Alzheimer's causes in car exhaust, Milan's famous weeks, and the Colorado legislature's search for more housing and TOD.

Articles

Aging in place - New York Times

Nashville's transit plans - Nashville Tennessean

Alzheimer's and car exhaust - Clean Technica

Colorado density laws - Colorado Politics

Milan's commercial weeks - Domus Web

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Episode 480: Details of Development Reform in Minnesota Part 1 Apr 25, 2024

This week we’re joined by Jim Kumon, Principal at Electric Housing, to discuss his work as a developer and urban policy educator in the Twin Cities. We chat about his sustainable development project, what St. Paul learned from Minneapolis 2040 and how zoning reform and transportation intersect.

Some websites of note:

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Episode 479: Charging Up Transportation Apr 18, 2024

This week we’re joined by Gabe Klein, Executive Director of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. We chat about the Joint Office’s white paper focused on best practices and solutions for electric vehicle charging entitled: Community Charging: Emerging Multifamily, Curbside, and Multimodal Practices.

White Paper Link

The EV Charging Infrastructure Playbook - Link

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Episode 150: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Housekeeping After Drought Apr 16, 2024

Happy Mondays! This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo again but we have a lot to catch up on. We're going over some of the news we didn't get to when we were away in China for a month. We cover LA's spongy infrastructure, an idea to connect zoning reform to transportation funding, and the transition from governments incentivizing retail businesses to warehousing infrastructure. Of course there's more but listen in to hear everything we share.

Main News

Also below is are the links to the items we covered on the show:

Los Angeles Spongy City - Wired Magazine

Local governments new plans for public housing - Vox

Toronto streetcar speeds up - Blog TO

Smaller houses for smaller prices - New York Times

Zoning for transportation funds - FAS

Canadian feds will stop investing in roads - CBC News

Cell phone distracted drivers - Vox

Rent killing sex? - Discourse Lounge

Mexico City water shortage - CNN

Retail attraction strategies - Time

Deadliest Intersections - Stacker

Reviewing smooth cities - The Nation

Transport equity tool - Streetsblog CA

Health benefits ULEZ/LTNs - Guardian | Guardian

Climate boomtowns - The Atlantic

Profit sharing for cities - Governing

The Great Asynchonization - Transportist

Death of the small car - Autopian

Fire department policy - Thesis Driven

AI Generated visuals - MIT News

Houston Mayor - Texas Monthly

Building deconstruction - Smart Cities Dive

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Episode 478: Women’s Transportation Seminar Apr 11, 2024

This week we’re joined by Sara Stickler, President and CEO of WTS International. We discuss how WTS highlights women’s expertise in transportation and how they create opportunities from mentorship to leadership and education. We also chat about some of their legislative priorities on workplace policy as well as some of the barriers women face in the field.

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Episode 477: Culture Change in Cleveland Apr 04, 2024

This week we’re featuring a one to one conversation between Billy Terry, Executive Director of the National Transit Institute at Rutgers University, and India Birdsong Terry, General Manager and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. They discuss leadership, hiring, and culture change at Ohio's largest transit agency.

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Episode 149: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dispatch from China Apr 02, 2024

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Jeff talks about his month long trip to China. Subways, multi-use paths, urbanism and more! We chat about Chinese mall culture, great food, and a really cool station design in Shenzhen.

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Episode 476: Saving California Transit from the Fiscal Cliff Mar 28, 2024

This week we’re sharing a San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) forum on how a statewide coalition of transit advocates were able to organize a funding bridge to avert a fiscal cliff for transit operators in the state. The discussion led by SPUR’s Laura Tolkoff, shares how they did it and what’s next.

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Laura Tolkoff / Interim Chief Policy Officer & Transportation Policy Director, SPUR

Rebecca Long / Director, Legislation & Public Affairs, Bay Area Metro

Cyrus Hall / Independent Sustainable Transportation Advocate

Zack Deutsch-Gross / Policy Director, Transform CA

Raayan Mohtashemi / Legislative Aide, Office of California State Senator Scott Wiener

Monique Webster / Regional Government Affairs Manager, SFMTA

Adina Levin / Policy Director and Co-Founder, Seamless Bay Area

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Episode 475: Lessons from Quickbuild Street Projects Mar 21, 2024

This week we’re joined by Heidi Simon, Director of Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America. Heidi talks about lessons learned from Complete Streets Leadership Academies as state and local officials and advocates work to create safer streets through quick build projects.

Find the report here.

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Episode 474: Thinking Differently About Vehicle Design Mar 14, 2024

This week we’re joined by vehicle designer Dan Sturges to talk about his book Near to Far: A Design for a new and Equitable Transportation System. We talk about new ways of thinking about vehicle design, mobility for low density areas, as well as pop culture perceptions of small vehicles.

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Episode 473: Public Sentiment and Public Transit Mar 07, 2024

This week we’re featuring a 1 to 1 conversation between Adelee Le Grand of Intellectual Concepts and Scott Wilkinson of AlphaVu. They chat about how transit agencies can get a better handle on how riders and non-riders alike feel about their service.

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Episode 472: Streets for Skateboards Feb 29, 2024

This week we’re joined by skateboard advocate Aaron Breetwor, brand manager for Comet Skateboards. Aaron chats about using skateboards for transportation, designing streets for safer skateboarding, and this last years incident at the Dolores Street hill bomb.

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Episode 471: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 2 Feb 22, 2024

Prediction Time! This week on part 2 of our chat with Yonah Freemark, we score our transportation predictions from last year and make new ones for 2025. We talk about the Roosevelt Subway, Transit agency bailouts, open gangway trains, and coming transit elections and extensions.

You can find Transit Explorer through the Transport Politic.

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Episode 470: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 1 Feb 15, 2024

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined once again by transportation and housing expert Yonah Freemark. In part 1 we talk about the equitable distribution of transportation grants, potential for flex funding for transit, and our annual transit openings discussion.

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Episode 148: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Happy in Cities Feb 13, 2024

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo. The news continues and so do we. We chat about productive transit subsidies, transportation flex funding, and a coming connection between trees and health! Join us below for the show notes:

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News Items

Keys to happiness - Business Insider

Transit subsidy - Streetsblog USA

Truck insurance - Streetsblog USA

Flex funding - New York Focus

Rotterdam flood management - Guardian

Non subsidized affordable housing - CalMatters

Indian railway electrification - Energy Monitor

A mogul battles the subway - Hollywood Reporter

Alzheimers design - Guardian

Trees and health - Washington Post

Bonus Items

Bike friendly cities safe for all road users - Momentum Mag

Paris SUV Tax - Le Parisien

NYPHA bribery scandal - Motherboard

Power outages longer in poor areas - Route Fifty

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Episode 469: On the Bus in Boise Feb 08, 2024

This week we’re joined by Elaine Clegg, CEO of Valley Regional Transit in Boise Idaho. We chat about how the Boise bus system is changing, the impact of fast regional growth, energy infrastructure and favorite transportation board games.

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Episode 468: Organizing and Data that Create Wins Feb 01, 2024

This week we’re joined by Dr. Kathryn Howell, Director of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland. We talk about her daily e-bike commute, organizing around the Purple Line, the importance of eviction data, and commercial displacement.

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Episode 147: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - No More Math Please Jan 30, 2024

This week on the podcast we're Han Solo but we've got some great news and information for you including items on Beverly Hills residents being denied permits for underground pools, we've got money for transit operations in a house bill, and we're noticing the Introvert Economy is in full swing. Come join us, we were told there would be no math in podcasting, but it turns out that's just not true.

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Main News

Transit agencies are climate agencies - Heat Map

Beverly hills permits blocked - Guardian

Federal ops funding - Smart Cities Dive

Introvert economy - Bloomberg

Environmental culture war - The Atlantic

TfL open loop - Railway Technology

Universal basic mobility - NextCity

Delivery's pollution problem - Smart Cities Dive

Insurance creeping up - Fast Company

Prevent building collapse - The Conversation

Bonus Items

Compact cities reduce emissions - ITDP

New York + pool - Dwell

Seoul climate card - ITS International

Boomer empty nesters - Redfin

Buy, don't build affordable housing - The Citizen

FEMA disaster resilience zones - Smart Cities Dive

KC free transit - KCUR

Right on red - CNN

Road diet success - WFYI Cincinnati

Barcelona sustainable journeys - Smart Cities World

Climate change potholes - BBC Future

OK City tall building - CNN

Puppies and Butterflies

Jet Lag: The Game on Youtube

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Episode 467: Are We Taking Less Trips? Jan 25, 2024

This week we’re joined by Angie Schmitt, Owner and Principal at 3MPH Planning and Consulting. We chat about changing travel behavior in cities, the impact of recent social isolation on social trust, and polarization in policy solutions.

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Episode 466: Making DOTs Measure Emissions Jan 18, 2024

This week we’re joined by Beth Osborne, Vice President for Transportation and Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America. We chat about the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure Rule that will make State DOTs and MPOs measure emissions on the federal highway system. We also talk about how Beth thinks we have things lining up for positive change, politics of implementing rules, and how the NTSB treats air travel and surface transportation so differently.

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Episode 146: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Into 2024 Jan 16, 2024

This week on Mondays we're Han Solo! We've got a great set of news items for your consideration. We talk about manufactured housing, dangerous driving, Winnipeg transit, and a Pew study about housing supply in Minneapolis with some interesting results.

Below are links to the items we shared on the show.

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Main Links

Manufactured housing - Fast Company

Auto companies paid Tesla - Frontier Group

Emissions big wins - Wired Magazine

Winnipeg master plan - The Free Press

Dangerous driving - NYT Magazine

Land use reform works - Route Fifty

Reduce speeds for climate - Policy Options Politiques

Pittsburgh innovates on stormwater - Allegheny Front

Bonus Items

Greyhound land - CNN

Rents and death - CNBC

Vernacular cooling - Washington Post

Medellin cooling - European Sting

Why EVs haven't taken off - Business Insider

Nashville transit plan - Governing

Sugar Taxes - NPR

Agency consolidation - SF Chronicle

Atlanta e-bike incentives - Atlanta Journal Constitution

Drinking water nanoplastics - Los Angeles Times

Walmart drone deliveries - Transport Topics

Room matching - Fox 5 San Diego

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Episode 465: The San Francisco Ferry Building with John King Jan 11, 2024

This week we’re joined by John King, Urban Design Critic at the SF Chronicle, to talk about his book Portal: San Francisco's Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities. We chat about the history of the Ferry Building in San Francisco which was one of the busiest city transportation hubs in the world in the early 1900s and how the building has evolved over time parallel to the ups and downs of cities.

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Monday Replay: Highways and Partisanship Jan 09, 2024

We’re back from the new year but no so back that I have enough material for a Mondays show. So as we started doing at the end of last year, I’m going to throw in a throwback Talking Headways from time to time to go back to some episodes I found interesting and perhaps mention more than a few times during current interviews.

This episode specifically is with Clayton Nall about his book The Road to Inequality: How the Federal Highway Program Polarized America and Undermined Cities and originally was released 6 years ago in July of 2018. Clayton is now a professor at UC Santa Barbara but his book and work still ring true.

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Episode 464: Narrow the Lanes! Jan 04, 2024

This week we’re joined by Dr. Shima Hamidi, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University to talk about the report: A National Investigation of the Impacts of Lane Width on Traffic Safety. We chat about the data they collected for 1,100 streets, how narrowing streets can create more space for bikes and peds and how the study and determined narrower lanes are safer.

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Transit Unplugged Holiday Special: Randy Clarke Dec 28, 2023

This week is the netherweek between Christmas and New Years but we’ve got a great show for you from the podcast Transit Unplugged. In this specific episode Paul Comfort interviews WMATA General Manager Randy Clarke.

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Episode 463: Congressman Earl Blumenauer Dec 21, 2023

This week we’re joined once again by Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon’s 3rd District. We chat about connections between health care, food and transportation, progress on the Inflation Reduction Act and IIJA infrastructure bills, and future directions for transportation funding.

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Episode 145: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Finishing Up 2023 Dec 19, 2023

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we celebrate the end of the year with stories from Colorado on the governor's transit wishes for next year, learning about the new federal Emerging Project Agreement, Salt Lake's downtown success, and how Europe wants to ban large US trucks. Hang in there with us as we finish 2023 off right.

New Stories

Colorado governor climate links - CPR

Emerging project agreements - Philadelphia Citizen

Bogota BRT politics - New York Times

Salt Lake City's booming downtown - Governing

Jakarta's sinking solution - Boomberg CityLab

US trucks in Europe - Transport & Environment

Colfax BRT land use - Denver Urbanism

Two schemes for fighting poverty - Governing

Deadly indoor air pollution - Salon

Bonus Items

Seattle climate goals don't match bike network - Urbanist

Free rides reduce emissions - CPR

Sports teams entertainment districts - Guardian

Congestion pricing - Bloomberg CityLab

Housing and death certificates - Route Fifty

MAAS tied to carbon credits - City Fix

Nighttime traffic deaths - New York Times

Canada pre-designed housing - Bloomberg CityLab

SoCal commute burden - Los Angeles Times

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Episode 462: Downtown or Not Downtown Dec 14, 2023

This week we’re at the 2023 Mpact conference closing plenary in Phoenix Arizona. Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Policy at USDOT Christopher Coes leads a panel discussing what’s happening in central cities and how to make them thrive again.

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Karen Chapple, Ph.D., Director, School of Cities, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON | Nichol Bordeaux, Chief Planning and Engagement Officer, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, UT | Dee Brewer, Executive Director, Downtown Alliance, Salt Lake City, UT | Emeke Moneme, President, Capitol Riverfront, Washington, DC | Ryan Johnson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Culdesac, Tempe, AZ

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Monday Replay: Integrating High Speed Rail Stations and Communities Dec 12, 2023

This week on our Monday Replay, German Marshall Fund fellow Eric Eidlin is the host for two French High Speed Rail experts; Stephan de Fay, the Executive Director of Bordeaux Euratlantique, the public agency that is overseeing the redevelopment of Bordeaux’s main train station to accommodate several new high speed rail lines by 2020 and Etienne Tricaud, President and CEO of AREP, the French Railway’s architecture office. Together they discuss the geography of France and its high speed rail network, the station areas as not just transportation projects but major urban projects, the experts and powers available to public agencies working on station area planning in France, the design of the station area versus that of the district as a whole, and finally the importance of having an overall vision for integrating transportation and land use in the station district.

In the second half of the episode, Eric, Stephan, and Etienne chat about how large projects in France are treated as projects of national significance and the expectations on these projects. There’s also a discussion of the Paris region’s over 1,483 mayors and the way the Grand Paris project has created better governance structures. Finally Stephan and Etienne discuss their perceptions of Diridon station and how we can create value with these opportunities.

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Episode 461: Sausage Making and the ADA Dec 07, 2023

This week we’re at the Mpact conference in Phoenix and joined by Ron Brooks of Accessible Avenue. We chat about service animal etiquette, the negotiation and implementation of ADA, and including people with disabilities in the equity conversation.

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Episode 144: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - 30 Year Mortgages are Weird Dec 05, 2023

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we have a wide ranging news share on America's weird 30 year mortgage, how emissions would have fallen more if it weren't for SUVs, and the Mayo Clinic's idea for 'health neighborhoods'.

News Items

Emissions without SUVs - Guardian

Overcoming urban car dependence - LSE Cities

30 year mortgages - NY Times

Mayo's health neighborhoods - MPR News

Heatherwick health street - ArchDaily

Charlotte zoning reform - Assembly NC

A land value tax - New York Times

Bonus Items

NASA warns of El Nino - Newsweek

Paris Mayor sets sights on SUV parking - BBC

Fewer Americans walking - Marketplace

Rule finalized on DOT emissions data collection - Route Fifty

Costs to Washington DOT for salmon - Seattle Times

Place to work, but not place to live - Washington Post

San Diego's wild ADU laws - CalMatters

Houston transportation leaders getting more diverse - Houston Chronicle

Library lends bike share memberships - Yale Climate Connections

Justice 40 in the IRA - The Verge

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Episode 460: Sexy World of Bus Speed and Reliability Nov 30, 2023

This week we’re at the Mpact conference in Phoenix Arizona and joined by Tom Brennan, Director of Business Strategy at Nelson Nygaard. We talk about the sexy world of bus speed and reliability, how agency can invest for effectiveness, and future proofing routes for the long term.

Some amazing resources on the subject Tom sent us before the show include design toolkits from Boston and Vancouver BC's bus speed report.

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Bonus Episode: Booked on Planning Featuring Alex Krieger Nov 23, 2023

Bonus Episode! This week on Talking Headways we’re featuring an episode of Booked on Planning, a podcast where Stephanie Rouse and Jennifer Hiatt dive deep into books for the Nebraska Chapter of the APA. This time they are joined by Alex Kreiger, author of City on a Hill.

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Episode 459: Crossings Nov 16, 2023

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by author Ben Goldfarb to talk about his book, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet. We discuss how roads cut off ecosystems, wildlife crossings, and animal mobility at different scales.

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Episode 143: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Strictly Limiting SOVs Nov 14, 2023

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, we're Han Solo. But that doesn't preclude us from sharing the news from the last few weeks including items on work from home serendipity, weaponizing environmental law, and the suspension of Cruise self driving vehicles. Listen in below and check out the show notes below the fold.

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Main Items

City serendipity - New York Times

Weaponizing environmental law - Governing

DMV revokes Cruise license - Motherboard

Stanford can't stop people driving alone - Almanac

Curb management - CNN

Norway looks away from EVs - Vox

Halifax waterfront - Happy Cities

Highway cap pollution - CPR

Wawa design - Slate

Austin parking minimums - Texas Tribune

Essen green city - BBC Travel

Can seawalls save us? New Yorker

Bonus Items

Heart rate data for cycling - Global Cycling Network

Wendy's redesign for delivery era - Fast Company

Black workers commute longer - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Pollution rule - Grist

ADUs for mortgages - HUD

Desert city piping water from Mexico - Guardian

$6.6B subway - New York Post

Nightmare hurricanes - Washington Post

CTC chair ok with highway widening - Streetsblog CA

LA homeless real estate agent - NPR

Moving the redwoods - NYT Magazine

Cars cancelling energy savings - KPBS

Boulder deconstructs hospital - Colorado Sun

Builder's Remedy unintended consequence - San Jose Mercury News

EPA reviews salmon killing tire chemical - Transport Topics

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Episode 458: Older Adults and Climate Emergencies Nov 09, 2023

This week we’re joined by Danielle Arigoni, Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at The National Housing Trust. We chat about Danielle’s new book Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation as well as housing policy that benefits everyone.

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Episode 457: Want Riders? Run Frequent Service Nov 02, 2023

This week we’re joined by transit expert and former general manager for three transit systems Ron Kilcoyne. Ron joins us to talk about the importance of running frequent transit service in order to attract riders and how agencies in the Bay Area are underserving the population.

Find Ron's Streetsblog SF piece here and the report he did for Seamless Bay Area. If you want to message Ron, you can do so at his email address rkilcoyne@tmdinc.net.

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Episode 456: The Living City Oct 26, 2023

This week we're chatting with professor Des Fitzgerald about his new book The Living City: Why Cities Don't Need to Be Green to Be Great. We chat about what trees mean to people, the proliferation of moguls that want to build new cities, and the idea of what makes the good city.

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Episode 455: Finding Resources to Do Big Things Oct 19, 2023

This week we’re joined by Chris Fabian of Resource X to talk about his work on priority based budgeting. We discuss how cities create budgets that reflect their policy goals and what it takes to find resources for big ideas.

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Episode 142: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Beyond the Rishi Maze Oct 17, 2023

This week on the Mondays show we're Han Solo! But that doesn't stop us from sharing a lot of news! The Prime Minister of England has pulled the plug on high speed rail, what the pandemic drop in traffic means for access, designing for autism and much much more!

News Items

Designing for autism - Metropolis Magazine

Pandemic increases in access - University of Minnesota

Starter cars disappearing - Discourse Magazine

Utilities not fans of solar - Mother Jones

Caltrans official silenced - Politico | LA Times

Cities with fastest and slowest traffic - Time Magazine

Abandoned lands restoring biodiversity - Yale e360

Bonus Items

Mold with floods - Grist

Rishi kills HSR - Guardian

Redfin leaves National Association of Realtors - New York Times

Leaving HGAC could cost Houston - Houston Public Media

Noise cameras - The Guardian

Singapore license costs - CNN

UK Satellites map heat - BBC

BART subway to cost $12B - Bloomberg CityLab

Letting people drink on the street - Governing

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Episode 454: Real Estate Impacts at BART Oct 12, 2023

This week we’re joined by Abby Thorne-Lyman, Former Director of Real Estate at BART, to talk about BART’s development projects and priorities, and the importance of real estate to BART’s future.

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Episode 453: Bringing Public Health to Traffic Safety Oct 05, 2023

This week we’re joined by Kari Watkins and Dave Ederer to talk about their paper The Safe Systems Pyramid: A New Framework for Traffic Safety. We talk about the connections between transportation and public health and how it allows us to think differently about transportation safety.

Find David's full dissertation on Georgia Tech's website.

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Episode 141: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Access Things Faster Oct 03, 2023

This week on the show we catch up on some of the news from the last month and go over what's coming up on the Talking Headways podcast. We talk about post-pandemic transportation, sea level rise impacts on shipping and drinking water, and the world's smallest skyscraper.

Show Note Links Below

SF NIMBYs watch out - SF Chronicle

Bike tunnel - Bloomberg CityLab

Colorado rail service - Governing

World's smallest skyscraper - City Monitor

Copenhagen sponge city - Spiegel International

Rethinking transport - Brookings

Bonus Items

Commute is employee wish - Globe Street

Transit agencies fewer commuters - Governing

Hybrid work is messy - Newsweek

Stuttgart 21 dig over - Railtech

Stuttgart 21 - DB

Panama Canal shipping stuck - NBC News

Low Mississippi less shipping - USA Today

Mississippi saltwater incursion - New York Times

Medicaid for housing - Health Affairs

Grocery delivery not less driving - Streetsblog USA

Food trucks are hot - Grist

City pollution seen on satellite - Houston Public Media

Vienna transit parcel delivery - Eltis

Japan birth rate - LA Times

Housing is a labor issue - Hamilton Nolan

Accessible design standards - Streetsblog USA

Conspiracy theory pushback - Politico

Electric Vehicle Outlook - Bloomberg

LA Metro billboards - Government Technology

Week without driving - Bloomberg CityLab

Belgium insurance studies air pollution - Guardian

EV charging stations flaw for transition - Slate

Truck stops want EV time - Jalopnik

Charger oriented development - Smart Growth America

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Episode 452: Beyond Greenways Sep 28, 2023

This week we’re joined by Bob Searns to talk about his book Beyond Greenways: The Next Step for City Trails and Walking Routes. We talk about grand ideas for walking trails that circle whole regions and more local routes that make up a new mode of green infrastructure in cities.

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Episode 451: Supporting Local Culture Through Development Sep 21, 2023

This week we’re joined by Phoenix community builder Tim Sprague. We chat about supporting local culture through development projects and the importance of sustainable development and transportation.

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Episode 140: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Parking Money in Solano County Sep 19, 2023

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Carter Lavin to talk about the city dreams of tech moguls, government capacity, public housing that doesn't want to be called that, designing delivery trucks and much much more!

Show notes:

Silicon valley elites want a new city - Fortune via Bloomberg

Importance of state capacity - The American Prospect

Rise of Ecovillages - Noema Magazine

Don't call it public housing - New York Times

A better delivery truck - Fast Company

Depaving cities - Nexus Media News

Puppies and Butterflies

French town has road crossing signs for house cats - Mayor.eu

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Episode 450: Land Use to Reduce Transportation Emissions Sep 14, 2023

This week we’re joined by Zack Subin of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation and Ben Holland of the Rocky Mountain Institute. Ben and Zack join us to talk about their report Urban Land Use Reform on the importance of land use in reducing travel and emissions.

Research Notes:

Review of recent state land use legislation from Mercatus, including highlighting the WA package, and earlier this year from Terner
Review of recent trends in VMT/capita by state: WA at head of the pack
Jenny Schuetz' Brookings blog summary of her book, which includes a discussion of housing reforms across levels of government and political economy considerations
- More discussion of the rationale for state governments to lead in this Niskanen Center report
Thea Riofrancos et al and UC Davis report on lithium requirements to decarbonize US transportation
Shane Phillips' paper on the case for broad upzoning, summarized by Todd Litman in Planetizen
Coolclimate CA planning scenarios from Chris Jones's team, with linked paper, and 2022 update featured in the NY Times.

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Episode 449: Getting High Speed Rail Faster Sep 07, 2023

This week we’re sharing a panel discussion on how California High Speed Rail could be sped up. Hosted by Rodger Rudick of Streetsblog SF, Climate Advocate Carter Lavin, Eric Eidlin, Station Planning Manager for the City of San Jose, and Boris Lipkin of the California High Speed Rail Authority discuss what it would take to get the project done faster and all the potential benefits.

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Episode 139: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Do Pedestrians Exist in the Model? Sep 05, 2023

This week on Mondays we're joined by Kevin DeGood of The Center for American Progress to talk about a study by NCDOT and NC State on Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Intersections. This leads into a discussion about policy related to autonomous vehicles and saturation. It's not our usual Mondays news format but it's a shorter show and gets right to the point!

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Episode 448: A Bootcamp for Infrastructure Aug 31, 2023

This week we’re joined by Dr. Robert Blaine of the National League of Cities. We talk about their work helping smaller cities apply for federal infrastructure grants through a bootcamp program and chat about local grant writing capacity and what success looks like.

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Episode 447: Leadership for the 15 Minute City Aug 24, 2023

This week we’re joined by Yvonne Yeung to talk about ULI’s recent report, Building 15 Minute Communities: a Leadership Guide. We chat about how the guide can help create good development that reduces the need to drive, and supports our climate emissions reduction goals.

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Episode 138: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Phoenix Rising Aug 22, 2023

This week Ryan Wozniak joins the podcast to talk about Phoenix transportation policy, why people are moving to the sunbelt, truth in car advertising, Philly's plans for its own high line and much more!

News Items

LA giving out ADU plans - Dwell Magazine

More Californians living in cars - The Atlantic

Truth in car ads - Policy Options Politiques

Moving to the sunbelt - The Atlantic

Philly's high line - Philadelphia Inquirer

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Episode 446: Do It For the Neighborhood Part 2 Aug 17, 2023

This week we’re listening in to PART 2 of a one to one conversation between David Longoria of LISC in Phoenix and Ryan Winkle of RAIL CDC. They discuss the community work they are doing in Mesa along the light rail line and how they respond to unforeseen outcomes.

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Episode 445: Do it for the Neighborhood Part 1 Aug 10, 2023

This week we’re listening in to PART 1 of a one to one conversation between David Longoria of LISC in Phoenix and Ryan Winkle of RAIL CDC. They discuss the community work they are doing in Mesa along the light rail line and the impact their work has on local businesses.

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Episode 137: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - No Retreat, No Surrender Aug 08, 2023

This week on Mondays we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about a whole host of transportation topics including Lyft's potential sale of its bike share business, how housing affects dating, congestion pricing politics and more!

Below are links to the articles we talked about on the show.

Lyft wants out of bike share - Motherboard

A Jane Austen housing auction - Guardian

New Jersey sues over congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC

FTA says no transit money for triangle rail - News and Observer

Miyawaki method - Fair Planet

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Episode 444: The Rising Seas Aug 03, 2023

This week we’re joined once more by Susan Crawford, author and Harvard Law Professor to talk about her new book, Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm. Susan chats with us about sea level rise, city solutions, and opportunities to rethink our responses.

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Episode 136: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Everywhere is the Same Aug 01, 2023

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we delve into sameness around the world, climate change extremes, and Amsterdam's red light district.

Main Links

City sameness - Dezeen

Paris gets smart on heat - Yale e360

Hurricane Ian wiped out middle class - Politico

Sewers can't handle rain - Scientific American

Biased livability rankings - The Conversation

Amsterdam's red light controversy - Time

Bonus Items

Skywells - BBC Future

Miami forgets gas tax - Governing

Spain elections impact on active transport - Reuters

Portland street response - Oregon Public Radio

House R's want to cut budgets - Washington Post

Insurance rates threaten new development - Smart Cities Dive

New Tampa transport plan - That's So Tampa

Hawaii housing plans - Civil Beat

Bike bill lawsuit - Bike Portland

Wildfire adapted communities - Sightline

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Episode 443: Planning for Generative AI Jul 27, 2023

This week we’re chatting with David Wasserman of Alta Planning and Mike Flaxman of Heavy.AI about generative artificial intelligence. We chat about what generative AI is and how it is trained, and some of the ways it could be used or misused in a planning and transportation context.

Show Notes

Augmented: Planners in an Era of Generative AI - APA

Open Letter on Generative AI & Ethical Planning - APA Technology Division

Datasets for Datasheets - Cornell Arxiv

Automating Zoning Data Collection - Urban Institute

Bias in, Bias out - Yale Law Journal

Can Language Models Be Too Big? - ACM Digital Library

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Episode 442: Pricing the Priceless Jul 20, 2023

This week we’re joined by Paula DiPerna to talk about her book Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to Value the Planet, Solve the Climate Crisis, and Protect Our Most Precious Assets. We chat about how nature is working for us for free and how we should value those services as well as the financial mechanisms we could use to save the planet. She also shares how she got the Vatican to pledge to go net zero and lessons from working with Jacques Cousteau.

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Episode 135: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Cones of Shame Jul 18, 2023

This week on the podcast we are solo and chatting about a lot of different topics from banning drive thrus to AI bias, to impacts of climate change. We also dive into the week of the cone here in San Francisco.

News Items

Drive thrus banned - CNN

AI makes housing crisis worse - The Lever

Building based on old climate data - Scientific American

Climate change underground - Scientific American

Bus stops and playgrounds too hot - Vox

BIDS go in on bike lanes - Bloomberg CityLab

Cones on AVs - SFist

Proximity important in travel - Brookings

PPP caused housing inflation? - Texas Standard

Bonus Items

NY vehicle fees by weight? - Curbed

Congestion pricing forward in NY - New York Times

Air pollution increased pandemic aid - Guardian

Data on outdoor dining - Luskin School of Public Affairs

Portland pauses/stops highways - Portland Mercury

Toronto's new bike mayor - Toronto Star

People want walkable communities - NAR

Extra degree increased burn areas - El Pais

Industrial transition - Philadelphia Citizen

Weirdos revive cities - PubliCola

Hudson tunnel funded - New York Times

Second avenue subway part 2 - Bloomberg CityLab

UDOT chooses gondola - Deseret News

A bill to repair nature - New York Times

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Berkeley grad flies to school - USA Today

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Episode 441: Paying by the Mile Jul 13, 2023

This week we’re joined by Mike Warren, Senior Vice President at WSP. Mike chats with us about road user charging including how the discussion has changed over the last decade and the idea of treating roads as a utility by paying for driving by the mile. We also discuss policy considerations including reducing driving and congestion, privacy considerations, and replacing existing use taxes.

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Episode 440: All Possible Commutes Jul 06, 2023

This week we're joined by Hussein Mahfouz of Transport for Cairo and Adham Kalila of Streetlight Data to talk about their new report created for NUMO, All Possible Commutes: How Micromobility and Realistic Car Travel Times Impact Accessibility Analysis. We learn about measuring car travel more accurately, how micromobility can improve accessibility, and a bit about transportation in the Cairo metro region.

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Episode 439: In a Bad State Jun 29, 2023

This week we’re joined by Yale Law professor David Schleicher to talk about his new book, In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises. We chat about how historic fiscal crisis shape similar responses today and how infrastructure funding plays out in the United States.

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Episode 134: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Transportation Chicken Jun 27, 2023

This week we're Han Solo again, but we've got some interesting studies on homelessness and managed retreat from flooding. We also share some stories on Arizona's transportation tax, and research on social inclusion and lack of transportation options. Listen in!

Main Items

Court decision that changed homelessness - Vox

CA Homelessness findings - LA Times

Buyouts and white flight - Grist

Social exclusion and transport - Journal of Transport Geography

E-bike fires - NY Times

Vermont zoning reform - CNU Public Square

Paris vs London - Guardian

AZ transportation tax - Daily Star

Bonus Items

10% of driving is parking cruising - Parking Reform Network

Las Vegas water - Pro Publica

London truck safety - Transport Technology Today

Green bank - Boston Herald

Inflation reduction act direct pay - The American Prospect

Red line is back - Washington Post

Municipal Broadband - The Verge

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Episode 438: The Urban Jungle Jun 22, 2023

This week we’re joined by Ben Wilson to talk about his most recent book Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City. We chat about how plants took root in the rubble of wars and blank spaces and how cities could be more circular and sustainable.

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Episode 437: Washington State Legislative Roundup Jun 15, 2023

This week we’re chatting with Alex Brennan, Executive Director of Futurewise in Washington State. We chat about this most recent legislative session and bills on missing middle housing, climate change, and TOD.

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Episode 133: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Grocery Wagons Ho! Jun 13, 2023

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo but that doesn't stop us from talking about how to get groceries home without a car, how insurance could save us from climate catastrophe, and whether Houston should ditch its MPO to get better representation.

Main News

Arizona water shorts development - AP

Biometrics reveal preferences - Scientific American

Personal bubbles - The New Republic

Mesa AZ autism friendly city - BBC

Houston's bad MPO represenation - Urban Edge

Insurance Politics - How Things Work

La Sombrita - Streetsblog LA

Tax vehicles by weight - Curbed

Third places are important - Yes! Magazine

Bonus Items

Secondary overseas car market - CNN

Minnesota transport deal - MinnPost

Ford CEO says batteries fiscally unsustainable - The Verge

America needs a road review - Streetsblog USA

Depression more common in burbs - Conversation

Why do urban stores stay empty - JCHS

Emergency braking rules - WaPo

Conflict and biking - Cycling Weekly

Traffic cop sues city - Guardian

Gun violence a public health issue - Guardian

Ridership up on Tube, Amtrak - BBC | Reuters

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Dumb grocery argument - The Urbanist

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Episode 436: Fabulous Ferndale Michigan Jun 08, 2023

This week we chat with Melanie Piana, the Mayor of Ferndale Michigan. We chat about her city’s Woodward Avenue road diet, the city’s bike plans, and how parking is part of too many urban issues.

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Episode 435: The First City on Mars Jun 01, 2023

This week we’re joined by Tufts professor Justin Hollander to talk about his new book The First City on Mars: An Urban Planner's Guide to Settling the Red Planet. We talk about the importance of urban planners in thinking about cities on Mars, what we can learn from Antarctica and the International Space Station, and what a Mars metro region might look like.

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Episode 434: Competing with Car Ownership May 25, 2023

This week we’re joined by the Head of Zipcar, Angelo Adams. We talk about how Zipcar gets parking spaces, how they find customers, the benefits of car sharing and how the company's biggest competitor is car ownership.

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Episode 132: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Laser Beam Parking Meters May 23, 2023

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to cover a whole host of topics including urban migration patterns, New York congestion pricing, the impacts of e-commerce warehouses and much more!

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Episode 433: Women Who Ride Transit May 18, 2023

This week we’re chatting with Meghna Khanna of LA Metro and Scarlett DeLeon of the Alliance for Community Transit LA about women who ride transit. We talk about LA Metro’s first of its kind Gender Action Plan and ACT LA’s Metro as Sanctuary report.

