Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
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A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.
Location:
United States
Description:
A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.
Language:
English
Website:
http://streetsblog.libsyn.com
Episodes
Episode 151: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - It's Been a Minute
4/30/2024
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Tracy McMillan to talk about aging in place, Nashville's big transit plan, potential Alzheimer's causes in car exhaust, Milan's famous weeks, and the Colorado legislature's search for more housing and TOD.
Articles
Aging in place - New York Times
Nashville's transit plans - Nashville Tennessean
Alzheimer's and car exhaust - Clean Technica
Colorado density laws - Colorado Politics
Milan's commercial weeks - Domus Web
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Duration:01:08:10
Episode 480: Details of Development Reform in Minnesota Part 1
4/25/2024
This week we’re joined by Jim Kumon, Principal at Electric Housing, to discuss his work as a developer and urban policy educator in the Twin Cities. We chat about his sustainable development project, what St. Paul learned from Minneapolis 2040 and how zoning reform and transportation intersect.
Some websites of note:
Electric Housing
Sundial Building
Incremental Development Alliance
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Duration:00:47:51
Episode 479: Charging Up Transportation
4/18/2024
This week we’re joined by Gabe Klein, Executive Director of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. We chat about the Joint Office’s white paper focused on best practices and solutions for electric vehicle charging entitled: Community Charging: Emerging Multifamily, Curbside, and Multimodal Practices.
White Paper Link
The EV Charging Infrastructure Playbook - Link
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Duration:00:46:47
Episode 150: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Housekeeping After Drought
4/16/2024
Happy Mondays! This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo again but we have a lot to catch up on. We're going over some of the news we didn't get to when we were away in China for a month. We cover LA's spongy infrastructure, an idea to connect zoning reform to transportation funding, and the transition from governments incentivizing retail businesses to warehousing infrastructure. Of course there's more but listen in to hear everything we share.
Main News
Also below is are the links to the items we covered on the show:
Los Angeles Spongy City - Wired Magazine
Local governments new plans for public housing - Vox
Toronto streetcar speeds up - Blog TO
Smaller houses for smaller prices - New York Times
Zoning for transportation funds - FAS
Canadian feds will stop investing in roads - CBC News
Cell phone distracted drivers - Vox
Rent killing sex? - Discourse Lounge
Mexico City water shortage - CNN
Retail attraction strategies - Time
Deadliest Intersections - Stacker
Reviewing smooth cities - The Nation
Transport equity tool - Streetsblog CA
Health benefits ULEZ/LTNs - Guardian | Guardian
Climate boomtowns - The Atlantic
Profit sharing for cities - Governing
The Great Asynchonization - Transportist
Death of the small car - Autopian
Fire department policy - Thesis Driven
AI Generated visuals - MIT News
Houston Mayor - Texas Monthly
Building deconstruction - Smart Cities Dive
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Duration:00:41:09
Episode 478: Women’s Transportation Seminar
4/11/2024
This week we’re joined by Sara Stickler, President and CEO of WTS International. We discuss how WTS highlights women’s expertise in transportation and how they create opportunities from mentorship to leadership and education. We also chat about some of their legislative priorities on workplace policy as well as some of the barriers women face in the field.
For more information visit: https://www.wtsinternational.org/
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Duration:00:41:26
Episode 477: Culture Change in Cleveland
4/4/2024
This week we’re featuring a one to one conversation between Billy Terry, Executive Director of the National Transit Institute at Rutgers University, and India Birdsong Terry, General Manager and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. They discuss leadership, hiring, and culture change at Ohio's largest transit agency.
This podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. To find out more, visit http://mpactmobility.org
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Duration:00:52:51
Episode 149: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dispatch from China
4/2/2024
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Jeff talks about his month long trip to China. Subways, multi-use paths, urbanism and more! We chat about Chinese mall culture, great food, and a really cool station design in Shenzhen.
To see some pictures from the trip visit our Instagram @theoverheadwire
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Duration:00:45:40
Episode 476: Saving California Transit from the Fiscal Cliff
3/28/2024
This week we’re sharing a San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) forum on how a statewide coalition of transit advocates were able to organize a funding bridge to avert a fiscal cliff for transit operators in the state. The discussion led by SPUR’s Laura Tolkoff, shares how they did it and what’s next.
Featured guests include...
Laura Tolkoff / Interim Chief Policy Officer & Transportation Policy Director, SPUR
Rebecca Long / Director, Legislation & Public Affairs, Bay Area Metro
Cyrus Hall / Independent Sustainable Transportation Advocate
Zack Deutsch-Gross / Policy Director, Transform CA
Raayan Mohtashemi / Legislative Aide, Office of California State Senator Scott Wiener
Monique Webster / Regional Government Affairs Manager, SFMTA
Adina Levin / Policy Director and Co-Founder, Seamless Bay Area
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Duration:00:48:28
Episode 475: Lessons from Quickbuild Street Projects
3/21/2024
This week we’re joined by Heidi Simon, Director of Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America. Heidi talks about lessons learned from Complete Streets Leadership Academies as state and local officials and advocates work to create safer streets through quick build projects.
Find the report here.
