Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Episode 320: Mopeds to Go Feb 11, 2021

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This week we're joined by Haley Rubinson, Vice President of Business Development at Revel. We talk about why mopeds work for urban mobility, the dominance of automobiles in discussions about transportation, and if land use plays a part in adoption trends.

Episode 319: Shared Mobility, Vaccines, Vacations Feb 04, 2021

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This week we're again joined by Shared Use Mobility Center Founder in Residence Sharon Feigon. Sharon talks with us about what she hopes the focus will be for the next administration, how shared mobility has fared during the pandemic, and her plans for the future.

Episode 81: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Scott Bernstein on Poverty Reduction Feb 02, 2021

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This week we're joined by Scott Bernstein, Founder and Director Emeritus of the Center for Neighborhood Technology. Scott joins the show to chat with us about some of the ways cities and public agencies can work to reduce poverty. A penny saved is a penny earned. This is Mondays with Scott #1

Episode 318: Open Source Electric Bus Jan 28, 2021

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This week we're joined by Erica Eggleton, a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington to chat about her work on Route Dynamics, an open source program that estimates the energy demand for electric bus routes run by King County Metro.

We talk about how Route Dynamics calculates electric bus energy consumption and how it might be useful to transit agencies.

Episode 80: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Addicted to Linked In Jan 26, 2021

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This week on the Mondays show Dawn Miller, VP for Policy and Partnerships at Coord and Chrissy Mancini Nichols join the show.

We chat about Mayor Pete's Senate hearing, Sacramento's move away from single family zoning, and Dallas' new mobility plan.

We also talk a bit about DOT political appointments and Bernie's Wild Ride.

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Episode 317: Transportation and Law Part 2 Jan 21, 2021

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This week we're headed back to the Iowa Law Review's Symposium The Future of Law and Transportation. In Part 2 of this series, Professor Jonathan Levine moderates a panel of four including Professor David Prytherch, Professor Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Professor Tara Goddard, and Professor Vanessa Casado Perez on the topic of Rights of Way and Public Space.

Episode 79: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Stop Sign Line Jan 19, 2021

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This week Tracy McMillan joins the show to chat about what a Biden Administration can do for localities, climate change in the Great Lakes, Paris' participatory budget, and what the commute means to everyone.

Odds and Ends

Using Federal Power to liberate localities - Washington Monthly

Stop lines don't stop traffic - Route Fifty

Paris' participatory budget - City Monitor

Climate change and winter festivals - Detroit Free Press | National Geographic

Did the pandemic kill the commute? - City Lab

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Episode 316: Intro to the City Jan 14, 2021

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This week we're joined by Professor Sean Benesh to talk about his new book Intro to the City. We chat about his love of Pre-Colombian cities, how being an ordained pastor connects to his urban thinking, and some thoughts about opening your mind when it comes to place.

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Episode 315: The Answer is the Arterial Jan 07, 2021

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This week we're going back to the 2020 Rail~Volution conference where Peter Calthorpe gave the keynote speech with Allison Brooks of the Bay Area Regional Collaborative. They discuss the next generation of TOD and housing on major arterials.

Replay: The First Shoupista Dec 24, 2020

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This week we're replaying one of our most popular episodes in the last few years. Patrick Siegman of Siegman & Associates joins the podcast for spirited discussion about parking. We chat about the etymology of the word parking, the legend that is Donald Shoup, and why the topic of parking gets so personal.

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