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Episode 432: Why Public Space Matters May 11, 2023

This week we’re joined by Setha Low to talk about her book Why Public Space Matters. We chat about using ethnography to understand space, emotional connections, and transforming the world through public space.

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Episode 131: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Texas Two Step May 09, 2023

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by James Llamas of TEI Inc to discuss a whole raft of issues including tiny Japanese Trucks, the goings on of the Texas Transportation Commission, and population impacts of the pandemic.

News Items

The end of park and ride? - Seattle Transit Blog

Remote work and transit - Politico

Importing tiny trucks - The Economist

Pandemic population - Brookings

Pandemic Movement - MIT News

CalEnviroScreen - Cal EPA

Taking Back Texas Roads - Texas Observer

Free TXDOT - Houston Chronicle

TTI traffic intersection - NBC College Station

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Houston's new parking requirements for parking spaces - The Onion

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Episode 431: Transport and Cities in Star Wars May 04, 2023

May the 4th be with you! This week my good friend Jeff Munowitch of Populus is joining the show to talk about Star Wars! We talk about the top five transportation modes and our top five cities in a galaxy far far away. Which ideas from science fantasy could be in our future?

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Episode 430: E-Bikes to Freedom! Apr 27, 2023

This week we’re joined by Mike Salisbury of Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency to talk about the city’s E-bike rebate program. We talk about funding, e-bikes vs electric cars, and how the rebates are distributed.

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Episode 130: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Stolen Time Apr 25, 2023

This week we're Han Solo but we have a lot to talk about! Donut shop murals spark free speech fights, we think more about the concept of time, and work from home's effects on the public sector. Of course there's much more and we hope you join us as we share the news.

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News Items

Donuts and free speech - AP

Time spent, wasted - The New Republic

Services curtailed as workers are at home - Pro Public

Remote work and costs of government - Governing

Bike share when Lyft is gone - Curbed

Ithaca electric city - Rolling Stone

Paris kicked out cars - Slate

Car Creditocracy - Public Books

Buses alleviate unemployment, poverty - Abstract | Full

Focus on transit service - Vox

Bonus Items

Mitt Romney's bike opinions - Bicycling Magazine

Wild toileting - Guardian

SUVs could collapse garages - The Drive

Rich people stealing water - Guardian

Barcelona blocks boost health - Politico EU

Japan's 10m empty houses - New York Times

Longest bike tunnel - CNN Travel

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Episode 429: Zero Emissions Delivery Zones Apr 20, 2023

This week we’re joined by Hamilton Steimer of the World Resources Institute to talk about their report: Zero-emission Delivery Zones: A New Way to Cut Traffic, Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases. We chat about electrification of fleets, what cities have the best programs for ZEDZ, and the current moment in urban delivery.

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Episode 428: The Case Against Localism Apr 13, 2023

This week we’re joined by Trevor Latimer to talk about his book Small Isn’t Beautiful: The Case Against Localism. We chat about what localism is and how its geographically defined, as well as why “leave if you don’t like it” is disingenuous.

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Episode 427: Caretakers of the Public Realm Apr 06, 2023

This week we’re joined by Andrew Jones, Program director for the Uptown and Downtown Oakland Community Benefits District. We chat about urban place management, how urban spaces are taken care of, and what it takes to keep them vibrant and engaging.

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Episode 426: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Mar 30, 2023

This week Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute is BACK for the Annual Prediction Show. This year we chat about our predictions from last year and next year of course, but also regional rail in France, interesting transportation projects happening around the world, and the high cost and management of big transit projects.

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Episode 129: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Redwood Tree Mar 28, 2023

This week on the show we're Han Solo again but we have a lot of topics to cover! Do Americans have an apartment phobia, should bedrooms have windows, and what's the newest trends in mapping sidewalks? All these and more on the show this week!

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THE NEWS

Apartment phobia - New York Magazine Intelligencer

Can't afford to drive - Salon

Windowless bedrooms - The Nation

Empowering children with walking - The Conversation

SEPTA kills King of Prussia rail - Philadelphia Inquirer

Red states fight blue cities - FiveThirtyEight

Mapping city sidewalks - MIT News

Second life for car batteries - Reasons to be Cheerful

BONUS ITEMS

Design not cops - Rocky Mountain PBS

A better MaaS - ITS International

Inflation driven by housing - Marketplace

Turkey earthquake - New York Times

Housing prescribed by doctors - LA Times

Transport an patient care - Talking Headways

Jones Act causes traffic - The Atlantic

Kansas City eviction fix - KCUR

Catching fog in Lima Peru - National Geographic

Learning from informal settlement - UCLA News

Traffic noise, blood pressure increase - CNN

Puppies and Butterflies

Fajitas - Food Network

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Episode 425: Fixing Mobility as a Service Mar 23, 2023

This week we’re joined by David Hensher, Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney. David chats about how to fix Mobility as a Service and proposes a new way to reduce travel and emissions called Mobility as a Feature.

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Episode 424: Roadways for People Mar 16, 2023

This week we’re joined by Oregon Metro Council President Lynn Peterson to talk about her book Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering. We chat about better project scoping, capacity building, engineers going to actually walk and bike their project areas, and highway expansion in cities.

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Episode 128: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Stop Request Mar 14, 2023

This week on the show we talk about a whole lot of different topics from bus stop requests, bus electrification, and health care streets.

Main Links

Request stops - Next City

Chicago electric buses - Associated Press

We Buy Houses - The Philadelphia Citizen

French cities ban billboards - Marketplace

Utah DOT wants to build a gondola - Motherboard

Homeowners Assoc war on environment - Wired

2,000 without water - Fast Company

Bonus Items

Housing voucher wait list - Arizona Republic

The health street - ArchDaily

Colorado funding change - Colorado Sun

Air pollution paradox - USC Price

Amazon pauses HQ2 - New York Times

Global SUV Emissions - Guardian

Surveillence through sports - The Atlantic

Highway policy memo changes - Route Fifty

France 100b euros for transit - Reuters

Austin signs with USDOT - USDOT

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Episode 423: A County Voice for Transit Mar 09, 2023

This week on the podcast we are back at the Rail~Volution conference in Miami last fall. We chat with Commissioner Eileen Higgins about the South Dade Busway, the importance of FTA ratings in getting projects built, and why she thinks it’s important as an elected official to ride transit.

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Episode 422: The Messiness of Family Travel Mar 02, 2023

This week we’re joined by Dr. Jennifer Kent, Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism at the University of Sydney, to talk about her work on family transportation, the messiness of travel for parents, and loneliness and the built environment.

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Episode 127: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Conspiracy! Feb 28, 2023

This week on Mondays we're again Han Solo, but don't let that stop you from listening in to all the news from the last couple of weeks! We chat about the 15 Minute City conspiracy, why the American Association of Railroads is against electrification, and Wales' climate action on roads.

Below are the links from stories we talked about in the show notes!

News Items

Anti-electrification - Clean Technica

Converting diesel to electric research - Nature

Brussels traffic plan - The Mayor.eu

Ghent traffic reduction - Sky News

15 minute cities conspiracy theory - New Statesman

More conspiracy Guardian | CNN | Slate

Flood zone properties overvalued - Grist

Rethinking one hour deliveries - Streetsblog USA

Welsh road climate review - Guardian

Bonus Items

Park city underground - KPCW

Recycling building materials - ArchDaily | BBC Future

Healthy cities more sidewalks - Bloomberg CityLab

Convenience store crashes - Smart Cities Dive

20mph speed limits - Intelligent Transport

Remote work costs Manhattan - Bloomberg

Amsterdam's housing plans - Euractiv

LA wants to destroy 13K trees - LA Daily News

Berlin's plan for car free neighborhood - Guardian

Why aren't teens driving? - Washington Post

Teenage brains - National Geographic

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Episode 421: Everyone Thinks They Can be a Landscape Architect Feb 23, 2023

This week we’re joined by Diane Jones Allen, Program Director for Landscape Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington. We chat about her work on food deserts and transportation access and the American Society of Landscape Architects Climate Action Plan.

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Episode 420: Homelessness and Transit Feb 16, 2023

This week we’re going to the Rail~Volution (Now MPact) Conference in Miami. Daniel Gibson of Regional Vice President of Miami Dade Allegany Franciscan Ministries moderates a panel featuring LA Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins, SEPTA CEO Leslie Richards, and Diana Stanley, CEO of homeless services provider The Lord’s Place to talk about homelessness and public transportation. They chat about the need for more federal agency coordination between transportation, health, and human services as well as how transit agencies are tackling the issues vulnerable populations face.

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Episode 126: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Edible Concrete Feb 14, 2023

This week we're Han Solo but we do talk about a LOT of news from around the country! We chat about Denver's successful e-bike pilot, biodiversity in cities, transit project costs report, Pittsburgh rethinks its budget based on climate change, and much much more!

News

Denver's e-bike success - Smart Cities Dives

Biodiversity in cities - The New Republic

Transit Costs Project Executive Summary - TCP

Construction Productivity - New York Times

Best new bike lanes - People for Bikes

Pittsburgh redoes budget - Grist

Gender equality in transport - Eltis

Rent control for who? - Governing

Bonus Items

Parking spaces too small - Motherboard

Mexico city migration - Compact Magazine

Small investments better than bigger ones - Guardian

Apartment construction highest since 73 - Route Fifty

Lifestyle rail - Forbes

Consumption based emissions - Helsinki Times

TfL developing land - Transport Xtra

Roosevelt Boulevard subway gets cold shoulder - Inquirer

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Edible cement - ArchDaily

Monorail episode oral history - The Ringer

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Episode 419: We Travel to Reach Destinations Feb 09, 2023

This week we’re joined by Greg Shill, Professor of Law at the University of Iowa, and Jonathan Levine, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan to talk about their paper, First Principals in Transportation Law and Policy. We talk about how to rethink transportation metrics towards accessibility, how the law has embedded mobility in transportation, and why we really travel.

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Episode 418: Get on the Fast Bus Feb 02, 2023

This week we’re joined by Colin Parent, Executive Director of Circulate San Diego, to talk about their new report Fast Bus! How San Diego Can Make Progress by Speeding Up the Bus. We chat about some of the big things happening in San Diego and how the region can promote and support buses.

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Episode 125: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Power Outage! Jan 31, 2023

Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show this week to talk bike lanes, low traffic neighborhoods, gas stoves, and transportation engineering in the United States. It gets even more fun as Jeff's power goes out and we have to do the last 10 minutes over the phone! Join us for episode 125 of Mondays at The Overhead Wire.

Show Notes

Transportation engineering education - Next City

Low Traffic neighborhood study - Guardian

Bike lane battles - Wired Magazine

Cooler pavements - Transfers Magazine

Gas Stoves and childhood asthma - Washington Post

Map of gas stove use - Statista

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Episode 417: Transportation Policy Transfer in Southeast Asia Jan 26, 2023

This week we’re joined by Dr. Dorina Pojani, Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Queensland to talk about her book Planning for Sustainable Transport in Southeast Asia: Policy Transfer, Diffusion, and Mobility. We chat about how four different Southeast Asian cities are taking transportation ideas from other places and trying to deal with congestion and mobility.

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Episode 416: What Do Transportation Lobbyists Do? Jan 19, 2023

This week we’re joined by Dr. Nadia Anderson, former Director of Federal Affairs at INRIX. Dr. Anderson joins us to talk about what lobbyists actually do, the one year anniversary of IIJA, and how it leads to Justice 40 and equity action.

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Episode 124: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - A TRB Review with Ron Milam Jan 17, 2023

This week we're joined by Ron Milam of Fehr and Peers to talk about some of his thoughts on this year's Transportation Research Board Conference. We also talk about VMT and highway expansions, commute times and distances in China, and why certain sounds from your neighbors might put you on edge.

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Notes

Why do we keep expanding highways? - New York Times

MIT finds Chinese commute times pretty standard - Archinect

Why neighbor noises annoy us - Nautilus

Puppies and Butterflies

Doggie bus stops - The Drive

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Episode 415: Everything that Moves Makes a Sound Jan 12, 2023

This week we’re joined by Michiel Huijsman, Managing Director of Soundtrackcity in the Netherlands. We chat about how to think about the positive aspect of urban soundscapes, designing how a place sounds, and how thinking was changed by the pandemic.

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Episode 414: Speculative Futures and Cities Jan 05, 2023

This week we’re joined by Johanna Hoffman to talk about her book Speculative Futures: Design Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience, and Co-Create the Cities We Need. We chat about thinking longer term about planning problems, people’s emotional reactions to the future, and ways to imagine a different way of interacting in cities.

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Episode 413: Biking Further in Detroit Dec 29, 2022

This week we’re joined by Jacob Graham, a Program Manager for MoGo Bike Share in Detroit. Jacob chats with us about how the system works in Detroit, how bike share riders and bus riders coincide, the benefits of E-Bikes, and coordination with other organizations.

This podcast was produced in partnership with MPact (fmrly Railvolution)

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Replay: Ctrl Alt Delete for Transportation Dec 22, 2022

This week for the holidays we're going back in time to listen to one of the most popular episodes of 2022! In Talking Headways 376, Kevin Krizek, Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and David King, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University talk about their book, Advanced Introduction to Urban Transport Planning. We chat about access, justice, and why this book is perfect for changing the conversation around transportation.

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Episode 123: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Closing Out 2022 Dec 20, 2022

This week we're Han Solo but we've got a lot to share from ideas we have for next year's podcasts as well as a lot of really interesting news items you probably won't hear about anywhere else. Check out the show notes below for more and have a great finish to 2022!

Show Notes

Buses shouldn't be free - The Atlantic

7 ways we perceive architecture - The Conversation

Rush to EVs an expensive mistake - CBC

Owner occupancy requirements - Smart Cities Dive

$100B lesson how not to do transit - Motherboard

AirBnB running riot in small towns - WIred

Bonus Content

EU approves French flight bans - Politico EU

Health care and housing crisis - KALW

Hertz to pay for locking people up - New York Times

Berlin's bike car parking duel - CityLab

Congress new city reporting requirements - Route Fifty

EPA finds no progress on fuel economy - ACEEE

Zero emissions buses could make transit popular - Traffic Technology Today

Fairfax county equitable transport metrics - Reston Now

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Episode 412: Autonomous Policy for a Transit Rich City Dec 15, 2022

This week we’re joined by Sarah Kaufman of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation. Sarah joined us in Miami at the RailVolution conference to talk about autonomous vehicle policy, acceptable safety levels, what happens to the NYC Taxis and the lessons from Superstorm Sandy for transportation infrastructure.

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Episode 411: Transit Matters in Boston Dec 08, 2022

This week we're joined by Jarred Johnson, Executive Director of TransitMatters in Boston. Jarred talks about making the case for the MBTA, the Orange Line shutdown, regional rail and electrification, overhead wires versus batteries, and fare policy.

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Episode 122: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Tastes Like Purple Dec 06, 2022

This week we're talking about the big stories of the last few weeks! Why LED lights suddenly turn purple, what walking does to our brains, and the strange city of Lusail in Qatar.

News Items

LED lights turning purple - Business Insider

How walking helps us think - New Yorker

The strange city of Lusail Qatar - Guardian

The urban drug store decline - Slate

European cities getting crowded - Wired Magazine

Amsterdam circular economy - Fast Company

South Korea zero food waste - Guardian

Great Salt Lake collapse - Salt Lake Tribune

Solarpunk - Public Books

Will casual carpool come back? - Berkeleyside

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Episode 410: One Year Anniversary of the Infrastructure Bill Dec 01, 2022

This week we're joined once again by Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins and Helen Chin to talk about the one year anniversary of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. They chat about what they liked, the issue with capacity for applying for and implementing grants, transformative justice, and what states are actually doing well.

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Episode 409: Rep. Earl Blumenauer Nov 17, 2022

This week we sit down with US Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon’s 3rd District at the Rail~Volution conference in Miami. We chat about the one year anniversary of the infrastructure bill, where we’re at with vision zero, the coming Farm Bill discussion, and the important connections between housing, transportation, and health.

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Episode 121: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Public Utility Nov 15, 2022

This week we're joined by The Greater Marin's David Edmondson! We talk about the importance of Time, whether freight railroad tracks should be publicly owned and managed, and the boom in ridership on Van Ness. We also talk a bit of Andor and the hill slums of Sierra Leone

Show Links:

Van Ness BRT ridership bump - San Francisco Chronicle

Publicly owned railroad infrastructure - Freight Waves

The importance of "Time" - Eurocities

100 years of autocentricity - Forbes

Shenzhen's electric buses - Smart Cities World

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Episode 408: California High Speed Rail Update Nov 10, 2022

This week we’re joined by Northern California Director for High Speed Rail Boris Lipkin and Streetsblog San Francisco editor Roger Rudick to talk about high speed rail’s progress in California. Boris discusses what’s next for the High Speed Rail program, funding, and station design and Roger pushes back on recent negative media.

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Episode 407: TDM - The Soft Side of Transportation Nov 03, 2022

This week we’re joined by Tien-Tien Chan of Nelson Nygaard and Jessica Roberts of Alta Planning and Design to talk about Transportation Demand Management or TDM. Tien-Tien and Jessica discuss how TDM acts as the soft side of transportation and the flip side of infrastructure and they dive deep into the different types of programs are employed.

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Episode 406: Sidewalk Delivery Robots Oct 27, 2022

This week we’re joined by Amanda Howell of Urbanism Next at The University of Oregon to talk about Sidewalk Robots. We chat about their study on sidewalk delivery robots with the Knight Autonomous Vehicle Initiative and what they learned about community engagement and small delivery vehicles on city sidewalks.

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Episode 120: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Not So Self Driving Oct 25, 2022

Happy Mondays! This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we dive into a number of topics including the hype around self driving cars, the monetary benefits of using parking spaces for more than just cars, recycling whole buildings, and thinking about community input. We also throw in a little highway talk and parks on top of a Costco.

News Items

No self driving cars after $100B invested - Bloomberg Businesweek

New spin on parking spaces during pandemic - Globe and Mail

Recycle a 14-Story Office Tower - New York Times

Office building's biggest emissions: commuters - Commercial Observer

Calamity of I-277 in Charlotte - Charlotte Magazine

(Overhead Wire Blog on I-277)

Not Everyone Should Have a Say - The Atlantic

The Hidden Costco - Fast Company

Cold seawater to heat Helsinki - Bloomberg CityLab

Bonus Items

LA Overcrowding - Los Angeles Times

Colorado Prop 123 - Next City

Aztec floating farms - BBC Future

Global tax on frequent fliers - Washington Post

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Episode 405: Yes to the City Oct 20, 2022

This week we’re joined by Max Holleran to talk about his book Yes to the City: Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing. We talk about the rise of YIMBY vs NIMBY housing politics, the changes in housing activism, and how housing fights are going global.

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Episode 404: The Public Wealth of Cities Oct 13, 2022

This week we’re joined by Diana Ramirez, Executive Director of the Harris County Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity, former Salt Lake County Mayor and Congressman Ben McAdams, Matt Prewitt, President of RadicalxChange and Joel Rogers, Director of COWS at the University of Wisconsin Madison to talk about how cities can understand the public wealth owned by our cities. We talk about how cities can create inventories of existing assets to generate public wealth and how economic value can be harnessed for public good.

Two articles referenced in this show:

How To Harness Cities’ Hidden Public Wealth - NOEMA Magazine

Harris County putting billions of assets to public use - Urban Edge

Putting Assets to Work - Government Finance Officers Association

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Episode 119: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Happy Trip to Work Oct 11, 2022

This week on Mondays Jeff talks about a whole host of articles from whether your commute makes you happy to if our economies are becoming less dynamic as they age. Also what's keeping you from returning to your office? I bet childcare would help! All that and more this week on Mondays!

Show Links

Commute happiness - MPR

Raleigh vs Charlotte downtowns - The Assembly

Development made Ian worse - WaPo

Latin America's pink housing - Architectural Digest

Return to the office - WaPo | Slate

Omaha rips out bike lane - The Reader

Economies less dynamic - Harvard Business Review

BONUS ITEMS

London's reduced footfall - City Matters

Heavy Trucks - CNN

Smart loading zones - WHYY

Airplane emissions - Journal of Transport Geography

Teacher shortage - Texas Tribune

San Diego scraps road charge - San Diego Union Tribune

Cars vanishing from Paris - Reasons to be Cheerful

Puppies and Butterflies

DIY Freight Train skateboard - The Drive

Love You Gramma.

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Episode 403: At the Expense of Vehicular Capacity Oct 06, 2022

This week on Talking Headways we're joined by journalist Megan Kimble to talk about housing and highway fights in Texas. We chat about TXDOT's political pressure, the organizations fighting back, and how throughput remains king.

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Episode 402: Broward County Transportation Sep 29, 2022

This week we’re joined by Broward MPO Executive Director Greg Stuart to talk about the history of Broward County, it's connections to the rest of South Florida, the historic MAPS transportation plan, and how they are dealing with potential sea level rise and impacts of the pandemic.

This episode was produced in partnership with Railvolution!

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Episode 118: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Interior Block Urbanism Sep 27, 2022

This week on Mondays we cover a ton of ground including Transportation Insecurity, putting retail away from arterial streets, pattern book building, bad intersections, forced flood buyouts and much more!

Check out links in the show notes below:

Show Links

Transportation insecurity - Washington Center for Equitable Growth

Flood buyouts - Grist

Nashville retail away from arterials - Nashville Scene

Fayetteville pattern books - NW Arkansas Democrat Gazette

KC's worst intersections - KCUR

Warehouses in the fields - The Guardian

Good luck playing Sim NIMBY - Motherboard

Bonus Articles

Denver storefronts - Colorado Public Radio

Ship it Zero resolution - Grist

Window urbanism - Winnepeg Free Press

Puppies and Butterflies

BART essay contest - Short-Edition

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Episode 401: Health Gains for the Compact Walkable City Sep 22, 2022

This week we’re joined by Billie Giles-Corti, Director of the Healthy Livable Cities Lab at RMIT, Melanie Lowe of the University of Melbourne, and Geoff Boeing of USC to talk about their papers in The Lancet Global Health series on Urban Design, Transport, and Health. They chat about the importance of walkability to public health, why Sao Paulo Brazil connects policy and outcomes so well, and how cities can use the detailed indicators they’ve created including bus stop and intersection density to fill policy gaps that lead to positive health outcomes.

You can find the papers at The Lancet Global Health

or visit The Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities

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Episode 400: Talking Headways Back in Time Sep 15, 2022

We're at 400 episodes and I want to thank the listeners for letting us come into their podcatchers each week. We've got 13 clips from shows in the first 399 episodes. We share clips on microtransit, urban delivery systems, city fiber networks, 3D urban design, transit value capture, zoning reform, walking, and community togetherness. Join us for a fun trip down memory lane.

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Episode 117: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Convening with the Ancients Sep 13, 2022

This week on the show I'm Han Solo again, but that won't stop us from covering interesting news about cities from around the world! We chat about Phoenix's ancient canals, some of California's potential new laws, Black migration, and making friends in sprawl.

Check out the show links and notes below:

Phoenix canal history - BBC Travel

Capitalism and gentrification - Guardian

Black migration - The Atlantic

Making friends in sprawl - Vox

Trees a secret weapon - Time Magazine

Small cargo vans - The Drive

Bonus coverage:

French e-bike subsidies - The Verge

300 mile range needed? - NYT

Tredges protect kids from particulates - New Atlas

Zero down payment mortgage - NBC

Banning meat adverts - Guardian

Banning fossil fuel adverts - Euronews

California laws

Public meetings - CityLab

Reapealing Article 34, anti-public housing - LA Times

Housing on strip malls, commercial - Smart Cities Dive

Car free tax breaks - Washington Post

Parking requirements near transit - San Diego Union Tribune

Comments and Questions

Castro bath house dispute - SFist

Why city planning? - Thomas Bardenett

Puppies and Butterflies

Pulling the Streetcar Out - Dallas Morning News

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Episode 399: Ancient Cities and Energised Crowding Sep 08, 2022

This week we’re joined by Michael E. Smith, Professor of Anthropology and Archeologist at Arizona State’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change. We talk with Michael about his article in Aeon Magazine entitled Energized Crowding about life in early cities and neighborhoods.

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Episode 398: The Arbitrary Lines of Zoning Sep 01, 2022

This week we’re joined by Nolan Gray to talk about his new book Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. We talk about how cities were regulated before zoning, why state and national reforms are important and why zoning abolition should be the ultimate goal.

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Episode 116: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dangerous Roads and City Wildfire Sprinklers Aug 30, 2022

This week on Mondays we're playing catch up with stories from the last five weeks of The Overhead Wire newsletter. Dangerous roads, TXDOT skirts environmental rules, young adults stay close to home, Stuttgart's green corridor and much more. You can find all the links to the stories in the notes below:

News Items

The most dangerous road in America - Vox

Texas skirts enviro laws on highways - Grist

Colorado changes transportation course - CPR

Young adults not moving far from home - AP

Job sprawl spillover - Crain's Cleveland Business

Code snitching - Nashville Scene

Car free pioneer - Politico EU

Office building midlife crisis - Commercial Observer

Billionaires gonna NIMBY - The Atlantic

California Megaflood - CNN

Bathhouse comeback - Mic

Stuttgart's green corridors - Reasons to be Cheerful

Spanish city fire sprinklers - Wired

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Episode 397: Transit Stop Transformation Aug 25, 2022

This week we’re joined by Kim Cella of Citizens for Modern Transit and Sheila Holm of AARP. to discuss how they are transforming transit stops in St. Louis. We chat about how they involve the community, engage transit operators, and bring life to grey spaces.

Today's podcast was produced in partnership with RailVolution.

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Episode 396: Tech Won't Save Transportation Aug 18, 2022

This week we’re joined by author Paris Marx to talk about their book Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation. We talk about Technologists and the stories they tell themselves, Ursula K Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory, and Uber’s impact on labor laws.

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Episode 115: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Inflation Reduction Act Aug 16, 2022

This week Chrissy and Jeff talk about the Inflation Reduction Act and all the things in the bill from an urban issue standpoint. We talk tax breaks for electric vehicles, tax credits for electric appliances, environmental services and much more!

A few articles below we used as sources:

Need to Know about IRA - T4America

$3B for reconnecting communities - Route Fifty

Hurdles for highway removal - Governing

Real estate industry and IRA - ULI

Low tech solutions: Nature - WaPo

Tweet - Georgetown Climate Center

IRA and electric bills - CNN

IRA and low carbon building materials - Construction Dive

Efficiency upgrades and parks in IRA - Smart Cities Dive

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Episode 395: Asphalt Art Aug 11, 2022

This week we’re joined by David Andersson, part of the Art and Culture team at Bloomberg Associates. David chats about the implementation and safety characteristics of asphalt art, how communities work on these projects, and the character of public art.

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Episode 394: Let's Go to the Mall! Aug 04, 2022

This week we’re joined by architecture writer and journalist Alexandra Lange to talk about her book: Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall. We chat about the evolution of the mall, equity and legal implications, and of course pop culture.

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Episode 393: Inside the Phoenix TOD Community Plan Jul 28, 2022

This week on Talking Headways, we’re listening in on a 1 to 1 conversation between City of Phoenix planner Elias Valencia, and community champion Victor Vidales. Elias and Victor talk about the process of creating the South Central TOD Community Plan and what it takes to create strategies that empower neighborhoods and reduce displacement.

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Episode 114: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Heat Waves and Ridership Drops Jul 26, 2022

This week we're Han Solo, but don't let that stop you from listening to the news! We chat about DOT's emissions monitoring plan as well as Charlotte's ridership drop.

News Links:

Charlotte's dropping ridership - WFAE

Oregonians fought sprawl - Oregon Public Broadcasting

Hoboken shows way on Vision Zero - Streetsblog USA

Cities prepare for heat waves - Politico EU

Administration floats emissions monitoring - Smart Cities Dive

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Episode 392: Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities Jul 21, 2022

This week we’re joined by Professor Michael Neuman to talk about his book Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities and Societies. We chat about why trees are important models for infrastructure development, the important lessons of Barcelona for the world, and why infrastructure is lately seen as a monetary asset instead of a public good.

Episode 391: Walking with Pedestrian Dignity Jul 14, 2022

This week we’re joined by Jonathon Stalls, author of a new book: Walk: Slow Down, Wake Up, and Connect at 1-3 Miles Per Hour. We talk about his work on social media with Pedestrian Dignity and his walk across the United States in 2010.

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Episode 113: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Universe Jul 12, 2022

This week on Mondays we're joined by Sophia Li, the editor of the Talking Headways podcast and Landscape Architecture Masters Candidate at the Harvard GSD. We chat about Doug Gordon's piece on the phrase 'Ban Cars', Bogota's GPS pricing scheme, sounds of cities, and how Germany is coping with the 9 Euro pass. Join the fun!

Links from the show:

Bogota's congestion pricing plan - Government Technology

"Ban Cars" - Jalopnik

Sound and the city - Noema Magazine

Also sound related - MIT Technology Review

Germany's 9 euro pass - Deutsche Welle

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Episode 390: Bringing Joy with Transit and TOD Jul 07, 2022

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by staff from MARTA in Atlanta for a 1 on 1 conversation. Collie Greenwood, Deputy General Manager, and Jacob Vallo, Senior Director of TOD, Real Estate, and Art in Transit talk with each other about the agency’s bus network redesign and their TOD program.

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Episode 389: A Tour of Canadian Transit Jun 30, 2022

This week we’re joined by Reece Martin, who discusses transit systems around the world on his YouTube channel RM Transit. Reece joins us to take an audio tour of Canadian Transit as well as discuss his recent visit to London to ride the Elizabeth Line.

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Episode 388: Parking Policy for Cities Jun 23, 2022

This week we’re joined by Catie Gould of the Sightline Institute, to talk about Oregon’s plans for reducing parking regulations in cities. We chat about case studies from Portland OR and Fayetteville AR and the impact of parking lots on the urban heat island.

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Episode 387: The Megaregion Jun 16, 2022

This week we’re joined by University of Pennsylvania’s Fritz Steiner and Bob Yaro and University of Texas’ Ming Zhang to talk about their new book, Megaregions and America’s Future. We discuss the idea of Megaregions and why they are so important for the future of our society and the planet.

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Episode 386: City Culture and Sports Stadiums Jun 09, 2022

This week we’re joined by writer Dan Moore to talk about his piece in The Ringer entitled “What Do Cities Lose When they Lose Pro Sports?” Dan chats about why stadium deals are A bigger story about cities and how they can be harmful or potentially beneficial.

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Episode 112: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Lisbon Lego Tram Jun 07, 2022

This week we're solo but that doesn't mean we don't have some interesting news for you! San Diego billboards and Rotterdam roof parks coming at you!

News

Learning about Chinese Metros - That's Magazine

Rotterdam's roof parks - Surface Magazine

TXDOT wants to bury I345 - D Magazine

San Diego's billboard rules - San Diego Union Tribune

Texas activists battle billboard companies - NPR

Germany's 9 euro pass - The Mayor.eu

Regulating particulates - Euractiv

Tire particles 2000x worse than exhaust - Guardian

Puppies and Butterflies

Lego Lisbon Tram - The Brick Fan

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Episode 385: Thinking Regionally About New York Jun 02, 2022

This week we’re joined by Regional Plan Association President and CEO Tom Wright. Tom looks back at the history of the RPA, the current process for congestion pricing in New York City, and how the Triborough transit line got traction. We also talk about the organization's thinking on climate change and more!

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Episode 384: Portrait of a Developer in St. Paul May 26, 2022

This week we’re listening to a one to one conversation between St. Paul Developer Johnny Opara of JO Companies and Lea Hargett, Principal of Jog Associates. They talk about LISC’s Capacity Building programs that support developers of color, why Johnny got into development, and barriers people of color face in the market which includes the many different types of capital.

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Episode 111: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Safe Place to Bee May 24, 2022

This week on Mondays we're joined by Jerome Horne of TransitCenter to share thoughts on Amazon deliveries, new bus networks in Boston, Segregation by Design's visualizations, and new infrastructure technical assistance and housing plans from the White House.

The News

Visualizing the legacy of America’s racist urbanism - Fast Company

Ethics of next day delivery - Guardian

Boston's bus plan - WBUR

Housing supply action plan - White House

Infrastructure Technical Assistance Guide - White House

Safe Streets for All Grant Program - USDOT

Puppies and Butterflies

Bee Bus Stops - BBC

Episode 383: A Communities First Infrastructure Alliance May 19, 2022

This week we’re listening in on a one-on-one conversation between Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins of NRDC and North Star Strategies and Helen Chin, President of the Communities First Fund. Stephanie and Helen discuss why this is an important moment for infrastructure equity and the creation of the Communities First Infrastructure Alliance and its principles.

You can find the White House's Technical Assistance Guide linked here and Communities First Infrastructure Alliance Principles and organizations here.

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Episode 110: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Shop Dogs May 17, 2022

We are Han Solo this week but wanted to clear the pallet for next week's guest. We chat about Oslo's environmental progress, LA's Universal Basic Mobility plans, and how people walking slowly increases perceived crowding. The links the all the stories are in the show notes below!

Money for mergers in Flemish Belgium - The Mayor.eu

Who rules transit? - TransitCenter

Oslo and Climate Change - The New Yorker

Norway may scale back EV perks - Bloomberg

Universal basic mobility pilot - LA Times

Car filters and particles - Reuters

Open JFK drive - SF Examiner

Rural criteria changes for Census - Associated Press

Denmark to label food for climate change - Food Policy Center

Green walls in offices - Medical XPress

Testing a full size autonomous bus - BBC

A perception of people congestion - Science Daily

Puppies and Butterflies!

Shop Pets! - Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine

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Episode 382: Measuring Transportation Insecurity May 12, 2022

This week we’re joined by Alix Gould-Werth of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and Alex Murphy Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan Department of Sociology to talk about their work on the topic of transportation insecurity. We chat about what went in to the creation of the transportation security index and why we haven’t yet created a federal program for individuals like food stamps or housing vouchers for transportation.

You can find their paper Developing a New Measure of Transportation Insecurity: An Exploratory Factor Analysis at the Survey Practice website. Also Validating the Sixteen-Item Transportation Security Index in a Nationally Representative Sample: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis.

They also have an article at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth.

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Episode 381: A Next Generation Transport Policy May 05, 2022

This week we’re joined by Harriet Tregoning, Director at NUMO, and Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute to talk about their report, Charting Out a Next-Generation, Place-Based Federal Transportation Policy. We talk what needs to change about federal policy and the entities that need to pursue it.

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Episode 380: The 15 Minute Church Apr 28, 2022

This week we’re joined by Travis Norvell, Minister at Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Minneapolis to talk about his book Church on the Move. We talk about transforming church parking lots, creating bike commute reports for local radio, and how church has changed after the advent of the automobile.

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Episode 109: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Old Enough for Errands! Apr 26, 2022

This week we're talking about smart homes, the metaverse, and kids running errands in Japan! We also chat indoor air quality and teen brains on driving.

Smart home company disappears - Ars Technica

How governments can use the metaverse - American City and County

Thinking indoor air quality - GQ

Americans believe suburbs are greener than cities - YouGov

Science of reckless driving - Discover Magazine

Teen Brains - National Geographic

Urban design for toddlers - Slate

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Episode 379: Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians Apr 21, 2022

This week we’re joined by Frank Markowitz and Leni Schwendinger to talk about the new book Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians. We chat about creating legible nighttime spaces, what planners should focus on when programming lighted spaces, and the future of lighting and transportation.

