Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

Episode 130: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Stolen Time Apr 25, 2023

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This week we're Han Solo but we have a lot to talk about! Donut shop murals spark free speech fights, we think more about the concept of time, and work from home's effects on the public sector. Of course there's much more and we hope you join us as we share the news.

Below are links to all the news we chat about on the show this week.

News Items

Donuts and free speech - AP

Time spent, wasted - The New Republic

Services curtailed as workers are at home - Pro Public

Remote work and costs of government - Governing

Bike share when Lyft is gone - Curbed

Ithaca electric city - Rolling Stone

Paris kicked out cars - Slate

Car Creditocracy - Public Books

Buses alleviate unemployment, poverty - Abstract | Full

Focus on transit service - Vox

Bonus Items

Mitt Romney's bike opinions - Bicycling Magazine

Wild toileting - Guardian

SUVs could collapse garages - The Drive

Rich people stealing water - Guardian

Barcelona blocks boost health - Politico EU

Japan's 10m empty houses - New York Times

Longest bike tunnel - CNN Travel

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Episode 429: Zero Emissions Delivery Zones Apr 20, 2023

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This week we're joined by Hamilton Steimer of the World Resources Institute to talk about their report: Zero-emission Delivery Zones: A New Way to Cut Traffic, Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases. We chat about electrification of fleets, what cities have the best programs for ZEDZ, and the current moment in urban delivery.

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Episode 428: The Case Against Localism Apr 13, 2023

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This week we're joined by Trevor Latimer to talk about his book Small Isn't Beautiful: The Case Against Localism. We chat about what localism is and how its geographically defined, as well as why "leave if you don't like it" is disingenuous.

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Episode 427: Caretakers of the Public Realm Apr 06, 2023

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This week we're joined by Andrew Jones, Program director for the Uptown and Downtown Oakland Community Benefits District. We chat about urban place management, how urban spaces are taken care of, and what it takes to keep them vibrant and engaging.

Today's podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact

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Episode 426: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Mar 30, 2023

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This week Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute is BACK for the Annual Prediction Show. This year we chat about our predictions from last year and next year of course, but also regional rail in France, interesting transportation projects happening around the world, and the high cost and management of big transit projects.

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Episode 129: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Redwood Tree Mar 28, 2023

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This week on the show we're Han Solo again but we have a lot of topics to cover! Do Americans have an apartment phobia, should bedrooms have windows, and what's the newest trends in mapping sidewalks? All these and more on the show this week!

Show notes below:

THE NEWS

Apartment phobia - New York Magazine Intelligencer

Can't afford to drive - Salon

Windowless bedrooms - The Nation

Empowering children with walking - The Conversation

SEPTA kills King of Prussia rail - Philadelphia Inquirer

Red states fight blue cities - FiveThirtyEight

Mapping city sidewalks - MIT News

Second life for car batteries - Reasons to be Cheerful

BONUS ITEMS

Design not cops - Rocky Mountain PBS

A better MaaS - ITS International

Inflation driven by housing - Marketplace

Turkey earthquake - New York Times

Housing prescribed by doctors - LA Times

Transport an patient care - Talking Headways

Jones Act causes traffic - The Atlantic

Kansas City eviction fix - KCUR

Catching fog in Lima Peru - National Geographic

Learning from informal settlement - UCLA News

Traffic noise, blood pressure increase - CNN

Puppies and Butterflies

Fajitas - Food Network

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Episode 425: Fixing Mobility as a Service Mar 23, 2023

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This week we're joined by David Hensher, Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney. David chats about how to fix Mobility as a Service and proposes a new way to reduce travel and emissions called Mobility as a Feature.

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Episode 424: Roadways for People Mar 16, 2023

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This week we're joined by Oregon Metro Council President Lynn Peterson to talk about her book Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering. We chat about better project scoping, capacity building, engineers going to actually walk and bike their project areas, and highway expansion in cities.

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Episode 128: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Stop Request Mar 14, 2023

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This week on the show we talk about a whole lot of different topics from bus stop requests, bus electrification, and health care streets.

Main Links

Request stops - Next City

Chicago electric buses - Associated Press

We Buy Houses - The Philadelphia Citizen

French cities ban billboards - Marketplace

Utah DOT wants to build a gondola - Motherboard

Homeowners Assoc war on environment - Wired

2,000 without water - Fast Company

Bonus Items

Housing voucher wait list - Arizona Republic

The health street - ArchDaily

Colorado funding change - Colorado Sun

Air pollution paradox - USC Price

Amazon pauses HQ2 - New York Times

Global SUV Emissions - Guardian

Surveillence through sports - The Atlantic

Highway policy memo changes - Route Fifty

France 100b euros for transit - Reuters

Austin signs with USDOT - USDOT

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Episode 423: A County Voice for Transit Mar 09, 2023

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This week on the podcast we are back at the Rail~Volution conference in Miami last fall. We chat with Commissioner Eileen Higgins about the South Dade Busway, the importance of FTA ratings in getting projects built, and why she thinks it's important as an elected official to ride transit.

Also, the MPact transit + communities conference call for speakers is now open!

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