Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Today's podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. Learn more about the work they do and annual conference at http://mpactmobility.org

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Today's podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. To learn more about the annual conference, visit http://mpactmobility.org

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

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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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