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Episode 378: Repairing America's Broken Housing System Apr 14, 2022

This week we're joined by Jenny Schuetz, a senior fellow at Brookings Metro to talk about her new book Fixer Upper. We chat about making housing decisions at the wrong scale, where housing reform would make the most sense around the United States, and how we could use MPOs to better organize regional housing.

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Episode 377: A New Public Engagement in Durham Apr 07, 2022

This week we’re featuring a 1 to 1 conversation produced in partnership with Railvolution between Aidil Ortiz, Principal at Aidilisms and Mary Kate Morookian, a transit planner at Kimley Horn. Aidil and Mary Kate discuss the Durham Transit Plan and how they approached public engagement while centering the community in the process.

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Episode 108: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Pattern Language for Podcasting Apr 05, 2022

This week on Mondays we talk a lot of different subjects including Christopher Alexander's A Pattern Language and how where you grow up impacts how good you are at directions. Join us for an Idaho Stop won't you?

Where you grow up determines your directions - NYT

Omaha Plans for the future of Downtown - Omaha World Herald

Colorado Could Soon Allow Idaho Stops - Colorado Politics

Boomers Tell Millennials there's No Crisis - New Statesman

Tire Chemicals are killing fish - Toronto Star

Why Christopher Alexander Still Matters - Planetizen

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Episode 376: Ctrl Alt Delete for Transportation Mar 31, 2022

This week we’re joined by Kevin Krizek, Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and David King, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, to talk about their book, Advanced Introduction to Urban Transport Planning. We chat about access, justice, and why this book is perfect for changing the conversation around transportation.

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Episode 375: Who Represents "The Community" Part 2 Mar 24, 2022

This week we’re joined again by Jeremy Levine, Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Sociology at the University of Michigan. In part 2 of our conversation Jeremy talks more about his book Constructing Community: Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston. In Part 2 we discuss how people talk about “the community” and what public outreach and participation could look like in the future.

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Episode 107: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Gas Shock! Mar 22, 2022

This week on the show we talk about the impact of gas prices and have some studies on urbanization's impact on getting to net zero! We also talk about insurance and wild fires. Lots of different topics!

The NIMBY King - The Atlantic

Americans struggle with vehicle costs - Guardian

San Diego road pricing - Time Magazine

Is mass urbanization good for the climate - Anthropocene

Disaster Insurance - The Atlantic

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Episode 374: Who Represents "The Community" Part 1 Mar 17, 2022

This week we’re joined by Jeremy Levine, Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Sociology (by courtesy) at the University of Michigan. Jeremy talks about his book Constructing Community: Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston and describes how neighborhood groups, elected officials, and public servants all claim the mantle of representing “the community.” In Part 1 we discuss how he went about his research in Boston, and how groups coalesced around the idea of the Fairmount Corridor.

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Episode 373: Real Talk on Climate Action and TOD Mar 10, 2022

This week we’re joined by Adie Tomer from Brookings to talk about how transit-oriented development and active transportation play into climate strategies over the long term. We talk about mitigation versus adaptation strategies and what solutions work best for each.

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Episode 372: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Mar 03, 2022

This week we’re joined by Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute. We chat about the impacts of the pandemic on office work, rethinking federal transportation policy, and make our annual predictions on next year’s transportation policies and projects.

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Episode 106: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Land Use Proxy Fight Mar 01, 2022

This week we're joined by Han Solo, but that doesn't stop us from having a wonderful conversation about Paris 2024 car free zone, why cities are fighting for a lot of social issues with zoning codes, the nightmare that is the American Dream Mall, why TX Governor Greg Abbott killed a road diet, and the divergence between American and European cities.

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Episode 371: Transit Project Costs and Solutions Feb 24, 2022

This week we’re joined by Paul Lewis, Policy Director at the Eno Center for Transportation. Paul discusses their report on transportation construction costs, Saving Time and Making Cents: A Blueprint for Building Transit Better. We chat about the project database they created for the research, the different level of scrutiny between highway and transit capital projects, and some of the ways agencies can create better governance structures and lower project costs.

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Episode 370: Planning for Underground Cities Feb 17, 2022

This week we’re joined by Dr. Asal Bidarmaghz, lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Dr. Bidarmaghz discusses planning for underground infrastructure and why it’s so important for the future of cities.

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Episode 105: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Seamless Transit Feb 15, 2022

This week we're joined by Ian Griffiths of Seamless Bay Area to talk about their work in the Bay Area and we talk about a few news items from the weeks before on housing and transportation.

Ann Arbor council divided on zoning investigation - MLive

Slower growth in Colorado - Colorado Public Radio

French slow rail - The Local.fr

Sprawl declines with gas price rise - Anthropocene

Climate promises challenged by highway money - Bloomberg

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Episode 369: Treating Social Media Like a City Feb 10, 2022

This week we’re joined by Sahar Massachi of the Integrity Institute. Sahar discusses his piece in MIT Technology Review connecting cities and social media platforms and how we should be monitoring and managing them properly.

We chat about the similarities between managing social media’s bad actors and the urban problems like black box highway modeling, speed management, and city building.

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Episode 368: A Grassroots Bus Network Redesign in Miami Feb 03, 2022

This week we are featuring a one on one conversation between Carlos Cruz-Casas, Assistant Director, Department of Transportation and Public Works for Miami Dade County, and Grace Perdomo, Executive Director of Transit Alliance in Miami. Grace and Carlos chat about the Better Bus Project, an advocacy-led community driven redesign of the Miami-Dade bus network.

Episode 367: Reimagining Sustainable Cities Jan 27, 2022

This week we’re joined by Tina Rosan, Associate Professor at Temple University and Stephen Wheeler, Professor at UC Davis to talk about their new book Reimagining Sustainable Cities: Strategies for Designing Greener, Healthier, More Equitable Communities. We talk about a broad array of topics including rethinking public meetings, urban power dynamics, and structural change in government systems.

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Episode 104: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - New Cities, New Towns, New Trouble Jan 25, 2022

We're Han Solo this week on Mondays at the Overhead Wire! We talk about Jennifer Homendy and the 94% rule, the need to stop fetishizing old buildings, Donald Shoup's sidewalk fix, and how some non-profits and foundations are taking a greater governmental role as governments atrophy. We also talk about moving the capital of Indonesia away from Jakarta, the future of underground cities, concrete block alternatives, and Fort Worth's river redevelopment plan.

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Episode 366: Inherent Transportation Expertise Jan 20, 2022

This week we’re joined by Anna Zivarts from Disability Rights Washington and Paulo Nunes-Ueno from Front and Centered. They join us to talk about the Disability Mobility Initiative and story map, as well as the Mobility Bill of Rights. We also chat about why mobility experiments might make travel harder for disabled travelers and why a core part of anyone’s civil rights should be the ability to be safe on the road.

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Episode 365: A City is Not a Computer Jan 13, 2022

This week we’re joined by Shannon Mattern, professor of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research. Shannon talks with us about her new book A City is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences. We discuss the ideas of smartness versus wisdom, the idea of maintenance as a way of absorbing information, and the city as a processing machine, just not in the ways you might automatically think.

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Episode 103: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Transit is Not a Business Jan 11, 2022

This week we're on our own talking about empty storefronts (NYT), whether transit should be run like a business (Laurel in Transit), the ethics of building multifamily housing on arterial streets (Slate), and Tri-Rail's problems pulling into the station (Miami Herald). All that right here on Mondays at The Overhead Wire.

Episode 364: Creating a Better Transit Board Jan 06, 2022

This week on the podcast, we’re back at last fall’s virtual Railvolution conference. Former BART GM Grace Crunican moderates a panel discussing the role of board members in transit agencies with Former MBTA board member Monica Tibbits-Nutt and former Houston Metro board member Christof Spieler. They talk about how to deal with board members with opposite ideas, how to help agency staff, and using the budget as a policy document.

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Replay: Designing Fair Transport Systems Dec 23, 2021

This week we’re flashing back to an episode in March where we were joined by Karel Martens, Professor of Architecture and Town Planning at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and head of the Fair Transport Lab at Technion. Karel talks with us about the philosophy underpinning the idea of sufficient accessibility and how he got to the idea in his book Transport Justice.

Episode 363: Not Just Wires, Pipes, and Roads Dec 16, 2021

This week we’re joined by Michael Spotts, a senior visiting research fellow at ULI’s Terwiliger Center for Housing and head of Neighborhood Fundamentals. Michael chats with us about takeaways from the Shaw Symposium on Urban Community Issues, the definition of infrastructure, and the importance of taking a systems approach to important interconnected topics like transportation, education, and health care.

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Episode 102: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Christmas Markets Dec 14, 2021

Our last show of the year! Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Tracy McMillan join the show with an overarching theme of public health. We talk LA street vending carts, climate impacts of shipping, transportation insecurity, drought and water shortages, and Christmas markets in Germany.

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Episode 362: The Traffic War is Never Won Dec 09, 2021

This week we’re joined by University of Virginia Associate Professor Peter Norton, to talk about his new book Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving. Peter discusses the false promises of auto makers and technologists and the mobility solutions that are already in front of us.

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Episode 101: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Auto Nostalgia and the Oil Crisis Dec 07, 2021

This episode of Mondays we're joined by Gabrielle Esperdy, a professor of architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a contributing writer for Places. This episode was produced in partnership with Places Journal.

Gabrielle discusses her piece 'Twilight of Autopia' in Places, which includes a deep dive into nostalgia, thoughts on the word sprawl, and the ultimate cultural impact of the 1970s oil crisis.

Episode 361: Infrastructural Optimism Dec 02, 2021

This week we’re joined by Linda Samuels, associate professor of urban design at Washington University in St. Louis to talk about her book Infrastructural Optimism. We chat about how growth for growth’s sake is not the answer, learn from post modernist urbanism, and why systems should be more connected.

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Episode 360: Transit Expansion and Service in the Pandemic Nov 18, 2021

This week we’re at the 2021 Virtual Railvolution conference. Adelee Le Grand, CEO of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit System in Tampa moderates a panel featuring Debra Johnson, GM and CEO of RTD in Denver and Peter Rogoff, CEO of Sound Transit in Seattle. Johnson and Rogoff discuss transit expansion plans and progress in their respective regions as well as how they kept things going during the pandemic.

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Episode 359: Streets are Not Just Pipes Nov 11, 2021

This week we’re joined by Miami of Ohio Geography Professor David Prytherch. David chats with us about his recent journal article in Urban Geography: Reimagining the physical/social infrastructure of the American street. We talk about businesses newfound interest in the street, equity and ethical discussions about rights to the street, and the new pandemic paradigm of open streets.

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Episode 100: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Double Infrastructure All the Way Nov 09, 2021

Well it's finally infrastructure week. We definitely timed it to coincide with our 100th episode of Mondays. Tracy and I get into some of the lesser discussed details of the IIJA bill while also covering a few stores from the newsletter including, French bookshop protection, Vienna's urban flood protection, housing rejection in SF, indoor methane issues, and the idea of cluster commutes. And Chrissy joins us towards the end to celebrate it being episode 100.

Infrastructure details from the National Association of Counties.

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Episode 358: A National Perspective with Jannet Walker Ford Nov 04, 2021

This week we’re joined by Jannet Walker-Ford, National Transit and Rail Lead at WSP. We chat about high speed rail around the country, the benefits of trade and research groups, escalating transit project costs, and our current transport policy environment.

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Episode 357: Culture is Designed Every Century Oct 28, 2021

This week we’re joined by Dutch architect Ton Venhoeven. We chat about Utrecht’s new tram station TOD, the difference between the 15 minute and Micro City, planning policy and its history in the Netherlands, and the future of cities.

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Episode 99: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Halloween Highway Oct 26, 2021

This week we're joined by Josh Fairchild, Co-Founder of Transit Matters, a transit advocacy organization in Boston. Josh tells us about his recent trip to California and his experience with BART after a long flight. We also talk about our slate of news including the end of Alitalia Airlines, the idea of Planet City, Seattle's experiment with e-bike deliveries, and how the human brain navigates cities.

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Episode 356: Partisanship and Transportation Oct 21, 2021

This week we're joined by Kelcie Ralph, Nick Klein, and Calvin Thigpen to talk about their recent paper 'Political Partisanship and Transportation Reform' written with Anne Brown in the Journal of The American Planning Association. We chat about why they wrote the paper, what they found out about partisanship and transportation policy, and why all sides of the political spectrum have little understanding of induced demand.

Episode 355: Asphalt - A History Oct 14, 2021

This week we’re joined by Kenneth O’Reilly to talk about his book Asphalt: A History. We chat about what asphalt is, how it was used for building, war, and economic expansion and how it impacts the future of the planet.

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Episode 98: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Duluth, Like Duluth? Oct 12, 2021

This week on Mondays we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about a number of different topics including climate migration, low traffic neighborhoods in Birmingham UK, and reforming mega project contracts.

News

Climate Proof Duluth - MPR News

Birmingham Low Traffic Neighborhood - The Guardian

Yemen's Ancient Cities - BBC Travel

No More Mega Contracts for Mega Projects - Eno Center

Livability Awards for Highways - Washington Post

Puppies and Butterflies

Boji the Istanbul Transit Dog - Reuters

How Clement Street Survived - New York Times

Episode 354: Active Transportation Laws in Berlin Oct 07, 2021

This week we’re joined by Roland Stimpel of The German Pedestrian Association Fussverkehr. Roland chats with us about Berlin’s new mobility laws including the 2018 Mobility Act and 2021’s pedestrian law amendments. We also talk about SUVs, the struggle to find public servants, and Ampelmännchen, the traffic light man.

Episode 353: Depave Cities Sep 30, 2021

This week on the podcast we're joined by Mary Pat McGuire, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois. Mary Pat talks with us about what happens to water after it hits the pavement, the damaging environmental impacts of covering cities in pavement, and steps we can take to reduce runoff in green cities.

Episode 97: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Electric Chargers Among Us Sep 28, 2021

This week on Mondays, we discuss a lot of different topics from HOLC map redlining to electric car chargers. We don't talk much about the infrastructure bill but I imagine that will be coming soon whether it passes or not!

News

Who increases air quality guidelines - Guardian

40 years of HSR - La Croix Translated

The train the shrunk France - Ars Technica

Berlin buys out apartments - AP News

Redlining didn't happen how we thought it did - Governing

EV Chargers in Zoning Code - Urban Milwaukee

Do we need 500K chargers? - Motherboard

The economics of gas stations - The Hustle

Episode 352: The Community Knows What it Wants Sep 23, 2021

This month on the Railvolution podcast we’re joined by Duncan Hwang, Interim Co-Director of the Asian Pacific Network of Oregon and Gauri Rajbaidya, architect and senior associate at SERA. They chat with us about community driven development in Portland’s Jade District and how it's connected to the rest of the region.

Episode 351: The Rules Require Death Sep 16, 2021

This week we’re joined by Dr. Megan Ryerson, UPS Chair of Transportation at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. Dr. Ryerson joins us to talk about her research on cognitive workload, measuring the stress of cyclists at intersections. We also chat about transportation during the pandemic, the uneven power dynamics in traffic safety between cars and bikes/pedestrians, and how safety and an inability to navigate are access restrictions.

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Episode 96: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Find Your Solarpunk City Sep 14, 2021

This week Tracy McMillan joins the show to talk about engineering climate change preparedness in New Orleans, Solarpunk cities, making Lego budget movies, and early Robert Putnam's thoughts on Italian social capital.

We also chat a bit about Metro Twin Cities new transit pass plan and Paris' new speed limit.

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Episode 350: The Built Environment Memory Hole Sep 09, 2021

This week we’re joined by Tufts Professor Justin Hollander. Justin chats with us about a wide range of topics including VMT Taxes, using eye tracking software to measure the impacts of the built environment on people’s mind, and he reacts to the most recent census release.

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Episode 349: Active Transportation Parades Sep 02, 2021

This week we’re joined by new Rail~Volution CEO Tamar Shapiro. We chat about her previous work in transportation and city planning at orgs like NUMO and The Governor's Institute, how to measure transportation success, and the transportation parades before German soccer games.

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Episode 348: New Mobilities with Todd Litman Aug 26, 2021

This week we’re joined by Todd Litman, Executive Director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. Todd discusses his book New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies. We reframe the transportation investments we make, talk about sharing information, and discuss why air taxis might not be the future.

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Episode 95: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Connecting the Dots Aug 24, 2021

This week on the Mondays show, we chat about a number of different big articles from the last few weeks including TXDOT's freeway expansions, using the Commerce Clause to rethink zoning, working from home and more! I'm Han Solo this week but I've pulled together a couple of the recent newsletter intros as well.

News VMT tax is bad for health - The Hill

TXDOT's massive Austin expansion - KUT

Are we more productive working from home? - Chicago Booth Review

Could the Commerce Clause change zoning? - New York State Bar Association

Nashville's new transportation department - Smart Cities World

Self storage is an equity issue - MinnPost

Episode 347: The Feminist City Aug 19, 2021

This week we’re joined by Professor Leslie Kern to talk about her book Feminist City. We talk about the need to make more spaces for non-traditional relationships, feminist geography and intersectionality, and how care work taxes personal transportation budgets.

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Episode 346: Saved Mental Energy Aug 12, 2021

This week we're joined by Melissa and Chris Bruntlett to talk about their book, Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives. We chat about the ambient stress and anxiety created by auto oriented cities, the mental energy saved by car light spaces, and the difference between engineering and ecological resilience.

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Episode 94: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Moving at the Speed of Congress Aug 10, 2021

This week on the Mondays show Chrissy and I discuss the history of the Segway, why people want cities to die, new ways to measure intersection safety and some of the details related to the infrastructure bill.

News

Infrastructure bill overview webinar - Eno Center

Why did people want covid to kill cities? - NYT

A new metric for safe streets - PennToday

Bike representation in the movies - Slate

History of the Segway - Slate

Puppies and Butterflies

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Episode 345: The Heat is On Aug 05, 2021

This week we’re joined by Dr. V Kelly Turner, Director of Urban Environment Research at UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation. We chat about how to think differently about urban heat, how to measure it, and how to regulate it.

Read her piece in Next City.

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Episode 344: No More Transit Hunger Games Jul 29, 2021

This week Dan Baer, Senior Vice President at WSP talks with Kevin Corbett, President and CEO of New Jersey Transit. In this 1 on 1 conversation, Dan and Kevin talk about NJ Transit’s response to the pandemic, bus electrification, and much more.

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Episode 343: This Food Pyramid Would be All Cars Jul 22, 2021

This week we’re joined by Zabe Bent, Director of Design for the National Association of City Transportation Officials. We chat about how we think too much about the future and growth, the current MUTCD process, and how she would start the design an infrastructure bill.

Mary Pay McGuire in Next City on Pavement.

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Episode 342: Man's Best Friend on Transit Jul 15, 2021

This week we’re joined by Dr. Jennifer Kent, Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism at the Sydney School of Architecture. Jennifer talks with us about why we travel, the impact of dogs on our travel behavior, and the idea of “messy trips”.

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Episode 93: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Advocates to Electeds Jul 13, 2021

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, we share a bit of the news from the last few weeks, but then Mesa Arizona City Council Member Francisco Heredia and Charlotte City Council Member Braxton Winston talk with each other about their journeys from being an advocate to elected officials. This episode initially was shared on the Rail~Volution podcast, but now you can check it out here as well.

News

Let's talk more about pavement - Next City

Aging condos need better oversight - Bloomberg

Urban Mobility Report is back and still missing the point - City Observatory

Episode 341: A Guide to Open Mobility as a Service Jul 08, 2021

This week we’re joined by Andrew Salzberg, Head of Policy at Transit App. Andrew talks with us about Transit’s Guide to Open Mobility as a Service and discusses how policy can create a better travel experience for everyone.

The Guide to Open Mobility as a Service is found here.

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Episode 340: Coordinating Pandemic Transit Jul 01, 2021

This week we’re joined by Robert del Rosario, Director of Service Development for AC Transit in Oakland California. Robert talks about agency coordination during the pandemic, what’s needed to get riders coming back, and what sustainable revenue might look like going forward.

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Episode 92: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Full Day Rush Hour Jun 29, 2021

This week on the show Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins to talk about the post pandemic rush hour, parklets and ADA, Charlotte approving their 2040 plan, and the most recent news about the American Jobs/Infrastructure Plan.

News!

Charlotte Passes 2040 Plan - Charlotte Observer

Pandemic street changes and ADA - Eater | Bloomberg

Rush hour and remote work - New York Times | PNAS

Infrastructure Plan

Group of 10 makes a deal - New York Times

Biden smooths over misunderstanding - Politico

Don't forget what we're buying - Streetsblog USA

Episode 339: A Compass for Sustainability Jun 24, 2021

This week we’re joined by Mark Perepelitza, Director of Sustainability at SERA Architects. Mark chats with us about the meaning of sustainability, the company’s sustainability action plan, and their colorful project compass.

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Episode 338: Better Data, Better Planning Jun 17, 2021

This week we’re joined by Alex Hoffman, Assistant Director for CID Planning at the City of El Paso. We chat about using data to make planning decisions, the geography of place, and what the future might look like with more information.

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Episode 91: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Ten Senator Monte Jun 15, 2021

This week on Mondays, Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show and we talk about the weight of EVs, Amazon's dangerous delivery algorithm, and of course the many infrastructure bills and plans.

News

EV's heavier than ICE vehicles - CNN

A universal travel pattern - MIT News

Big oil's bad day - New Yorker

Amazon's dangerous algorithm - Motherboard

Infrastructure Bonanza!

Sen. Capito talks collapse - Washington Post

A 10 senator deal - CNN

15% corporate minimum tax - Reuters

GOP backs VMT? - Transport Topics

Progressives draw red line on climate - Politico

House committee to take up $547B bill - Washington Post

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Episode 337: Putting City Character and Authenticity in Context Jun 10, 2021

This week we’re joined once again by author Chuck Wolfe to talk about his book Sustaining a City’s Culture and Character. We talk about sustainable travel and the “character” and “authenticity” of places. We also talk in detail about the importance of context when considering planning for the future.

30% discount code: 4S21City

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Episode 336: Calculating Induced Travel Jun 03, 2021

This week we’re joined by Ben Holland, Senior Associate at the Rocky Mountain Institute to talk about important strategies for reducing emissions in the transportation and land use sectors. We talk about the disconnect between techno-optimists and urbanists in climate change approach, RMI’s new Colorado induced travel calculator, and the hard choices regions have on transportation and development.

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Episode 335: A Framework for Inclusive Healthy Places May 27, 2021

This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Sharon Roerty, Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Maki Kawaguchi, a Director at Gehl to talk about the Inclusive Healthy Places Framework. Sharon and Maki talk about the importance of creating spaces that bring dignity to all users, the importance of evaluating existing spaces, and creating a data driven and people first approach to creating inclusive healthy places.

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Episode 90: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Bad Infrastructure Romance May 25, 2021

This week Tracy joins to talk about the surface transportation bill put forward by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in addition to architecture and capitalism, the COMMUTE bill, lumber prices, and Dallas' new transportation plan. Oh, and SHARKS!

News

New transportation bill planned - Senate EPW

A response from T4 - Transportation for America

Capitalism shaping architecture - Fast Company

The COMMUTE bill - Streetsblog USA

Lumber prices - Vox

Dallas approves transportation plan - Dallas Morning News

Puppies and Butterflies!

The Battle of SHARKS! - CGP Grey on YouTube

Episode 334: Scooby Doo's Low Per Capita Emissions May 20, 2021

This week we're joined by L'erin Jensen and Josh Cohen, hosts of The Movement Podcast at Transloc. We chat about why they got into podcasting as a way to talk about transportation, some of their favorite guests, and what's vexing them about current policy.

(Fixed 5/20/21 for audio error)

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Episode 333: Scheduling Cities and An Infrastructure Optimization May 13, 2021

This week we're joined by Laura Schewel, Co-founder and CEO of Streetlight Data and Carlo Ratti, Director of MIT's SENSEible City Lab to talk about what we've learned from data during the pandemic. They also chat about what it would mean for infrastructure to be optimized if we rescheduled cities in a way that works for everyone at all times of day.

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Episode 89: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Who's Moving Where? May 11, 2021

This week on Mondays Chrissy and I are joined by Jed Kolko, Chief Economist at Indeed.com to talk about migration patterns around the country during the pandemic as well as reapportionment and the specter of remote work.

A few pieces from Jed to read as companion pieces.

The most urban counties in the US are shrinking - NY Times

Tech hubs held on to technology jobs - Hiring Lab

How the pandemic did/didn't change moves - NY Times

Puppies and Butterflies

Lady and Pups - Mandy Lee's Cooking Blog

Episode 332: Rethinking City Transportation May 06, 2021

This week we’re joined by Christopher Puchalsky and Andrew Simpson of the Philadelphia Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability. We talk about The Philadelphia Transit Plan, regional rail improvements, transit service levels, and agency coordination.

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Episode 88: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Cows Falling into the Drink May 04, 2021

This week on Mondays we're solo, but have no fear we cover lots of ground talking about housing and transportation post-pandemic. Won't you join me?

News

Permit problems in San Francisco - SF Chronicle

Saving cities from Gentrification - Next City

Senate housing supply plan - Vox

Downtown spending could drop 10% - Business Insider

Taking commuter out of commuter rail - CityLab

Greyhound connects America - National Geographic

German deal between airlines, railways - AP News

Puppies and Butterflies

Superyacht in a dutch town - CNN

Cows fall in water from floating farm - Dutch News NL

Episode 331: A New Conversation about Development Finance Apr 29, 2021

This week we’re joined by Dan Nissenbaum, CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund. We chat with Dan about Liif’s many projects including early childhood education, housing, and connecting transportation to community development.

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Episode 330: Main Street Apr 22, 2021

This week we’re joined by Dr. Mindy Fullilove, Professor of Urban Policy and Health at The New School, to talk about her book Main Street: How a City’s Heart Connects Us All. Dr. Fullilove chats about the psychology of place, the strength of weak ties, and how cities are a part of nature.

Episode 329: Manual Undermining Terrific Community Design (MUTCD) Apr 15, 2021

This week we’re joined by former Seattle Mayor And Executive Director of America Walks Mike McGinn. Mike chats with us about the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and why now is the time to speak up in order to make important changes.

Episode 87: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Freeway Fight!!! Apr 13, 2021

This week we're joined by Joe Cortright of City Observatory and Aaron Brown of No More Freeways to talk about the local fight against freeway expansion through Portland's Rose Quarter. We chat about the freeway industrial complex, the ping pong of travel forecasting, and what new federal discussions mean for the movement.

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Episode 328: Street Commerce Apr 08, 2021

This week we’re joined by Professor Andres Sevtsuk, professor of Urban Science at the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning to talk about his book Street Commerce: Creating More Vibrant Urban Sidewalks. We chat the importance of location in urban retail, the city factors that might determine a store’s success, and why urban retail should be studied more in planning school.

Episode 86: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Infrastructure! Apr 06, 2021

This week on the podcast Chrissy and I go over initial thoughts on the American Jobs Plan and discuss what we think infrastructure means and how we might pay for it.

Check out the White House American Jobs Plan fact sheet.

Episode 327: What Makes an Age Friendly Place? Apr 01, 2021

This week we’re joined by Danielle Arigoni, AARP’s Director of Livable Communities. Danielle chats with us about how AARP is working in every state to help cities become more age friendly, how the pandemic is affecting older Americans, and how we can think more holistically about aging in place.

Episode 326: The Annual Prediction Show! with Yonah Freemark Mar 25, 2021

This week we’re joined again by Yonah Freemark for the annual prediction show! Yonah chats with us about his new job at the Urban Institute, projects added to his transit inventory, and we make predictions about the coming infrastructure bill.

Episode 85: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Not Enough Sand!! Mar 23, 2021

This week on the show we are Solo again but have no fear, we keep it short and fun and topical. FHWA asks TXDOT to halt I-45 work, we need more missing LARGE housing, and we're running out of sand!

FHWA Asks Texas to halt I-45 Expansion - Houston Public Media

Missing Large Housing - Alfred Twu

The urban river swimming renaissance - Pop Up City

A crisis of sand - Deutche Welle

Should peds wear AV vests? Tree Hugger (NO)

Cities could lose Metro status - AP

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Episode 325: Designing Fair Transport Systems Mar 18, 2021

This week we’re joined by Karel Martens, Associate Professor of Architecture and Town Planning at Technion – Isreal Insitute of Technology. Karel talks with us about the philosophy underpinning the idea of sufficient accessibility and how he got to the idea in his book Transport Justice.

Episode 324: Latina Leaders in Transit Mar 11, 2021

This week, Angie Rivera-Malpiede, Board Chair of the Regional Transportation District in Denver talks with Cindy Chavez, Former Board Chair of the VTA and Current Santa Clara County Supervisor. These Latina leaders chat about getting communities involved in transportation and leadership.

Episode 84: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Give Me Access! Mar 09, 2021

This week on the Mondays show Jeff talks about a big range of topics including the environmental impact of internal combustion and electric vehicles in terms of materials consumed. He also talks about broadband moves and transportation policy.

Wastefulness of ICE engines - Guardian

US Mining conundrum - Reuters

Banning broadband networks? Ars Technica

Appalaicha's digital divide - CNET

UK tightens screws on Uber - Wired Magazine

A new era of transport equity - Politico

Climate transportation plan - Rolling Stone

A definition of equity - Bloomberg

Bonus

Heidelberg’s move toward a car-less city - New York Times

First city to provide reparations - ABC News

Berlin's rent cap one year in - Deutsche Welle

Here comes the flying taxis - City Monitor

Portland, Replica part ways - RedTailMedia

Episode 323: City Legibility and Wayfinding Mar 04, 2021

This week we're joined by Tim Fendley, Founder and Creative Director at Applied. Tim chats with us about lessons he's learned from doing wayfinding projects around the world including Legible London. 32

Episode 322: Less Congestion After Ride Hailing Cessation Feb 25, 2021

This week we’re joined by UC Berkeley PhD candidate Matthew Tarduno. Matt talks to us about his paper comparing congestion and economic impacts of ride hailing companies Uber and Lyft before and after the cessation of service in Austin Texas.

Episode 83: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Earmarks and Sausage Making Feb 23, 2021

This week Erik Weber of Hip joins the show to talk about federal policy changes at DOT, how federal housing policy is actually real estate policy, the origins of the lawn as the American Dream, and how travel, not just housing, has become more segregated.

Dear Colleague Letter - Streetsblog USA

Problem with housing policy - Sightline Institute

Travel segregation - Brown University

Origins of the lawn as American Dream - History Channel

Glass Gem Corn - Business Insider

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Episode 321: A Second Bay Crossing Feb 18, 2021

This week we’re joined by Sadie Graham, BART Program Director for Link21, a rail network planning program for the SF Bay Area. Sadie chats about planning for a second bay crossing and the potential for a suite of projects to improve regional connectivity. We also talk about the frustrations of long term capital projects including politics, costs, and getting it done before you retire.

Episode 82: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Donuts and Freeways Feb 16, 2021

This week on the show Jeff talks about the Amsterdam donut model of economics, how Denver is using medical professionals to respond to some police calls, how Nevada might allow tech companies to create cities and obsession with new towns, expanding I-45 in Houston, and a better way to do for-profit affordable housing in Charlotte.

Episode 320: Mopeds to Go Feb 11, 2021

This week we’re joined by Haley Rubinson, Vice President of Business Development at Revel. We talk about why mopeds work for urban mobility, the dominance of automobiles in discussions about transportation, and if land use plays a part in adoption trends.

Episode 319: Shared Mobility, Vaccines, Vacations Feb 04, 2021

This week we’re again joined by Shared Use Mobility Center Founder in Residence Sharon Feigon. Sharon talks with us about what she hopes the focus will be for the next administration, how shared mobility has fared during the pandemic, and her plans for the future.

Episode 81: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Scott Bernstein on Poverty Reduction Feb 02, 2021

This week we're joined by Scott Bernstein, Founder and Director Emeritus of the Center for Neighborhood Technology. Scott joins the show to chat with us about some of the ways cities and public agencies can work to reduce poverty. A penny saved is a penny earned. This is Mondays with Scott #1

Episode 318: Open Source Electric Bus Jan 28, 2021

This week we’re joined by Erica Eggleton, a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington to chat about her work on Route Dynamics, an open source program that estimates the energy demand for electric bus routes run by King County Metro.

We talk about how Route Dynamics calculates electric bus energy consumption and how it might be useful to transit agencies.

Episode 80: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Addicted to Linked In Jan 26, 2021

This week on the Mondays show Dawn Miller, VP for Policy and Partnerships at Coord and Chrissy Mancini Nichols join the show.

We chat about Mayor Pete's Senate hearing, Sacramento's move away from single family zoning, and Dallas' new mobility plan.

We also talk a bit about DOT political appointments and Bernie's Wild Ride.

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Episode 317: Transportation and Law Part 2 Jan 21, 2021

This week we’re headed back to the Iowa Law Review’s Symposium The Future of Law and Transportation. In Part 2 of this series, Professor Jonathan Levine moderates a panel of four including Professor David Prytherch, Professor Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Professor Tara Goddard, and Professor Vanessa Casado Perez on the topic of Rights of Way and Public Space.

Episode 79: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Stop Sign Line Jan 19, 2021

This week Tracy McMillan joins the show to chat about what a Biden Administration can do for localities, climate change in the Great Lakes, Paris' participatory budget, and what the commute means to everyone.

Odds and Ends

Using Federal Power to liberate localities - Washington Monthly

Stop lines don't stop traffic - Route Fifty

Paris' participatory budget - City Monitor

Climate change and winter festivals - Detroit Free Press | National Geographic

Did the pandemic kill the commute? - City Lab

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Episode 316: Intro to the City Jan 14, 2021

This week we’re joined by Professor Sean Benesh to talk about his new book Intro to the City. We chat about his love of Pre-Colombian cities, how being an ordained pastor connects to his urban thinking, and some thoughts about opening your mind when it comes to place.

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Episode 315: The Answer is the Arterial Jan 07, 2021

This week we’re going back to the 2020 Rail~Volution conference where Peter Calthorpe gave the keynote speech with Allison Brooks of the Bay Area Regional Collaborative. They discuss the next generation of TOD and housing on major arterials.

Replay: The First Shoupista Dec 24, 2020

This week we're replaying one of our most popular episodes in the last few years. Patrick Siegman of Siegman & Associates joins the podcast for spirited discussion about parking. We chat about the etymology of the word parking, the legend that is Donald Shoup, and why the topic of parking gets so personal.

Episode 78: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Mayor Pete Dec 22, 2020

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Jerome Horne join the show to talk about the nomination of former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg to the post of Transportation Secretary. That's it, that's the topic on this end of the year Mondays at The Overhead Wire.

For those interested in some of the items I mentioned in the show to check out, the links are below.

Mexico's Right to Mobility Amendment - City Fix

Oil Companies and Car Companies Turn - The Atlantic

Climate Warnings on Gas Pumps - Earther

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Episode 314: Infrastructure Only Limited by Our Imagination Dec 17, 2020

This week we’re talking with Katy Knight, Executive Director of the Siegel Family Endowment. We chat about the endowment’s recent Infrastructure report entitled Rebuilding America: The Road Ahead which discusses a future where digital, physical, and social infrastructure connect. Katy talks with us about the importance of governance, the two way conversations we should be having with elected officials, distributing investments intelligently, and the importance of greater thinking about social infrastructure.