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Duration:00:37:48
Episode 474: Thinking Differently About Vehicle Design
3/14/2024
This week we’re joined by vehicle designer Dan Sturges to talk about his book Near to Far: A Design for a new and Equitable Transportation System. We talk about new ways of thinking about vehicle design, mobility for low density areas, as well as pop culture perceptions of small vehicles.
Find out more about what Dan is working on at http://www.dzn.camp
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Duration:01:03:08
Episode 473: Public Sentiment and Public Transit
3/7/2024
This week we’re featuring a 1 to 1 conversation between Adelee Le Grand of Intellectual Concepts and Scott Wilkinson of AlphaVu. They chat about how transit agencies can get a better handle on how riders and non-riders alike feel about their service.
This episode was produced in partnership with Mpact. To learn more about the annual conference, visit http://mpactmobility.org
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Duration:00:45:02
Episode 472: Streets for Skateboards
2/29/2024
This week we’re joined by skateboard advocate Aaron Breetwor, brand manager for Comet Skateboards. Aaron chats about using skateboards for transportation, designing streets for safer skateboarding, and this last years incident at the Dolores Street hill bomb.
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Duration:00:57:41
Episode 471: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 2
2/22/2024
Prediction Time! This week on part 2 of our chat with Yonah Freemark, we score our transportation predictions from last year and make new ones for 2025. We talk about the Roosevelt Subway, Transit agency bailouts, open gangway trains, and coming transit elections and extensions.
You can find Transit Explorer through the Transport Politic.
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Duration:00:33:57
Episode 470: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 1
2/15/2024
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined once again by transportation and housing expert Yonah Freemark. In part 1 we talk about the equitable distribution of transportation grants, potential for flex funding for transit, and our annual transit openings discussion.
You can find Transit Explorer through the Transport Politic.
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Duration:00:41:59
Episode 148: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Happy in Cities
2/13/2024
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo. The news continues and so do we. We chat about productive transit subsidies, transportation flex funding, and a coming connection between trees and health! Join us below for the show notes:
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News Items
Keys to happiness - Business Insider
Transit subsidy - Streetsblog USA
Truck insurance - Streetsblog USA
Flex funding - New York Focus
Rotterdam flood management - Guardian
Non subsidized affordable housing - CalMatters
Indian railway electrification - Energy Monitor
A mogul battles the subway - Hollywood Reporter
Alzheimers design - Guardian
Trees and health - Washington Post
Bonus Items
Bike friendly cities safe for all road users - Momentum Mag
Paris SUV Tax - Le Parisien
NYPHA bribery scandal - Motherboard
Power outages longer in poor areas - Route Fifty
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Duration:00:32:58
Episode 469: On the Bus in Boise
2/8/2024
This week we’re joined by Elaine Clegg, CEO of Valley Regional Transit in Boise Idaho. We chat about how the Boise bus system is changing, the impact of fast regional growth, energy infrastructure and favorite transportation board games.
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Duration:00:41:00
Episode 468: Organizing and Data that Create Wins
2/1/2024
This week we’re joined by Dr. Kathryn Howell, Director of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland. We talk about her daily e-bike commute, organizing around the Purple Line, the importance of eviction data, and commercial displacement.
This episode was produced in partnership with Mpact
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Duration:00:55:41
Episode 147: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - No More Math Please
1/30/2024
This week on the podcast we're Han Solo but we've got some great news and information for you including items on Beverly Hills residents being denied permits for underground pools, we've got money for transit operations in a house bill, and we're noticing the Introvert Economy is in full swing. Come join us, we were told there would be no math in podcasting, but it turns out that's just not true.
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Main News
Transit agencies are climate agencies - Heat Map
Beverly hills permits blocked - Guardian
Federal ops funding - Smart Cities Dive
Introvert economy - Bloomberg
Environmental culture war - The Atlantic
TfL open loop - Railway Technology
Universal basic mobility - NextCity
Delivery's pollution problem - Smart Cities Dive
Insurance creeping up - Fast Company
Prevent building collapse - The Conversation
Bonus Items
Compact cities reduce emissions - ITDP
New York + pool - Dwell
Seoul climate card - ITS International
Boomer empty nesters - Redfin
Buy, don't build affordable housing - The Citizen
FEMA disaster resilience zones - Smart Cities Dive
KC free transit - KCUR
Right on red - CNN
Road diet success - WFYI Cincinnati
Barcelona sustainable journeys - Smart Cities World
Climate change potholes - BBC Future
OK City tall building - CNN
Puppies and Butterflies
Jet Lag: The Game on Youtube
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Duration:00:43:39
Episode 467: Are We Taking Less Trips?
1/25/2024
This week we’re joined by Angie Schmitt, Owner and Principal at 3MPH Planning and Consulting. We chat about changing travel behavior in cities, the impact of recent social isolation on social trust, and polarization in policy solutions.
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Duration:00:44:08
Episode 466: Making DOTs Measure Emissions
1/18/2024
This week we’re joined by Beth Osborne, Vice President for Transportation and Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America. We chat about the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure Rule that will make State DOTs and MPOs measure emissions on the federal highway system. We also talk about how Beth thinks we have things lining up for positive change, politics of implementing rules, and how the NTSB treats air travel and surface transportation so differently.
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Duration:00:54:12