Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Episode 535: Bike Guides to Build Your City May 29, 2025

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This week we're joined by Bill Schultheiss of Toole Design to talk about bike facility design guides. We look at the benefits of both AASHTO and NACTO guides and discuss the importance of history, political will, and the stress of being an expert witness in a trial.

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Episode 534: When You Don't Really Need an Ambulance May 22, 2025

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This week we're joined by Ross Peterson to talk about non emergency medical transportation and his new wheelchair accessible transportation company RIDEtoo. We talk about transportation funding for medical visits and how they can be more efficient.

Also find Ross on Linked In

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Episode 533: Running to Work May 15, 2025

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This week we're joined by bridge engineer Daniel Baxter to talk about his almost daily running commute. We chat about bridges, the gear you need for running in cold weather, staying safe on the roads, and the benefits of running to work.

Check out Daniel's specially curated spotify playlist.

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Episode 171: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Department of Inefficiency May 13, 2025

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This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about how Americans are losing interest in buying cars, how scientists found out how to break through climate apathy, why Florida's real estate prices aren't reflecting climate futures, food deliveries in San Francisco, and how Secretary cut University Transportation Center research grants due to "woke".

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Episode 532: Normal is Not Correct, Someone Died Here May 08, 2025

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This week I'm joined by Kevin Krizek and Tila Duhaime to chat about an idea called Emergency Streets which focuses on the proper response from cities after a fatal crash. We chat about traffic deaths as an epidemic, and how an Emergency Streets protocol could alert people to the traffic deaths happening in their communities.

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Episode 170: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Those Dang Squirrels May 06, 2025

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This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo but don't worry, we've got you covered with lots of great news about cities and transportation. We cover Texas preemption against bike and bus lanes, the short sightedness of housing people in parking lots, and what makes cities more walkable.

Below are the items we shared on the show:

Main Items

Texas preemption - Houston Chronicle

Students living in cars - Politico

Colorado workers in parking lots - NYT

The good car tax guide - Transport and environment

The critics love congestion pricing - The American Prospect

Dutch climate policy - Dutch News

What makes walkability - Fast Company

Dallas building code - Slate

ABC of mobility - Environment International Journal

Bonus Items

Caltrain air pollution - Interesting Engineering

Paris air maps - Washington Post

Pike place car free - Seattle Times

Toronto bike lanes - CBC

Duffy's cuts - Streetsblog USA

Dave Matthews Band public housing - SSIR

Supersize SUVs - Standard

Metrolink expansion - St Louis Public Radio

Detroit tax auctions - Neiman Lab

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Episode 531: Behind the Mayor's Desk May 01, 2025

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This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Anthony Flint of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to talk about his book Mayors Desk: 20 Conversations with Local Leaders Solving Global Problems. We chat about the future of cities through the eyes of a mayor, those who operate like urban mechanics, and the challenges that connect cities around the world.

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Episode 530: Just Action Under the Color of Law Apr 24, 2025

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This week we're joined by Leah Rothstein to chat about her book she wrote with her father Richard entitled Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. We discuss building wealth and ideas for building more equitable housing policies as well as convincing people why they are important.

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Episode 169: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Taking Care Apr 22, 2025

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This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we talk state preemption, pandemic era block parties that continue on, and warehouse transportation regulations in California.

Below are the show notes!

Speed limiters - Streetsblog USA

Block party - WHYY

State preemption law in Idaho - Idaho Statesman

Federal preemption - Streetsblog USA

CA warehouse regulations - Black Voice News

When staying warm kills - The Guardian

Bonus Items

6ppd filtering - Seattle Times

Galveston Homes - Newsweek

Carney housing plans - CBC News

Net zero workplace - Architecture AU

Cycling more efficient - The Conversation

SF upzoning plan - SF Examiner

Direct vision trucks - Smart Cities Dive

Human heat capacity - Grist

Where parking is allowed - Transport Policy

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Episode 529: The Pacific Circuit Apr 17, 2025

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This week we're joined by journalist and host of KQED's Forum Alexis Madrigal to discuss his book The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City. Alexis connects containerization to globalization and its direct impacts on an Oakland neighborhood. We also chat about histories of determining blight, silicon valley's part in global trade, and why we need new thinking about urban change.

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