Episode 313: Location Does Matter Dec 10, 2020

This week we’re joined by Carrie Makarewicz, Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado at Denver, Prentiss Dantzler, Assistant Professor at Georgia State University, and Arlie Adkins, Associate Professor at The University of Arizona to talk about their paper in Housing Policy Debate: Another Look at Location Affordability: Understanding the Detailed Effects of Income and Urban Form on Housing and Transportation Expenditures. The paper looks at how households with varied incomes spend on housing and transportation based on location and it’s the most recent iteration of a debate about whether location impacts people’s transportation spending.

We also chat about the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a continuously collected household dataset started in 1968, the idea of housing as critical infrastructure, and the equity implications of access to jobs and destinations.

You can read the paper by emailing Carrie or downloading from the journal site.

Episode 77: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Zero Fares, Zero Emissions, Zero Losses Dec 08, 2020

This week on the Mondays show we're back on Election Night! Danny Katz of Colorado PIRG learns live on the air that his ballot measure won and Missoula Montana Mountain Line GM Corey Aldridge tells us all about their zero fare program, their coming zero emissions buses, and what an election win (they won!) would mean for the transit agency.

Episode 312: Building Community in North Philly Dec 03, 2020

This week on the podcast, Nilda Ruiz and Rose Gray of Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) join the show to talk about how they’ve been able to build community through TOD while promoting health, wellness, and a green future.

Episode 76: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Future Federal Transport Policy Dec 01, 2020

This week on the Mondays show we're back to our election night YouTube show chatting with our friends about federal transportation policy! We're also joined by our co-hosts Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Jerome Horne! Hope you enjoy it.

Episode 311: The Energy Efficiency Megatrend Nov 19, 2020

This week we’re joined by Roger Duncan to talk about his new book with Co-Author Michael Webber called The Future of Transportation, Buildings, and Power. We chat about buildings can get to net zero energy, the changing structure of public utilities, and the energy efficiency megatrend.

Episode 75: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Lessons from the Field Nov 17, 2020

Again our friends from election night! That’s right, we’re sharing some of our election night shenanigans from the live stream we did on YouTube. You can still find the original 7 hour video there to see everyone’s backgrounds and setups but we’re cutting it down here into some more bite size bits.

On this Mondays we’re sharing our discussions with Odetta Macleish White from the Transformation Alliance in Atlanta, Robin Hutcheson of the City of Minneapolis, and Darnell Grisby from Transform.

And hosting we’ve got Jerome Horne, Chrissy Mancini Nichols, Houstonians Christof and James and of course myself! I hope you all are enjoying these discussions if you missed them. The full video and backgrounds are on our YouTube channel with a timeline so that you can skip to your favorite speaker if you’re so inclined.

Episode 310: Transportation and Law Part 1 Nov 12, 2020

This week we’re headed to the Iowa Law Review’s Symposium "The Future of Law and Transportation". In this episode, we are sharing a panel on transportation and land use featuring Jonathan Levine, Audrey McFarlane, and Sara Bronin.

Jonathan Levine of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan discusses his paper ‘Transportation Policy Entrenchment: Institutional Barriers to Accessibility Based Planning”

Audrey McFarlane, Associate Dean of Faculty Research & Development at the University of Baltimore School of Law, discusses her paper “Black Mobility and the Refusal of Funds: Structural Racism and Mass Transportation Decision-Making” which she wrote with Dean Julius Isaacson, also of the University of Baltimore School of Law.

And Sara Bronin, Thomas F. Gallivan Chair in Real Property Law and Faculty Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Law, University of Connecticut School of Law discusses “The Failed Federalism of Street and Vehicle Design Standards”

We hope you enjoy this episode and will be back with a few more through the end of the year.

Thanks to Greg Shill and the Iowa College of Law for allowing us to rebroadcast the audio.

Episode 74: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Texas Election Night Nov 10, 2020

This week on Mondays we're taking some audio from our election night live stream and sharing it with folks. Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Jerome Horne join us on election night as we talked with local agency folks in Texas about their ballot measures.

Episode 309: From Docked to Dockless Nov 05, 2020

This week we’re joined by Kyle Rowe, Global Head of Government Partnerships at SPIN. We chat with Kyle about his work with Seattle DOT transitioning from docked to dockless bike share, the impact of ride hailing on micromobility adoption, and the future of his industry.

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Series Preview: Densely Speaking - Infrastructure Costs Nov 03, 2020

This week we're doing another series preview sharing a podcast we enjoy here at The Overhead Wire. Densely Speaking is a podcast by Jeffrey Lin and Greg Shill discussing cities, economics and law. You can subscribe to Densely Speaking wherever you get your podcasts.

On this episode!

Professor Leah Brooks, economist and Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, joins the show to discuss Infrastructure Costs, her working paper (joint with Prof. Zachary Liscow, Yale Law School).

Jenny Schuetz, a fellow at the Brookings Institution's Metropolitan Policy Program, joins as a guest co-host.

Note: The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.

Episode 308: Disabled by a World Full of Stairs Oct 29, 2020

This week we’re joined by Sara Hendren, author of the book What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World. Sara chats with us about how we think and talk about disability, reframing independent living, and designing a humane world for everyone.

Episode 73: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Garfield Halloween Oct 27, 2020

This week we're on our own as we prepare for our election night extravaganza! We cover Charlotte's City Council squabbles, take a trip to Helsinki, and think about how pollution causes neurodegenerative diseases.

Odds and Ends

Charlotte council can't get along - Charlotte Agenda

Personal sustainability in Helsinki - New York Times

Air pollution and children's brains - Guardian

A path to progressive transport - Transport Politic

Elon's tunnel in Vegas won't hit targets - Tech Crunch

Puppies and Butterflies

Garfield's Halloween Adventure - YouTube

And join us for the Election Live Stream my YouTube channel.

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Episode 307: The Ghost Road Oct 22, 2020

This week we’re chatting with Anthony Townsend about his book Ghost Road: Beyond The Driverless Car. We talk about the potential scary future financialization of transportation could create, how the pandemic has shot delivery automation into the future, and what the potential future of self driving vehicles could mean for urban form.

Episode 306: Delivering Goods Autonomously Oct 15, 2020

This week we’re joined by Matthew Lipka, Head of Policy at Nuro. We chat about how autonomous delivery can help get people goods they need, the difference between transporting goods and people, and whether people can still pick their own produce.

Episode 72: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Zero Emissions Neighborhood Oct 13, 2020

This week we're solo as we bring you some news from the last couple of weeks. Small business suffering, zero emissions neighborhoods, and a Venice that doesn't flood.

Odds and Ends

Self driving years away - ReCode

Connecticut zoning challenged - CT Mirror

Zero emissions neighborhood - Fast Company

A dry Venice - AP

Electric bike subsidies - Kinder Institute

Small business losses - Salon

Episode 305: The Increments of Neighborhood Oct 08, 2020

This week we’re chatting with Brian O’Looney about his new book Increments of Neighborhood: A Compendium of Built Types for Walkable and Vibrant Communities. We chat about the housing types in the book, whether big data has a role in housing, and why the basic economics of building matters.

Series Preview: Land Matters Podcast Oct 06, 2020

This week on Mondays we bring you an episode of the Land Matters podcast from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy hosted by Anthony Flint.

On this episode:

The Coronavirus pandemic and growing outrage about racial injustice have underscored the centrality of healthy, well-located, and affordable housing in society. Author Kim Vermeer and smart growth advocate Andre Leroux assess efforts to create more housing options to address longstanding economic and racial disparities.

From the Land Matters show notes:

A behind the scenes look at what makes cities tick. Whether financing infrastructure, adapting to climate change, or building more affordable housing, a big part of innovative solutions can be traced back to land.

Episode 304: Uber's Transit Moves Oct 01, 2020

This week on the podcast we're joined by Chris Pangilinan, Head of Global Policy for Public Transportation at Uber. He talks with us about walled gardens, Uber's partnerships with transit agencies, accessibility on transit and much more.

Episode 71: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Blue Bike Tires Sep 29, 2020

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Tracy McMillan join the show to talk about climate change, Netflix taxes, and Dutch shared bikes!

Odds and Ends

The great climate migration - New York Times

NCDOT purchases rail ROW - News and Observer

Houston to Dallas HSR - Houston Chronicle

Towns sue streaming companies - Hollywood Reporter

Europe's blue bikes - Fast Company

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Episode 303: A Community Champion Sep 24, 2020

This week on the podcast we are chatting with Stephanie Gidigbi, Director of Policy and Partnerships for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Stephanie joins us to talk about federal policy, connections between transportation and race, the importance of performance measures, and much more!

Series Preview: Foot Notes Podcast Sep 22, 2020

Foot Notes is an original new podcast about the intersection of walkability and race. Over the course of five episodes, you’ll hear from a variety of transportation planners, researchers, and advocates about the ways in which our current approach to walkability perpetuates racial inequities, and what solutions may be out there.

Lily Linke is the host and creator of Foot Notes. She is an artist, educator, and urban planner with a particular passion for creating equitable public spaces through innovative community engagement. She currently lives in Somerville, MA and has recently completed her Masters degree in Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University.

To subscribe to Foot Notes, look for the purple upside down walk sign when you search Foot Notes on Apple Podcasts or go to http://footnotespod.com

Episode 302: Right of Way with Angie Schmitt Sep 17, 2020

This week we’re chatting with Angie Schmitt about her new book Right of Way: Race, Class, and the silent epidemic of pedestrian deaths in America. Angie talks with us about why she wrote the book and what she hopes folks can take away from it.

Episode 70: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Armageddon Layercake Sep 15, 2020

This week we're joined by Joe DiStefano of Urban Footprint to talk about free transit, innovation in cities, building dams for new water resources in Colorado and their work on COVID-19 resources.

Talking Headways 183 with Joe

Odds and Ends

Innovation in time of COVID - Fast Company

Free transit trial in LA - LA Streetsblog

What Can a Body Do - The New Yorker

Colorado water needs - Denver Post

COVID hot spots - Urban Footprint

Episode 301: Bringing Back the Carpool Sep 10, 2020

This week we’re chatting with Dani Simons, Head of Public Sector Partnerships at Waze. Dani chats with us about Waze’s focus on carpooling, how the company uses data to support its users, and her impressions of other country’s transportation progress.

Episode 300!: Town Planning in Practice and a Celebration Sep 03, 2020

This week is episode 300!! I can't believe we made it this far! So to celebrate we're sharing chapter one of our recently released audiobook Town Planning in Practice by Raymond Unwin. This classic from 1909 was one of the first to discuss town planning and urban design at the beginning of the 20th century.

Episode 69: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Machinations of Evil Sep 01, 2020

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show to talk about ADUs, heat solutions, curb management and more!

Odds and Ends

Permanently affordable ADUs - Fast Company

Euro cities deal with heatwaves - BBC

Portland's new zoning code - Sightline Institute

Discrimination in appraisals - NY Times

Will curbside pickup last - Stateline

Seattle childcare law - The Urbanist

Puppies and Butterflies

Beer Garden history - Wine Enthusiast

Seinfeld on NY - NY Times

Episode 299: Transit in the Pandemic Aug 27, 2020

This week we're joined by David Huffaker, Chief Development Officer for the Port Authority of Allegheny County in the Pittsburgh region. David joins us to chat about transit operations during the pandemic, emergency planning, the agency's equity index, and the future of streets.

Episode 298: Ian McHarg and Design with Nature Aug 20, 2020

This week we’re joined by Billy Fleming, Wilks Family Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s McHarg Center to talk about the center’s book Design with Nature Now. We chat about Ian McHarg’s influence and legacy since the original Design with Nature, the influence of his work on GIS and the environmental movement, and how the center seeks to find where design fits into the larger discussion of human life and policy like the Green New Deal.

Episode 68: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Duckberg Money Bins Aug 18, 2020

Chrissy Mancini Nichols again joins the show to talk about recent news!

Houston climate plans focus on people - New York Times

Changing the housing narrative - Shelterforce

Dutch city focuses on cooling city - Guardian

1980 Motor Carrier Law led to big box - Business Insider

A trick to get more bike lanes - Bloomberg

Modular apartment buildings - Fast Company

Census ending early - New York Times

Episode 297: Just Sustainabilities with Julian Agyeman Aug 13, 2020

This week we're joined by Julian Agyeman, Professor at Tufts University, to talk about his work on equity, justice, and environmental sustainability in transportation and urban planning. We talk about food, the idea of belonging in cities, spatial justice, and reframing our language around the ideas of equity, dignity, and justice.

Episode 296: "Stupid Ambitious" in Costa Rica Aug 06, 2020

This week we’re joined by Andrea San Gil Leon, Director of Agile City Partners, and environmental journalist Jocelyn Timperley to talk about transportation and climate action in Costa Rica. I came across their work after Jocelyn wrote an expansive piece for BBC Future. We chat about Costa Rica’s climate action from forest conservation to eco-tourism and the country’s transportation challenges and potential.

Episode 295: Valuing Black Lives and Property Jul 30, 2020

This week we're joined by Andre Perry, Metropolitan Policy Fellow at Brookings, to talk about his new book Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America's Black Cities. Andre talks with us about growing up in Wilkinsberg PA and how he crunched the numbers of Black property devaluation in US cities.

Episode 67: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Two Sides of Telecommuting Jul 28, 2020

This week on the podcast we have a bunch of things to chat about!

Odds and Ends

Asheville Reparations - Asheville Citizen Times

45,000 underutilized buildings - Harvard Business Review

Wealthier Americans have higher emissions - TreeHugger

Positives of telecommuting - Scientific American

Negatives of telecommuting - The Conversation

Naming heat waves - Fast Company

Barcelona taking properties - CityLab

Equity and interchanges - Cleveland Plain Dealer

Episode 294: Social Determinants of Health Jul 23, 2020

This week we're joined by Dr. Georges Benjamin, Director of the American Public Health Association. Dr. Benjamin joins us to talk about the determinants of health and how certain investments can change health outcomes for the better.

Episode 293: Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions Jul 16, 2020

This week on the podcast we're joined by Rob Goodspeed, Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan. Rob joins us to talk about his new book Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions. We chat about early origins of scenario planning, planning vs forecasting, and metrics used to compare scenario effectiveness.

Episode 66: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Ghost Kitchens Jul 14, 2020

This week on the show Tracy McMillan joins us to talk about her move to Phoenix, what we're up to during the pandemic, and flood maps!

Odds and Ends!

Ghost Kitchens - New Yorker

Changing Flood Risks - New York Times

Search for your flood risk - Floodfactor.com

Advocates withdraw freeway support - Willamette Week

Phoenix dealing with climate change, heat - Washington Post

How Americans spent stimulus money - Route Fifty

Urban job escalator has stopped moving - MIT News

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Episode 292: The Urban Mystique Part 2 Jul 09, 2020

This week we're back chatting with Josh Stephens, Contributing Editor to the California Planning and Development Report. This week we chat about race, housing, the Olympics, and LA in the movies.

Episode 291: The Urban Mystique Part 1 Jul 02, 2020

This week we’re joined by Josh Stephens, Contributing Editor to the California Planning and Development Report about his new book The Urban Mystique. We had a long conversation about LA, the availability of bars, opposition urban commentators, and historic propositions that might need an update to stay connected to the times.

Episode 65: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Federal Transport Bill Jun 30, 2020

This week we're joined by Kevin DeGood, Director of Infrastructure Policy at the Center for American Progress. We talk about the bill that just got out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and will be going to the full house. We also have a couple of odds and ends as usual.

Odds and Ends

West Coast electric corridor - Seattle Times

Denmark's historic agreement - Bloomberg

Danish buses go electric - electrik

Coronavirus doesn't favor density - US News and World Report

10 years since Miami 21 - Miami Herald

Mobility justice - MinnPost

New car free district in Shenzhen - Dezeen

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Episode 290: Resiliency in South Florida Jun 25, 2020

This week we’re chatting with Jim Murley, Chief Resilience Officer for Miami-Dade County Florida. Jim talks about climate change, sea level rise, and how South East Florida is responding with policy and planning.

Episode 289: Congestion Pricing in the United States Jun 18, 2020

This week on the podcast Brianne Eby of the Eno Center for Transportation joins the show to talk about their new report on congestion pricing. We talk about the purposes and goals of congestion pricing, the right frame to talk about reducing congestion, how congestion pricing is part of a larger toolbox, equity implications, and the US cities might be the first to adopt pricing as a policy.

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Episode 64: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Transit Solutions Jun 16, 2020

This week on Mondays, Chrissy joins the show to talk about transit solutions amid coronavirus. We're thinking about the reasons why people fear transit, why they shouldn't, and what agencies can do to protect riders and workers.

Odds and Ends

The first restaurants - History Channel

Original park design - St. Louis Magazine

Germany requires EV chargers at gas stations - Reuters

CAHSR consultant change - Sacramento Bee

If you want any facts or figures from the main topic, feel free to message as I have about 35 of them...

Episode 288: Designing the Megaregion Jun 11, 2020

This week we’re joined by Jonathan Barnett, emeritus Professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. We talk about his new book Designing the Megaregion: Meeting Urban Challenges at a New Scale. Jonathan chats about where the idea of Megaregions came from, Ian McHarg and environmental planning within the landscape, the importance of transit connections in these regions, and how we can coordinate Megaregions administratively.

Episode 287: The Biggest Real Estate Manager Jun 04, 2020

This week we're joined by Danny Pleasant, Former City of Charlotte Transportation Director and Assistant City Manager. Danny joins us to talk about the connection between city services and street networks as well as a transportation expansion in the city.

Episode 63: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Voices of Black Mayors Jun 02, 2020

This week I didn't want to say much because at this time people don't need to listen to me talk right now. But I did want to share some of the voices and speeches given by black mayors. CityLab put together a piece with quotes and I took the audio so you could hear their voices.

We also shared a few articles

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Op-Ed - Los Angeles Times

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice - Corinne Shutack on Medium

The Black Urbanist - Kristen Jeffers

Stop Killing Us: Tamika Butler on Medium

Violence Against Black Americans a Moment of Reckoning for Planning Profession - Planetizen with lots of links to black voices.

Episode 286: A Network of Rose Lanes May 28, 2020

This week we're joined by April Bertelsen, Transit Modal Coordinator with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to talk about the Rose Lanes Project. April chats about implementation, public engagement, and the benefits of the pilot project approach.

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Episode 285: The Digital City May 21, 2020

This week we’re joined by Germaine Halegoua, an Associate Professor of film and media studies at the University of Kansas to talk about her book The Digital City: Media and the Social Production of Place. She talks about how people use digital media to relate to cities whether that’s images on Instagram or through Google Maps. We also talk about how data exchange can be exploitative and how internet infrastructure is used as a commodity rather than a utility and how that affects equity. And finally there's a discussion about smart cities and how they try to create top down culture.

Episode 62: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Streets for Success May 19, 2020

This week we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about some of the solutions cities are discussing to help businesses out during the Coronavirus.

Odds and Ends

AirBnB slump could return housing to cities - Guardian

Nashville to raise property taxes - Bloomberg

Santa Monica a harbinger of things to come? - LA Times

Theme of the Week - Coronavirus Solutions

Making us rethink public space - NBC

Restaurants want to open, need space - NYC Streetsblog

SF restaurants could take parking spots - SF Chronicle

Put restaurants outside - Slate

Philly should be 24 hour city - Inquirer

New opportunities for downtown districts after pandemic - ASLA Dirt

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Episode 284: California High Speed Rail's Next Steps May 14, 2020

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by CAHSR Northern California Regional Director Boris Lipkin. He talks with us about the California High Speed Rail project and the recently released draft environmental work. Boris also gives us his thoughts on megaregions, megaproject management lessons, and the agency’s ability to use future funds available through stimulus programs.

Episode 61: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Institutional Control May 12, 2020

This week on the podcast Tracy McMillan of Nelson Nygaard and Chrissy Mancini Nichols of Walker Consultants join the show to talk about density and the coronavirus. Though we end up talking more about institutions because density, while a big current topic, isn't in our minds why the virus is spreading.

Odds and Ends

100,000 retail stores could be gone - USA Today

Amsterdam to use the doughnut model - Fast Company

Making pollinators citizens - The Guardian

Main Theme Discussion - Density

The Risks, know them - Dr. Erin Bromage

Just wait on density talk - Dr. Lisa Schweitzer

Density not the problem - CityLab

A history of blaming place for problems - CityLab

France says no to short haul flights - IRJ

Density could be good for us after the pandemic - NY Times

Puppies and Butterflies

Jerry Stiller - "You Want a Piece of Me"

You can't tickle yourself - Horizons

Episode 283: Housing and Golden Gates May 07, 2020

This week we're joined by journalist Conor Dougherty to talk about his book Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America. Conor talks about growing up in San Francisco, his literary inspirations for the book, and the arc of some of the real characters in his book.

Episode 282: Houston Mayor Turner's Complete Communities Apr 30, 2020

This week we’re chatting with Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner. Mayor Turner talks about the city’s Complete Communities program and how they are coordinating each city department to support historically under resourced neighborhoods.

Episode 60: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Slow Streets Apr 28, 2020

This week on Mondays Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show to talk in more detail about the pandemic and slow streets. We take a bit of a deeper dive on the subject and think about how physical distancing might be a good metric for thinking about streets and for people and commerce.

Main Theme - Streets for People

Oakland slow streets - Curbed SF

New Zealand tactical urbanism - Forbes

100 miles of slow streets in NYC - Streetsblog NYC

Milan has a post virus plan - Guardian

Paris plans for bike lanes - Forbes

Muni's post virus plans - SF Streetsblog

Odds and Ends

Large fall in CO2 - GreenBiz - Grist

Census after a natural disaster - Texas Observer

Colorado counties build own telecom - Colorado Sun

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Episode 281: Oakland's Coordinated Coronavirus Response Apr 23, 2020

This week we’re joined by Warren Logan, Policy Director of Mobility and Inter Agency Relations for the City of Oakland. Warren talks with us about Oakland’s Coronavirus response including how they came up with initiatives to respond to the crisis and some of the specific implementations such as the Slow Streets Initiative. We dive deep into public engagement and how to think about coordination between different departments in new ways.

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Episode 280: Laws Prioritizing Cars Over People Apr 16, 2020

This week on the podcast we chat with University of Iowa Law Professor Greg Shill. We were invited to talk at Manny’s in the Mission in San Francisco by the Urban Environmentalists group, an affiliate club of YIMBY Action. Greg chats with us mostly about his recent research and writing on the normalization of motordom and how we can’t really opt out of it, the idea of automobile supremacy, the legal subsidies to driving and even the tax benefits associated with cars.

Episode 59: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Teddy Bear Windows Apr 14, 2020

This week we chat about racial disparities in Coronavirus deaths, the coming housing crunch, and have some fun naming the Western States Pact.

News

Viral modeling of traffic - Inverse

COVID-19 racial disparities - AP Newswire

Coronavirus housing - Curbed

Odds and Ends

Don't flush the wipes - Smart Cities Dive

Puppies and Butterflies

Teddybear in the window - New York Times

Episode 279: Improving Behavioral Health Through Transportation Apr 09, 2020

This week we’re joined by Gail Nehls and Leslie Patterson of Envida, a nonprofit transportation and home care organization. We chat about how transportation can help those with behavioral health concerns such as opioid addictions and schizophrenia, how innovation can change people's health outcomes, and the systems people need in rural areas to thrive.

Episode 58: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Silver Linings Apr 07, 2020

Tracy joins the show again to chat about pandemic economics, e-bikes in New York, and infrastructure spending.

News

Infrastructure bill - The Hill

E-bikes now legal in NY - Fast Company

Pandemic working paper - MIT News

Odds and Ends

Fuel economy rollback - LA Times

Ann Arbor's carbon neutral plans - M Live

Who is sheltering in place - New York Times

Story of the Week

Infrastructure spending ideas - World Economic Forum

Puppies and Butterflies

Paper Machet animals in Flagstaff - Arizona Daily Sun

Episode 278: Setting Up Cities for Electric Vehicles Apr 02, 2020

This week on the podcast we're joined by Chris Nelder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Energy Transition Show podcast. Chris chats with us about what cities and utilities need to think about as they electrify transportation and how rules and regulations might make it harder than it needs to be. We also chat about how municipal utilities like Seattle are ahead of the curve and whether your local gas station might disappear.

Episode 57: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Pandemic Logistics Mar 31, 2020

This week on the show Tracy McMillan joins to talk about the recovery bill, HEB logistics, and why pigeons win the urban bird game.

News

Transport Stimulus - Eno Center

HEB logistics - Texas Monthly

Internet speeds - Tech Crunch

Odds and Ends

Pigeons take over - Inverse

Italy on lockdown - The Conversation

HSR patient transfer - NPR

Story of the Week

The trips not taken - Streetsblog USA

Puppies and Butterflies

Strutting Goats - Twitter

Episode 277: Corridors Where the Bus is King Mar 26, 2020

This week we're joined by Lindiwe Rennert, Transit Planner at the City of Boston. She chats with us about her work on the Warren Street corridor; the creation of bus priority for the many riders on the corridor, and how to get feedback on projects.

Episode 56: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Urban Design in a Pandemic Mar 24, 2020

This week Shut Ins Local #101 meets again to talk about quick transportation thinking from Seattle and Bogota while discussing urban design in the time of a pandemic.

News

Seattle designates curbs for pickup - City of Seattle

Bogota expands bike lanes - Smart Cities World

Austin Judge throws out council vote - KUT

Odds and Ends

Cleaner air, less traffic - New York Times

Utah pushes forward with renewable plan - Utility Dive

Grocery workers deemed essential emergency - The Hill

Story of the Week

Design in a pandemic - Curbed

Puppies and Butterflies

The online TP calculator - CNN

Episode 276: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Mar 19, 2020

This week we're joined by Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic for his eighth appearance on the show. We look back at past transit predictions and then make a few more for next year. We talk about building subways around the country and cheer ourselves up about the state of transit as well.

Episode 55: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Shelter in Place Mar 17, 2020

This week we're joined by Tracy McMillan and Chrissy Mancini Nichols. We chat about the Coronavirus and some of the changes we might see after it passes. We chat about 3d printed homes outside of Austin and some of the reasons why transit is hard to do in the US.

News

Why is US Transit so hard to build - Motherboard

Austin 3D printed houses - Fast Company

Poverty Reduction Plan - WHYY

Odds and Ends

Amazon nixed green shipping - Bloomberg

Equitable home sizes - Fast Company

Story of the Week

Satellite Carbon Analysis - NASA

A new housing bill from CA Sen Scott Weiner - LA Times

Puppies and Butterflies

Cat Tracker - National Geographic

Arnold's PSA - CNN

Penguins - Chicago Tribune

Episode 275: The Communist Leanings of Charlotte (Streets) Mar 12, 2020

This week we’re chatting with Geoff Boeing, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at USC. Geoff talks all things data and streets, focusing first on data usage, moving on to street network design, and then to urban design.

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Episode 54: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Tunnel Vision Mar 10, 2020

This week I'm solo on the podcast talking about corporate landlords, Austin Transportation, the BQE tunnel, Indianapolis' transit mayhem and more!

News

Indy transit threatened - Indianapolis Star

An $11B tunnel for NYC? - New York Times

Sunnyside Yards plan - Wall Street Journal

Odds and Ends

Austin expanding I-35? - Austin American Statesman

Texas high speed rail deal - RFI

Heathrow 3rd runway stopped - Guardian

Story of the Week

New Mobility + Transit - Traffic Technology Today

Germany's pedestrian plan framework - City Fix

Corporate Landlords - New York Times

DC plan for free transit - Washington Post

Free transit reaction - GGWash

Puppies and Butterflies

Oldest buildings in US cities - ArchDaily

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Episode 274: Housing on the Bus Yard Mar 05, 2020

This week on the podcast we are chatting with Adrienne Heim and Rafe Rabalais from the SFMTA about the Potrero Yard electric bus and housing project. We chat about modernization, planning, electricity use and much much more!

Episode 273: It Came from TRB! Poster Session Part 2 Feb 27, 2020

This is our last week at TRB and we're back on the poster board floor talking with professors and students about their research. This week they cover topics including trip routing with smart phones, stop sign impacts on safety, how rain affects bus travel times, transit agency equity analysis, and much more.

To find out more about the presentations or people, links are provided below.

Rebecca Kiriazes - Georgia Tech - Research

Yousteena Bocktor - McGill University - Research

Patrick Loa - University of Toronto - Research

Margarita Novales - Universidade Da Coruna Spain - Research

Torrey Lyons - UNC Chapel Hill - Research

Sultan Ali - Florida International University

Travis Moe/Nicolas Farenchak - University of New Mexico - Research

Andrew Schouten - UCLA ITS

Josef Szende - NYCDOT

Episode 53: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Different Look at Loading Docks Feb 25, 2020

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols is back on the show and we talk HS2 in England, London's congestion, Los Angeles data and disparities in urban areas in the United States.

News

LA wins Uber appeal - Los Angeles Times

HS2 Moves Forward - Guardian

Rose Lanes in Portland - Portland Oregonian

Rich cities vs growing cities - New York Times

Odds and Ends

Moscow subway microbiome - Genetic Engineering and Biotech News

Cincinnati solar farms - Smart Cities Dive

Bike commute joy - SSTI

Story of the Week

London's Congestion - Guardian

Puppies and Butterflies

Seattle Tree Singers - The Stranger

Episode 272: It Came from TRB! Poster Session Part 1 Feb 20, 2020

This week and next we’ll be sharing poster presentations from January’s Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington DC. Each year professors and students from around the world come to present their transportation research in a great hall of knowledge that some believe is the best part of the conference. Getting to talk with folks about their work is extremely satisfying. If you want to learn more about any of the following researchers work, check out our show notes in your podcatcher of choice for links to their work.

1. The 85th Percentile - UCLA Luskin School - Brian Taylor and Yu Hong Hwang - Research Link

2. A Proactive Approach to Redefining Child Road Safety - and Vision Zero - University of Colorado at Denver - Wes Marshall - YouTube Presentation

3. Who is Distracted by Distracted Pedestrians? - Rutgers University - Professor Kelcie Ralph

4. Enhancing Cybersecurity in Public Transportation - University of South Florida- Kevin Dennis and Sean Barbeau - Research

5. Results of the Flower Street Bus Only Lane Pilot - UCLA Luskin School - Cassie Halls - Research

6. The E-Bike Potential: Estimating the Effect of E-Bikes on Person Miles Travelled and Greenhouse Gas on Person Miles Travelled and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Emissions - Portland State University - Mike McQueen - Research

7. Evaluating Uses of Curb Space in NYC - Harvard Kennedy School - Daniel Comeaux

8. Are Cities Prepared for Autonomous Vehicles? - MIT - Annie Hudson - Research

9. Lessons learned from the large-scale application of Driver Feedback Signs in an urban city - University of Alberta - Mingjian Wu - Research

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Episode 271: Part 2 - Unnecessary Literature Reviews Feb 13, 2020

This week we’re joined by Professor David Levinson of the University of Sydney for Part 2 of our TRB discussion. This week we chat about the creation and politics of research journals and his new book, The 30 Minute City.

Episode 52: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - #TransitMascot Feb 11, 2020

This week on Mondays, Ian Griffiths of Seamless Bay Area joins the show to talk about connecting the dots on transit agency integration, a national architecture executive order, and a little bit of the details on Amazon's HQ2.

News

Seamless transit - SF Chronicle

Federal architecture order 1 - Architecture Record

Part 2 - The New Republic

Unaffordable Rental Housing 1 - Reuters

Part 2 - Harvard JCHS

Odds and Ends

Paris streets and cycling - Eltis

Suburbs around the world - CityLab

10 Day hospital build - Core77

Story of the Week

LA and Tokyo - Archinect

Bezos and the Musk - Bloomberg

Puppies and Butterflies

The coyote and the badger

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Episode 270: Part 1 - Complicated Measures and Public Policy Feb 06, 2020

This week we’re joined Professor David Levinson of the University of Sydney. Professor Levinson spoke to us at the Transportation Research Board conference in Washington DC about his work on measuring access, pricing, understanding the growth of cities, and transport as a utility. This is part 1 of 2.

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Episode 51: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Red Wagons and Red Lines Feb 04, 2020

This week Laura Bliss joins the show to talk about SB50's demise, the closing of Market Street to cars, and a red wagon in Germany full of cell phones creating digital traffic.

Sharon Feigon also lets us in on what's happening at the Shared Use Mobility Summit in Chicago.

News

The demise of SB50 - Los Angeles Times

New transportation bill coming? - Politico

Market Street goes free - Streetsblog USA

Odds and Ends

American houses have more bathrooms - The Atlantic

UPS electric vehicles - Engadget

Degraded air quality in US Metros - Environment America

Story of the Week

Creating traffic jams with phones - The Verge

Vacancy Taxes - WBUR

Episode 269: Combining Urban and Academic Institutions Jan 30, 2020

This week we’re joined Ben Levine, Executive Director of the Metrolab Network. We chat with Ben about the partnerships that Metrolab forges between cities and academic institutions, data collection and usage, as well as the Civic Innovation Challenge.

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Episode 50: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - 60 Seconds to Glory! Jan 28, 2020

This week Laramie Bowron joins the show to talk about Nashville, the Menino Mayors Survey, Andy Byford and more!

Swiftly's State of Public Transit Report - Swiftly

News

Andy Byford resigns - New York Times

Paris warehouses get urban makeover - Wired

Cities annexing to pump up census #s - New York Times

Odds and Ends

Household travel in EU - Eltis

Oregon DOT launches new office - Smart Cities Dive

China bans single use plastics - Core 77

Story of the Week

Nashville's transit plans derailed - TransitCenter

US Mayors know of safety issues, not solutions - Fast Company

Episode 268: Technology and Mobility in Miami Jan 23, 2020

This week we are chatting with Alice Bravo and Carlos Cruz-Casas, Director and Assistant Director respectively of Miami Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works. We chat about better buses, managing the right of way, privacy and data, and their contactless fare payment system.

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Episode 49: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Back from TRB Jan 21, 2020

It's a Solo show with Greedo this week. We're back from the winter break with some news to share! Also if you want to get on the list for the "Bus Only" soccer scarf, email me at theoverheadwire@gmail.com

News

Governor says no more freeways in Texas - D Magazine

Mass timber in the news - Arch Daily | Vox

London throat - BBC

Odds and Ends

Farewell to Guardian Cities - Guardian

Barcelona's zero emissions zone - Guardian

Story of the Week

SB50 is Back - Los Angeles Times

America's long distance transportation problems - Brookings| Texas Monthly

US land use mapped - Visual Capitalist

Puppies and Butterflies

Transit Supply

Episode 267: An Operating System for the Public Right of Way Jan 16, 2020

This week Hugh Martin of Lacuna joins the podcast to talk about his passion for open source ways to operate city streets in the future. As more and more transportation operators look for space on city streets and perhaps in the air, government needs a way to distribute access fairly based on public priorities and policy. Hugh talks about why he’s so passionate about this future for cities and gives us some food for thought on the current state of the relationship between cities and transportation companies.

Episode 266: AV Policy and The Future of the Bus Jan 09, 2020

This week we’re joined by Laura Wiens of Pittsburgh for Public Transit to talk about their report on AVs called “Wait, Who’s Driving This Thing” Laura chats about vehicle data, the future of bus drivers, the frameworks we need for a positive implementation and blows our mind by comparing the movement for micro-mobility and transport choice to the charter school movement.

