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.

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Thursday · 49 min
Episode 599: Architecture Won't Save a Bad Street
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Naama Blonder to talk about her book she wrote with her partner Misha Bereznyak entitled Building Charm: A Hyper Practical Guide to Developing Outstanding New Neighborhoods. We chat about the book's focus on human scale and how it radically rethinks street design. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
October 22 · 1 hr 2 min
Episode 598: A More Humanized Experience in Honolulu
This week on the Talking Headways podcast, we're joined by Jon Nouchi, Director of Transit at the City and County of Honolulu. At the Mpact conference in Toronto, we discussed the idea of iconic transit systems, time as a performance metric, humanizing transit systems, and the Skyline rail line. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
October 20 · 1 hr 15 min
Episode 200: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - What is Our Future?
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, Tracy McMillan and Chrissy Mancini-Nichols join the show for episode 200!!! We talk about a mobility idea that's like cap and trade, the idea of time, nostalgia and an imagined future for ourselves, measuring the GDP outcomes of our transportation investments, and the big questions about auto dependence. Lots of great discussion and fun ideas like maybe we should start a book club or a book segment! Let us know what you think. +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
October 15 · 40 min
Episode 597: The Gap Between Talent and Passion
This week on Talking Headways is Part 2 of our discussion with Reece Martin in Toronto at the Mpact Transit + Community Conference. We discuss projects getting picked apart in the media, The gap between talent and passion in transit agencies, high speed rail, and the threat of AVs to bad transit. The Transit Brief RM Transit on YouTube This episode was recorded at the Mpact Transit + Community conference this year in Toronto. A big thanks to Mpact for always providing us with a space to record to have such great discussions. For more information about next year's conference in Kansas City visit mpactmobility.org +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
October 8 · 41 min
Episode 596: Towards a Palpable Sense of Progress
This week on Talking Headways we are sharing Part 1 of a conversation with Reece Martin of The Transit Brief in Toronto at the Mpact Transit + Community Conference. We discuss the politics and impacts of fare policy, construction costs around the globe, the US' existential crisis, and the material benefits of progress. This episode was recorded at the Mpact Transit + Community conference this year in Toronto. A big thanks to Mpact for always providing us with a space to record to have such great discussions. For more information about next year's conference in Kansas City visit mpactmobility.org +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
October 6 · 39 min
Episode 199: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - New Ways to Think About Transport
This week we're back and Han Solo but we're covering lots of things including the thinking differently about our transportation investments around the country, the sillyness of cutting property taxes in states, and thinking more about tenant investment vehicles. Much more of course! Stay tuned. News Items Philly green corridors - Architect's Newspaper More trains - Grist Future transport policy - Brookings The Future is HSR - The Transit Brief High speed metro is something new - The Transit Brief City hospice in Florida - Florida Politics Zurich taking space from cars - Swissinfo.ch Congestion pricing wins - EDF Housing as a human right - Dame Magazine Great american tax freakout - SSRN Rental investment vehicles - Stanford Social Innovation Review Plug in hybrids caught emitting more - Transport and Environment Transit increases GDP - Global News Bonus Items Highways and chain stores - Strong Towns Disbanding public utilities? - Texas Tribune Childcare takes income - Marketplace Childcare in New Mexico - The 74 A railroad infrastructure bank - Progressive Railroading Wastewater recycling in Reno - Governing Bike sharing can reduce emissions - Simon Frasier University Electrification could cut Mexican oil use - Mexico Business News 87 year old's eviction in Spain - The Guardian China opens more HSR - China Daily Calgary Edmonton HSR - CBC News Pattern books in housing bill - Bipartisan Policy Center +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
October 1 · 57 min
Episode 595: Architecture's Role in Population Decline
This week we're joined by the director of UNC Charlotte's school of Architecture Blaine Brownell. We talk about the role architecture and urbanism play in population decline, the need for permeability in walkable neighborhoods, and a revolution in building materials. Blaine's upcoming book. Street Permeability: Architect Magazine Architecture's role in population collapse: Architect Magazine +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
September 24 · 32 min
Episode 594: People Based Accessibility
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by recent USC PhD graduate Wendy Zhou to discuss her dissertation, which focuses on dynamic accessibility. We talk about how static maps without a time based dimension don't tell the whole story on access and the idea of a people based accessibility. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
September 22 · 50 min
Mondays Flashback: Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians
This week we're flashing back to Talking Headways episode 379 in which we were joined by Frank Markowitz and Leni Schwendinger to talk about the book Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians. We chatted about creating legible nighttime spaces, what planners should focus on when programming lighted spaces, and the future of lighting and transportation. +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
September 17 · 57 min
Flashback: Episode 542: Measuring Transportation System Success
This week we're away at a conference, but we're flashing back to episode 542 where we're joined once again by professor Karel Martens. We learn about how transportation engineering is good at measuring only one problem and ignoring others and a new tool to determine the success of transportation systems. Fair Transport Lab Website A scale for describing people's mobility status - Findings Press +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
September 10 · 54 min
Episode 593: Carspreading
This week we're joined by Sofia Navas and James Nix of the NGO Transport & Environment to talk about their recent report: Ever Bigger? Car Size at a Crossroads. We discuss the increasing size of vehicles and why they keep growing. The safety issues that are tied to vehicle size increases, and the amount of parking and public space that could be lost. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
September 8 · 41 min
Episode 198: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Creating Systemic Change
This week we're Han Solo, but that won't stop us from sharing some interesting news including daylighting urban streams, why we shouldn't put everything on transit, Barcelona's e-bike subsidy, and Charlotte's value created. News Items Two ways to daylight streams - The Conversation Transit scope creep - Works in Progress Barcelona e-bike - City of Barcelona The Carbon Wave - MIT Press Reader Feedback loops - ArchDaily Charlotte light rail value - Planetizen Dead malls a thing still? - Arbitrary Lines Cities need municipal wealth funds - Urban Proxima Trumps war reduced oil consumption - Yale Climate Connections Bonus Items Robotaxis skipping the gas tax - Eno Center for Transportation Bay area exporting housing shortage - San Francisco Chronicle Did Chicago TIF work? - University of Illinois Chicago Las Vegas BRT ridership - Las Vegas Sun China's new rules for autonomous vehicles - China Daily New Zealand road user charges set - ITS International Illinois e-bike bill signed - Government Technology Heat deaths are higher than shared - NPR Where do people mix - Northeastern University Paying for bike lane removal - LA Times +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
September 3 · 56 min
Episode 592: New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Joshua Schank to talk about his book New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies: Improving Policy Outcomes in the Public Sector. Joshua talks about the inner workings of LA Metro, benefits of openness and transparency as well as strategic planning. We also share frustrations about meetings, transit board structures, and agency fiefdoms. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
August 27 · 40 min
Episode 591: The Urban Pulse
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Yale's Karen Seto and University of Connecticut's Zhe Zhu to talk about their study: The Urban Pulse. We talk about using frequent time series satellite data to measure change in cities and the processes of urbanization. The Urban Pulse - Yale School for the Environment The Urban Pulse: Diagnosing the urbanization process as spiky, cyclical, and asynchronous - PNAS +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
August 25 · 46 min
Episode 197: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Change Orders!
