Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
653 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 days ago - ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsA 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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Episode 454: Real Estate Impacts at BART
October 12, 2023 04:18 - 39 minutes - 33.7 MBThis week we’re joined by Abby Thorne-Lyman, Former Director of Real Estate at BART, to talk about BART’s development projects and priorities, and the importance of real estate to BART’s future. Today's podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. Learn more about the work they do and annual conference at http://mpactmobility.org OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverhe...
Episode 453: Bringing Public Health to Traffic Safety
October 05, 2023 04:16 - 41 minutes - 31.9 MBThis week we’re joined by Kari Watkins and Dave Ederer to talk about their paper The Safe Systems Pyramid: A New Framework for Traffic Safety. We talk about the connections between transportation and public health and how it allows us to think differently about transportation safety. Find David's full dissertation on Georgia Tech's website. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com...
Episode 141: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Access Things Faster
October 03, 2023 06:29 - 43 minutes - 47.1 MBThis week on the show we catch up on some of the news from the last month and go over what's coming up on the Talking Headways podcast. We talk about post-pandemic transportation, sea level rise impacts on shipping and drinking water, and the world's smallest skyscraper. Show Note Links Below SF NIMBYs watch out - SF Chronicle Bike tunnel - Bloomberg CityLab Colorado rail service - Governing World's smallest skyscraper - City Monitor Copenhagen sponge city - Spiegel Interna...
Episode 452: Beyond Greenways
September 28, 2023 04:27 - 43 minutes - 34.7 MBThis week we’re joined by Bob Searns to talk about his book Beyond Greenways: The Next Step for City Trails and Walking Routes. We talk about grand ideas for walking trails that circle whole regions and more local routes that make up a new mode of green infrastructure in cities. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! ...
Episode 451: Supporting Local Culture Through Development
September 21, 2023 05:07 - 44 minutes - 29.2 MBThis week we’re joined by Phoenix community builder Tim Sprague. We chat about supporting local culture through development projects and the importance of sustainable development and transportation. Today's podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. To learn more about the annual conference, visit http://mpactmobility.org OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire ...
Episode 140: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Parking Money in Solano County
September 19, 2023 08:19 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBThis week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Carter Lavin to talk about the city dreams of tech moguls, government capacity, public housing that doesn't want to be called that, designing delivery trucks and much much more! Show notes: Silicon valley elites want a new city - Fortune via Bloomberg Importance of state capacity - The American Prospect Rise of Ecovillages - Noema Magazine Don't call it public housing - New York Times A better delivery truck - Fast Company...
Episode 450: Land Use to Reduce Transportation Emissions
September 14, 2023 04:11 - 51 minutes - 41.1 MBThis week we’re joined by Zack Subin of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation and Ben Holland of the Rocky Mountain Institute. Ben and Zack join us to talk about their report Urban Land Use Reform on the importance of land use in reducing travel and emissions. Research Notes: Review of recent state land use legislation from Mercatus, including highlighting the WA package, and earlier this year from Terner Review of recent trends in VMT/capita by state: WA at head of the pack Jen...
Episode 449: Getting High Speed Rail Faster
September 07, 2023 04:15 - 52 minutes - 37.3 MBThis week we’re sharing a panel discussion on how California High Speed Rail could be sped up. Hosted by Rodger Rudick of Streetsblog SF, Climate Advocate Carter Lavin, Eric Eidlin, Station Planning Manager for the City of San Jose, and Boris Lipkin of the California High Speed Rail Authority discuss what it would take to get the project done faster and all the potential benefits. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the ...
Episode 139: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Do Pedestrians Exist in the Model?
September 05, 2023 05:11 - 23 minutes - 18.6 MBThis week on Mondays we're joined by Kevin DeGood of The Center for American Progress to talk about a study by NCDOT and NC State on Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Intersections. This leads into a discussion about policy related to autonomous vehicles and saturation. It's not our usual Mondays news format but it's a shorter show and gets right to the point! OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon htt...
Episode 448: A Bootcamp for Infrastructure
August 31, 2023 04:19 - 37 minutes - 28.5 MBThis week we’re joined by Dr. Robert Blaine of the National League of Cities. We talk about their work helping smaller cities apply for federal infrastructure grants through a bootcamp program and chat about local grant writing capacity and what success looks like. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our C...