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Episode 265: The Transport Gardener Jan 02, 2020

This week we're joined by Grace Crunican, former GM at BART. Grace chats about her long and distinguished career as a leader in transportation and what it takes to lead, to mentor, and gives lessons for the next generation of advocates and public officials.

Flashback: Episode 85 - You Can't Surf After the Storm Dec 26, 2019

This is one of my favorite episodes ever. I hope folks enjoy this flashback for the holidays. We chat with Alisa Valderrama and Rob Moore of NRDC all about water.

Episode 264: Train Daddy Loves You Dec 19, 2019

This week we’re joined by Ben Kabak of Second Avenue Sagas. We take a look at New York transit issues including who controls the MTA, why subway rides are getting faster, why he started writing about transit in the city, and the L train un-shutdown. We also chat about the 14th Street busway, bad airport transit, and the Mayor’s fascination with ferries.

Episode 48: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - So Much Bad Service Dec 17, 2019

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show to talk about Miami's Velocia app, Jakarta's transit expansion, the urban media landscape and much more!

News

Bloomberg Media purchases CityLab - Mother Jones

Restaurants on the "streets" of NYC better reviews - WaPo

Indonesia's $40B Metro expansion - South China Morning Post

Odds and Ends

Headphones to alert pedestrians - Fast Company

Wolfhagen Germany goes 100% renewable - The Conversation

Amazon's Ring privacy problem - Gizmodo

Story of the Week

Velocia app rewards active transportation - Fast Company

Indonesia's $40B Metro expansion - South China Morning Post

Episode 263: A Rail~Volution History Dec 12, 2019

This week we're back at the 2019 Rail~Volution conference in Vancouver BC. We chat with GB Arrington and Steve Dotterer about the early days of Rail~Volution and what the conference has meant to transportation in the United States over the last 25 years. They also tell stories about conferences past from when Al Gore came to Portland to having to move the conference date due to 9/11. Join us for a look at the past and the future.

Episode 47: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Classified Streets Dec 10, 2019

Tracy McMillan of Nelson Nygaard returns to chat about climate change, gas price sensitivity, and free transit.

News

Gas price sensitivity - Haas Energy Institute Blog

Free transit in Kansas City - Jalopnik

The future is transparent wood - Horizon Magazine

World News

Land sold for Egypt's new capital - Reuters

Largest 3D printed building in Dubai - Construction Dive

Story of the Week

Climate change converts - Deseret News

Climate plan for Dallas transportation - Dallas Morning News

Episode 262: The Zero Emission Delivery Dec 05, 2019

This week we're joined by Giacomo Lozzi of Polis to talk about a report he co-wrote about zero emissions sustainable government procurement. Giacomo talks about how cities such as Rotterdam, Oslo, and Copenhagen are trying to measure and manage the emissions they create through the procurement of goods and services.

Episode 46: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Lithium and Solar Towers Dec 03, 2019

This week Jeff talks about potential sustainability solutions and some really cool curb management trials.

News

TfL is suspending Uber's license in London - The Verge

Solar company seeks to reduce cement, steel emissions - Wired

Story of the Week

Curb flow reduces double parking - Smart Cities Dive

Bastrop's new code - CNU Public Square

Climate change's lithium problem - The New Republic

Zombie miles and Napa Weekends - Jalopnik

Episode 45: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Crash Not Accident Nov 26, 2019

This week we're here on our own before the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States. We don't do a story of the week but we review a few big stories from the week before.

News

Briant Park chairs - Gothamist

Ride hailing emissions - Transport and Environment

Americans aren't moving - Brookings

Silver Tsunami - Zillow

HUBZone using old poverty data - Washington Post

Housing Department Renamed Inlivian - Charlotte Observer

Crash not accident - Forbes

Episode 261: The Sidewalk Barrons Nov 21, 2019

This week we're joined by Antonoia Malchik to talk about her book A Walking Life. Antonia talks about the speed and shallow organizing brought to us by social media, the experience of making a pilgrimage on foot, the importance of walking and nature in human well being, and what a Hollywood Sidewalk might be.

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Episode 44: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Integrated Travel Project Nov 19, 2019

Gillian Gillette of Caltrans and Jeroen Kok of Rebel Group join this week and talk about the California Integrated Travel Project and the Market Sounding report they did to look at the future of integrated payment systems. We also went over the usual news and reviews from the previous week.

News

Milwaukee workers no longer required to live in city - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Coastal cities made to plan more housing - LA Times

220 Acre park near downtown Charlotte - Charlotte Agenda

Odds and Ends

Will Kansas City have free transit? - Kansas City Star

Cities sue FCC over fees - Bloomberg

Story of the Week

What does transportation equity mean? - University of Toronto

How transit scaling shapes cities - Phys.org

How megacities of Europe stole a continent's wealth - Guardian

Puppies and Butterflies

Jeff Tumlin to run the SFMTA - Streetsblog SF

Funny clip from Utopia on Australian Broadcast Channel - via Brent Toderian tweet

Episode 260: Test Before You Invest Nov 15, 2019

This week we’re joined by Tony Garcia of the Street Plans Collaborative to talk about their new report for TRB entitled Fast-Tracked: A Tactical Transit Study. Tony talks about figuring out how to build transit projects, the activists that have been making things happen, and how you determine whether projects are tactical or not.

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Episode 43: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Housing + Transportation = Health Nov 12, 2019

This week I'm on solo talking about the NTSB and Helmets, walkability and the economic ladder, and affordable housing's impact on bond ratings and health care.

News

NTSB gaga over helmets - Streetsblog NYC

Children in walkable communities have leg up - UVA Today

Housing's effects on health care costs - Bloomberg

Odds and Ends

Housing and bond ratings - Bloomberg

Seattle has less car ownership - Seattle Times

Story of the Week

Apple's $2.5B housing push - Curbed SF

Augsburg mobility flat rate - Intelligent Transport

Democrats blind spot on cars - Huffington Post

Housing pushback - Willamette Week

Providence shows way on environmental justice plans - Grist

Episode 259: The Urban Freight Lab Nov 07, 2019

This week we're joined by Dr. Anne Goodchild of the University of Washington's Urban Freight Lab. We chat with Dr. Goodchild about what's missing from the urban transportation discussion, the ideas they are testing for better deliveries, and the future of streets.

Episode 42: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Cerulean Blue Nov 05, 2019

This week we're joined by Grayline Group's Joseph Kopser. We talk about transportation data, Minneapolis 2040, drones, freight, and more!

News

Uber and LADOT trade blows - C|NET

NASA wants a major city to have drones by 2028 - C|NET

Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto move forward - Globe and Mail

Odds and Ends

Real estate commissions - Seattle Times

Tulsa attracts remote workers - Next City

Story of the Week

The first map of America's food supply chain - Fast Company

How Minneapolis passed 2040 plan and defeated NIMBYism - The Atlantic

1.5M packages in New York each day - New York Times

Puppies and Butterflies

Human's home towns - Inverse

Episode 258: Peering into the Future of Livable Communities Oct 31, 2019

This week we're back at the Rail~Volution conference in Vancouver BC for the closing Plenary. GB Arrington moderates a panel with Minneapolis Council President Lisa Bender, Managing Director of the Transformation Alliance Odetta MacLeish White, and President and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Mac McCarthy. The panel discusses the legacy of Rail~Volution along with what is happening now in communities that are making change for the better. From addressing race and housing to climate emissions, this session shares lessons learned and the potential for more.

Episode 41: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Bus in the Hole Oct 29, 2019

This week we're here with Han Solo to talk about drone deliveries, wildfires, self driving cars and much much more.

News

Minneapolis passes 2040 Plan - Star Tribune

Sound Transit Board doesn't include subway alternatives - Seattle Times

Zoox co-founder says cities are target for AVs - Business Insider

Waymo head says boxes going AV before people - Bloomberg

First drone delivery - Newsweek

Recycling for streets - Core77

Story of the Week

Air quality getting worse - Bloomberg

SUV sales offset electric vehicles - SSTI

Sprawling suburbs cost extra - LSE

ULEZ in London a success - Intelligent Transport

The Future of the Bodega - Curbed NY

Puppies and Butterflies

Driving rats - Salon

Episode 257: Ride the Bus, Save the World Oct 24, 2019

This week we're joined by Steven Higashide, Director of Research at Transit Center, to talk about his new book Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit. Steven talks about how he got interested in transportation issues, his favorite bus ride, and what we can do to change the way buses operate in our cities.

Episode 40: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Don't Just Focus on the Bears Oct 22, 2019

This week we're joined by Laramie Bowron to talk about transit only lanes, parking levys, and housing oligopolies.

News

Gov Newsom vetoes complete streets bill - Cal Bike

A new transit caucus - WBEZ

Oligopolies hold back affordable housing - Washington Post

Odds and Ends

Cars banned from Market Street - Curbed SF

The Glascow effect - Guardian

Story of the Week

Every bus needs a lane - Curbed

Nottingham's parking levy - Forbes

Bonus Reads -

Auto Emissions Mapped

Congestion Pricing Parking

Puppies and Butterflies

Ancient Khmer city found using lidar - Newsweek

Episode 256: A Book Club for the Future of Transportation Oct 17, 2019

This week we’re joined by Steve Raney, Executive Director of the Palo Alto Transportation Management Agency. We talk about a book club he organized based on the Three Revolutions by Dan Sperling that discussed lowering transportation emissions in regions. We talk about the complexity of transportation policy, the organization of local advocacy networks, and potential mechanisms to lower emissions.

Episode 255: Advanced Approaches to Planning TOD Oct 10, 2019

This week we’re joined by Brooke Belman, Deputy Executive Director for Land Use Planning and Development and her colleagues Sloan Dawson, Land Use Planning Manager, and Thatcher Imboden, TOD Manager to talk about the ins and outs of transit oriented development at Sound Transit in Seattle. They talk about the 80-80-80 policy, urban design and coordination of TOD planning with light rail construction.

Episode 38: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - It's Just Politics Oct 08, 2019

This week on the Mondays show I talk about the importance of thinking about access instead of mobility and floating farms. These things go together!

News

T4 says no new funding - T4America

A freeway LID is feasible in Seattle - The Urbanist

Story of the Week

UPS gets FAA approval for delivery drones - The Hill

14th Street busway a go - Streetsblog NYC

Floating farm creates local dairy - Mother Jones

Thailand PM considers moving capital - Guardian

Episode 254: The Right Way to Prioritize Projects Oct 03, 2019

This week we’re joined by Beth Osborne of T4 America and Chris McCahill of the State Smart Transportation Initiative. We talk about how states like Virginia and Hawaii are using data on access to score and prioritize transportation projects for funding. Beth and Chris also talk about how easy it can be to get the data and that connecting people to jobs seems to be a goal that is bipartisan.

Episode 37: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Public Utilities Oct 01, 2019

This week we chat about public utilities a lot! Join us as we cover the gamut of transportation policy on the Mondays show.

News

Beijing's new airport - Fortune

Baidu self driving buses - Asian Review

Uber's CEO talks future - The Verge

Odds and Ends

Gas station for electric cars - CNBC

Personal carbon trading - Eltis

Story of the Week

High Line at 10 - Architect

Challenges for women riders - Metro Magazine

Green new deal - Curbed

Episode 253: Integrated Trips for People Not Vehicles Sep 26, 2019

This week we’re joined by Arielle Fleisher Transportation Policy Director at SPUR, Adina Levin, Executive Director of Friends of Caltrain, and Ian Griffiths Co-Founder and Director of Seamless Bay Area to talk about transit fare integration and policy. We chat about what fare policy is and isn’t, best practices of fare integration from around the world, the difficulty of regional advocacy when there are sooo many meetings to go to, and what's next for the Bay Area.

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Episode 36: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - This is Our Planet Sep 24, 2019

This week Laramie Bowron joins the show to talk about climate change, transit ridership and potential transit related Halloween costumes.

News

Report shows how cities can cut emissions - National Geographic

Indianapolis and Ottawa open transit lines - Streetsblog - OnSite Magazine

CA Allows for Statewide ADUs - CAYimby

Odds and Ends

Flight shaming heats up - Reuters

Governor orders transportation aligned with environment - Streetsblog CA

Amazon's 100,000 electric van order - Wired

Story of the Week

Concerns from investor surge - Urban Institute

30 minute commuting principal - CityLab

Episode 252: Sidewalk Labs and Toronto's Waterfront Sep 19, 2019

This week we’re joined by Eric Jaffe, Editorial Director at Sidewalk Labs. Eric chats with us about Sidewalk’s Quayside project on Toronto's waterfront. We chat about the potential for innovative ideas, some of the push back they've been getting on data management, and some of the history as well.

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Episode 251: Designing Ninja Proof Seats Sep 12, 2019

This week we’re joined by Lily Bernheimer of Space Works Consulting. Lily, a Streetsblog/Open Plans Alum, talks to us about her book The Shaping of Us: How Every Day Spaces Structure our Lives, Behavior, and Well-Being. She talks about her research in Environmental Psychology and how humans have evolved to respond to the spaces where we live. Listen in to learn about ninja proof seats, mystery novel models of building, and more on biophilia and human connections to nature.

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Episode 250: New Thinking on Economic Development Investments Sep 05, 2019

This week on the podcast we're joined by Adie Tomer a fellow at The Brookings Institution and Noah Siegel, Interim Deputy Director at the Portland Bureau of Transportation to talk about their new collaboration on a project called the Economic Value Atlas. The EVA is a new data and mapping tool developed to think about regional investments in a more coordinated way, pulling away from the race to the bottom of incentive based economic development.

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Episode 249: Gordon Price and The Village at the Edge of the Rain Forest Aug 29, 2019

This week we're joined by Gordon Price, former Vancouver City Council member and former director of The City Program at Simon Fraser University. Gordon talks about Vancouver's historical importance as well as its future. We chat about transport, the great west coast melting pot, and what folks should check out if they go visit the city.

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Episode 35: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Road is Not Your Personal Storage Space Aug 27, 2019

Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show this week to talk about land value taxes, cities using fines as revenue, and waze's effects on LA.

Two jobs! BART and Capital Corridor Transbay Tube 2 Project.

News

Addicted to fines - Governing

Vancouver widening sidewalks - Globe and Mail

Ride hailing data sought in England - CityLab

Odds and Ends

Architect must pay Venice - New York Times

Cities and ransomware attacks - New York Times

Bird shuts down infrastructure pay plan - Smart Cities Dive

Story of the Week

Case for the land value tax - Governing

Is Waze ruining LA? - Los Angeles Magazine

Puppies and Butterflies

Hasan Minhaj talks transit - Phoenix New Times

Pay your parking ticket with cat food or school supplies - Washington Post

How about dockless everything? - Washington Post

Episode 248: The Farm Bill with Dan Imhoff Aug 22, 2019

This week we're joined by Dan Imhoff to talk about his book called The Farm Bill. Dan chats with us about how he became interested in the Farm Bill, how initially he was excited about protecting wild habitat but got pulled down a rabbit hole of subsidies and perverse incentives. Dan also talks about how the Farm Bill as it’s currently put together is a reflection of our broken legislative system and how we incentivize farmers that get bigger and produce more while the smaller farmers suffer.

But how does this relate to transportation and/or cities? Ultimately 70% of the bill’s funding is aimed at the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) and food stamps, which is important for a lot of nutrition policy in cities. And to look into the future of what cities can do to help, we only have to look as far as what Seattle has done to think outside the usual policy silos.

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Episode 34: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - School Mobility Education Aug 20, 2019

This week Tracy McMillan joins to talk about safe streets, that pink emoji house, and public and institutional engagement.

News

Moody's credit ratings on climate and transit

Denver Mayor calls for safer streets - Streetsblog Denver

The hot pink emoji house - Guardian

Odds and Ends

Small businesses at core of growth - ICIC

Salt Lake for free transit - SL Tribune

Ignore livable city rankings - The Conversation

News

PA Secretary of Transportation changing conversation - Governing

Rethinking public consultation - CityLab

Puppies and Butterflies

Woman steps into the bus lane to push cars out - Seattle Times

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Episode 247: Electric Bus Opportunities and Barriers Aug 15, 2019

This week we're joined by Camron Gorguinpour, Global Senior Manager for Electric Vehicles at WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. We talk about Shenzhen's 16,000 electric buses and what world cities can learn positive and negative from their implementation. We talk about infrastructure needs for electric bus operations at a fleet level, the impact of street maintenance, and procurement and implementation issues.

This podcast is a project of The Overhead Wire, to find out more head to http://theoverheadwire.com

Episode 246: Access as a Metric Aug 08, 2019

This week we are joined By Andrew Owen, Director of the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota. Andrew chats with us about how to measure accessibility and their work on mapping access to jobs by transit and bikes.

Access is a way to measure how easy it is to get places – often jobs – in how much time. Taking into account both transportation and land use, access as a metric can be a powerful tool. On the podcast, Andrew describes the evolution of the metric and how it has been applied.

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Episode 33: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Elephants in Elevated Trains Aug 06, 2019

Tracy McMillan joins this week to talk about Burning Man, 3D sidewalks, telecommuting, and whether GPS affects our brains.

News

Mass telecommuting tax break - Curbed Boston

Feds could help remove freeways - D Magazine

Lessons from Burning Man - Governing

Odds and Ends

Wuppertal hanging rail is back - Guardian

Cities need chief data officer - Dallas Morning News

Homes fastest in flood prone industries - New York Times

Story of the Week

3D crosswalks - Smart Cities Dive

Is GPS ruining our brains? Vox

Elephants and Butterflies

Metro bus gif shows truth on dedicated lanes - Fast Company

Episode 245: VMT and Electric Utilities Aug 01, 2019

This week we're joined by Fred Dock, the former Transportation Director for the City of Pasadena California. Fred talks about his work over the past 30 years, Pasadena's move to measuring VMT and other metrics over level of service, innovation in smaller cities and more!

Episode 32: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - No Durian on the Train with Laura Bliss Jul 30, 2019

This week Anna Muessig returns and we're joined by Laura Bliss of CityLab.

Laura's CityLab News

NIMBYs vs YIMBYs - CityLab

Should EVs pay per mile? - CityLab

News

CA bypasses fuel standards - Route Fifty

Madrid keeps central car ban - CityLab

Neighborways built to connect slow transport - Indianapolis Star

Odds and Ends

Curb cuts for all of New York - 6sqft

Facial recognition banned from HUD housing - CNet

Story of the Week

Digital Twins - CityLab

Was the automobile a terrible mistake? New Yorker

Episode 244: Charlotte's Transit Oriented Zoning Innovations Jul 25, 2019

This week we’re joined by Monica Holmes, Placemaking Manager for the City of Charlotte and the project manager for the rewrite of the TOD zoning ordinance. Monica talks about why the transit oriented development part of the zoning ordinance was the first part of the code rewrite as well as all of the details about the new point system created to promote economic mobility, the environment, and new transportation. She also shares how TOD was built in the past and what will be happening along all the city’s transit corridors in the future.

Episode 31: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Vanlord Jul 23, 2019

This week we are going solo. We talk about using cars for housing, childless cities, and federal transportation funding.

News

Where have all the children gone? - The Atlantic

SF to open homeless navigation center for car dwellers - Hoodline

Affordable housing in RVs - Yes! Magazine

The Vanlord of Santa Monica - Santa Monica Daily Press Capital improvement grant hearings - Curbed

Federal transit funding delays cause harm - T4 America

Odds and Ends

A vision for bike highways in Seoul - Korea BizWire

Why no moon cities? CityLab

Record temperatures from heatwave - Curbed

Story of the Week

Urban planners should look at restaurant data - MIT News

Digital twins - Governing

A new vision for I-45 - Houston Chronicle

The symbolism of your daily commute - Quartz

Federal reserve bank looks at gentrification - Philly Inquirer

How gentrification benefits - City Observatory

Episode 243: The View from North Vancouver BC Jul 18, 2019

This week we are joined By Bowinn Ma, Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for North Vancouver-Lonsdale BC. Bowinn talks about creating better transportation options for her constituents, new transportation technologies, and the importance of political engagement.

Episode 30: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Utopia with Avery Trufelman Jul 16, 2019

This week we're joined by Tracy McMillan and Avery Trufelman! Avery talks about her new podcast in association with Curbed called Nice Try! And the gang talks about utopian cities, new transportation bills, and Pokemon Go!

For any of the stories we covered click on the links below.

News

GREEN Streets Act introduced in the Senate - T4 America

Seattle's best in nation ADU reform - Urbanist

ICE mining data from DMV photos - NY Times

Odds and Ends

Berlin could do euro a day transit pass - Guardian

Social workers in Spain using Pokemon Go for depression - Quartz

Why Amazon nixed New York - CNBC

Story of the Week

The law insists we drive - Atlantic

Rewards programs for transit riders - Wired Magazine

Behind the new cities epidemic - Guardian

Puppies and Butterflies

Friends around subway lines - Wired Magazine

Episode 242: Highways in the Sky with Dr. Astro Jul 11, 2019

This week on the podcast we are joined at the Michelin Movin On conference by Dr. Anita Sengupta, an aerospace engineer who has worked for Hyperloop and is the co-founder of Airspace Experience Technologies, a company looking to produce vehicles for passenger flight. Dr. Sengupta talks with us about her work on the Mars Curiosity Mission during her time at NASA, her hopes for her new company in the VTOL space (vertical take off and landing) and her hopes for the future of transportation.

Episode 29: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Housing in Space Jul 09, 2019

This week we review some of the news from the previous few weeks.

News

Oregon votes to legalize duplexes: Sightline Institute

California to sue cities that don't plan for housing: Curbed

Considering a subway for Portland: Portland Oregonian

Odds and Ends

EVs in Europe required to make noise: Smart Cities Dive

Volkswagen worries about traffic collapse: Forbes

100 years of planning trees could reduce emission: National Geographic

Story of the Week

Supreme Court could consider inclusionary zoning - Intercept

Property rights claims gain momentum - Route Fifty

Trump wants to deregulate zoning - Curbed

Quayside plans released - New York Times | Wired

Millennials can't buy a house - The Atlantic

Puppies and Butterflies

Crazy hail storms in Mexico - NPR

Episode 241: Who's Riding Transit in 2019? Jul 04, 2019

This week we're joined by Amy Silbermann, Director of Planning for Port Authority of Allegheny County, the transit agency in Pittsburgh, and Steven Higashide and Mary Buchanan of TransitCenter. They are here to talk about a report called Who’s On Board 2019 which discusses transit ridership trends around the country. They talk about what we should understand about understanding riders, Pittsburgh’s work to improve routes (downtown and to suburban communities) and the need for political and public support for changes to improve transit systems.

This episode first appeared on the Rail~Volution podcast. Subscribe on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.

Episode 240: City Journalism with Nate Berg Jun 27, 2019

This week we're joined by freelance urban issue writer Nate Berg. Nate talks to us about his love of writing about highways for good or bad, his piece for Curbed on the history of the Bauhaus, our collaborative piece on urban transportation data, writing about housing in Japan, and his process for writing articles.

Episode 239: Real Time Information Deep Dive Jun 20, 2019

This week on the podcast we’re joined by Candace Brakewood a Civil Engineering Professor of the University of Tennessee and Jonny Simkin of Co-Founder and CEO of Swiftly. We talk about real time transit information including its history, benefits, shortcomings, and potential futures.

Episode 28: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Suburban Definition Jun 18, 2019

This week Chrissy joins the show and we have a blast chatting about the definition of suburbs, electric buses, and Ian McHarg's Design with Nature.

News

Portland considers bus lanes - Willamette Week

Ian McHarg's Design with Nature turns 50 - CityLab

Money laundering pilot surprising in its effect - Quartz

Odds and Ends

Transbay Terminal opening again? Curbed SF

Riyahd opens transit system - Cision

Sagrada Familia gets building permit - Fast Company

Story of the Week

How do we define suburbs? - CityLab

Why aren't electric buses taking over the world? - Wired

Listener Questions and Comments

Children in Autonomous Vehicles - Blue Ribbon Panel

Puppies and Butterflies

Every NIMBY's speech at a public hearing - McSweeney's

Episode 238: Intelligent Transportation Futures Jun 13, 2019

This week we're joined by Shailen Bhatt, President and CEO of ITS America. He talks about how we can use technology to reduce collisions, how we should spend infrastructure money, and what policy should focus on and change from a transportation and technology standpoint. He also talks about the problems with the communications spectrum and how conflicts are arising as technology improves vehicle communications.

Episode 27: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Lentil Soup That Could Jun 11, 2019

This week we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about drones, zero passenger vehicles, CAFE standards and more!

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News

New York's new payment systems - Wired Magazine

6/10 Californians want upzoning near transit - LA Times

Seattle looks at pricing - Seattle Transit Blog

Odds and Ends

Plans to take federal USDA workers out of DC - McClatchy

Auto companies send letter to Trump Admin - NY Times

Paris accords can save lives - NY Times

Story of the Week

NASA tests drone traffic - NASA

Planning for zero occupancy vehicles - Fast Company

Puppies and Butterflies

Vancouver's plastic bags - Vancouver is Awesome

Sending lentil soup on the subway - Gothamist

On demand pogo sticks - Curbed SF

Episode 237: The Pulse of Richmond Virginia Jun 06, 2019

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Maritza Pechin, a planner with AECOM who works with city staff in Richmond on long-range planning. On the podcast, Maritza talks about the Pulse BRT and the broader bus network redesign that was rolled out at the same time. She also discusses how the new system is bringing people back to transit, how the city might tackle housing affordability, and what big ideas the city is considering for the future.

Episode 236: Transit Oriented Bus and Rail in Chicago May 30, 2019

This week we chat with Kendra Freeman of the Chicago Metropolitan Planning Council, an independent non-profit focused on shaping the Chicago region. Kendra talks about her work with Elevated Chicago and how they are trying to bring equitable TOD to rail and bus corridors around the region as well as the original impact of the city's TOD ordinance. She also chats about next steps in pushing the city to consider equity in its update of the ordinance and how they can support entrepreneurs with strategic investments.

Episode 235: High Impact Investing in Low Wealth Communities May 23, 2019

This week we're joined by Maurice Jones, President and CEO of LISC (Local Initiatives Support Corporation). Maurice talks about working with communities and existing businesses to develop talent in the workforce, breaking down barriers to entry in certain professions such as property development, and the history of policies and practices that intentionally excluded certain populations from opportunity.

Episode 26: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Limousine Liberals and Penthouse Progressives May 21, 2019

Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show again and we chat a lot about SB50! We also talk about infrastructure and bike lanes.

News

SB 50

Tabled until January - Los Angeles Times

SB50 Urban Footprint Analysis - UF

Kim-Mai Cutler tweet thread - KMC Twitter

Infrastructure Week

PIRG releases report - Frontier Group

Repair Priorities - T4America

Odds and Ends

CA HSR Funding Dropped by FRA- Reuters

IM Pei passes away - NPR

Facial recognition banned in SF - Vox

Thanks to our Patreon supporters! Patreon.com/theoverheadwire

Story of the Week

Bike lanes need barriers not just paint - Curbed

Puppies and Butterflies

Tram Bowling - Wired Magazine

Episode 234: The Humble Curb May 16, 2019

This week we're joined by Stephen Smyth, Co-Founder and CEO of Coord. He talks about the need for digital infrastructure to be a new layer on top of physical infrastructure in order to inventory our existing assets including curb space. We chat about the tools Coord has created to measure and document curbs, how they work, and how this seemingly innocuous space will change over time with regulation. We also have a little futurist discussion about street space and learn how regulations might change when fleets are operating on the street rather than mostly individual vehicles.

“We talk about mobility as a service, we think of the service as a fleet. Going forward if we look at this as a regulation technology issue, cities and public agencies will be interacting with businesses for a given individuals trip or delivery versus the individual themselves. I think that’s an important shift, and actually it may make it easier to change regulations because there is a layer in between the interaction between the city agency and individual which can create resistance to change potentially. I think that if more trips are delivered by businesses instead of individuals in private cars we can innovate more quickly.”

Episode 25: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Modern Fortifications May 14, 2019

This week we're joined by Tracy McMillan and we talk about alll kinds of stuff! Surveillance and city fortifications and aging in place! The show discussion links are below...

News

I-405 traffic gets worse after widening - Curbed LA

Campo dedicates money for I-35 expansion - Austin Monitor

Facial recognition data leak - TechCrunch

Denver homeless camping initiative - Pew Trusts

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Odds and Ends

Uber IPO - NY Magazine

Germany testing an e-highway - DW

Story of the Week

Da Vinci's City - The Conversation

Future of Housing nothing like today - Fast Company

Puppies and Butterflies

WePark in parking spaces - Curbed SF

E-Bikes could transform how we age - Fast Company

Episode 233: Urban Innovation and Circulation in San Diego May 08, 2019

This week we chat with Colin Parent, Executive Director of Circulate San Diego, an advocacy organization that promotes public and active transportation in tandem with sustainable growth. Colin is also a city council member for the City of La Mesa. As Colin notes, much of the renewed interest and support for transit and transit-oriented development is being driven by one thing: the housing crisis. We learn how the mayor of San Diego is pushing more housing and less parking, and the long term benefits of advocacy.

Episode 24: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - $2T for Infrastructure? May 07, 2019

This week on the show we're joined by Tracy McMillan!

The show notes are below...

The News

What to make of White House infrastructure meeting - Brookings

Quadratic voting - Bloomberg

LA pushes for a Green New Deal - Los Angeles Times

A new way to calculate affordability - USC

Odds and Ends

Houston's data driven housing problem - Houston Chronicle

3 people make most of the complaints - Daily Bruin

San Diego switches transport plans - Planetizen

Story of the Week

The importance of shade - Places Journal

A geocode is not an address - Wired

Puppies and Butterflies

Medieval city generator - My Modern Met

Cycling without age

Episode 232: Transportation Professionals Will Make or Break the Planet May 02, 2019

This week we're at the Shared Mobility Summit from earlier this year in Chicago. Laura Bliss of CityLab moderates a panel of agency leaders including Stephanie Pollack, CEO of MassDOT, Randy Clarke, President and CEO of Capital Metro in Austin, and Sadhu Johnston, City Manager from Vancouver British Columbia.

The panel talks about whether it's too late to address climate change through transportation, how the introduction of ride hailing will work with local regulations in Vancouver, how Austin has been watching the evolution of shared mobility from TNCs to scooters, how buses matter for the future of transportation and much much more.

If you'd like to skip to the conversation portion past the presentations, fast forward to 41 minutes.

Episode 231: Transportation and Patient Care Apr 25, 2019

This week we’re joined by Brian Ebersol and Eileen Everhart of Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania. They talk about how health care is about more than just patient care at hospitals and how transportation and wellbeing figures into planning for treating the whole person.

Episode 230: Techno Beats and Designing Swedish Streets Apr 18, 2019

This week we're joined by Swedish urbanist Alexander Stahle. He talks about how cities in Europe have a lot of the same problems we do in the United States and what some places are doing to make streets safer and more active. He also chats about how his company Spacescape uses data to think about the value of urban form and where new metro lines should go. Alexander also talks about a new street design guide he's helping to create for Sweden.

Episode 229: The Life of Your Transportation Data Apr 11, 2019

This week we're at the 3 Revolutions conference in Davis California chatting with Warren Logan of SFCTA, Mollie Pelon McArdle of SharedStreets.io, and Regina Clewlow of Populus. We chat about all things data; how it's used, privacy issues, the correct geography to collect it, regulations and much much more.

Episode 23: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Han Shot First Apr 09, 2019

This week I'm doing a solo show reviewing the news because I'll be gone the rest of the month and wanted to share a few things with listeners. Below are the articles we cover in the show. Hope you enjoy it!

News

Go Triangle Ends Durham Orange LRT - News and Observer

New transit payment schemes - Engadget - Smart Cities Dive

Facebook faces housing discrimination charges from HUD - NYT

Lightfoot elected mayor - Chicago Streetsblog

Idaho Stop Legalized - Streetsblog USA

Denver announces new DOT - Denverite

Story of the Week

Experimental walking directions - Gizmodo

Manhattan Congestion Pricing - NYT

Tallest tower planned - Guardian

Self driving cars considered unthinkable in 50 years - Vox

Ciclovia 25 years - National Geographic

Rockefeller bows out of 100 resilient cities program - Bloomberg

Puppies and Butterflies

20 Minute Nature Pills - Fast Company

Episode 228: Underinfrastructurized Apr 04, 2019

This week we are sharing an episode we recorded live for attendees at the Safe Streets Summit in Miami where we talked with Alice Bravo, Director of the Department of Transportation and Public Works for the City of Miami and Chris Sinclair, Founding Principal at Renaissance Planning. We cover a lot of topics including transit oriented development, multi-modal system productivity, new fare payment systems, using data in planning, frequent bus networks and much much more!

Episode 227: Innovation in a Food Desert Mar 28, 2019

This week on the podcast we chat with Vanan Murugesan, Director of Design and Innovation at Pillsbury United Communities. Vanan talks about the role of community centered design in creating a nonprofit grocery store in North Minneapolis called North Market. We also chat about pros and cons of the farm bill, technology and convenience, and new initiatives in workforce development.

Episode 22: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Going To, Not Through Mar 26, 2019

This week we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about Gwinnett County's transit election, Level of Service, and transportation data privacy.

News

Gwinnett County rejects MARTA tax - Governing

Amsterdam new homes can't be rented - CityLab

More US cities end recycling - New York Times

Seattle passes zoning changes - Curbed

Visit our Sponsor too - moovel

Story of the Week

Getting rid of level of service - Brookings

Privacy issues come to the forefront - LA Times

Puppies and Butterflies

Seiichi Miyake’s tactile blocks - Curbed

Episode 226: The Potential of a Fiberoptic Future Mar 21, 2019

This week we're joined by Susan Crawford, the John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard School of Law. Susan talks about her new book Fiber which focuses on how cities in the United States are trying to build communications networks with this seemingly limitless technology but get push back from regulators and incumbent companies alike.

Episode 21: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Global Hum Mar 19, 2019

Urbanist Ed Parillon joins the show to talk about autonomous technology, Scott Weiner's SB50 bill, pied a terre taxes in NY, and Gavin Newsom's housing plans that could take away transportation funds.

Visit our sponsor - moovel

News

Boeing Crashes Are a Warning to Drivers, Too - Slate

Twitter Thread on Boeing Technology Issue - Sumner

Pied-à-terre Tax Could Help Pay for MTA - Curbed NY

Gavin Newsom’s Ideas to Spur More Housing - Streetsblog CA

Story of the Week

How Three Cities Ended Chronic Homelessness - Fast Company

How Santa Monica Is Luring People Back to the 3rd Street Promenade - LA Magazine

Spotlight Mobility

Scott Weiner updates SB50 - Curbed SF

Puppies and Butterflies

A mysterious global hum - Guardian

Episode 225: The Land of 10,000 Comments Mar 14, 2019

This week we chat with Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender. Lisa, a planner by profession and now a two-term city councilor, chats about public participation in the Minneapolis 2040 planning process locally and the discussions that led to the passing of the city’s comprehensive plan last December. She also talks about streets as public spaces and how Minneapolis 2040 plays into the city’s vision for transportation. Finally, we ask Lisa about the public discourse overall at public meetings and in planning.

