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

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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

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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.

This panel features:

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

You can get the book from The Overhead Wire book club at Bookshop.org

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

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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.

Show Notes

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

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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.

You can find Danielle's book at our Bookshop Affiliate site or at Island Press.

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