Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Episode 278: Setting Up Cities for Electric Vehicles Apr 02, 2020

Show notes

This week on the podcast we're joined by Chris Nelder of the Rocky Mountain Institute and the Energy Transition Show podcast. Chris chats with us about what cities and utilities need to think about as they electrify transportation and how rules and regulations might make it harder than it needs to be. We also chat about how municipal utilities like Seattle are ahead of the curve and whether your local gas station might disappear.

Episode 57: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Pandemic Logistics Mar 31, 2020

Show notes

This week on the show Tracy McMillan joins to talk about the recovery bill, HEB logistics, and why pigeons win the urban bird game.

News

Transport Stimulus - Eno Center

HEB logistics - Texas Monthly

Internet speeds - Tech Crunch

Odds and Ends

Pigeons take over - Inverse

Italy on lockdown - The Conversation

HSR patient transfer - NPR

Story of the Week

The trips not taken - Streetsblog USA

Puppies and Butterflies

Strutting Goats - Twitter

Episode 277: Corridors Where the Bus is King Mar 26, 2020

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This week we're joined by Lindiwe Rennert, Transit Planner at the City of Boston. She chats with us about her work on the Warren Street corridor; the creation of bus priority for the many riders on the corridor, and how to get feedback on projects.

Episode 56: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Urban Design in a Pandemic Mar 24, 2020

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This week Shut Ins Local #101 meets again to talk about quick transportation thinking from Seattle and Bogota while discussing urban design in the time of a pandemic.

News

Seattle designates curbs for pickup - City of Seattle

Bogota expands bike lanes - Smart Cities World

Austin Judge throws out council vote - KUT

Odds and Ends

Cleaner air, less traffic - New York Times

Utah pushes forward with renewable plan - Utility Dive

Grocery workers deemed essential emergency - The Hill

Story of the Week

Design in a pandemic - Curbed

Puppies and Butterflies

The online TP calculator - CNN

Episode 276: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Mar 19, 2020

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This week we're joined by Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic for his eighth appearance on the show. We look back at past transit predictions and then make a few more for next year. We talk about building subways around the country and cheer ourselves up about the state of transit as well.

Episode 55: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Shelter in Place Mar 17, 2020

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This week we're joined by Tracy McMillan and Chrissy Mancini Nichols. We chat about the Coronavirus and some of the changes we might see after it passes. We chat about 3d printed homes outside of Austin and some of the reasons why transit is hard to do in the US.

News

Why is US Transit so hard to build - Motherboard

Austin 3D printed houses - Fast Company

Poverty Reduction Plan - WHYY

Odds and Ends

Amazon nixed green shipping - Bloomberg

Equitable home sizes - Fast Company

Story of the Week

Satellite Carbon Analysis - NASA

A new housing bill from CA Sen Scott Weiner - LA Times

Puppies and Butterflies

Cat Tracker - National Geographic

Arnold's PSA - CNN

Penguins - Chicago Tribune

Episode 275: The Communist Leanings of Charlotte (Streets) Mar 12, 2020

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This week we're chatting with Geoff Boeing, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at USC. Geoff talks all things data and streets, focusing first on data usage, moving on to street network design, and then to urban design.

For more information on us visit http://theoverheadwire.com

Episode 54: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Tunnel Vision Mar 10, 2020

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This week I'm solo on the podcast talking about corporate landlords, Austin Transportation, the BQE tunnel, Indianapolis' transit mayhem and more!

News

Indy transit threatened - Indianapolis Star

An $11B tunnel for NYC? - New York Times

Sunnyside Yards plan - Wall Street Journal

Odds and Ends

Austin expanding I-35? - Austin American Statesman

Texas high speed rail deal - RFI

Heathrow 3rd runway stopped - Guardian

Story of the Week

New Mobility + Transit - Traffic Technology Today

Germany's pedestrian plan framework - City Fix

Corporate Landlords - New York Times

DC plan for free transit - Washington Post

Free transit reaction - GGWash

Puppies and Butterflies

Oldest buildings in US cities - ArchDaily

For more information on our work visit http://theoverheadwire

Episode 274: Housing on the Bus Yard Mar 05, 2020

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This week on the podcast we are chatting with Adrienne Heim and Rafe Rabalais from the SFMTA about the Potrero Yard electric bus and housing project. We chat about modernization, planning, electricity use and much much more!

Episode 273: It Came from TRB! Poster Session Part 2 Feb 27, 2020

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This is our last week at TRB and we're back on the poster board floor talking with professors and students about their research. This week they cover topics including trip routing with smart phones, stop sign impacts on safety, how rain affects bus travel times, transit agency equity analysis, and much more.

To find out more about the presentations or people, links are provided below.

Rebecca Kiriazes - Georgia Tech - Research

Yousteena Bocktor - McGill University - Research

Patrick Loa - University of Toronto - Research

Margarita Novales - Universidade Da Coruna Spain - Research

Torrey Lyons - UNC Chapel Hill - Research

Sultan Ali - Florida International University

Travis Moe/Nicolas Farenchak - University of New Mexico - Research

Andrew Schouten - UCLA ITS

Josef Szende - NYCDOT