Episode 20: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Your Childhood Street Memory Map Mar 12, 2019

The week friend of the show Tracy McMillan from SafeTREC joins to talk about making money off of mobility, autonomous buses, the Lyft IPO, outdated city equipment and much more!

The News

Autonomous bus testing in Singapore - Bloomberg

Cashless retail could be outlawed - CityLab

Uber not criminally liable in crash - Smart Cities Dive

Visit our sponsor, moovel.

Story of the Week

Automakers struggle to make money on mobility - Bloomberg

Cities running on software from the 80s - Bloomberg

Kings of Dallas Sprawl - D Magazine

Spotlight Mobility

Information available now on Lyft IPO - Reuters

Puppies and Butterflies

Risk, Fear, and Freedom

As always you can reach us on twitter @theoverheadwire or at theoverheadwire@gmail.com

Episode 224: The Annual Yonah Freemark Prediction Show Mar 07, 2019

This week we're joined by perennial favorite Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic. We rate his predictions from last year and give predictions for next year, some of which are already in peril! He chats about his zoning paper that has gotten a LOT of attention from housing advocates, high speed rail and California's current dilemma, and Amazon's New York departure.

For Yonah's previous episodes, check out 45, 61, 88, 132, or 169

Episode 19: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - It's Cold in Chicago and Duke Sucks Mar 05, 2019

Chrissy joins the show and we talk about Duke rejecting Durham light rail, NY's move towards congestion pricing, Berlin's new transport app, and anchor institutions.

News

Duke rejects light rail - News and Observer

de Blasio endorses congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC

UPMC joins health providers to think about housing - NextPittsburgh

Join moovel at SXSW - Link

Daimler and BMW join forces - The Verge

Story of the Week

Netherlands pays people to bike to work - Huffington Post

de Blasio endorses congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC

Spotlight Mobility

Berlin's all in one app - Fast Company

Episode 223: Designing 3D Cities and Computer Generated Architecture Feb 28, 2019

This week we're joined by Matthias Buehler of Vrbn and David Wasserman of Fehr and Peers. We talk about the City Engine program and how to create realistic cityscapes for movies and planning applications. We chat about the time it takes to code details, how much collected urban data sets can be used, and what these types of programs could be used for in the future.

A few notes from David and Matt

David:

Complete Street Rule on Github

Future of the Curb and City Engine - ESRI

Software for Bike Planning - People for Bikes

Procedural Modeling for City Design - YouTube

Matthias:

Vrbn Company

Interview with Matthias Buehler - Gnomon Workshop

Independence Day and City Engine

Making a Favela - Ronen Berkman

Episode 222: Mapping the Land Feb 21, 2019

This week we chat with Jerry Paffendorf, Co-Founder and CEO of Loveland Technologies. We chat about how they collect parcel data from all over the country, how parcels were measured historically, and how they can be used to create better transparency in cities.

Episode 18: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Tax Policy, Amazon, High Speed Rail Feb 19, 2019

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show to talk about Amazon, California High Speed Rail, and other top news of the week.

News

Amazon pulls back on NYC plans - New York Times

Governor Newsom to focus on Central Valley HSR Segment - Streetsblog CA

Swiss reject anti-sprawl measure - Reuters

Story of the Week

America's forgettable midrises - Bloomberg

California high speed rail "worst practices" - Eno Center

Midsized City Magic

Denver married couples taking on roommates - Denver Post

Spotlight Mobility

Were the parking taxes on purposes - Sightline Institute

Email congress about the parking tax - Coalition for Smarter Transportation

Episode 221: Where's My Bus? When Will It Arrive? Feb 14, 2019

This week we're joined by Jonny Simkin, Co-Founder and CEO of Swiftly. Jonny talks about what his company does to crunch data at transit agencies and the impacts they've had on transit agencies outlook on service. He also chats about potential futures for mobility as a service and data privacy.

Episode 17: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - I Hate Selfie Sticks Feb 12, 2019

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols and I talk about infrastructure embarrassment, good congestion/bad congestion, and the green new deal.

News

Tourism sites charging entry fees soon - Washington Post

New York seeks designers for odd lots - Curbed

The Green New Deal's flaw - Slate

Bolivian Lithium - National Geographic

Story of the Week

The Infrastructural Humiliation of America - Tech Crunch

Topography of Wealth in LA - Nick Underwood

Who Got What

Chrissy in ITE Journal

Spotlight Mobility

Good Congestion/Bad Congestion - CNU Public Square

Episode 220: Bus Lanes at the Crossroads of America Feb 07, 2019

This week we are joined by Sean Northup, Deputy Director of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization. Sean chats about the Indianapolis Red Line, the first of three BRT routes that will crisscross the region. Those lines and other transit improvements are being funded in part by local, dedicated funding which was won after a long and arduous process.

Episode 16: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Underpants Gnomes and State DOTs Feb 05, 2019

This week we have a full house! Chrissy and Anna join the show to talk about the news from the week in cities.

Read our original article brought to you by moovel and written by Nate Berg - The Transportation Data Tug of War

News

World cities sprawling too much too fast - The City Fix

Young mom dies after falling down subway steps - New York Times

Utah State legislators want housing built, using transport as stick - Salt Lake Tribune

Story of the Week

The Curb of the Future - Uber Under the Hood on Medium

Should Transit be Free? - TransitCenter

Zoning Reform Impacts Property Values in Chicago - Urban Affairs Review

Spotlight Mobility

Dallas rejects highway widening - D Magazine

Puppies and Butterflies

Cloth seats around the world - Twitter

Episode 219: Does Your Street Bring You Joy? Jan 31, 2019

This week we are at the Brooklyn Podcast festival talking with Ryan Westrom of Greenfield Labs and Ford Smart Mobility. Ryan chats about his report Design Principals for Living Streets and the history of parking. Audience members are asked to give us their favorite streets and I throw in a little Marie Kondo for good measure.

Episode 15: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Commute Bread Line Jan 29, 2019

This week Anna and I talk about Uber and Lyft taking share away from transit, congestion pricing in LA, and Viadoom!

News

Shutdown ends after La Guardia suspends flights - NPR

Corporate money and affordable housing - Curbed

Mayors want incentives, just not for other mayors - Next City

Visit this week's sponsor, moovel.

Story of the Week

Uber and Lyft cause transit decline - Streetsblog USA

LA Considers Congestion Pricing - Los Angeles Times

Spotlight New Mobility

Viadoom just never happened - Seattle Times

Puppies and Butterflies

Quote of the week - Yes Magazine

Wedding registries turn to down payments - CityLab

Episode 218: Bus Driver and Housing Activist Jan 24, 2019

This week we're chatting with Laura Loe of Share the Cities. Laura chats about her work as a bus driver and as a housing advocate in Seattle. We talk about how to talk to NIMBY parents and the community that comes along with a bus line.

Episode 14: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Oooo Smart Cities! Jan 22, 2019

This week Chrissy and Jeff talk about Smart Cities and Garages and more!

Don't forget to visit our sponsor, moovel

The News

Gavin Newsom Says Housing for Transport Funds - Los Angeles Times

NCUTCD says no walk signals - Streetsblog USA

Center City Connector Gets the Green Light - Curbed Seattle

Story of the Week

Alibaba unveils "City Brain" - CNN

The Garage is Our Favorite Room - New Yorker

Spotlight New Mobility

Scooter Regulations Work - New York Times

Episode 217: The Future of Transportation Data Jan 17, 2019

This week on the podcast we're joined by Regina Clewlow, CEO and Co-Founder of Populus. We talk about some of the research Populus has been working on including on shared and micro mobility and we learn more about the transportation data cities need to operate more efficiently. We also discuss what the media is talking about in terms of new transport technologies and what the best jurisdiction level might be for regulation.

Episode 216: Cleveland BRT's 10th Anniversary Jan 10, 2019

This week we talk with Interim CEO of the Cleveland RTA Dr. Floun'say Caver and former CEO Joe Calabrese about the Euclid Avenue HealthLine bus rapid transit line on its 10th anniversary. The line which connects two major regional employment centers was the product of input from numerous community stakeholders and has been widely deemed a success. We chat about how the line has influenced development on the corridor, the ridership growth on the line, and the potential for expanding lessons learned from the corridor to the rest of the region.

Episode 13: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Viva Las Vegas Jan 08, 2019

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Chrissy and Jeff chat about food deserts, the L shutdown, delivery congestion and more!

The News

Sam Zimbabwe now head of Seattle DOT - Seattle Times

L Train shutdown not happening - Second Ave Sagas

Cap and trade for transportation - Scientific American

Check out our sponsor moovel!

Story of the Week

Grand Rapids disappeared single family zoning - Next City

Dollar stores overwhelm grocers - Eater

Spotlight New Mobility

Delivery congestion - Time Magazine

Puppies and Butterflies

195 Gigapixels of Shanghai - Urban Demographics

Episode 215: Urbanism and Architecture - When Nerdy and Niche Get Big Jan 03, 2019

This week we're joined by Kelsey Keith, Editor-in-Chief at Curbed. Kelsey tells us about some early memories of New York, how the internet has changed and shaped urbanism and architecture media, and new longform pieces tying together Texas and California in unexpected ways.

Episode 214: Trains, Buses, People Dec 20, 2018

This week we're joined once again by Christof Spieler who recently wrote a new book called Trains, Buses, People. Christof talks about how transit isn't a mystery and we all know what makes it work. But ultimately we're not having the right conversations. We also review Christof's time on the Houston Metro board and why it's important to have people who ride the bus and think about it all the time as a part of the agency discussion.

You can find the book Trains, Buses, People at IslandPress.org

Episode 12: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Synthetic Data Replicants Dec 18, 2018

This week we're joined by Anna Muessig of Gehl to chat about using data and tearing down the BQE in New York. Check out the links below to read along with our discussion.

News

Dutch reach - CityLab

Hiring managers discriminate on distance - HBR

Oregon considers four units per parcel - Willamette Week

Visit our sponsor - moovel

Story of the Week

Portland to try Google's Replica data program - Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Apps know where you are - NY Times

Spotlight New Mobility

Tear down the BQE - NY Magazine

Puppies and Butterflies

Kids in Oslo plan transportation - Geospatial World

Flashback: Walt Disney the City Planner Dec 12, 2018

This week we're going back to Episode 27 to bring back an episode I had made just for kicks in 2014. It's Walt Disney the city planner. Hope folks enjoy it again or for the first time if you hadn't heard it before.

Episode 11: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Gingerbread Cities Dec 11, 2018

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins to talk about bad Muni, holiday cities, and lots of mobility discussions.

The News

Madrid bans cars from central city - Guardian

A new AV Start bill? - The Verge

Minneapolis passes 2040 plan - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Story of the Week

New CA bill for density near transit - LA Times

Building slow lanes - Forbes

Spotlight New Mobility

Should Cincinnati built its own app - CityBeat

Puppies and Butterflies

The Laughing Room - MIT News

Episode 213: This is not the TIF You're Looking For Dec 05, 2018

This week we chat with Professor Deborah Salon of Arizona State about location value capture. Deborah talks about the difference between location and land value capture and we go over the main points of a research study on the subject she wrote with several colleagues. We also chat about where location value capture shouldn't be used and whether certain mechanisms such as TIF take too much value for individual projects.

Episode 10: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Does that Particulate Matter Matter Dec 04, 2018

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Anna Muessig of Gehl joins to chat about her trip to Australia, Minneapolis 2040, and we have fun discussing mobility monopolies.

Below are links to stories we talked about this week.

News

Modern Trains - Streetsblog USA

New York considers banning cashless business - Guardian

Death of Montreal Bagels? Globe and Mail

Story of the Week

Minneapolis' radical rezoning - Curbed

Lina Hidalgo to run Harris County - New York Magazine

Spotlight New Mobility

Becoming the Amazon of Transport - The Conversation

Puppies and Butterflies

The first condo - Price Tags

Episode 212: Personal Relationships and Place Nov 28, 2018

This week we're joined by Dr. Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California, and Director of USC’s Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and the USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII). We chat about a broad range of topics including the Environmental Justice Screening Method and how that research was turned into California environmental policy. The importance of community organizing in getting agreement for legislation, his new book The State of Resistance, as well as his views on rent control as public policy.

This episode was first aired at Rail~Volution.org

Episode 9: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Climate Change and Virgin Trains Nov 27, 2018

This week on Mondays we talk about closing down the GM plant in Youngstown Ohio, climate change, more on housing, and Virgin Trains USA. We have a bit of a technical issue but hopefully you still enjoy the show. Below are links to the items we discussed.

News

Three Big Climate Takeaways - Vox

All Cash Purchases Must be Disclosed - 6sqft

Trump Administration floats sharing census information with law enforcement - Washington Post

Story of the Week

Why affordable housing is scarce in progressive cities - Curbed

$17 trillion could be saved with compact development - WRI

Spotlight New Mobility

Bright line will change name to Virgin Trains - Miami Herald

Puppies and Butterflies

Bruce Hallman and the SF Faces - Mission Local

Episode 8: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Boomers and Amazons Nov 20, 2018

This week we talk about Baby Boomer housing, Amazon, and decriminalization of transit fares.

News

Decriminalizing Fare Evasion - The Hill

Autonomous Delivery Vehicles - Fast Company

Amazon Won't Save Your Town - New York Times

Story of the Week

Baby Boomers Not Buying Homes - MNN

Spotlight New Mobility

Portland's Little Big Shift - Sightline

Puppies and Butterflies

Sharing a home with older residents - Guardian

Episode 211: Verkehrsverbund - A Seamless Journey Nov 15, 2018

This week we're joined by Professor Ralph Buehler of Virginia Tech who talks with us about the German transport concept of Verkehrsverbund (VV). The word translated to English means "transport network". We discuss where the first VV was formed and how more integrated systems could make transport in the United States more efficient and connected. There's also a discussion about docked bike share as well as how we can think about mobility as a service platforms in the future and their relationship to existing transport systems.

Episode 7: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Nobody Likes Scorpions in their Pants Nov 13, 2018

This week we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about the election, scooter data, and cities from scratch.

Below are some of the pieces we covered...

News

Clickwork in Nairobi - BoingBoing

Rep. Peter DeFazio sees a bill - Washington Post

Scooter corrals in Santa Monica - LA Streetsblog

Atlanta approves the gulch - Curbed Atlanta

Story of the Week

Cities and scooter data - Wired

Nevada and the bitcoin city - NY Times

Cities from scratch - Bloomberg

Episode 210: The Return of Urban Manufacturing Nov 08, 2018

This week on the podcast, Kate Sofis, CEO of SFMade joins us to talk about the resurgence in urban manufacturing. We talk about what types of goods are manufactured in cities like San Francisco, the zoning codes that allow manufacturing to thrive in strong housing markets, and how cities have changed the narrative on manufacturing in more urban locales.

Episode 6: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Keeping Your Data Nov 06, 2018

This week the team talks about voting and San Francisco's fight between billionaire's over homelessness measures. We chat about how in Estonia you can keep your data and more about MIT's Moral Machine experiment asking people around the world about the trolley problem.

Here are the articles we covered...

Moral Machine - MIT Technology Review

Billionaire War - Wired Magazine

Own Your Own Data - Smart Cities World

Platform Urbanism and Walled Gardens - Fast Company

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More News Items

Electric Delivery - Seattle Times

Rise in TNC Traffic - Tech Crunch

Cars Still Banned from the Seine - CityLab

Episode 209: The Housing Last Policy Oct 31, 2018

This week California State Senator Scott Wiener joins us to talk about a number of issues near and dear to our heart including housing and transportation. We talk about what's holding California housing back and several of his bills that address this in the Senate including SB35 as well as the potential return next year of SB827 which would upzone housing near frequent transit. We also chat about the potential for state level discussions on congestion pricing as well as a far future idea of getting transit alignments right.

Episode 208: One Zone to Rule Them All Oct 18, 2018

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Eric Singer and Andrej Micovic, Associates at Bilzin Sumberg in Miami who talk about the creation of the RTZ ordinance. They also talk about how the recent TIF districts and the county’s Strategic Miami Area Rapid Transit (SMART) Plan interact with the RTZ and what’s important in writing planning code.

Episode 207: Waiting for the Ghost Bus Oct 18, 2018

This week we're joined by Dr. Kari Watkins, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech and co-founder and "Chief Motivator" of OneBusAway, an open source platform for real time transit info. Kari talks about her research into the role of technology in the evolving transit experience, possible "dangerous futures ahead" - such as zero-passenger vehicles - and the "best future" of high capacity transit on dedicated right of way, fed by robust bike and sidewalk networks and TNCs for low density areas, all supported by timely information and payment - mobility as a service.

Also check out Rail~Volution for information about this year's conference starting Sunday.

Episode 5: Mondays at The Overhead Wire Oct 16, 2018

Welcome to our NEW SHOW on the Talking Headways Podcast Network called Mondays at The Overhead Wire where Jeff and a rotating band of amazing co-hosts talk about the top stories from TheOverheadWire.com.

This week Anna Muessig of Gehl joins to talk about her trip to Copenhagen, AVs, and Uber's move into congestion pricing advocacy.

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Featured Discussion Articles This Week

NEWS

London Reducing Vehicles in the Core - Weekly Standard

Anthony Foxx joins Lyft - Medium

Ford Plant gets redevelopment plan - Star Tribune

Saudi $500B Megacity Controversy - Buzzfeed News

STORY OF THE WEEK

Tree Superhighways - Fast Company

Uber Support for Congestion Pricing - Seattle Times

SPOTLIGHT NEW MOBILITY

AV 3.0 Guidelines - USDOT

Kevin DeGood Tweet Storm - Twitter

PUPPIES AND BUTTERFLIES

Cities and Film - ArchDaily

Episode 206: Future Fare Media and the Clipper Card Oct 11, 2018

This week we're joined by Carol Kuester and Lysa Hale of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's Electronic Payments Department. Carol and Lysa talk about the Clipper transit fare payment card and how it works along with coming updates to the system. We also chat about fare simplification and what it means to different people, whether Clipper can be a first step towards mobility as a service, and what happens to all the money that floats through the system on any given day.

Episode 4: Mondays at The Overhead Wire Oct 09, 2018

Welcome to our NEW SHOW on the Talking Headways Podcast Network called Mondays at The Overhead Wire where Jeff and a rotating band of amazing co-hosts talk about the top stories from TheOverheadWire.com.

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols of Walker Consultants joins to talk about developers and parking, bike share data, and we go through the week's news.

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Episode 205: Bicycles as a Rolling Signifier Oct 03, 2018

This week we’re chatting with Dr. Melody Hoffman, professor of communications studies at Anoka Ramsey Community College at the American Planning Association Midwest Conference about her book Bike Lanes are White Lanes. We discuss how bike lanes are flashpoints for neighborhood gentrification fights, bicycle advocacy history and the women’s movement, and how bikes can be seen as rolling signifiers.

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Episode 3: Mondays at The Overhead Wire Oct 02, 2018

Welcome to our NEW SHOW on the Talking Headways Podcast Network called Mondays at The Overhead Wire where Jeff and a rotating band of amazing co-hosts talk about the top stories from TheOverheadWire.com.

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols of Walker Consultants joins to talk about TNC regulations and neighborhoods. We also play the game WikiCity and discuss why October is the best month.

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Featured Articles This Week

Left Behind America - Frontline

What America's Mayors Think About Domino's Pothole Filling Stunt - Eater

Autonomous Cars Need to Think More Like Humans - Fast Company

Episode 202: The Anatomy of an Urban Cell Sep 13, 2018

This week we're joined by planner and author Robin Renner. We talk about his wonderful book Urban Being: Anatomy and Identity of the City. Robin talks about how living in a number of places around the world got him to think differently about cities and how that led to his categorization of urban clusters. I ask how his work can be used by cities and he gives us a look into his thought process and the different geographies of the city.

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Episode 201: Building the Dutch Cycling City Sep 06, 2018

This week we're joined by Melissa and Chris Bruntlett to talk about their new book Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality. They chat about their trip to the Netherlands and their experiences in a number of different cities and how they relate to the North American context. We also chat about overflowing bike parking, why bikes are often left behind, and how street design is better than signs.

To purchase the book, visit Island Press

Episode 200: Urbanism as a Way of Life by Louis Wirth Aug 30, 2018

This week on the podcast it's our 200th episode!!!! We have a bit of a dance party in the intro before getting to the good stuff. We read in full "Urbanism as a Way of Life" by Louis Wirth from the Journal of Sociology in 1938. The piece is introduced by Dr. Lisa Schweitzer, a professor at USC Sol Price School of Public Policy who believes this piece and others sometimes get overshadowed by Jane Jacobs. So let us change that shall we? I really hope you enjoy this episode. If you do please send us an email at theoverheadwire@gmail.com

Episode 199: Recycling Capital for Public Good Aug 22, 2018

This week we're joined by former President and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund (Liif) Nancy Andrews. Nancy and I chat about community development, poverty reduction strategies, and the Bay Area Transit Oriented Housing Fund.

Episode 198: Setting Real Goals and Accelerating Change Aug 16, 2018

This week we're joined by Doug Farr, President of Farr Associates and author of the new book Sustainable Nation. Doug chats about the arrangement of the book by different patterns of urbanism and how we can take a bottom up approach to change our cities. He also chats about the forced boredom of the Burning Man festival and why Alexis de Tocqueville's 1835 work Democracy in America is still relevant today.

Episode 197: The Uber Effect Aug 09, 2018

This week we're joined by Andrew Saltzberg, Head of Transportation Policy and Research at Uber. Andrew talks about growing up in Montreal and his previous transportation work at the World Bank. We also chat about the importance of transportation policy at the city level and Uber's support for congestion pricing as well as the issue of geometry in urban places.

Episode 196: Infill is Brain Damage Aug 02, 2018

This week we’re chatting with Susan Henderson of PlaceMakers about the use and benefits of form-based codes. We talk about the focus of these codes, how they are used to support transit, and how a code can affect the streets around them. Susan also discusses why people might push back against form-based codes and how to frame conversations about them and their benefits.

Episode 195: The First Shoupista Jul 26, 2018

This week Patrick Siegman joins us to chat on the topic of parking. We chat about the etymology of the word parking, the legend that is Donald Shoup, and why the topic of parking gets so personal.

Episode 194: When is My City Going to Fit Me? Jul 19, 2018

This week we're joined by Mikael Colville-Andersen to talk about his book Copenhagenize. Mikael tells us about how his children influence his work and his feelings about bike culture. He also shares his dislike of e-bikes and scooters as well as the innovations that he believes help move bikes as transportation forward.

Episode 193: The Eternal Rush Hour Jul 12, 2018

This week we’re back at Michelin’s Movin On conference talking with Greg Rogers, Director of Government Affairs and Mobility Innovation of SAFE. Greg talks about autonomous vehicle regulations around the country and some of the limits of techno optimism. We also discuss a bit of what we liked and didn’t like at the Movin On conference and prospects for the future.

Episode 192: Highways and Partisanship Jul 05, 2018

This week we're joined by Clayton Nall, a professor of political science at Stanford University, to discuss his new book about the interstate highway system and political partisanship called The Road to Inequality: How the Federal Highway Program Polarized America and Undermined Cities. We chat about how partisanship affects the way people vote for transportation projects and the history of political change in the transportation world.

Episode 191: The Logistics of Urban Deliveries Jun 28, 2018

This week we're joined by Tom Madrecki, Director of Urban Innovation and Mobility at UPS. Tom talks to us about what urban mobility means to a logistics and delivery company like UPS. He talks about the costs of congestion to the company and how streets that make single occupant vehicles the first priority are not good for active transportation and deliveries.

Episode 190: Textbook Value Capture and TOD Jun 21, 2018

This week we talk with Stan Wall of HR&A Advisors. We talk about his previous work as the Director of Real Estate and Station Planning for WMATA in Washington DC such as how planning, funding and redevelopment at the NoMa transit station happened. Stan also talks about his favorite projects and what value capture actually means.

Episode 189: The New Atlanta Way Jun 14, 2018

This week we’re joined by Odetta MacLeish White of the Transformation Alliance in Atlanta. She talks about displacement pressures along the Beltline, history of segregation in planning, and big changes coming to advocacy and equity in the Atlanta region.

Episode 188: The Cost of a Subway Jun 07, 2018

This week we're joined by blogger and transport journalist Alon Levy. We talk about how Alon got into transportation, subway costs and price comparisons, and the thinking behind a new Boston commuter rail electrification plan.

Episode 187: A Shift in the Short Trip May 31, 2018

This week we're joined for a second time by Shared Use Mobility Center Executive Director Sharon Feigon. Sharon talks to us about the newest trends in shared mobility including scooters and e-bikes and we talk about whether the animosity towards ride hailing has waned. We also chat about the issues cities and transportation companies are coming across as they try to create mobility platforms and whether car share usage is going down due to more options in the market.

Episode 186: Bonus Episode - The City as Mobility Operating System May 29, 2018

Recently we moderated a panel in Austin during South by Southwest hosted by moovel and the Rocky Mountain Institute. The panel featured a number of folks from all different backgrounds discussing the future of mobility platforms in cities. We had representatives from the private sector, public sector, and advocacy voices to balance out the discussion and I think it was a good one folks will enjoy.

Jason JonMichael - City of Austin

Hilary Norton - FastLA

Karina Ricks - City of Pittsburgh

Nat Parker - Moovel

Tim McHugh - Portland Tri-Met

Jules Kortenhorst - CEO Rocky Mountain Institute

Meg Merritt - Nelson Nygaard

Episode 185: Building a Culture of Ridership May 24, 2018

This week we’re joined by the Executive Director of the KC Streetcar Authority, Tom Gerend. Tom talks about some of the challenges in creating the streetcar and a broader regional transit network. He explains the value capture funding mechanism that’s funds 100 percent of the streetcar’s operations and maintenance—as well as some of the project design and construction). The KC Streetcar is unique in a lot of ways, including its lack of a fare. Tom explains the rationale behind the decision to make the streetcar free.

Episode 184: Extraordinary Innovation at LA Metro May 17, 2018

This week we're joined by LA Metro CEO Phil Washington to talk about the many interesting things the agency is working on. He discusses building affordable housing near transit, testing new ideas like microtransit, and the origins of Metro's Office of Extraordinary Innovation.

Episode 183: Planning for Godzilla in SimCity May 10, 2018

This week on the podcast we’re joined by Joe DiStefano of Urban Footprint. We talk about Joe’s work with Calthorpe Associates doing regional planning as well as creating digital tools for big planning ideas. Joe also talks about the importance of planners having information at their fingertips in order to make decisions as well as being the ones in the room to remind everyone plans are about people.

Episode 182: Media Has Shaped the City May 03, 2018

This week we're joined by Shannon Mattern, Associate Professor of Media Studies at the New School in New York City. Shannon discusses her new book Code+Clay ... Data+Dirt: 5,000 Years of Urban Media. We talk about how she came up with the idea to teach a class on the intersection of media studies, architecture, and cities, her favorite research, and how the perfect future interface humans are looking for does not exist. There's also a discussion about mapping and how digital mapping can leave out aspects of space that should be considered.

Episode 181: Climbing the Ladder Together Apr 26, 2018

This week, we’re joined by Somerville MA Mayor Joseph Curtatone. The mayor talks about Somerville’s proximity to Boston, its amazing density and variable housing types, and how the community is working together on plans for future transit-oriented development around the Green Line Extension. Mayor Curtatone also talks about how that process is being monitored and can be recreated in the future. Finally, the mayor looks back at how the city has transformed yet maintained its unique character over his 14 years in office.

Episode 180: The Evolution of Federal Livability Policy Apr 19, 2018

This week we're joined again by Mariia Zimmerman of MZ Strategies. Mariia discusses how she got into transportation and urban planning after growing up in rural Minnesota and how livability policy has changed over time at the federal level. She also talks about the evolution of discussions about transit oriented development from initial proof of concept to a greater discussion on equity.

Episode 179: Data will Respirate the Future City Apr 12, 2018

This week we’re joined by Los Angeles DOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds. We chat about how she got into transportation planning and how we can innovate for everyone. There’s also a discussion about the future of streets, air rights of way, and how cities can handle partnerships with mobility providers that benefit cities. And finally we talk about pricing and what that means for cities as well as how to address changing revenue sources as cities evolve.

Episode 178: The Three Revolutions in Transportation Apr 05, 2018

This week we're joined by Daniel Sperling to talk about his new book Three Revolutions. We talk about the possible sea changes happening in the transportation world with electrification, automation, and shared rides. I ask him about the importance of regulations, how he got his epiphany that shared rides are the future, and what this revolutions means for auto manufacturers.

Episode 177: Peak Experience with Jarrett Walker Mar 29, 2018

This week Jarrett Walker of Jarrett Walker and Associates joins the podcast to talk about communicating difficult issues in transportation and planning. We talk about Jarrett’s excitement about urban change in Portland Oregon where he grew up and the importance of humanities majors in the transportation profession. We also talk about why NIMBYs feel the way they do and how we can think differently about our language and approach to housing and transportation.

Episode 176: Mobility is Like a Heavy Metal Band Mar 22, 2018

This week we’re at the National Shared Mobility Summit in Chicago. Jeff Tumlin of Nelson Nygaard moderates a panel of experts on new mobility including Carla Bailo from the Center for Automotive Research, Krista Huhtala-Jenks from the Finland Ministry of Transport and Communications, Dick Alexander from Trandev, and Justin Erlich from Uber. They talk about the new business model of shared mobility, actually moving people versus selling things, what are the pieces that go into transportation and mobility services as well as the future of moving people around. You might also hear amazing references to MacGyver and heavy metal bands.

Episode 175: Albuquerque - An Example for Midsized Cities Mar 15, 2018

This week we chat with Brian Reilly, former Economic Development Director in Buffalo, NY and Cleveland, OH and the Principal of the planning consultancy Doing Good, about integrating transportation and land use in Albuquerque. As Reilly explains, the city’s new bus rapid transit line ART is just one project but it forms a frequent and reliable backbone for Albuquerque's entire transportation system. Today, the city is focused on redevelopment along the Central Avenue corridor where ART runs, part of the historic Route 66. Reilly also talks about how the city is approaching poverty reduction from a transportation angle.

Episode 174: Building More Than Just a Transit Line Mar 01, 2018

This week we’re joined by Jonathan Sage Martinson, former Director of the Central Corridor Funders Collaborative in the Twin Cities. We talk about how the collaborative got started, how they supported planning in the Green Line light rail corridor between Minneapolis and St. Paul, and how one member even got the FTA to change a much discussed cost effectiveness rule.

Episode 173: Pro·pin·qui·ty - The State of Being Close to Someone or Something Feb 22, 2018

This week we’re joined by Robert Cervero, Erick Guerra, and Stefan Al to talk about their new book called Beyond Mobility. They talk about the idea of recalibrating cities and how we can put people first when we think about transportation and the built environment. We also talk about silly regulations such as one parking space per toilet seat and some of the examples of good transportation and planning we can borrow from around the world.

Interested in checking out the book? Use the code “4Beyond” at IslandPress.org and get 20% off.

Episode 172: The Smartest Station Feb 15, 2018

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by George Karayannis, Vice President of CityNow, a smart city arm of Panasonic Corporation. George talks about smart cities and how to think beyond shiny technology and what it means to think about the future. George also discusses what CityNow is setting up at Pena Station Next, a new smart city concept on Denver RTD's A Line commuter rail that incorporates ideas such as district energy, smarter streetlights, and intelligent power management in buildings. He talks about how and why the station location was chosen for this innovative project.

Episode 171: This is Not Mapping Just for Humans Feb 08, 2018

This week we’re joined by Christof Hellmis, Vice President of Strategic Program at Here Technologies in Berlin Germany. I was invited to CES in Las Vegas by HERE to check out the next generation in data and maps and got to sit down with Christof to talk about data and transportation. We chatted about how mapping and location will be important for new transportation technologies and old and I ask questions about equity and data and potential privacy concerns. At one point Christof goes on to say this isn’t just mapping for humans, it’s maps for everything.

Episode 170: Houston Spreads Like a Spilled Bucket of Water Feb 01, 2018

This week on the podcast we’re joined by Kyle Shelton of the Kinder Institute to talk about his new book Power Moves: Transportation, Politics, and Development in Houston. I ask Kyle why he wrote the book and his feelings about looking back at history knowing about potentially better transportation outcomes. We also talk about the idea of “infrastructure citizenship” and how local advocacy groups wielded power in past fights between road builders and transit advocates.

Episode 169: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Jan 25, 2018

This week we’re joined by Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic for our annual prediction extravaganza! Find out how last year’s predictions held up and whether you agree with this year’s thoughts on Montreal transit and Bus Rapid Transit in Boston. We also discuss the leaked infrastructure plan from the new administration and talk about our favorite writers focused on urban issues.

Episode 168: Conference Clash - TRB vs CES Jan 18, 2018

This week’s episode features Fehr and Peers Ron Milam and me discussing the differences between the Transportation Research Board conference in Washington DC and the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, both of which took place on the second week in January.

We discuss all the interesting topics that emerged from both conferences including delivery drones, curb management, massive data collection from autonomous vehicles, and the potential uses and rights issues that might arise in the built environment from the use of augmented reality.

Episode 167: Changing Hearts and Minds in the Street Renaissance Jan 11, 2018

This week we're back at NACTO 2017 in Chicago with a series of speakers that did quick presentations on how the work we do as advocates to change minds.

Skye Duncan hosts and starts off with a discussion of the NACTO Global Designing Cities Initiative.

Chris Bruntlett talks about the work he and his family do at Modacity "marketing the lifestyle of cycling".

Ed Solis of The City of San Jose describes Viva Calle, San Jose's Cyclovia.

Kris Carter of the City of Boston talks about the safety competition app "Boston's Safest Driver".

Ankita Chachra discusses the language of design and tools to make change in small ways that empower citizens to demand change.

And finally Ronnie Matthew Harris talks about showing people in his neighborhood alternative ways to plan journeys without the car.

Episode 166: Paris' Transportation Revolution Dec 21, 2017

This week we’re back at the NACTO Designing Cities conference for the closing plenary. Paris’ Deputy Mayor for Transportation and Public Space Christophe Najdovski discusses all the improvements that are being made to the city’s transportation network. He chats about expanding the subway and tram networks, improving cycling infrastructure, creating more space for people in public squares and pedestrianizing the left bank of the River Seine.

Episode 165: Transatlantic Part II Dec 14, 2017

This week we’re chatting again with Jonn Ellege of CityMetric. This time it’s my turn to interview and we cover a lot of ground. We talk about housing in London and out including the basics of council housing. We chat about major transportation projects including Crossrail and high speed rail while also discuss what’s happening to the buses on Oxford street and how Transport for London is regulating Uber.

Episode 164: Taming Pittsburgh's Aggressive Corridors Dec 07, 2017

This week we're joined by Breen Masciotra, TOD Manager for the Port Authorty of Allegheny County and Karina Ricks, Director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure at The City of Pittsburgh. We discuss transportation in Pittsburgh and the challenges they face including topography, new technologies, and hostile streets. We also talk about awesome improvements to the system including new bus rapid transit, transit oriented development, eco innovation districts, and connecting multiple mobility types.

Episode 163: Mayor Rahm Emanuel at NACTO Chicago Nov 30, 2017

This week we're at the NACTO Designing Cities Conference in Chicago and hear keynotes from Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Department of Transportation's Director of Planning and Programming Erin Aleman.

The Mayor discusses Chicago's distinct advantages compared to other cities as well as improvements that have been made to the cities transportation system. He also talks about new funding sources including a ride hailing fee for transit capital and why those things are related.

