Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Episode 116: Remixing the Future of Transit Planning Oct 14, 2016

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This week I'm joined by Tiffany Chu, the Co-Founder of the transit planning software firm Remix. Tiffany discusses the positive responses that the company has gotten from the industry and what made got it started. We also discuss the possible policy implications as well as the movement towards open data.

Episode 115: 100 Percent Universally Designed Sep 29, 2016

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This week we're chatting with transit advocate Sunday Parker about transportation access for people with disabilities. We talk about the design of transit stations, the layout of the new BART train cars and what that means for different types of users, the idea of universal design and access in the built environment overall, and our best transit days.

Episode 114: The City of Los Angeles is Full Sep 22, 2016

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This week we're joined by Shane Phillips who writes at the blog Better Institutions. We chat about Los Angeles' and everyone else's housing issues including The Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, development exactions, vacancy rates, and more. Shane also talks a bit about how he keeps motivated to write the blog and what allows him to think a little bit outside the box before thinking about the importance of urbanist happy hours.

Episode 113: A Different Look at Transportation Sep 15, 2016

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This week we're joined by Rob Puentes of the Eno Center for Transportation, a 95 year old organization focused on better transportation outcomes. We discuss a number of different topics including some we usually don't hear much about. Aviation, freight, coordinating automated vehicle policy, and the presidential election are some of the big topics in our discussion.

Episode 112: The Vancouver Model Sep 01, 2016

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This week we're joined by former Vancouver BC chief planner Brent Toderian. We discuss the best way to do density, when towers are appropriate for cities, what type of cities should take on the Olympics, and what happens to a planner after they have kids. Brent also talks about the negatives of not only NIMBYs but YIMBYs and whether we should believe all those articles that rank cities by any measure.

Episode 111: Putting Dallas Back Together Again Aug 18, 2016

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This week we're joined by Patrick Kennedy to talk about what's going on in Dallas. We discuss A New Dallas and the recent TXDOT CityMap Plan which will re-imagine the freeways and roads in downtown Dallas. We also discuss the importance of existing dense neighborhoods to promote new neighborhoods, downtown subways, urban politics, and what's going on with plans for the Trinity River.

Episode 110: Columbus - The Smartest City in the Land Aug 11, 2016

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This week we're joined by Josh Lapp, a board member at Transit Columbus to talk about Ohio's capital city. We talk about the changes that have been happening to make Columbus more urban, how its stadiums have been situated to support downtown growth and walkability, and transportation issues such as bike share, light rail, and of course the recent win by Columbus of USDOT's smart cities challenge.

Episode 109: Future Shared Mobility in Smart Cities Aug 04, 2016

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This week we're going back to the Live.Ride.Share conference from Denver for the closing plenary. Speakers discuss the Smart City Challenge put on by the DOT, the future of shared use mobility carpooling services, autonomous vehicles, and their impact on cities and greenhouse gases.

Speakers include:

Mark Dowd, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at USDOT,

Amanda Eaken - Deputy Director of the Urban Solutions Program, NRDC

Emily Castor - Director of Transportation Policy, Lyft

Jonathan Hall - Head of Economic Research for Public Policy and Litigation, Uber Technologies

Episode 108: Mapping the Smells and Sounds of the Sensory City Jul 27, 2016

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This week on the podcast I'm bringing back a conversation I had in Cambridge England with Daniele Quercia and Luca Aiello of Bell Labs. This focus recently has been on data mining and aggregation which has led to sensory mapping in cities. With this information they have been able to map smell, sound, and how people feel on their favorite walking routes.

Episode 107: Change in the Mile High City Jul 14, 2016

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This week we're joined by David Sachs of Streetsblog Denver. David talks about the amazing advocacy landscape in the city as well as a number of specific projects and initiatives that are happening in the city from the controversial widening of I-70 to the possibility of a new transportation department and the rethinking of the 16th street bus mall.

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