Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Episode 204: Data Systems for Better Mobility Sep 26, 2018

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This week we're joined by Chloe Spano, Vice President of Business Development and Innovation at Cityway. She discusses how Paris has reduced driving in the city using data and the importance of data in putting together mobility services of the future.

Episode 2: Mondays at The Overhead Wire Sep 25, 2018

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Welcome to our NEW SHOW on the Talking Headways Podcast Network called Mondays at The Overhead Wire where Jeff and a rotating band of amazing co-hosts talk about the top stories from TheOverheadWire.com.

This week Anna Muessig of Gehl joins to talk about her trip to Detroit. We also play the game WikiCity and discuss Paris' car free day in October.

Featured Articles This Week

Things I Learned on Foot - Guardian

How Connected Is Your Community - NY Times

Paris Going Car Free for a Day - Fast Company

Philly's First Ever Augmented Reality Mural - Philadelphia Magazine

Episode 203: Bringing Back Denver's Union Station Sep 19, 2018

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Bill Sirois, Senior Manager for Transit-Oriented Communities with Denver's Regional Transportation District (RTD), joins us this week to talk about the success of the transit agency's TOD program. The Union Station redevelopment—the unique funding, extensive planning, and successful execution—is the focus of the conversation. But Denver has done so much more. Bill also discusses the construction of over 38,000 housing units near transit since 2005, other interesting examples of TOD in the region, and what comes next as the current period of transit expansion comes to a close.

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Episode 1: Mondays at The Overhead Wire Sep 18, 2018

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Welcome to our NEW SHOW on the Talking Headways Podcast Network called Mondays at The Overhead Wire where Jeff Wood and a rotating band of amazing co-hosts talk about the top stories from TheOverheadWire.com.

This week Anna Muessig of Gehl joins to talk about why autonomous vehicles should focus on pedestrians and Domino's Pizza as a pothole filling enterprise. We also play the game WikiCity and wonder who should be the voice transit in a city.

Featured Articles This Week

Left Behind America - Frontline

What America's Mayors Think About Domino's Pothole Filling Stunt - Eater

Autonomous Cars Need to Think More Like Humans - Fast Company

Episode 202: The Anatomy of an Urban Cell Sep 13, 2018

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This week we're joined by planner and author Robin Renner. We talk about his wonderful book Urban Being: Anatomy and Identity of the City. Robin talks about how living in a number of places around the world got him to think differently about cities and how that led to his categorization of urban clusters. I ask how his work can be used by cities and he gives us a look into his thought process and the different geographies of the city.

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Episode 201: Building the Dutch Cycling City Sep 06, 2018

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This week we're joined by Melissa and Chris Bruntlett to talk about their new book Building the Cycling City: The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality. They chat about their trip to the Netherlands and their experiences in a number of different cities and how they relate to the North American context. We also chat about overflowing bike parking, why bikes are often left behind, and how street design is better than signs.

To purchase the book, visit Island Press

Episode 200: Urbanism as a Way of Life by Louis Wirth Aug 30, 2018

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This week on the podcast it's our 200th episode!!!! We have a bit of a dance party in the intro before getting to the good stuff. We read in full "Urbanism as a Way of Life" by Louis Wirth from the Journal of Sociology in 1938. The piece is introduced by Dr. Lisa Schweitzer, a professor at USC Sol Price School of Public Policy who believes this piece and others sometimes get overshadowed by Jane Jacobs. So let us change that shall we? I really hope you enjoy this episode. If you do please send us an email at theoverheadwire@gmail.com

Episode 199: Recycling Capital for Public Good Aug 22, 2018

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This week we're joined by former President and CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund (Liif) Nancy Andrews. Nancy and I chat about community development, poverty reduction strategies, and the Bay Area Transit Oriented Housing Fund.

Episode 198: Setting Real Goals and Accelerating Change Aug 16, 2018

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This week we're joined by Doug Farr, President of Farr Associates and author of the new book Sustainable Nation. Doug chats about the arrangement of the book by different patterns of urbanism and how we can take a bottom up approach to change our cities. He also chats about the forced boredom of the Burning Man festival and why Alexis de Tocqueville's 1835 work Democracy in America is still relevant today.

Episode 197: The Uber Effect Aug 09, 2018

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This week we're joined by Andrew Saltzberg, Head of Transportation Policy and Research at Uber. Andrew talks about growing up in Montreal and his previous transportation work at the World Bank. We also chat about the importance of transportation policy at the city level and Uber's support for congestion pricing as well as the issue of geometry in urban places.

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