Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Episode 124: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - A TRB Review with Ron Milam Jan 17, 2023

Show notes

This week we're joined by Ron Milam of Fehr and Peers to talk about some of his thoughts on this year's Transportation Research Board Conference. We also talk about VMT and highway expansions, commute times and distances in China, and why certain sounds from your neighbors might put you on edge.

Follow along below the jump for the show notes.

Notes

Why do we keep expanding highways? - New York Times

MIT finds Chinese commute times pretty standard - Archinect

Why neighbor noises annoy us - Nautilus

Puppies and Butterflies

Doggie bus stops - The Drive

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Episode 415: Everything that Moves Makes a Sound Jan 12, 2023

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This week we're joined by Michiel Huijsman, Managing Director of Soundtrackcity in the Netherlands. We chat about how to think about the positive aspect of urban soundscapes, designing how a place sounds, and how thinking was changed by the pandemic.

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Episode 414: Speculative Futures and Cities Jan 05, 2023

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This week we're joined by Johanna Hoffman to talk about her book Speculative Futures: Design Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience, and Co-Create the Cities We Need. We chat about thinking longer term about planning problems, people's emotional reactions to the future, and ways to imagine a different way of interacting in cities.

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Episode 413: Biking Further in Detroit Dec 29, 2022

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This week we're joined by Jacob Graham, a Program Manager for MoGo Bike Share in Detroit. Jacob chats with us about how the system works in Detroit, how bike share riders and bus riders coincide, the benefits of E-Bikes, and coordination with other organizations.

This podcast was produced in partnership with MPact (fmrly Railvolution)

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Replay: Ctrl Alt Delete for Transportation Dec 22, 2022

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This week for the holidays we're going back in time to listen to one of the most popular episodes of 2022! In Talking Headways 376, Kevin Krizek, Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and David King, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University talk about their book, Advanced Introduction to Urban Transport Planning. We chat about access, justice, and why this book is perfect for changing the conversation around transportation.

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Episode 123: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Closing Out 2022 Dec 20, 2022

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This week we're Han Solo but we've got a lot to share from ideas we have for next year's podcasts as well as a lot of really interesting news items you probably won't hear about anywhere else. Check out the show notes below for more and have a great finish to 2022!

Show Notes

Buses shouldn't be free - The Atlantic

7 ways we perceive architecture - The Conversation

Rush to EVs an expensive mistake - CBC

Owner occupancy requirements - Smart Cities Dive

$100B lesson how not to do transit - Motherboard

AirBnB running riot in small towns - WIred

Bonus Content

EU approves French flight bans - Politico EU

Health care and housing crisis - KALW

Hertz to pay for locking people up - New York Times

Berlin's bike car parking duel - CityLab

Congress new city reporting requirements - Route Fifty

EPA finds no progress on fuel economy - ACEEE

Zero emissions buses could make transit popular - Traffic Technology Today

Fairfax county equitable transport metrics - Reston Now

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Episode 412: Autonomous Policy for a Transit Rich City Dec 15, 2022

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This week we're joined by Sarah Kaufman of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation. Sarah joined us in Miami at the RailVolution conference to talk about autonomous vehicle policy, acceptable safety levels, what happens to the NYC Taxis and the lessons from Superstorm Sandy for transportation infrastructure.

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Episode 411: Transit Matters in Boston Dec 08, 2022

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This week we're joined by Jarred Johnson, Executive Director of TransitMatters in Boston. Jarred talks about making the case for the MBTA, the Orange Line shutdown, regional rail and electrification, overhead wires versus batteries, and fare policy.

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Episode 122: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Tastes Like Purple Dec 06, 2022

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This week we're talking about the big stories of the last few weeks! Why LED lights suddenly turn purple, what walking does to our brains, and the strange city of Lusail in Qatar.

News Items

LED lights turning purple - Business Insider

How walking helps us think - New Yorker

The strange city of Lusail Qatar - Guardian

The urban drug store decline - Slate

European cities getting crowded - Wired Magazine

Amsterdam circular economy - Fast Company

South Korea zero food waste - Guardian

Great Salt Lake collapse - Salt Lake Tribune

Solarpunk - Public Books

Will casual carpool come back? - Berkeleyside

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Episode 410: One Year Anniversary of the Infrastructure Bill Dec 01, 2022

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This week we're joined once again by Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins and Helen Chin to talk about the one year anniversary of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. They chat about what they liked, the issue with capacity for applying for and implementing grants, transformative justice, and what states are actually doing well.

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