Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Episode 267: An Operating System for the Public Right of Way Jan 16, 2020

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This week Hugh Martin of Lacuna joins the podcast to talk about his passion for open source ways to operate city streets in the future. As more and more transportation operators look for space on city streets and perhaps in the air, government needs a way to distribute access fairly based on public priorities and policy. Hugh talks about why he's so passionate about this future for cities and gives us some food for thought on the current state of the relationship between cities and transportation companies.

Episode 266: AV Policy and The Future of the Bus Jan 09, 2020

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This week we're joined by Laura Wiens of Pittsburgh for Public Transit to talk about their report on AVs called "Wait, Who's Driving This Thing" Laura chats about vehicle data, the future of bus drivers, the frameworks we need for a positive implementation and blows our mind by comparing the movement for micro-mobility and transport choice to the charter school movement.

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Episode 265: The Transport Gardener Jan 02, 2020

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This week we're joined by Grace Crunican, former GM at BART. Grace chats about her long and distinguished career as a leader in transportation and what it takes to lead, to mentor, and gives lessons for the next generation of advocates and public officials.

Flashback: Episode 85 - You Can't Surf After the Storm Dec 26, 2019

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This is one of my favorite episodes ever. I hope folks enjoy this flashback for the holidays. We chat with Alisa Valderrama and Rob Moore of NRDC all about water.

Episode 264: Train Daddy Loves You Dec 19, 2019

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This week we're joined by Ben Kabak of Second Avenue Sagas. We take a look at New York transit issues including who controls the MTA, why subway rides are getting faster, why he started writing about transit in the city, and the L train un-shutdown. We also chat about the 14th Street busway, bad airport transit, and the Mayor's fascination with ferries.

Episode 48: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - So Much Bad Service Dec 17, 2019

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This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show to talk about Miami's Velocia app, Jakarta's transit expansion, the urban media landscape and much more!

News

Bloomberg Media purchases CityLab - Mother Jones

Restaurants on the "streets" of NYC better reviews - WaPo

Indonesia's $40B Metro expansion - South China Morning Post

Odds and Ends

Headphones to alert pedestrians - Fast Company

Wolfhagen Germany goes 100% renewable - The Conversation

Amazon's Ring privacy problem - Gizmodo

Story of the Week

Velocia app rewards active transportation - Fast Company

Indonesia's $40B Metro expansion - South China Morning Post

Episode 263: A Rail~Volution History Dec 12, 2019

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This week we're back at the 2019 Rail~Volution conference in Vancouver BC. We chat with GB Arrington and Steve Dotterer about the early days of Rail~Volution and what the conference has meant to transportation in the United States over the last 25 years. They also tell stories about conferences past from when Al Gore came to Portland to having to move the conference date due to 9/11. Join us for a look at the past and the future.

Episode 47: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Classified Streets Dec 10, 2019

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Tracy McMillan of Nelson Nygaard returns to chat about climate change, gas price sensitivity, and free transit.

News

Gas price sensitivity - Haas Energy Institute Blog

Free transit in Kansas City - Jalopnik

The future is transparent wood - Horizon Magazine

World News

Land sold for Egypt's new capital - Reuters

Largest 3D printed building in Dubai - Construction Dive

Story of the Week

Climate change converts - Deseret News

Climate plan for Dallas transportation - Dallas Morning News

Episode 262: The Zero Emission Delivery Dec 05, 2019

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This week we're joined by Giacomo Lozzi of Polis to talk about a report he co-wrote about zero emissions sustainable government procurement. Giacomo talks about how cities such as Rotterdam, Oslo, and Copenhagen are trying to measure and manage the emissions they create through the procurement of goods and services.

Episode 46: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Lithium and Solar Towers Dec 03, 2019

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This week Jeff talks about potential sustainability solutions and some really cool curb management trials.

News

TfL is suspending Uber's license in London - The Verge

Solar company seeks to reduce cement, steel emissions - Wired

Story of the Week

Curb flow reduces double parking - Smart Cities Dive

Bastrop's new code - CNU Public Square

Climate change's lithium problem - The New Republic

Zombie miles and Napa Weekends - Jalopnik