In her discussion after the Mayor, Erin Aleman discusses how IDOT is working to use NACTO's street design guides, how improvements are being made to reduce fatalities on streets, and how transportation affects everyone.

Episode 162: One Rule - Don’t Talk About Professor’s Parking Spaces Nov 16, 2017

This week we’re joined by James Corless, CEO of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, the Sacramento area’s MPO and COG. We chat with James about the Sacramento region and its connections to both urban and rural economies, his past working on federal transportation policy in Washington DC, why it’s kind of ridiculous to do 30 year regional long range transportation plans, and why mid-sized cities are part of a whole new space race for providing jobs and housing around the United States.

Episode 161: Defending the Right of Way Nov 09, 2017

This week we chat with Benjamin De La Pena, Deputy Director for Policy, Planning, Mobility, and Right of Way at Seattle DOT. We talk about SDOT’s New Mobility Playbook which offers strategies for future transportation that focuses on people first. Benjamin also discusses his affinity for international transportation, how we help the unbanked with transportation solutions, and how organizations can get ahead on policy during this whirlwind time for new mobility.

Episode 160: Mayors of Innovation Oct 26, 2017

This week we’re sharing the last plenary session of the Rail~volution conference which was a panel discussion of three current mayors of major United States cities hosted by Maurice Jones of LISC. Mayor Libby Schaaf of Oakland, Mayor Bill Peduto of Pittsburgh, and Mayor Michael Hancock of Denver discuss transportation and innovation in their cities including civic focused non-profits, public-private partnerships, neighborhoods pressures and resilience.

Episode 159: A Tombstone with NEPA on It Oct 19, 2017

This week we’re back again at Rail~Volution and joined by Diana Mendes, Transit/Rail Practice Leader and Vice President at HNTB. We talk about how Diana met the author of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and what needs to change about environmental planning. She talks about the environmental planning process for the Lower Manhattan Recovery after 9-11 in addition to early use of GIS.

Episode 158: Visiting with Congressman Earl Blumenauer Oct 12, 2017

This week we’re back at the Rail~Volution conference in Denver talking with Congressman Earl Blumenauer who represents Oregon’s 3rd District which includes parts of Portland. Congressman Blumenauer discusses how Rail~Volution got its start, how we can use congestion pricing and road user charges to pay for transportation, Vision Zero, and why urbanists should be thinking about the Farm Bill

Episode 157: Subsidizing Congestion with Commuter Tax Benefits Oct 05, 2017

This week we’re joined by Tony Dutzik of the Frontier Group and Steven Higashide of TransitCenter to discuss their new report entitled Who Pays for Parking? We discuss where these parking tax subsidies come from, what are some case studies of cities that have learned how to create value from parking, and who benefits from these parking subsidies.

Episode 156: 14 Years and One Purple Line Sep 28, 2017

This week on the podcast we’re bringing you an episode we recorded at Rail~Volution in Denver in front of a live audience. I was joined by transit advocate and Maryland local Dan Reed to talk about the Purple Line light rail project. After 31 years of discussion the Purple Line is finally under construction and Dan gives us some background on the project including where the project goes, how the public private partnership was put together and how lawsuits just couldn’t keep a good line down. We also learn how Dan used to talk about the project with his friends in high school and how his advocacy has spanned 14 years.

Episode 155: Guidelines and Expectations for Transit Oriented Development Sep 14, 2017

This week we’re joined by Abby Thorne Lyman, the Transit Oriented Development Program Manager at BART. Abby discusses BART’s new TOD Guidelines and the group of agency policies they pull together. We talk about the importance of reduced parking, the ridership benefits, and expectations transit agencies should have for property developers.

Episode 154: Land Value Capture and Transit Sep 07, 2017

This week we are back at the UITP Global Public Transport Summit in Montreal. We recorded this session on Land Value Capture featuring Julian Ware of Transport for London, Sharon Liu of Hong Kong’s MTR, and Iain Dobson of Strategic Regional Research Associates in Toronto. Each of them discuss how each of their organizations looks at land value capture as a specific tool for transport development.

Episode 153: Rise of the Undead Car Aug 24, 2017

This week we’re chatting with Nico Larco, an Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Oregon and Co-Director of the Sustainable Cities Initiative. We talk about the secondary effects of autonomous vehicles and e-commerce such as street design, parking, and land values. We also talk about terrestrial drones, zombie cars, delivery bee hives, and the fact that cities just aren’t ready yet for an autonomous future.

Episode 152: Critiquing the Language of Planners Aug 17, 2017

This week Robin Rather of Collective Strength joins the podcast to talk about missteps in the planning profession. She discusses how she got to thinking about urban issues and why she believes current planning practice is stuck in the 1990s. We also talk about the often jargon filled language the profession uses and use an example paragraph from Austin’s current code rewrite to illustrate.

Episode 151: Transatlantic Part 1 - United States Aug 10, 2017

This week is the first part of two where I chat with Jonn Elledge, the editor of City Metric and the host of the Skylines podcast. In this episode Jonn interviews me about US transportation, particularly the history of urban subways and light rail and we also talk about transport politics and possible futures.

Episode 150: Self Driving Cars Getting Drunk on Motor Oil Aug 03, 2017

This week we welcome back Tanya Snyder of Politico Magazine for the 150th episode of Talking Headways. We discuss aviation legislation in the house of representatives including what it means for drones and whether private jets should pay more for air traffic control. We also talk about legislation on self-driving vehicles and all of the smaller details you might not have heard before including state versus federal regulations of vehicles and children’s safety.

Episode 149: Planning is Easy, Zoning is Hard Jul 20, 2017

This week we’re joined by Lee Einsweiler of Code Studio in Austin Texas. We talk about all things land use codes and zoning including what goes into a zoning code, different countries approaches to zoning, the dreaded topic of parking, as well as why they usually haven’t been updated for 50 years.

Episode 148: Sharing a Ride to the Future Jul 13, 2017

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Zack Wasserman, Head of Global Business Development at Via, a ride sharing company headquartered in New York. We talk about Via’s role as a ride sharing provider and software builder for transit agencies and how we can get more people sharing rides. We also discuss how future transportation will likely change in lower density places and the role of innovation in both the public and private sector transportation space.

Episode 147: Avoiding Carbon Emissions by Taking Transit Jul 06, 2017

This week we’re coming to you from the UITP Global Transport Summit in Montreal with guest Projjal Dutta, the Director of Sustainability at the NYMTA. We chat about the idea of transit avoided carbon, how you measure emissions, and the impact of Superstorm Sandy on sustainability thinking in the NY region.

Episode 146: Gifting TIGER and Transit Money to Wall Street Jun 29, 2017

This week on the podcast we’re chatting with Beth Osborne of T4America and Kevin DeGood of The Center for American Progress about infrastructure plans of the new administration. We talk about the budget process skinny or thick, the possible benefits and drawbacks of public private partnerships, the difference between funding and financing, and what this means for transportation in rural areas.

Episode 145: Zero Emissions Cities are the Key Jun 22, 2017

This week we’re joined by Patrick Oliva, the Co-Founder of the Paris Process on Mobility and Climate to talk about decarbonization of transport. We chat about electrification of the transport sector and what it means for climate change, the role cities need to play in the Paris process and what levels of government work best, and the what the focus should be for mayors in the coming decade.

Episode 144: More Than Just a Box Jun 09, 2017

This week we’re joined by Matthew Heins to talk about his book The Globalization of American Infrastructure: The Shipping Container and Freight Transportation. Matthew talks about how the American highway and rail systems created a global standard for shipping containers, the local actors shaping globalization, containerization’s effects on labor and relevance to an automated trucking future, and the massive intermodal terminals in cities like Chicago.

Episode 143: Supply and Demand is So Boring May 31, 2017

This week we’re back with part 2 of our discussion with Dr. Lisa Schweitzer of USC’s Price School of Public Policy. We talk about the idea of jobs housing balance, her blog post on the Smartest Boy Urbanist, her favorite planning books and mentors, and we get a preview of her upcoming book on firearms and cities.

Episode 142: Lightsaber Fights from Autonomous Pods May 25, 2017

This week we're joined by Dr. Lisa Schweitzer of USC's Sol Price School of Public Policy. For this first episode of two with Dr. Schweitzer we chat about how her students respond to urban planning classes, the recent dustup between bike advocates during a city council election in Los Angeles, and autonomous vehicles and land policy.

Episode 141: The Streets Revolution Will be Televised in Purple May 04, 2017

This week we chat with Streetfilms own Clarence Eckerson Jr. We chat about how he started making films and his beginnings with BikeTV. Additionally, we talk about the best way to make films and what some of recommendations are for approaching people on the street. There might also be a few stories about Veronica Moss, The Zozo, and The Color Gurple.

Episode 140: The Urban Policy Translator Apr 27, 2017

This week we’re joined by Shelley Poticha, Director of NRDC’s Urban Solutions Program. We chat about a couple of programs she’s working on at NRDC including SPARCC and the City Energy Project. I ask about the Clean Power Plan and we talk about how FTA and HUD were finally connected as well as the 1993 book she wrote with Peter Calthorpe about TOD called The Next American Metropolis.

Episode 139: The Battery Powered Electric Bus Apr 20, 2017

This week we’re chatting with Matt Horton of Proterra, a company that designs and manufactures battery powered electric buses. We chat about the basics of electric buses, power consumption and recharging, the benefits and costs, as well as possible environmental outcomes.

Episode 138: Saving Cities One Picture at a Time Apr 13, 2017

This week we’re chatting with Chuck Wolfe about his new book Seeing the Better City. We discuss how he makes his own urban diaries with images, the ability to sense events long passed in places we know, the best way for bloggers and urbanists to use pictures in their work and advocacy, and a future where images are data mined hopefully not resulting in the extermination of humans by our AI overlords.

Episode 137: The Future is Not Far Away Apr 07, 2017

This week we’re joined by UITP’s Sylvain Haon ahead of the organization’s global public transport summit in Montreal. We talk about big projects happening around the world, private and public moves towards mobility as a service, sustainable mobility planning in Europe, and how autonomous vehicles will help transit support a shared transportation future.

Episode 136: Oakland Part 1 - Transport Oakland Mar 31, 2017

I can’t believe this episode is finally out for everyone to hear! Over a year ago I was approached by a colleague who told me that something big was happening in Oakland and that I should monitor the process as they try to put together a new Transportation Department. This the first and hopefully not the last episode in this series I’m starting on the Oakland Transportation Department to cover how it came to be and what comes next. This particular episode follows new advocacy group Transport Oakland as a parklet project they wanted to see completed became political. Future episodes will cover more politics and mechanics of the department specifically, but I thought this would be a good starting point. So I hope you enjoy this first part of the series, and hopefully it won’t take another year to get to episode 2!

Episode 135: When Relatives Take Transit, You Ride Too Mar 24, 2017

This week we’re joined by Darnell Grisby, Director of Policy Development and Research at the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). We talk about the national dip in transit ridership, who rides transit around the United States and federal policy going forward. Darnell also talks about technology innovation that might be coming to transit agencies including autonomous buses, different vehicle sizes, new payment systems and more.

Episode 134: Don’t Take Either Party for Granted Mar 16, 2017

This week we’re back at the Shared Use Mobility Summit in Chicago this last October. In what feels like a bit of a time warp, Laura Washington of the Chicago Sun Times hosts a panel featuring The Metropolitan Planning Council’s MarySue Barrett, the Shared Use Mobility Center’s Sharon Feigon, and Transportation for America’s James Corless. The panel discusses what they think federal policy will be like with a new administration and what to expect from a Republican Congress. There’s a lot of valuable information for thinking about our current infrastructure spending discussion including partnerships and programs even though there was no knowledge of the eventual November winner.

Episode 133: Designing City Streets for People Mar 09, 2017

This week we’re joined by Corinne Kisner and Matthew Roe of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) to talk about their mission and series of Street Design Guides. We talk about how the guides are put together, how cities are using them to change their streets, and the importance of creating streets for people.

Episode 132: Annual Transit Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Feb 23, 2017

This week we’re joined by Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic and Streetsblog’s new series Getting Transit Right. This is our annual prediction show where we break down the results of last year’s transit predictions and make some more for 2017. In between Yonah and I talk about high speed rail, transit and development, Elon Musk’s crazy tunnel ideas, and the future of federal policy.

Episode 131: Can All Cities be Great? Feb 16, 2017

This week we’re joined by Alexander Garvin, author of the recently released book What Makes a Great City. In this episode we chat about why people are an important factor in building cities and taking pictures, why Houston’s Post Oak Boulevard is going to show up Chicago, San Francisco, and New York’s best streets, and Alexander’s heroes from Edmund Bacon to Haussmann to Robert Moses.

Episode 130: Integrating High Speed Rail Stations with Communities in France Part 2 Feb 09, 2017

German Marshall Fund fellow Eric Eidlin guest hosts the podcast this week for part II of our discussion of French high-speed rail and cities. Joining Eric are Stephan de Fay, executive director of Bordeaux Euratlantique, the public agency overseeing the redevelopment of Bordeaux’s main train station to accommodate several new high speed rail lines by 2020, and Etienne Tricaud, president and CEO of AREP, the French railway’s architecture office.

This week we chat about how large projects in France are treated as projects of national significance and the expectations on these projects. There’s also a discussion of the Paris region’s over 1,483 mayors and the way the Grand Paris project has created better governance structures. Finally Stephan and Etienne discuss their perceptions of Diridon station and how we can create value with these opportunities.

Episode 129: Integrating High Speed Rail Stations with Communities in France Part 1 Feb 02, 2017

This week German Marshall Fund fellow Eric Eidlin is the host for two French High Speed Rail experts; Stephan de Fay, the Executive Director of Bordeaux Euratlantique, the public agency that is overseeing the redevelopment of Bordeaux’s main train station to accommodate several new high speed rail lines by 2020 and Etienne Tricaud, President and CEO of AREP, the French Railway’s architecture office.

Together they discuss the geography of France and its high speed rail network, the station areas as not just transportation projects but major urban projects, the experts and powers available to public agencies working on station area planning in France, the design of the station area versus that of the district as a whole, and finally the importance of having an overall vision for integrating transportation and land use in the station district. Join us for part 1 of this interesting discussion.

Episode 128: Innovation, Introverts, and Uber Wars Jan 26, 2017

This week we are joined by David Zipper, the Managing Director at 1776 Ventures, a global startup hub based in Washington D.C. A veteran of the Bloomberg Administration in New York City and the mayoral administrations of Adrian Fenty and Vincent Gray in Washington D.C., David discusses innovative initiatives he’s been a part of including a deal DC struck with startup company Living Social in addition to the introduction of ride hailing regulations during the infamous DC Uber Wars. We also chat about innovative transportation companies blossoming around the globe as well as what kinds of traits make for great innovators.

Episode 127: Cities on a Hill Jan 19, 2017

This week we’re joined by Pulitzer Prize winning author Francis Fitzgerald to talk about her 1986 book Cities on a Hill. We discuss the different “visionary” communities from the book including Rajneeshpuram in Oregon, San Francisco’s Castro district, Sun City retirement communities, and Jerry Falwell’s moral majority in Lynchburg Virginia. Francis also talks about living in New York City and restaurant culture in Vietnam.

Episode 126: Planning While Black Jan 12, 2017

This week we’re going back to NACTO in Seattle and listening to a plenary given by the Los Angeles Bicycle Coalition’s Tamika Butler. The plenary, “Planning While Black” goes through some of Tamika’s personal history, issues of diversity and equity, and how we should be planning for people who aren’t represented in the process.

Episode 125: Navigating Nairobi with Ma3Route Jan 05, 2017

This week we’re joined by Stephane Eboko of Ma3route, a transportation information platform with over half a million users in Nairobi Kenya. We chat about the platform and how it helps travelers in the city avoid traffic, what interesting reports and information have come from users reporting their experiences, and what travel is like in Kenya’s Capital.

Episode 124: Every Cocktail Napkin Has an Alternative Alignment Dec 15, 2016

This week we head to Seattle for the NACTO Designing Cities Conference to discuss the myriad of issues transportation agencies face when trying to move projects forward and the relationships that make it work out in the end. Moderated by David Bragdon, Executive Director of TransitCenter, the panel features LA DOT’s General Manager Seleta Reynolds, LACMTA’s Deputy Chief Executive Officer Stephanie Wiggins, Seattle DOT’s Director Scott Kubly, and Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff.

Episode 123: Colonias - Informal Housing in the United States Dec 08, 2016

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Emily Perlmeter of the Federal Reserve Bank in Dallas Texas. She joins us to talk about the half million people that live in informal settlements on the US side of the Mexican border called Colonias. She discusses how these settlements are formed and the demographics of who lives there as well as their strengths and hardships. Join us as we take a look into a little discussed housing problem you might not have known existed.

Episode 122: A Bus Full of People Should Go Ahead of a Tesla Dec 01, 2016

This week we’re back at the Shared Use Mobility Summit in Chicago listening to a great panel discussing how we can use a changing technology and information landscape to get more equitable outcomes. Jackie Grimshaw of the Center for Neighborhood Technology moderates this panel featuring Anita Cozart, Deputy Director at the Center for Infrastructure Equity at Policy Link, Rob Puentes President and CEO for the Eno Center for Transportation and Joshua Schank, the Chief Innovation Officer at LA Metro.

A lot of interesting discussions come up including the idea that innovation doesn’t always have to be from technology, the fact that not all people are benefitting from transportation investments, the measurement bias in the models we use to make transportation decisions and much much more. It’s a great discussion and I highly recommend the listen.

Episode 121: Will Your Autonomous Future be Heaven or Hell? Nov 22, 2016

This week we’re at the Shared Use Mobility Summit in Chicago listening to a keynote speech from Zipcar Co-Founder Robin Chase. Robin talks about her ideas on the brave new world of shared mobility services and autonomous vehicles. She discusses how autonomous vehicles could be heaven by making space for more active transportation like biking and walking or a hell where we are just swapping out everyone’s cars for a driverless version and continuing existing policies.

Episode 120: Dave Cieslewicz at the Empty Storefronts Conference Nov 10, 2016

This week we’re in Madison Wisconsin for the Empty Storefronts Conference and joined by former Mayor and Executive Director of the Wisconsin Bike Fed Dave Cieslewicz. We chat about his transportation hero, how bikes interact with small businesses, economic development, and why new technologies should make us think twice about building new parking spaces.

Episode 119: Christof Spieler Live from Rail~Volution Nov 03, 2016

This week we’re joined live from Rail~Volution by Houston Metro Board Member Christof Spieler. We talk about the progress on Houston’s bus reimagining and Christof gives tips for public engagement and system planning. There’s also a discussion about route alignments for bus and rail lines and a plea to use more data when making decisions.

Episode 118: This is an Elizabeth Line Train Oct 28, 2016

This week we’re chatting with Ian Brown, former Managing Director for London Rail. We discuss everything London transport including operations contracts, congestion pricing, constructing, financing and making the case for the massive Crossrail project, cycling, bus operations and even contactless payment systems.

Episode 117: Will They Throw Tomatoes or Flowers Oct 20, 2016

This week I’m joined by Meea Kang, Rail~volution Board Member and Founding Partner of Domus Development. Meea joins me live from the Rail~volution conference to talk about what it’s like to be an affordable housing developer building sustainable projects. We talk about the 16 variances it took to do TOD in Sacramento, workforce housing in Tahoe on a bus line with 60 minute headways, and what it takes to pass a state law that reduces parking requirements near transit.

Episode 116: Remixing the Future of Transit Planning Oct 14, 2016

This week I’m joined by Tiffany Chu, the Co-Founder of the transit planning software firm Remix. Tiffany discusses the positive responses that the company has gotten from the industry and what made got it started. We also discuss the possible policy implications as well as the movement towards open data.

Episode 115: 100 Percent Universally Designed Sep 29, 2016

This week we’re chatting with transit advocate Sunday Parker about transportation access for people with disabilities. We talk about the design of transit stations, the layout of the new BART train cars and what that means for different types of users, the idea of universal design and access in the built environment overall, and our best transit days.

Episode 114: The City of Los Angeles is Full Sep 22, 2016

This week we’re joined by Shane Phillips who writes at the blog Better Institutions. We chat about Los Angeles’ and everyone else’s housing issues including The Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, development exactions, vacancy rates, and more. Shane also talks a bit about how he keeps motivated to write the blog and what allows him to think a little bit outside the box before thinking about the importance of urbanist happy hours.

Episode 113: A Different Look at Transportation Sep 15, 2016

This week we’re joined by Rob Puentes of the Eno Center for Transportation, a 95 year old organization focused on better transportation outcomes. We discuss a number of different topics including some we usually don’t hear much about. Aviation, freight, coordinating automated vehicle policy, and the presidential election are some of the big topics in our discussion.

Episode 112: The Vancouver Model Sep 01, 2016

This week we’re joined by former Vancouver BC chief planner Brent Toderian. We discuss the best way to do density, when towers are appropriate for cities, what type of cities should take on the Olympics, and what happens to a planner after they have kids. Brent also talks about the negatives of not only NIMBYs but YIMBYs and whether we should believe all those articles that rank cities by any measure.

Episode 111: Putting Dallas Back Together Again Aug 18, 2016

This week we’re joined by Patrick Kennedy to talk about what’s going on in Dallas. We discuss A New Dallas and the recent TXDOT CityMap Plan which will re-imagine the freeways and roads in downtown Dallas. We also discuss the importance of existing dense neighborhoods to promote new neighborhoods, downtown subways, urban politics, and what’s going on with plans for the Trinity River.

Episode 110: Columbus - The Smartest City in the Land Aug 11, 2016

This week we’re joined by Josh Lapp, a board member at Transit Columbus to talk about Ohio’s capital city. We talk about the changes that have been happening to make Columbus more urban, how its stadiums have been situated to support downtown growth and walkability, and transportation issues such as bike share, light rail, and of course the recent win by Columbus of USDOT’s smart cities challenge.

Episode 109: Future Shared Mobility in Smart Cities Aug 04, 2016

This week we're going back to the Live.Ride.Share conference from Denver for the closing plenary. Speakers discuss the Smart City Challenge put on by the DOT, the future of shared use mobility carpooling services, autonomous vehicles, and their impact on cities and greenhouse gases.

Speakers include:

Mark Dowd, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at USDOT,

Amanda Eaken - Deputy Director of the Urban Solutions Program, NRDC

Emily Castor - Director of Transportation Policy, Lyft

Jonathan Hall - Head of Economic Research for Public Policy and Litigation, Uber Technologies

Episode 108: Mapping the Smells and Sounds of the Sensory City Jul 27, 2016

This week on the podcast I’m bringing back a conversation I had in Cambridge England with Daniele Quercia and Luca Aiello of Bell Labs. This focus recently has been on data mining and aggregation which has led to sensory mapping in cities. With this information they have been able to map smell, sound, and how people feel on their favorite walking routes.

Episode 107: Change in the Mile High City Jul 14, 2016

This week we’re joined by David Sachs of Streetsblog Denver. David talks about the amazing advocacy landscape in the city as well as a number of specific projects and initiatives that are happening in the city from the controversial widening of I-70 to the possibility of a new transportation department and the rethinking of the 16th street bus mall.

Episode 106: An Alternative Future for Mobility Jul 07, 2016

This week we're joined by Paul Mackie of Mobility Lab, to talk about transportation demand management (TDM) and mobility in cities. We discuss how cities are not prepared for new mobility and the need to share data and plan for different mobility outcomes.

Episode 105: Color Your City Outside the Lines Jun 23, 2016

This week we’re joined by cartographer Gretchen Peterson to talk about map making as well as her new book, City Maps: A Coloring Book for Adults. We talk about why she designed the book and why the cities she chose to display were included.

Episode 104: Ghosts of Motordom's Past and Future Jun 16, 2016

This week we replay the morning plenary broadcast live from the Denver Live.Ride.Share conference that happened last month. Jill Locantore of WalkDenver introduces University of Virginia Professor Peter Norton, author of Fighting Traffic who discusses how automobiles were sold to the public and Gabe Klein, former DOT Director in Washington DC and Chicago who talks about what he believes their future might be.

Peter’s talk is at the 5 minute mark and Gabe’s starts at 28:15. Questions from the audience and a discussion between the two start at 1:02.15 if you’re short on time.

Episode 103: Sharing (Your Bike, Car, Bus) is Caring Jun 09, 2016

This week we’re chatting with Sharon Feigon of the Shared Use Mobility Center. I ask what shared use mobility is and we talk about the growth of bike share, car share, ride hailing, and more.

Episode 102: Changing the Federal Rules Jun 02, 2016

This week I’m joined by Kevin DeGood of The Center for American Progress and Deron Lovaas of NRDC to talk about rules proposed by the Federal Highway Administration to measure congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.

Episode 101: Moneyball for Transit May 26, 2016

This week we’re joined by Laurel Paget-Seekins to talk about her work as a transit activist in Atlanta, her thinking about transit networks from her time in Santiago Chile, and her current work on data collection and dissemination as the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the MBTA in Boston.

Episode 100: Moving Sidewalks with Tanya Snyder May 13, 2016

This week we’re joined by Tanya Snyder to look back a bit on 100 episodes of the Talking Headways Podcast. We also talk about DC Metro, Moving Sidewalks, and your transportation habits when you move to a new house.

Episode 99: It Costs More to Drive 'Till You Qualify May 05, 2016

This week we’re joined by Shima Hamidi, Reid Ewing, and John Renne to talk about their paper “How Affordable is HUD Affordable Housing?” in the Journal Housing Policy Debate which discusses the issue of housing and transportation affordability.

Episode 98: A Shared Space Revolution Apr 28, 2016

This week we’re joined by Robert Ping, The Executive Director of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute. We talk about complete streets, active living, and Pittsburgh's plans for shared space.

Episode 97: The City is a Painting You Walk Into Apr 21, 2016

This week we’re joined by James Rojas of Place It! to talk about art in planning and Latino Urbanism.

Episode 96: Getting Transit Agencies a Seat at the Land Use Table Apr 07, 2016

Brian McMahon and GB Arrington talk about TCRP Report 182, Linking Transit Agencies and Land Use Decision Making.

Episode 95: American Walking and Biking Benchmarked Mar 31, 2016

This week we’re joined by Christy Kwan, Interim Executive Director of the Alliance for Biking and Walking to talk about their bi-annual national Benchmarking Report. We talk about the awesome information in the report and why local activists might use it to advocate for better communities.

Episode 94: Measuring Walkability on the Wasatch Front Mar 17, 2016

This week we’re joined by Muriel Xochimitl, Jon Larsen, and Callie New of the Wasatch Front Regional Council MPO in Utah to talk about their new interactive story map tool measuring urban street design that took the walkability research of Reid Ewing and Otto Clement at the University of Utah and turned it into a data rich map the team hopes will become a standard measure for all streets.

Episode 93: 100 Years of Cincinnati's Incomplete Subway Mar 10, 2016

Jake Mecklenborg, the author of Cincinnati's Incomplete Subway joins us to talk about the history of the tunnels under the city that have been there now for 100 years.

Episode 92: The Indian Transportation Context Mar 03, 2016

Akshay Mani joins us to talk about transportation issues in India.

Episode 91: Trinidad, Transit Dates, and Dive Bars Feb 25, 2016

Ed Parillon comes on the show to talk about living in Trinidad, dive bars, housing, raising kids in cities, and transit dates.

Episode 90: New Tactics for Transportation Ballot Measures Feb 11, 2016

Jason Jordan joins the podcast to talk about transportation ballot measures and new tactics from the opposition.

Episode 89: Food Culture, Regional Urban Form, and Memories from the Mall with Kristen Jeffers Feb 04, 2016

This week we’re joined by Kristen Jeffers, the Communcations and Membership Manager for Bike Walk KC and the Author of The Black Urbanist. Join us for a fun conversation about regional department stores, hair salons, and more!

Episode 88: The Year in Transit Starts #3 with Yonah Freemark Jan 28, 2016

Yonah Freemark joins us to talk about his new mapping tool Transit Explorer and the big transit projects that are opening or under construction in the next year.

Episode 87: A Car Free Travel Guide for Los Angeles Jan 09, 2016

Author Nathan Landau joins us to talk about his travel guide Car Free LA and Southern California.

Episode 86: The Carpool Reimagined Jan 06, 2016

Rob Sadow of the carpool app Scoop talks about the future of transportation and how his app works for businesses wanting more employees to ride to work together.

Episode 85: You Can't Surf After the Storm Dec 17, 2015

Alisa Valderrama and Rob Moore of NRDC talk about how water and climate change effects cities and infrastructure now and in the future.

Episode 84: Houston Won't Be "Planning by Pitchfork" Anymore Dec 10, 2015

This week we’re chatting with Jay Crossley of Houston Tomorrow and Streetsblog Texas. On September 30th Houston passed a new comprehensive plan and ceased to be the largest city in the United States without one. Plan Houston was over 14 years in the making and allows Houston to stop as Jay says “Plan by Pitchfork”.

Episode 83: Don't Miss the #NerdTrain Dec 03, 2015

Matt Johnson from DC joins us to talk about how he's ridden 101 different rail transit systems and the origins of #NerdTrain

Episode 82: Gabe Klein's Start Up City Nov 19, 2015

Former head of Chicago and DC departments of transportation Gabe Klein discusses themes from his new book called Start Up City.

Episode 81: Live from Dallas: Arts Districts, Carless Bridges, and Electric Light Parades Nov 12, 2015

Live from the Rail~Volution conference in Dallas, we chat with Catherine Cuellar and Dave Unsworth about Dallas and Portland respectively.

Episode 80: The Built Environment and Public Health Nov 04, 2015

Dr. Richard Jackson joins the podcast to talk about health and cities.

Episode 79: Pattern Cities and the Bellbottoms of Urbanism Oct 22, 2015

Mike Lydon joins us to talk about Tactical Urbanism and Pattern Cities. I also wonder, is Urbanism like fashion? Things just keep coming back into style.

Episode 78: Measuring Carbon Emissions at Street Level Oct 15, 2015

Dr. Kevin Gurney of Arizona State joins us to chat about carbon emissions data collection at the street, the block, and the city level.

Episode 77: Three Weeks in the Mountain West without a Car Oct 08, 2015

Tim Sullivan joins us to talk about his new book Ways to the West

Episode 76: Louisville's Urbanism Derby Oct 01, 2015

Episode 75: A Transportation Innovation Revolution Sep 17, 2015

Episode 74: Your Brain on Two Legs Sep 10, 2015

Episode 73: The Urban Displacement Project Sep 03, 2015

Episode 72: Remaking California's Transportation System Aug 25, 2015

Episode 71: Indexing Livability for All Ages Aug 13, 2015

Episode 70: The Missions of San Antonio Aug 06, 2015

Episode 69: Tanya's Back! Platers Gonna Plate Jul 30, 2015

Episode 68: The Freeway That Never Was Jul 21, 2015

Episode 67: High Speed Rail Lessons from Germany and France Jul 13, 2015

Episode 66: An Applied Urban Anthropologist Jul 06, 2015

Episode 65: Charlotte's Urban Web Jun 25, 2015

Episode 64: The Sharing Economy, Robots, and You Jun 18, 2015

Episode 63: St. Louis is Awesome, You Just Don't Know It Yet Jun 11, 2015

Episode 62: Metro Areas: The True Laboratories of Democracy Jun 04, 2015

Episode 61: A Positive Vibe for Chicago TOD May 21, 2015

Episode 60: The Missing Middle Housing May 14, 2015

Episode 59: Milwaukee - The Fresh Coast May 07, 2015

Episode 58: Oklahoma City Shapes Up Apr 30, 2015

Episode 57: These Roads Won't Pay for Themselves Apr 23, 2015

Episode 56: We Built This City on Transit and Roads Apr 13, 2015

Episode 55: The City Lighting Revolution Apr 09, 2015

Clifton Lemon and Steve Lawton of LightPlace Advisors join me this week to talk about how lighting is going to change in cities with the advent of the LED.

Episode 54: Urban Cowboys on Light Rail Apr 01, 2015

Christof Spieler joins me again to chat about Houston. This time we chat transportation and all the great things Houston is working on.

Episode 53: Growing Up and Out in Houston Texas Part 1 Mar 24, 2015

Episode 52: They Took Our Jobs!! ...Downtown Mar 12, 2015

This week on the Talking Headways Podcast I’m joined by Joe Cortright of City Observatory to nerd out on employment data and discuss their most recent report Surging City Center Job Growth.We learn how employment cores for many cities are growing and why this looks like a longer term shift in growth.

Episode 51: The Peking Order Mar 04, 2015

This week on the podcast I’m joined by Dr. Mariela Alfonzo to discuss walkability in China. We talk about her recent paper, Walkability, obesity and urban design in Chinese neighborhoods in the journal Preventative Medicine as well as the lack of data availability for researchers, the obstacles to walking such as poles and poorly designed ramps, and the huge issue of air quality indoors and out.

Episode 50: Green Tripping Feb 25, 2015

This week Ann Cheng of the California Transportation Advocacy Group Transform joins me to talk about their Green Trip program. Ann, a planner, the former Mayor of El Cerrito California, as well as one of San Francisco Business Times “40 Under Forty” in 2014 discusses how housing developers can build less parking and more housing by giving residents better travel options through Green Trip Certification.

Episode 49: They Know Where the Bodies Are Buried Feb 17, 2015

Mariia Zimmerman of MZ Strategies joins me to chat about her new report on local advocacy for transportation reform called Transportation Transformation. Mariia, former Deputy Director for the Office of Sustainable Communities at HUD as well as former Chief of Staff to Congressman Earl Blumenauer, spent a year probing the local transportation advocacy landscape to see what issues people were working on, which regions were the most innovative, and case studies that look at the San Francisco Bay Area and the Washington DC region.

Episode 48: Urbanism in the Style of Gangnam Feb 09, 2015

Guest host Randy Simes, Headline writer for the Streetsblog Ohio Network Blog and owner of UrbanCincy.com, joins me from South Korea to give his thoughts on his current home in the Gangnam district of Seoul and his previous one in Atlanta. We cover Keith Parker’s turnaround of Atlanta’s transit agency MARTA, talk about the belt line and the types of people that won’t leave the cozy boundary it creates, and Randy shares the best place to get southern hospitality in town.

From there we swerve from a discussion about Al Gore’s $90T plan to remake cities without cars into a chat about America’s crumbling infrastructure. Or splintering. Depends on what material the pipes are made from.

And for the final few minutes there is a celebration of Denver’s 10 year anniversary of the Fastracks vote. Regionalism and light rail on freight rights-of-way is debated and the locals might know what Randy means when he mentions Biker Jim.

All that and more on this week’s Talking Headway Podcast

Episode 47: We Are Speeding by Design Feb 02, 2015

Guest host Tim Halbur joins Jeff to talk about how we design our roads for speed, the idea that we need to design complete streets with Trucks in mind, age in cities, and the airbnb-ification of parking.

Episode 46: Free Ranging Transport Data Jan 21, 2015

Tanya Snyder and Jeff Wood discuss free range kids, bus riding dogs and Uber's data dump.

Episode 45: The Year in Transit Starts (feat. Yonah Freemark) Jan 12, 2015

This episode pretty much sums up why this podcast exists in the first place. You thought you knew something about transit? Listening to Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic and Jeff Wood of the Overhead Wire (and my lovely co-host) geek out on transit starts of 2014 and 2015 is a humbling, and surprisingly animating, experience.

