Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Replay: Measuring Transportation Insecurity Jul 05, 2024

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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

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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

This podcast was producted in partnership with Mpact - http://mpactmobility.org

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Also huge shout to Streetsblog NYC for some great reporting on this topic

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Episode 486: The Computable City Jun 06, 2024

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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

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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.

Check out Ken's NEO-trans Blog

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Mondays Flashback: Verkehrsverbund with Ralph Buehler May 28, 2024

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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

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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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