Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Episode 347: The Feminist City Aug 19, 2021

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This week we're joined by Professor Leslie Kern to talk about her book Feminist City. We talk about the need to make more spaces for non-traditional relationships, feminist geography and intersectionality, and how care work taxes personal transportation budgets.

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Episode 346: Saved Mental Energy Aug 12, 2021

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This week we're joined by Melissa and Chris Bruntlett to talk about their book, Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives. We chat about the ambient stress and anxiety created by auto oriented cities, the mental energy saved by car light spaces, and the difference between engineering and ecological resilience.

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Episode 94: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Moving at the Speed of Congress Aug 10, 2021

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This week on the Mondays show Chrissy and I discuss the history of the Segway, why people want cities to die, new ways to measure intersection safety and some of the details related to the infrastructure bill.

News

Infrastructure bill overview webinar - Eno Center

Why did people want covid to kill cities? - NYT

A new metric for safe streets - PennToday

Bike representation in the movies - Slate

History of the Segway - Slate

Puppies and Butterflies

Jess Zimbabwe on twitter

Episode 345: The Heat is On Aug 05, 2021

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This week we're joined by Dr. V Kelly Turner, Director of Urban Environment Research at UCLA's Luskin Center for Innovation. We chat about how to think differently about urban heat, how to measure it, and how to regulate it.

Read her piece in Next City.

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Episode 344: No More Transit Hunger Games Jul 29, 2021

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This week Dan Baer, Senior Vice President at WSP talks with Kevin Corbett, President and CEO of New Jersey Transit. In this 1 on 1 conversation, Dan and Kevin talk about NJ Transit's response to the pandemic, bus electrification, and much more.

Episode 343: This Food Pyramid Would be All Cars Jul 22, 2021

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This week we're joined by Zabe Bent, Director of Design for the National Association of City Transportation Officials. We chat about how we think too much about the future and growth, the current MUTCD process, and how she would start the design an infrastructure bill.

Mary Pay McGuire in Next City on Pavement.

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Episode 342: Man's Best Friend on Transit Jul 15, 2021

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This week we're joined by Dr. Jennifer Kent, Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism at the Sydney School of Architecture. Jennifer talks with us about why we travel, the impact of dogs on our travel behavior, and the idea of "messy trips".

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Episode 93: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Advocates to Electeds Jul 13, 2021

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This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, we share a bit of the news from the last few weeks, but then Mesa Arizona City Council Member Francisco Heredia and Charlotte City Council Member Braxton Winston talk with each other about their journeys from being an advocate to elected officials. This episode initially was shared on the Rail~Volution podcast, but now you can check it out here as well.

News

Let's talk more about pavement - Next City

Aging condos need better oversight - Bloomberg

Urban Mobility Report is back and still missing the point - City Observatory

Episode 341: A Guide to Open Mobility as a Service Jul 08, 2021

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This week we're joined by Andrew Salzberg, Head of Policy at Transit App. Andrew talks with us about Transit's Guide to Open Mobility as a Service and discusses how policy can create a better travel experience for everyone.

The Guide to Open Mobility as a Service is found here.

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Episode 340: Coordinating Pandemic Transit Jul 01, 2021

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This week we're joined by Robert del Rosario, Director of Service Development for AC Transit in Oakland California. Robert talks about agency coordination during the pandemic, what's needed to get riders coming back, and what sustainable revenue might look like going forward.

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