Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Episode 12: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Synthetic Data Replicants Dec 18, 2018

Show notes

This week we're joined by Anna Muessig of Gehl to chat about using data and tearing down the BQE in New York. Check out the links below to read along with our discussion.

News

Dutch reach - CityLab

Hiring managers discriminate on distance - HBR

Oregon considers four units per parcel - Willamette Week

Visit our sponsor - moovel

Story of the Week

Portland to try Google's Replica data program - Oregon Public Broadcasting

The Apps know where you are - NY Times

Spotlight New Mobility

Tear down the BQE - NY Magazine

Puppies and Butterflies

Kids in Oslo plan transportation - Geospatial World

Flashback: Walt Disney the City Planner Dec 12, 2018

Show notes

This week we're going back to Episode 27 to bring back an episode I had made just for kicks in 2014. It's Walt Disney the city planner. Hope folks enjoy it again or for the first time if you hadn't heard it before.

Episode 11: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Gingerbread Cities Dec 11, 2018

Show notes

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins to talk about bad Muni, holiday cities, and lots of mobility discussions.

The News

Madrid bans cars from central city - Guardian

A new AV Start bill? - The Verge

Minneapolis passes 2040 plan - Minneapolis Star Tribune

Story of the Week

New CA bill for density near transit - LA Times

Building slow lanes - Forbes

Spotlight New Mobility

Should Cincinnati built its own app - CityBeat

Puppies and Butterflies

The Laughing Room - MIT News

Episode 213: This is not the TIF You're Looking For Dec 05, 2018

Show notes

This week we chat with Professor Deborah Salon of Arizona State about location value capture. Deborah talks about the difference between location and land value capture and we go over the main points of a research study on the subject she wrote with several colleagues. We also chat about where location value capture shouldn't be used and whether certain mechanisms such as TIF take too much value for individual projects.

Episode 10: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Does that Particulate Matter Matter Dec 04, 2018

Show notes

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Anna Muessig of Gehl joins to chat about her trip to Australia, Minneapolis 2040, and we have fun discussing mobility monopolies.

Below are links to stories we talked about this week.

News

Modern Trains - Streetsblog USA

New York considers banning cashless business - Guardian

Death of Montreal Bagels? Globe and Mail

Story of the Week

Minneapolis' radical rezoning - Curbed

Lina Hidalgo to run Harris County - New York Magazine

Spotlight New Mobility

Becoming the Amazon of Transport - The Conversation

Puppies and Butterflies

The first condo - Price Tags

Episode 212: Personal Relationships and Place Nov 28, 2018

Show notes

This week we're joined by Dr. Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California, and Director of USC's Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and the USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII). We chat about a broad range of topics including the Environmental Justice Screening Method and how that research was turned into California environmental policy. The importance of community organizing in getting agreement for legislation, his new book The State of Resistance, as well as his views on rent control as public policy.

This episode was first aired at Rail~Volution.org

Episode 9: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Climate Change and Virgin Trains Nov 27, 2018

Show notes

This week on Mondays we talk about closing down the GM plant in Youngstown Ohio, climate change, more on housing, and Virgin Trains USA. We have a bit of a technical issue but hopefully you still enjoy the show. Below are links to the items we discussed.

News

Three Big Climate Takeaways - Vox

All Cash Purchases Must be Disclosed - 6sqft

Trump Administration floats sharing census information with law enforcement - Washington Post

Story of the Week

Why affordable housing is scarce in progressive cities - Curbed

$17 trillion could be saved with compact development - WRI

Spotlight New Mobility

Bright line will change name to Virgin Trains - Miami Herald

Puppies and Butterflies

Bruce Hallman and the SF Faces - Mission Local

Episode 8: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Boomers and Amazons Nov 20, 2018

Show notes

This week we talk about Baby Boomer housing, Amazon, and decriminalization of transit fares.

News

Decriminalizing Fare Evasion - The Hill

Autonomous Delivery Vehicles - Fast Company

Amazon Won't Save Your Town - New York Times

Story of the Week

Baby Boomers Not Buying Homes - MNN

Spotlight New Mobility

Portland's Little Big Shift - Sightline

Puppies and Butterflies

Sharing a home with older residents - Guardian

Episode 211: Verkehrsverbund - A Seamless Journey Nov 15, 2018

Show notes

This week we're joined by Professor Ralph Buehler of Virginia Tech who talks with us about the German transport concept of Verkehrsverbund (VV). The word translated to English means "transport network". We discuss where the first VV was formed and how more integrated systems could make transport in the United States more efficient and connected. There's also a discussion about docked bike share as well as how we can think about mobility as a service platforms in the future and their relationship to existing transport systems.

Episode 7: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Nobody Likes Scorpions in their Pants Nov 13, 2018

Show notes

This week we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about the election, scooter data, and cities from scratch.

Below are some of the pieces we covered...

News

Clickwork in Nairobi - BoingBoing

Rep. Peter DeFazio sees a bill - Washington Post

Scooter corrals in Santa Monica - LA Streetsblog

Atlanta approves the gulch - Curbed Atlanta

Story of the Week

Cities and scooter data - Wired

Nevada and the bitcoin city - NY Times