Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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

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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

Puppies and Butterflies

Dumb grocery argument - The Urbanist

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Episode 436: Fabulous Ferndale Michigan Jun 08, 2023

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Puppies and Butterflies

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

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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

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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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