You can study for this episode by reading Yonah's seventh annual compendium of "Openings and Construction Starts Planned for 2015" or you can come straight here and hear him tell it (and then argue with Jeff about it).

You thought the Oakland airport connector was a good idea just because transit is good? Get schooled. Didn’t know the country was getting its first bus/rail/bike/ped (but no cars!) bridge? Learn about it here. Wondering how escalator length impacts subway ridership? Yup, you heard it here first, folks.

With that, I present to you: Yonah and Jeff on the transit starts of 2014 and 2015. Spoiler alert: Last year was a good year for expanding transportation options, and this year stands to be even better. But don’t take my word for it. Have a listen.

Episode 44: Here I Am, Stuck in Seattle With You Dec 19, 2014

Stuck in Seattle or Stuck in Sherman Oaks. There are so many places to get stuck these days and so many clowns and jokers making it worse.

First, poor Bertha, stuck 100 feet under Seattle. All the tunnel boring machine wanted to do was drill a 1.7-mile tunnel for a highway that won't even access downtown and is projected to cause more congestion at a higher price than a parallel surface/transit option -- and it got stuck just 1,000 feet in. Last December. Now the rescue plan is making downtown sink. It's not going well. And to be honest, it was always destined to not go well, but it was a crappy plan to begin with. Luckily, there is a rescue plan for the rescue plan, if anyone cares to carry it out. It starts with some accountability and ends -- spoiler alert! -- with pulling the damn plug.

But if the new tunnel to replace Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct is likely to cause traffic tie-ups, it's nothing compared to the perennial jam on LA's I-405. The popular navigation app Waze has started directing drivers off the freeway and into the residential neighborhood of Sherman Oaks, infuriating the people who live there. Their solution: Try to convince Waze there are traffic jams in Sherman Oaks too. Our solution: Build a better transportation system.

And that's it! This is our last podcast until the New Year. You can catch up on anything you missed on iTunes or Stitcher, and if you follow our RSS feed (or our Twitter feeds) you'll be the first to know when a new episode is out.

Happy Holidays, and Happy Trails!

Episode 43: Level of Disservice Dec 12, 2014

Whether you’re building an office tower or a new transit line in California, you’re going to run up against the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The law determines how much environmental analysis you need to do for new projects. But sadly, it’s better at supporting auto oriented development than it is at determining environmental impacts.

That’s because instead of looking at a project’s impact on the environment, it looks mostly at its impact on traffic. And the measures CEQA uses to determine traffic impact focus on individual intersections, instead of the region as a whole. As a result, they end up penalizing urban infill development and transit projects while promoting sprawl and road expansion.

Here’s the good news: This traffic measure, known as Level of Service (LOS), is set to be overhauled in California. Last year, Governor Brown signed into law SB743. Mostly what that bill does is allow the Sacramento Kings to build a new stadium. But the other thing it does is allow for the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research to come up with a new measure to replace LOS. We’ve discussed this on Streetsblog before, and this week’s Talking Headways is a special podcast episode all about how LOS works against sustainable development patterns and what is being done to change it.

Jeff produced this podcast for the NRDC Urban Solutions Program. Guests include Jeff Tumlin of Nelson\Nygaard, Amanda Eaken of NRDC, and Chris Ganson of the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research. Hope you enjoy it.

Catch us on iTunes, Stitcher, and the RSS feed. And we'll see you on Twitter.

Episode 42: I'm Not a Scientist Nov 20, 2014

Do you ever think about the ecology of the city you live in? Not just the parks and the smog. Scientists are starting to examine urban ecosystems more holistically: the trees and the concrete, natural gas lines and soil, water pipes and rivers. The natural and the synthetic feed off each other in surprising ways. We're not scientists, but we found it interesting.

Then we move from the ecosystem to the highway system -- specifically, the argument made by Evan Jenkins in The Week to abolish the National Highway System. Chuck Marohn at Strong Towns thinks it's a good idea (which should be a surprise to nobody). Jeff and I aren't so sure. Could rail really pick up the slack? Would states make better decisions? What funding source would replace the federal gas tax?

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Episode 41: You've Got to Fight for Your Right to Party Politics Nov 13, 2014

Has the stupor worn off yet? Election Day was last Tuesday, and we'll be living with the results for years. But Beth Osborne, a former Hill staffer and U.S. DOT official now at Transportation for America, says the changes on the Hill are no big deal: Nothing was getting done anyway.

So Beth, Jeff, and I examine the prospects for a new transportation bill. One is due in May, and it's a Republican House and a Republican Senate that will preside over it. Will lawmakers raise the specter of devolution of transportation funding to the states? Will they suggest that the Highway Trust Fund should just be used for highways? Of course they will! But the conversation won't end there.

Even the short-term extensions aren't as easy as they used to be, and that could make the politics of a long-term bill a little easier to manage. Some people blame the end of earmarks for the difficulty passing a bill, but Beth makes the point that you can't very well turn a transportation bill into a Christmas tree for every member of Congress when there's absolutely no money.

We don't have a crystal ball, but here's everything you need to know to make an educated guess about how the next six months will play out -- this, and our coverage of the ballot initiatives, governors' races, Senate leadership shakeup, and the new top transportation Democrat in the House.

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Episode 40: Uber and the Case of the Hidden Gas Tax Nov 11, 2014

Uber is celebrating. DC passed an Uber-legalization law that Uber thinks cities the world over should follow. The problem is, most cities have much more tightly regulated taxi industries than DC, with a far higher cost of entry. In those cases, letting Uber get away with providing taxi services while complying with none of the rules is unfair. The taxi companies have been screaming about this for a while now. Uber's response is something like, "Catch me if you can, old geezer." DC's contribution to that conversation strengthens Uber's position.

In other news, a front group for the oil industry is trying to cause panic among California drivers about a "hidden gas tax" that's going to hit come January. What they're really talking about is California's landmark cap-and-trade law to limit greenhouse gas emissions, which will start including transportation fuels at the beginning of the year. Jeff and I called up Melanie Curry of Streetsblog LA to explain to us a campaign that didn't seem to really make any sense and she assured us that we're not crazy; it really doesn't make any sense.

Stay tuned; our election recap edition will be coming out shortly.

We want to hear what you think in the comments.

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Episode 39: That Indie Flick You Were Looking For Oct 30, 2014

If you're a Netflix member, you're part of the downfall of the brick-and-mortar video store. There are all kinds of reasons to be sad about that, but we look at its implications for urbanism and transportation. Besides, now where will you find esoteric foreign films to impress your friends? There are reasons to believe a few hardy indie-shop survivors could keep hanging on for a while (and we encourage you to bike to them).

Next, we shift gears to talk about how Vision Zero is unfolding in New York City. Streetsblog has called attention to the need to go beyond grand policy pronouncements and do the dirty work of changing the very culture that surrounds mobility. Specifically, the police need to stop forgiving deadly "errors" by drivers and start taking death by auto as seriously as other preventable deaths.

And then we called it a day because really, that was a lot.

Tell us about your favorite video store, or your least bike-friendly cop, or whatever you feel like telling us, in the comments.

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Episode 38: Dear Bike People Oct 23, 2014

Do people of color and low-income people ride bikes? Not as much as they could be, given all the great benefits biking offers, particularly to people without a lot of disposable cash. But yes, non-white and non-rich people ride bikes -- in many cases, more than rich and white people.

But even if they're equally represented on the roads, people of color and low-income people are largely missing from the bicycle advocacy world. The League of American Bicyclists, along with countless other groups around the country, are out to change that. We covered their report on equity in the bicycling movement last week -- but there was still lots more to talk about.

So Jeff and I called up Adonia Lugo, the League's Equity Initiative Manager. We talked about what groups can do if they want to reach out to new constituencies, whether infrastructure design really needs a multicultural perspective, and how the movement can start "seeing" bicyclists that don't fit the dominant stereotype.

We know you have strong feelings about these issues. Tell us all about 'em in the comments -- after you listen.

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Episode 37: Zero Deaths, Zero Cars, Zero Eurasian Water Shrews Oct 08, 2014

Special guest Damien Newton of Streetsblog LA joins Jeff and me on this episode to tell us all about LADOT's new strategic plan, which includes a Vision Zero goal: zero traffic deaths by 2025, a vision all of our cities should get behind. He walks us through the oddities of LA politics and the pitfalls that may await the plan, as well as some really good reasons it could succeed. (Her name is Seleta Reynolds.)

Then Jeff and I move on to Helsinki, Finland, and its even more ambitious goal: Zero private cars by 2025. They have a plan to do it, which includes many elements that are already in place in the United States and that haven't -- yet -- brought us to zero cars. We talk about what Helsinki has in store that could get them to their goal.

And then we research Finnish fauna.

I know you're listening to this podcast on your phone while you're on on your bike or whatever, but when you get to a safe place to stop, shout at us in the comments.

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Episode 36: OMG Enough About Millennials Already Oct 02, 2014

Jeff is back from Rail~volution with all the highlights from the sessions he skipped because he was deep in conversation in the hallways. Isn't that what conferences are for? We discuss what we do and don't get out of these big meetings.

We also get into CityLab's examination of the gap between public support for transit spending and actual transit ridership, and we bring in some illuminating survey results from Transit Center [PDF] (and of course, The Onion) to shed light on what the people want from their transit systems. And we agree: While millennials are an important cohort to look at as we examine changing trends in transportation habits, good lord we are sick of talking about them

Stay tuned till the end of the podcast for Jeff's rundown of the conferences you can still attend this season -- there are, according to his count, 50 bajillion more. Pick one and go skip all the sessions and hang out in the hallways like the cool kids.

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The comments section awaits your contribution to our witty repartee.

Episode 35: The Real News About America’s Driving Habits (Short) Sep 23, 2014

Consider this a bonus track. A deleted scene at the end of your DVD. Extra footage.

Or, consider it what it is: A short podcast episode Jeff and I recorded 2 1/2 weeks ago that never got edited because I went to Pro-Walk Pro-Bike and he went to Rail~Volution and we recorded (and actually posted) a podcast in between and basically, life got in the way.

But better late than never, right? Here is a Talking Headways short in which we discuss the Federal Highway Administration's recent (er, not so recent anymore) announcement that Americans are driving more than anytime since 2008 and so we'd better spend lots more on highways. Here's a quick visual to help you understand just one reason we thought their reasoning was flawed:

Above, the change in total vehicle miles traveled, and below, the change in per capita vehicle miles traveled.

You'll have to listen to the podcast to hear the rest. It's a short one; you can listen to the whole thing while you fold the laundry. And there's something extra-adorable in there as a special prize for putting up with our tardiness.

Jeff will be back soon from Rail~volution and then we'll get to hear all about that, and then we'll be back to normal podcasts on, we hope, a more normal schedule.

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Episode 34: Pro-Walk Pro-Bike Redux Sep 15, 2014

After a week at the Pro-Walk Pro-Bike Pro-Place Conference in Pittsburgh, it was all I could talk about -- and luckily, Jeff was an eager audience.

In this podcast, Jeff and I talk about the relative utility of a character like Isabella, the new fictional spokesperson of People for Bikes and the movement for safe, low-stress bikeways. We dig into the announcement that U.S. DOT is going to take on bike and pedestrian safety as one of its top issues. And we debate the pros and cons of holding the next Pro-Walk Pro-Bike in Vancouver.

There were hundreds of workshops, panels, presentations, and tours -- not to mention countless side conversations, power lunches, and informal caucuses that were probably at least as energizing as the formal sessions -- so my impressions are just one tiny slice of the pie. We'd love to hear your thoughts of the conference, the host city, and your experience in the comments.

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Episode 33: Jeff's Milkshake Sep 04, 2014

Forgive us for the unacceptable two-week gap between podcast episodes but this one is totally worth the wait. Your transit geekery will feast on our in-depth exploration of three transit lines (in order of fantasy to reality): Las Vegas, Minneapolis, and Salt Lake City.

Despite having population density that rivals Manhattan, the Las Vegas strip doesn't have high-quality transit running along its full length, but that might be about to change. Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, a light rail line is inching closer to reality but its route stops just short of the densest parts of the region, making it far less useful than it could be. And in Salt Lake City, a line that fails on many metrics is still being hailed as a great success.

And, do I still even need to say it? The comments. The RSS feed. Stitcher. iTunes. That is all.

Episode 32: Crown Prince of Fresh Air Aug 19, 2014

What would you think of a city planner, out ruffling feathers with his bold ideas about density and urbanism -- who commutes to work an hour each way from his ranch way outside the city? Ironic -- or hypocritical? That's the question we wrestle with in our discussion of Brad Buchanan, the head honcho at Denver's Department of Community Planning and Development.

And then we head from Denver to Dallas, where MPO chief Michael Morris has unilaterally declared that the plan to convert I-345 into a boulevard is going nowhere. Trouble is, he doesn't actually have the authority to say that, and his facts are wrong. But by asserting it, will he make it true?

Say your piece in the comments. And subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Stitcher, or our RSS feed.

Episode 31: Zoned Out Aug 13, 2014

Welcome to the dog days of summer! Before skipping town, Congress passed a transportation funding patch so they wouldn't have to deal with the real problem of the unsustainable way our nation builds and pays for infrastructure. I give the briefest possible rundown of where we are now before Jeff and I launch into discussions about the issues of the day: zoning and ride-share.

Houston is famous for its wild-west attitude toward zoning, but that laissez-faire approach was put to the test recently when residents of a single-family neighborhood protested the construction of a 23-story apartment building. No matter how the situation resolved itself, it was bound to have ripple effects through the development community.

We also talk about new services offered by Lyft and Uber that bring them a little closer to true ride-sharing -- though, as we note, they're still a far cry from the platonic ideal: hitchhiking.

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Episode 30: Poor Door Von Spreckelsen Aug 04, 2014

In this week's podcast, Jeff and I take on the infamous New York City "poor door," designed to keep tenants of affordable units segregated from the wealthy residents that occupy the rest of the high-rise at 40 Riverside. In the process, we take on the assumptions and methods that cities use to provide housing, and by the time we're done, we've blown a hole in the whole capitalist system.

Then we investigate the reasons behind the assertion that "restaurants really can determine the fate of cities and neighborhoods." We determine that food is mostly a proxy for other needs people have related to where they live, but we do love a good pupusa.

And finally, we wrestle with the paradox that if we love nature, we should live in cities.

Argue with our take on urbanism, economic justice, and burrito justice in the comments. Subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or our RSS feed.

Episode 29: Square Footage Jul 23, 2014

Welcome to Episode 29 of the Talking Headways podcast. In it, we evaluate the potential of Boston's attempt to "gentrification-proof" the Fairmount Line, building affordable housing to keep transit from displacing people with low incomes. Too often, the allure of transit raises rents, bringing in a new demographic of people who can pay them -- and who, ironically, usually have cars.

One innovative way to build affordable housing -- and keep your not-quite-grown kids under your watch at the same time -- is to build accessory dwelling units, or backyard cottages. They're a great way to increase density without bringing a lot of cars into the neighborhood, but see if you agree with our conclusion that they have limited utility.

On the other side of the spectrum is the McMansion, object of desire and scorn in equal measure. You might be surprised to hear Jeff's defense of the 3,000-square-foot house. And as a bonus, you'll get his distance runner's analysis of the difference between runability and walkability, in which he circles back yet again to the idyllic nature of his McMansiony suburban upbringing.

Tell us about your childhood and your square footage in the comments. Check us out on iTunes and Stitcher, or sign up for our RSS feed.

Episode 28: Good Riddance, "Level of Service" Jul 15, 2014

All the buzz is about Arlington, Virginia, these days -- the Washington, DC suburb has seen its population rise and its car traffic drop at the same time. How did they do it? It could be a lesson for Palo Alto, California, which is considering various growth proposals, including one that would invite greater density as long as it comes with no additional driving, carbon emissions, or water use.

Denser, more transit-oriented development would be a big win for Palo Alto, but ironically, California's environmental law has long penalized projects like that for diminishing "level of service" for vehicle traffic. A new basketball stadium came to the rescue, however, and the state has dumped level of service as a metric for judging development projects. That change could potentially slow down highways like "level of service" used to slow down smart growth and transit projects. It's a whole new world.

Check it all out on Talking Headways. Talk at us in the comments, subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher, or sign up for our RSS feed.

Episode 27: Walt Disney, City Planner Jun 30, 2014

While most people know Walt Disney as the creator of lovable characters like Mickey Mouse and movies like Snow White and Fantasia, Disney doesn't get as much credit for his design of Disneyland. Turns out Disney made himself an expert on the subject.

This podcast isn't a typical Talking Headways conversation. It's a 45-minute episode, produced by Jeff for the Overhead Wire, on one topic: the history and ideas of Walt Disney the planner. Guests Sam Gennawey, an urban planner and author of three books on Walt Disney, and Tim Halbur, director of communications for the Congress for the New Urbanism, discuss in detail Walt’s focus on planning places for people in Disneyland, Disney World, and Celebration Florida.

We hope you’ll take a listen and enjoy. We'll be back next week with your regular dose of news and banter from Talking Headways.

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Episode 26: Helmet Hair Jun 24, 2014

Did you wear your helmet when you biked to work this morning? Whether you did or you didn't, it's up to you. So why are there so many people shrieking about it? On one side, the 85-percenters, overstating the protection helmets offer against head injuries. On the other side, the 3-footers, claiming that it's actually safer to go helmetless because drivers give you more space and a host of other reasons. Some recent hysteria around bike-share and head injuries fueled this fire. Jeff and Tanya may not have put that fire out with our discussion, but they at least tried to make some sense of it.

Speaking of fiery discussions, did you see the back-and-forth between Colin Dabkowski, a Buffalo News journalist, and walkability guru Jeff Speck after the most recent Congress for the New Urbanism? Jeff and Tanya clear up once and for all some misconceptions about how New Urbanism's winners-and-losers strategy does and doesn't address social equity.

And in between, they take a moment to celebrate a small victory in San Francisco, where a community pushed back against the fire department's push to widen streets.

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Episode 25: Rondo Revisited Jun 20, 2014

Finally, there is a light rail line connecting the Twin Cities. The Green Line, running 11 miles from Union Depot in downtown St. Paul to Target Field in downtown Minneapolis, cost $957 million and several decades to build. The process of choosing stations was contentious but eventually embraced the proposals of the low-income communities that wanted stations, and the line is already being looked at as a model. It's not the fastest way between the two downtowns, but it might be the best way. Jeff and Tanya discuss.

Then we sink our teeth into the Sightline Institute's proposal to change the property tax structure in order to incentivize better uses of downtown space. That might help some cities with their parking crater problem.

And finally, we rejoice at Calgary's decision to tear down a whole mess of parking outside one of its light rail stations, and we discuss the balancing act between preserving broad access to transit and creating walkable, compact communities where they belong: near transit.

We can't wait to read your thoughts in the comments.

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Episode 24: A Butterfly Flaps Its Wings In the Metro Jun 13, 2014

The metro is coming to Loudon County. Eventually.

The Silver Line expansion that opens this summer will only go as far as Reston, but by 2018 it'll be in Loudon, one of the nation's fastest-growing -- and wealthiest -- counties.

As the county continues to add population density -- in large part by growing its communities of color -- will it hit 800 people per square mile, which is the threshold at which places magically turn from Republican to Democrat? And if it does, will it turn Virginia from purple to blue? And with such an important swing state shifting solidly to one camp, does that change the national political balance? And what is it with the number 800 anyway?

We try to figure it all out on this week's Talking Headways. Plus, Stephen Miller, my colleague from Streetsblog New York, joins us to talk about what is -- and what isn't -- moving forward as part of the city's Vision Zero plan.

And: Detroit is tearing down more than 20 percent of its housing stock to reduce blight and still splurges on roads. Is that the way to revitalize a city? The comments section awaits your comments.

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Episode 23: Les Rues Are Made for Walking May 28, 2014

This week, Smart Growth America brought us the bad news: More than 47,000 people died while walking between 2003 and 2012. Most are killed on high-speed arterial roads. A disproportionate number are elderly or racial minorities.

Paris brought us the antidote: The city is lowering its default speed limit to 30 kilometers, or about 18 miles, per hour. Speeds are already set at that level in about a third of the city's streets. That's good policy, and one cities around the world should be following.

Meanwhile, the New York Times informed us that while housing is crawling out from the rock it's been hiding under since the bust, the new construction boom is almost entirely made up of multi-family housing -- a major shift from the single-family rut we've been stuck in for decades.

In this episode, Jeff and I process all of that and more. Find holes in our analysis in the comments. And don't miss an episode: Subscribe on iTunes or Stitcher or by signing up for our RSS feed.

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Episode 22: Houston, Transit Paradise May 22, 2014

Welcome to a super-long extra-bonus episode of Talking Headways! We only took on two topics this week, but we got so gonzo excited about them both we just couldn’t shut up.

First, we talked to Christof Spieler, a member of Houston Metro, about the “blank-sheet” bus overhaul he helped design. Instead of trying to tweak the current system around its edges, Metro decided to start again from scratch, planning a system of routes and service that makes sense for the way the city is now. They thought the upside would outweigh the downside, but they weren’t prepared for this: There was almost no downside. By eliminating redundant and inefficient service, they could optimize their routes without eliminating low-ridership routes that people depend on. And to hear Christof tell it, what they’re accomplishing is pretty amazing:

What we’re really doing is focusing on frequent service. We’re basically doubling the number of routes that offer frequent service, and we’re extending that frequent service to seven days a week. So: every 15 minutes, seven days a week, network of about 20 routes.

That puts a million people within walking distance of those routes; it puts a million jobs within walking distance of those routes. It is going to be one of the largest coverage areas of high frequency transit in the United States. And that is a huge deal for our existing riders, because currently only about 25 percent of our boardings are at stops that have all-week frequent service. This will take that up to 73 percent.

Once we tear ourselves away from Christof and his beautiful vision of the future of transit, we do a debrief on what’s going on with the transportation bill in Congress. The Senate bill isn’t all it could be, but in Congress nothing is ever all it could be, and this one at least stands a chance of passage — or it would, anyway, if there were an actual, realistic funding stream attached to it. No such luck. Tune in for all the gory details.

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Episode 21: The Census' Deep Dive Into Biking and Walking May 12, 2014

We were so excited about the Census' first-ever report exclusively focused on biking and walking that we devoted this entire episode of the Talking Headways podcast to an interview with its author, Brian McKenzie.

Bike commuting is up 60 percent since 2000, the Census data shows, and people with low incomes are by far the biggest proportion of the riding public.

People who bike and walk are hungry for reliable data. While government-sanctioned statistics on vehicle-miles-traveled are easy enough to come by, where would you go for foot-miles-walked or bicycle-miles-ridden? Strava? No. The Census.

Not that the Census data doesn't have its limitations, and Brian talks candidly about those. But the data gives us a glimpse of who's walking and biking for transportation, and where, and why they stop.

Dive deep with us. Here is a full half-hour just for you bike-ped dataheads. Enjoy. And talk at us in the comments.

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Episode 20: California Über Alles May 01, 2014

Welcome to our all-California, all-the-time episode of the Talking Headways podcast.

We start with a statewide debate over whether $60,000+ Teslas should qualify for tax breaks -- or whether any electric vehicles should get tax breaks. Then on to the conversation about how California's cap-and-trade dollars should be spent. One proposal, from the State Senate leader, would spend it on affordable housing, sustainable communities, transit, and high-speed rail. And then we zoom in on Fresno, where one blogger wonders why the demise of BRT didn't get as much attention as it did in Nashville.

We missed the podcast after a long-ish break and are glad to be back! We hope you filled the gaping hole in your life from by our long headways by listening to back episodes of Talking Headways goodness and subscribing to us on iTunes or Stitcher or signing up for the RSS feed.

And, side note: The giveaway for our spring pledge drive has changed since we recorded this podcast. Now, you'll be entered into a drawing to win a package of zines and books by feminist bike activist and writer Elly Blue. Thanks for your donation!

Episode 19: Escobar's Escalators Apr 17, 2014

Did you go to the World Urban Forum in Medellín, Colombia last week? Neither did your hosts Jeff Wood and Tanya Snyder, but we sure found a lot to say about it anyway -- or at least, about the remarkable urban transformation that Medellín made, in the midst of war, to make the city's transportation infrastructure more equitable.

But first, we talked to our very own Angie Schmitt about the Parking Madness tournament. Did she know Rochester was a winner from the moment she laid eyes on that remarkable parking crater? You'll have to listen to find out.

And finally we turn to Dallas, where local activists are pressuring officials to tear down a 1.4-mile stretch of I-345 in downtown to make room for 245 acres of new development. If it happens, it would be a tremendous win for smart urban development over Eisenhower-era car-centrism.

And the other big news this week is that Talking Headways podcast is now available on Stitcher! So if you're not an iTunes person, you've still got a way to subscribe. But if you are an iTunes person, by all means! Or you can follow the RSS feed. And as always, the comments section is wide open for all the witty comments we should have made but didn't think to.

Episode 18: Let Them Drive Cars Apr 09, 2014

Quick quiz: What city is the world leader in highway teardowns? San Francisco? Portland? Madrid?

Wrong, wrong, wrong. It's Seoul, South Korea, which has removed 15 urban highways -- and is about to remove another. In this week's Talking Headways episode, Jeff and I talk about what can take the place of a freeway in a city and why it's worth it.

We also debunk the argument, made in Atlantic Cities and the Washington Post last week, that promoting car access will benefit people with low incomes. The whole concept is based on a study that basically said that in the 90s you needed a car to get around the suburbs. Not exactly a persuasive justification for automobile subsidies in today's cities.

We wander down Saffron Avenue and Nutmeg Lane to investigate whether it's true that cities are losing their smell -- and whether that's really such a bad thing. Then we accidentally trip into a conversation about pheromones and good-smelling men.

What's your favorite smell in your city? Let us know in the comments.

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Episode 17: Play the Gray Away Apr 02, 2014

Jeff and Tanya had a great time this week, getting all outraged at the short-sighted move by the Tennessee Senate to ban dedicated lanes for transit and high and mighty about cities that devote too much space to surface parking, at the expense of just about everything else. And then we treat ourselves to a fun conversation about the origin of the American playground -- and whether the entire city should be the playground.

We think you'll enjoy this one.

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Episode 16: Knight Rider Rides Again Mar 27, 2014

It was a dark and stormy day in San Francisco and Jeff Wood stayed dry in Woonerf studios, recording the Talking Headways podcast with co-host Tanya Snyder, who was bitter that days after the spring equinox, Washington, DC, was getting hit with another snowstorm.

But more importantly -- will New York's gangbusters Citi Bike system wobble due to management issues and financial problems? What can Chicago (and, oh, every other American city) do to create more affordable housing in the neighborhoods everyone wants to live in? And is the self-driving car seriously going to become a reality by the end of this decade? And is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Jeff and Tanya take on all that and more. Or really, pretty much just that.

Enjoy our sweet 16th episode of the Talking Headways podcast, subscribe on iTunes, follow the RSS feed, and talk at us in the comments.

Episode 15: From the Free Market to the Flea Market Mar 18, 2014

You think the conflict between Uber and regular taxi drivers -- and cities like Seattle -- is bad? Check out how new taxi apps in China are upending the transportation system and central economic planning. Meanwhile, in Houston, a flea market has brought revitalization without gentrification to a depressed area near the airport, and now an urban design firm is bringing in pop-up infrastructure. And Californians are proving that the culture shift away from the automobile and toward other modes of transportation is happening -- maybe even faster than we'd thought.

And for a real downer, check out U.S. DOT's big idea about how to hold states accountable for better safety outcomes -- by not holding them accountable at all.

Enjoy this week's podcast, subscribe on iTunes, follow the RSS feed, and talk at us in the comments.

Episode 14: Taking Transit Numbers for a Spin Mar 13, 2014

What a week! Transit numbers skyrocketed (ahem, by 1.1 percent) to levels not seen since 1956 (depending how you look at it). And Radio Shack is shutting down 20 percent of its stores. And there's a new video game for transit nerds to stay up all night obsessing over!

And we tackle the fundamental question of how to make a real change in how people get around. Will it happen just by improving transit and other modes -- or do you need to make driving less appealing, as Emily Badger suggests in Atlantic Cities?

Tell us what you think in the comments. And remember, you can subscribe to the RSS feed or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Episode 13: Live (Well, Taped) from the National Bike Summit Mar 06, 2014

This week, more than 700 bicycling advocates converged in Washington -- despite a snowstorm that closed down the federal government on Monday and thousands of cancelled flights -- to learn from each other and compare notes from the past year in bicycling advocacy.

Tuesday, as the summit wound down and participants started gearing up for Wednesday's Lobby Day on Capitol Hill, hosts Jeff and Tanya were joined by Doug Gordon of Brooklyn Spoke, Suepinda Keith of Triangle Bikeworks in Chapel Hill, and Jonathan Maus of Bike Portland for this very special Bike Summit episode of the podcast.

The Women's Forum is in its third year. The League's Equity Advisory Council came into being just before last year's summit. These voices, historically not at the center of the national conversation about bicycling, are coming to the fore.

The five of us talk in this, our lucky 13th episode, about how effectively the movement is transitioning to a more inclusive approach, and we share some of the highlights of the summit, including some truly incredible work happening everywhere from Memphis to LA to Afghanistan.

Tell us in the comments about your personal highlights from the Summit. Subscribe to this podcast’s RSS feed or subscribe to the podcast on iTunes.

Episode 12: Freeways Without Futures, Tollways Without Tomorrows Feb 26, 2014

So, Bertha is stuck underneath Seattle. Jeff Wood and I ask the essential question: Does it matter?

Traffic has collapsed around Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct. Image: Sightline

Does Seattle really need that new traffic sewer, when traffic on the Alaskan Way Viaduct has been plummeting? Or is Seattle's $2.8 billion road project destined to be a Freeway without a Future?

We highlight this week's public conversation over CNU's big report calling out highways just begging to be drowned in the bathtub. After all, 2013 was the ninth year in a row that saw Americans driving less. States are beginning to reverse their old assumptions that vehicle miles traveled will grow with abandon.

We talk about all this and more on this, the 12th episode of Talking Headways podcast.

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Episode 11: Hug That Streetcar Feb 20, 2014

Hosts Jeff Wood of the Overhead Wire (now working with NRDC's crack transportation team) and Streetsblog's Tanya Snyder talk to Randy Simes in this week's podcast about the dazzling success of the pro-streetcar movement in Cincinnati -- and how they finally grabbed the long-elusive gold ring.

Then Randy stayed with us to discuss the false choice between transit that's useful and transit that's fun and beautiful. And we analyze an architect's proposal to expand BART's capacity by building a second tube under the San Francisco Bay.

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Episode 10: How Does This Podcast Make You Feel? Feb 12, 2014

This week, Jeff Wood and I get morose and indignant, in turns, about Miami-Dade County's misuse of transit funds for roads and the depressing trend of pedestrian malls going belly-up. And then we peek behind the curtain at an exciting new frontier for urban planning: connecting urban form with the feelings they inspire. And then, just for you: a bonus Valentine's Day outtake at the end. How could you not listen to the whole thing?

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Episode 9: With Special Guest Jan Gehl Feb 06, 2014

Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl, who led the turn away from modernism and toward livable cities dominated by public space for people and not cars, is on a U.S. tour. Tanya got to sit down with him in Washington.

In this episode of Talking Headways, you can hear Gehl in his own words about everything from his assertion that "the tower is the lazy architect's answer to density" to the Moscow mayor's hyper-efficient way of getting people to stop parking on Main Street.

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Episode 8: Bikes of Ill Repute Jan 28, 2014

Jeff Wood and Tanya Snyder are back with episode 8 of the Talking Headways podcast. We talk about the Los Angeles Metro's decision not to extend light rail all the way to LAX (and what they're doing instead), plus some analysis of what rail can really do in a city as spread-out as LA. Then we head east to Princeton, New Jersey, where we debunk the thesis that low sales of luxury condos somehow equates to a rejection of walkability. And finally, back west to Seattle, which finds itself with a similar problem to LA: how to bring more density to settled single-family areas?

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Episode 7: Vision Zero Jan 22, 2014

The best thing about hosting a Streetsblog podcast is getting to call on other Streetsblog reporters for the lowdown on the biggest news of the week. In this case, Jeff Wood and I called on Ben Fried, Streetsblog's editor-in-chief and New York-based reporter, to explain why we can stop being cynical and just appreciate that a New York mayor just dedicated himself to a vision of zero traffic deaths in the city.

We also took a look at how California is changing its environmental laws to stop considering level of service the most important environmental transportation goal -- and how some people miss the nuances of how population density impacts transportation planning.

Episode 6: Fifty Minutes Talking About Transit in the U.S. and We Never Mention New York Jan 13, 2014

This week, podcast co-host Jeff Wood and I got to chat with The Transport Politic's Yonah Freemark about the outlook for new transit projects in 2014. Building off Yonah's thorough (and colorful!) outline of the year's expected transit starts, we talked about the projects we were most excited about, including some that have been a long time coming. And we take a look back at what kind of year 2013 was for transit.

This conversation was so good we went over our usual half-hour time slot and riffed for a good 50 minutes.

Episode 5: Get Off My Lawn Dec 12, 2013

Jeff Wood and Tanya Snyder talk about the news of the week that most tickled us or burned us -- the BBC's exposé of anti-social design features that not-so-subtly tell us to stay away, San Francisco's brewing class war over the Google bus, and a bad decision by Cincinnati's new mayor and city council to "pause" construction of the streetcar. (Note: Watch for breaking news on that last item.)

Meanwhile, I wax nostalgic for public space in Havana and Jeff laments slow progress on the Geary Boulevard BRT.

Episode 4: Car Brain Dec 05, 2013

Jeff and Tanya discuss the impressive turnout -- and possible pitfalls -- of London's 1,000-person die-in for cyclists' rights. We try to contain our envy (but not our amazement) at Paul Salopek's seven-year journey tracing the path of Homo sapiens from the Rift Valley to Tierra del Fuego. And we admit that yes, even passionate transit advocates know what it means to embarrassed about taking the bus.

Episode 3: Visit Your Grandma Nov 25, 2013

This week, Jeff and Tanya take on the Atlanta Braves' terrible, no-good, very bad decision to move their stadium to Cobb County, Georgia. We discuss cities that are (and are not) shaped like wedding cakes, and whether that means you need to smoosh your spouse's face in it. Tanya makes a pedestrian-rights argument against high-heeled shoes (and Jeff abstains from taking sides). We parse the differences between "shared streets" -- without marked-out space for cars, bikes, and people on foot -- and vehicular cycling. And we speculate on what DC would look like without height limits, make fun of neighborhood parking bullies, pity the mega-commuters, and most importantly, shame the transit riders who fail to cede their seats to those who need them because they have their heads stuck in Angry Birds.

Episode 2: The Happy Place Nov 12, 2013

Streetsblog Capitol Hill Editor Tanya Snyder and Reconnecting America's Jeff Wood talk about the war on bikes, the end of the Klein/Sadik-Khan era, and a whole bunch of sprawling messes down in Texas. And then we go to our happy place.

Episode 1: Keeping Your Candy Nov 04, 2013

Streetsblog's first podcast. Capitol Hill Editor Tanya Snyder and Reconnecting America's Jeff Wood talk about the pitfalls of regional planning, the hijinks of Florida Governor Rick Scott, and the ins and outs of fantasy maps.

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