This week on the Mondays Show we are Han Solo again, but have a lot of interesting news to share. We talk about LA's people mover change orders, a poll that finds lots of people want urbanism, and a trip along the coast of West Africa. Today's Items People mover change orders - The Hollywood Reporter Voter attitudes towards green urbanism - Data for Progress Overperforming downtowns - Patrick Kennedy West African coast - NPR E-bike town - Portland Mercury A city for families - Constructor University London's social housing - The Guardian MBTA battery trains - Commonwealth Beacon Utah cutting emissions - KUER Hold grail of downtown recovery - Challenger Cities Bonus Items Oversize vehicles in Australia - The Conversation Rooftop rainwater cuts heat - University of Manchester Delivery protection act - New York Times China heavy vehicles chewing up roads - Techy 44 Baltimore policing reform - Emerald Pages Hidden fungal networks - Brighter Side of News NC Tax break could strip cities - INDY Week Pike Place market scale back - The Urbanist Roadless rule - Field and Stream CA tire efficiency rule - Grist The modern Sears home - Groundwork Collaborative +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
August 20 · 43 min
Episode 590: Coulda Built 36 Paris Metros
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're chatting with Dallas Developer, DART Board Member, and urban designer Patrick Kennedy about his recent publication, An Atlas of Intercity Highway Impacts (Available Here). We discuss the tax base removed from cities by highways, what we could have done for cities with federal transportation funding, and the long term value lost. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
August 13 · 38 min
Episode 589: The Bikeable Forest
This week we're finally doing it! We're going to Kingwood Texas and talking about the greenbelt trail system I've been telling everyone about for years. This is a storytelling episode, featuring guests John Walsh, Jerry Lunow, and Bill Neuhaus so I hope folks enjoy hearing about NASA, timber companies, bike trails, and Houston's bayous. But also, stick around to hear how a suburban development in Texas from the 1970's mirrors and pre-dated Dutch bike planning with special guest, Streetsblog Chicago's Steve Vance. Find all Talking Headways episodes here. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
August 11 · 43 min
Episode 196: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Disassembling to Save The Building
This week we're Han Solo and covering some of the news from the last few weeks. We talk about delivery worker stress, Maryland's need to build a revolving loan fund, and how street network design could help us build more housing. Below are the show notes with links from the articles we mentioned. Main Items Sydney active transport superhighways - Committee for Sydney Beauty over billboards - Reasons to be Cheerful ROAD to housing passes - NPR ROAD details - Bipartisan Policy Center EPA wants to allow more truck emissions - New York Times Maryland case for revolving fund - Maryland Matters Saving Japans heritage homes - New York Times Street design for more housing - Planetizen Curb management can reduce driver stress - Traffic Technology Today $200 rent for work from home - USA Today Trump's DOT hates bike lanes - NPR Architectural waste - Common Edge Lake Powell in uncharted territory - Utah Public Radio Bonus Items San Antonio E-bike program - Smart Cities World Oregon recycling rules face test - Governing Chicago bike lane fines - Chicago Tribune Wall street wants rents to rise - Time Magazine Policy begets voter engagement - Virginia Mercury Poland HSR plans - UA Hungary rail modernization - Daily News Hungary Zoox can start charging - The Verge Fiscal crisis facing cities - Urban Proxima Flock's cameras misread plates - C-Net +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
August 6 · 57 min
Episode 588: What Does It Cost to Build a Bus?
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Lisa Jerram of APTA and Philip Plotch of the Eno Center for Transportation to discuss Eno's report: Customization, Competition, and Costs: Findings and Recommendations for the U.S. Transit Bus Industry. We discuss what agencies want in a bus and why, the differences in European and US bus markets, and why customization standardization is hard to achieve. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
July 30 · 46 min
Flashback: Megan Kimble Talks Highway Expansion in Texas
We're on vacation this week but we're flashing back to Episode 482 from two years ago featuring Megan Kimble discussing her book City Limits. Soon we'll have Patrick Kennedy on the show and some of this work goes very well with his so I thought it would be a good one to bring back. Hope folks enjoy it! This week we're joined by Megan Kimble to talk about her book City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways. We chat about the folks fighting back against highways, the history behind building big roads, and what the future looks like for advocacy. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

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