Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Episode 232: Transportation Professionals Will Make or Break the Planet May 02, 2019

Show notes

This week we're at the Shared Mobility Summit from earlier this year in Chicago. Laura Bliss of CityLab moderates a panel of agency leaders including Stephanie Pollack, CEO of MassDOT, Randy Clarke, President and CEO of Capital Metro in Austin, and Sadhu Johnston, City Manager from Vancouver British Columbia.

The panel talks about whether it's too late to address climate change through transportation, how the introduction of ride hailing will work with local regulations in Vancouver, how Austin has been watching the evolution of shared mobility from TNCs to scooters, how buses matter for the future of transportation and much much more.

If you'd like to skip to the conversation portion past the presentations, fast forward to 41 minutes.

Episode 231: Transportation and Patient Care Apr 25, 2019

Show notes

This week we're joined by Brian Ebersol and Eileen Everhart of Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania. They talk about how health care is about more than just patient care at hospitals and how transportation and wellbeing figures into planning for treating the whole person.

Episode 230: Techno Beats and Designing Swedish Streets Apr 18, 2019

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This week we're joined by Swedish urbanist Alexander Stahle. He talks about how cities in Europe have a lot of the same problems we do in the United States and what some places are doing to make streets safer and more active. He also chats about how his company Spacescape uses data to think about the value of urban form and where new metro lines should go. Alexander also talks about a new street design guide he's helping to create for Sweden.

Episode 229: The Life of Your Transportation Data Apr 11, 2019

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This week we're at the 3 Revolutions conference in Davis California chatting with Warren Logan of SFCTA, Mollie Pelon McArdle of SharedStreets.io, and Regina Clewlow of Populus. We chat about all things data; how it's used, privacy issues, the correct geography to collect it, regulations and much much more.

Episode 23: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Han Shot First Apr 09, 2019

Show notes

This week I'm doing a solo show reviewing the news because I'll be gone the rest of the month and wanted to share a few things with listeners. Below are the articles we cover in the show. Hope you enjoy it!

News

Go Triangle Ends Durham Orange LRT - News and Observer

New transit payment schemes - Engadget - Smart Cities Dive

Facebook faces housing discrimination charges from HUD - NYT

Lightfoot elected mayor - Chicago Streetsblog

Idaho Stop Legalized - Streetsblog USA

Denver announces new DOT - Denverite

Story of the Week

Experimental walking directions - Gizmodo

Manhattan Congestion Pricing - NYT

Tallest tower planned - Guardian

Self driving cars considered unthinkable in 50 years - Vox

Ciclovia 25 years - National Geographic

Rockefeller bows out of 100 resilient cities program - Bloomberg

Puppies and Butterflies

20 Minute Nature Pills - Fast Company

Episode 228: Underinfrastructurized Apr 04, 2019

Show notes

This week we are sharing an episode we recorded live for attendees at the Safe Streets Summit in Miami where we talked with Alice Bravo, Director of the Department of Transportation and Public Works for the City of Miami and Chris Sinclair, Founding Principal at Renaissance Planning. We cover a lot of topics including transit oriented development, multi-modal system productivity, new fare payment systems, using data in planning, frequent bus networks and much much more!

Episode 227: Innovation in a Food Desert Mar 28, 2019

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This week on the podcast we chat with Vanan Murugesan, Director of Design and Innovation at Pillsbury United Communities. Vanan talks about the role of community centered design in creating a nonprofit grocery store in North Minneapolis called North Market. We also chat about pros and cons of the farm bill, technology and convenience, and new initiatives in workforce development.

Episode 22: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Going To, Not Through Mar 26, 2019

Show notes

This week we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about Gwinnett County's transit election, Level of Service, and transportation data privacy.

News

Gwinnett County rejects MARTA tax - Governing

Amsterdam new homes can't be rented - CityLab

More US cities end recycling - New York Times

Seattle passes zoning changes - Curbed

Visit our Sponsor too - moovel

Story of the Week

Getting rid of level of service - Brookings

Privacy issues come to the forefront - LA Times

Puppies and Butterflies

Seiichi Miyake's tactile blocks - Curbed

Episode 226: The Potential of a Fiberoptic Future Mar 21, 2019

Show notes

This week we're joined by Susan Crawford, the John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard School of Law. Susan talks about her new book Fiber which focuses on how cities in the United States are trying to build communications networks with this seemingly limitless technology but get push back from regulators and incumbent companies alike.

Episode 21: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Global Hum Mar 19, 2019

Show notes

Urbanist Ed Parillon joins the show to talk about autonomous technology, Scott Weiner's SB50 bill, pied a terre taxes in NY, and Gavin Newsom's housing plans that could take away transportation funds.

Visit our sponsor - moovel

News

Boeing Crashes Are a Warning to Drivers, Too - Slate

Twitter Thread on Boeing Technology Issue - Sumner

Pied-à-terre Tax Could Help Pay for MTA - Curbed NY

Gavin Newsom's Ideas to Spur More Housing - Streetsblog CA

Story of the Week

How Three Cities Ended Chronic Homelessness - Fast Company

How Santa Monica Is Luring People Back to the 3rd Street Promenade - LA Magazine

Spotlight Mobility

Scott Weiner updates SB50 - Curbed SF

Puppies and Butterflies