Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Episode 45: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Crash Not Accident Nov 26, 2019

Show notes

This week we're here on our own before the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States. We don't do a story of the week but we review a few big stories from the week before.

News

Briant Park chairs - Gothamist

Ride hailing emissions - Transport and Environment

Americans aren't moving - Brookings

Silver Tsunami - Zillow

HUBZone using old poverty data - Washington Post

Housing Department Renamed Inlivian - Charlotte Observer

Crash not accident - Forbes

Episode 261: The Sidewalk Barrons Nov 21, 2019

Show notes

This week we're joined by Antonoia Malchik to talk about her book A Walking Life. Antonia talks about the speed and shallow organizing brought to us by social media, the experience of making a pilgrimage on foot, the importance of walking and nature in human well being, and what a Hollywood Sidewalk might be.

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Episode 44: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Integrated Travel Project Nov 19, 2019

Show notes

Gillian Gillette of Caltrans and Jeroen Kok of Rebel Group join this week and talk about the California Integrated Travel Project and the Market Sounding report they did to look at the future of integrated payment systems. We also went over the usual news and reviews from the previous week.

News

Milwaukee workers no longer required to live in city - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Coastal cities made to plan more housing - LA Times

220 Acre park near downtown Charlotte - Charlotte Agenda

Odds and Ends

Will Kansas City have free transit? - Kansas City Star

Cities sue FCC over fees - Bloomberg

Story of the Week

What does transportation equity mean? - University of Toronto

How transit scaling shapes cities - Phys.org

How megacities of Europe stole a continent's wealth - Guardian

Puppies and Butterflies

Jeff Tumlin to run the SFMTA - Streetsblog SF

Funny clip from Utopia on Australian Broadcast Channel - via Brent Toderian tweet

Episode 260: Test Before You Invest Nov 15, 2019

Show notes

This week we're joined by Tony Garcia of the Street Plans Collaborative to talk about their new report for TRB entitled Fast-Tracked: A Tactical Transit Study. Tony talks about figuring out how to build transit projects, the activists that have been making things happen, and how you determine whether projects are tactical or not.

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Episode 43: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Housing + Transportation = Health Nov 12, 2019

Show notes

This week I'm on solo talking about the NTSB and Helmets, walkability and the economic ladder, and affordable housing's impact on bond ratings and health care.

News

NTSB gaga over helmets - Streetsblog NYC

Children in walkable communities have leg up - UVA Today

Housing's effects on health care costs - Bloomberg

Odds and Ends

Housing and bond ratings - Bloomberg

Seattle has less car ownership - Seattle Times

Story of the Week

Apple's $2.5B housing push - Curbed SF

Augsburg mobility flat rate - Intelligent Transport

Democrats blind spot on cars - Huffington Post

Housing pushback - Willamette Week

Providence shows way on environmental justice plans - Grist

Episode 259: The Urban Freight Lab Nov 07, 2019

Show notes

This week we're joined by Dr. Anne Goodchild of the University of Washington's Urban Freight Lab. We chat with Dr. Goodchild about what's missing from the urban transportation discussion, the ideas they are testing for better deliveries, and the future of streets.

Episode 42: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Cerulean Blue Nov 05, 2019

Show notes

This week we're joined by Grayline Group's Joseph Kopser. We talk about transportation data, Minneapolis 2040, drones, freight, and more!

News

Uber and LADOT trade blows - C|NET

NASA wants a major city to have drones by 2028 - C|NET

Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto move forward - Globe and Mail

Odds and Ends

Real estate commissions - Seattle Times

Tulsa attracts remote workers - Next City

Story of the Week

The first map of America's food supply chain - Fast Company

How Minneapolis passed 2040 plan and defeated NIMBYism - The Atlantic

1.5M packages in New York each day - New York Times

Puppies and Butterflies

Human's home towns - Inverse

Episode 258: Peering into the Future of Livable Communities Oct 31, 2019

Show notes

This week we're back at the Rail~Volution conference in Vancouver BC for the closing Plenary. GB Arrington moderates a panel with Minneapolis Council President Lisa Bender, Managing Director of the Transformation Alliance Odetta MacLeish White, and President and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Mac McCarthy. The panel discusses the legacy of Rail~Volution along with what is happening now in communities that are making change for the better. From addressing race and housing to climate emissions, this session shares lessons learned and the potential for more.

Episode 41: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Bus in the Hole Oct 29, 2019

Show notes

This week we're here with Han Solo to talk about drone deliveries, wildfires, self driving cars and much much more.

News

Minneapolis passes 2040 Plan - Star Tribune

Sound Transit Board doesn't include subway alternatives - Seattle Times

Zoox co-founder says cities are target for AVs - Business Insider

Waymo head says boxes going AV before people - Bloomberg

First drone delivery - Newsweek

Recycling for streets - Core77

Story of the Week

Air quality getting worse - Bloomberg

SUV sales offset electric vehicles - SSTI

Sprawling suburbs cost extra - LSE

ULEZ in London a success - Intelligent Transport

The Future of the Bodega - Curbed NY

Puppies and Butterflies

Driving rats - Salon

Episode 257: Ride the Bus, Save the World Oct 24, 2019

Show notes

This week we're joined by Steven Higashide, Director of Research at Transit Center, to talk about his new book Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit. Steven talks about how he got interested in transportation issues, his favorite bus ride, and what we can do to change the way buses operate in our cities.

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