Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Episode 225: The Land of 10,000 Comments Mar 14, 2019

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This week we chat with Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender. Lisa, a planner by profession and now a two-term city councilor, chats about public participation in the Minneapolis 2040 planning process locally and the discussions that led to the passing of the city's comprehensive plan last December. She also talks about streets as public spaces and how Minneapolis 2040 plays into the city's vision for transportation. Finally, we ask Lisa about the public discourse overall at public meetings and in planning.

Episode 20: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Your Childhood Street Memory Map Mar 12, 2019

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The week friend of the show Tracy McMillan from SafeTREC joins to talk about making money off of mobility, autonomous buses, the Lyft IPO, outdated city equipment and much more!

The News

Autonomous bus testing in Singapore - Bloomberg

Cashless retail could be outlawed - CityLab

Uber not criminally liable in crash - Smart Cities Dive

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Story of the Week

Automakers struggle to make money on mobility - Bloomberg

Cities running on software from the 80s - Bloomberg

Kings of Dallas Sprawl - D Magazine

Spotlight Mobility

Information available now on Lyft IPO - Reuters

Puppies and Butterflies

Risk, Fear, and Freedom

As always you can reach us on twitter @theoverheadwire or at theoverheadwire@gmail.com

Episode 224: The Annual Yonah Freemark Prediction Show Mar 07, 2019

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This week we're joined by perennial favorite Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic. We rate his predictions from last year and give predictions for next year, some of which are already in peril! He chats about his zoning paper that has gotten a LOT of attention from housing advocates, high speed rail and California's current dilemma, and Amazon's New York departure.

For Yonah's previous episodes, check out 45, 61, 88, 132, or 169

Episode 19: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - It's Cold in Chicago and Duke Sucks Mar 05, 2019

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Chrissy joins the show and we talk about Duke rejecting Durham light rail, NY's move towards congestion pricing, Berlin's new transport app, and anchor institutions.

News

Duke rejects light rail - News and Observer

de Blasio endorses congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC

UPMC joins health providers to think about housing - NextPittsburgh

Join moovel at SXSW - Link

Daimler and BMW join forces - The Verge

Story of the Week

Netherlands pays people to bike to work - Huffington Post

de Blasio endorses congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC

Spotlight Mobility

Berlin's all in one app - Fast Company

Episode 223: Designing 3D Cities and Computer Generated Architecture Feb 28, 2019

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This week we're joined by Matthias Buehler of Vrbn and David Wasserman of Fehr and Peers. We talk about the City Engine program and how to create realistic cityscapes for movies and planning applications. We chat about the time it takes to code details, how much collected urban data sets can be used, and what these types of programs could be used for in the future.

A few notes from David and Matt

David:

Complete Street Rule on Github

Future of the Curb and City Engine - ESRI

Software for Bike Planning - People for Bikes

Procedural Modeling for City Design - YouTube

Matthias:

Vrbn Company

Interview with Matthias Buehler - Gnomon Workshop

Independence Day and City Engine

Making a Favela - Ronen Berkman

Episode 222: Mapping the Land Feb 21, 2019

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This week we chat with Jerry Paffendorf, Co-Founder and CEO of Loveland Technologies. We chat about how they collect parcel data from all over the country, how parcels were measured historically, and how they can be used to create better transparency in cities.

Episode 18: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Tax Policy, Amazon, High Speed Rail Feb 19, 2019

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This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show to talk about Amazon, California High Speed Rail, and other top news of the week.

News

Amazon pulls back on NYC plans - New York Times

Governor Newsom to focus on Central Valley HSR Segment - Streetsblog CA

Swiss reject anti-sprawl measure - Reuters

Story of the Week

America's forgettable midrises - Bloomberg

California high speed rail "worst practices" - Eno Center

Midsized City Magic

Denver married couples taking on roommates - Denver Post

Spotlight Mobility

Were the parking taxes on purposes - Sightline Institute

Email congress about the parking tax - Coalition for Smarter Transportation

Episode 221: Where's My Bus? When Will It Arrive? Feb 14, 2019

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This week we're joined by Jonny Simkin, Co-Founder and CEO of Swiftly. Jonny talks about what his company does to crunch data at transit agencies and the impacts they've had on transit agencies outlook on service. He also chats about potential futures for mobility as a service and data privacy.

Episode 17: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - I Hate Selfie Sticks Feb 12, 2019

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This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols and I talk about infrastructure embarrassment, good congestion/bad congestion, and the green new deal.

News

Tourism sites charging entry fees soon - Washington Post

New York seeks designers for odd lots - Curbed

The Green New Deal's flaw - Slate

Bolivian Lithium - National Geographic

Story of the Week

The Infrastructural Humiliation of America - Tech Crunch

Topography of Wealth in LA - Nick Underwood

Who Got What

Chrissy in ITE Journal

Spotlight Mobility

Good Congestion/Bad Congestion - CNU Public Square

Episode 220: Bus Lanes at the Crossroads of America Feb 07, 2019

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This week we are joined by Sean Northup, Deputy Director of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization. Sean chats about the Indianapolis Red Line, the first of three BRT routes that will crisscross the region. Those lines and other transit improvements are being funded in part by local, dedicated funding which was won after a long and arduous process.

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