Episode 447: Leadership for the 15 Minute City
August 24, 2023 04:19 - 37 minutes - 26.9 MBThis week we’re joined by Yvonne Yeung to talk about ULI’s recent report, Building 15 Minute Communities: a Leadership Guide. We chat about how the guide can help create good development that reduces the need to drive, and supports our climate emissions reduction goals. Also make sure to sign up for the Webinar on September 13th. OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO F...
Episode 138: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Phoenix Rising
August 22, 2023 06:15 - 45 minutes - 38.1 MBThis week Ryan Wozniak joins the podcast to talk about Phoenix transportation policy, why people are moving to the sunbelt, truth in car advertising, Philly's plans for its own high line and much more! News Items LA giving out ADU plans - Dwell Magazine More Californians living in cars - The Atlantic Truth in car ads - Policy Options Politiques Moving to the sunbelt - The Atlantic Philly's high line - Philadelphia Inquirer OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to...
Episode 446: Do It For the Neighborhood Part 2
August 17, 2023 04:43 - 41 minutes - 27.7 MBThis week we’re listening in to PART 2 of a one to one conversation between David Longoria of LISC in Phoenix and Ryan Winkle of RAIL CDC. They discuss the community work they are doing in Mesa along the light rail line and how they respond to unforeseen outcomes. This episode was produced in partnership with Mpact. Find out more about the annual conference at http://mpactmobility.org OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's ou...
Episode 445: Do it for the Neighborhood Part 1
August 10, 2023 04:11 - 47 minutes - 33.8 MBThis week we’re listening in to PART 1 of a one to one conversation between David Longoria of LISC in Phoenix and Ryan Winkle of RAIL CDC. They discuss the community work they are doing in Mesa along the light rail line and the impact their work has on local businesses. This episode was produced in partnership with Mpact. Find out more about the annual conference at http://mpactmobility.org OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, her...
Episode 137: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - No Retreat, No Surrender
August 08, 2023 07:16 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBThis week on Mondays we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about a whole host of transportation topics including Lyft's potential sale of its bike share business, how housing affects dating, congestion pricing politics and more! Below are links to the articles we talked about on the show. Lyft wants out of bike share - Motherboard A Jane Austen housing auction - Guardian New Jersey sues over congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC FTA says no transit money for triangle rai...
Episode 444: The Rising Seas
August 03, 2023 04:43 - 46 minutes - 34.7 MBThis week we’re joined once more by Susan Crawford, author and Harvard Law Professor to talk about her new book, Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm. Susan chats with us about sea level rise, city solutions, and opportunities to rethink our responses. OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwir...
Episode 136: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Everywhere is the Same
August 01, 2023 05:23 - 32 minutes - 36 MBThis week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we delve into sameness around the world, climate change extremes, and Amsterdam's red light district. Main Links City sameness - Dezeen Paris gets smart on heat - Yale e360 Hurricane Ian wiped out middle class - Politico Sewers can't handle rain - Scientific American Biased livability rankings - The Conversation Amsterdam's red light controversy - Time Bonus Items Skywells - BBC Future Miami forgets gas tax - Governing S...
Episode 443: Planning for Generative AI
July 27, 2023 04:34 - 51 minutes - 37.5 MBThis week we’re chatting with David Wasserman of Alta Planning and Mike Flaxman of Heavy.AI about generative artificial intelligence. We chat about what generative AI is and how it is trained, and some of the ways it could be used or misused in a planning and transportation context. Show Notes Augmented: Planners in an Era of Generative AI - APA Open Letter on Generative AI & Ethical Planning - APA Technology Division Datasets for Datasheets - Cornell Arxiv Automating Zoning Data...
Episode 442: Pricing the Priceless
July 20, 2023 04:39 - 48 minutes - 32 MBThis week we’re joined by Paula DiPerna to talk about her book Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to Value the Planet, Solve the Climate Crisis, and Protect Our Most Precious Assets. We chat about how nature is working for us for free and how we should value those services as well as the financial mechanisms we could use to save the planet. She also shares how she got the Vatican to pledge to go net zero and lessons from working with Jacques Cousteau. Find the book on our ...
Episode 135: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Cones of Shame
July 18, 2023 05:24 - 39 minutes - 44.2 MBThis week on the podcast we are solo and chatting about a lot of different topics from banning drive thrus to AI bias, to impacts of climate change. We also dive into the week of the cone here in San Francisco. News Items Drive thrus banned - CNN AI makes housing crisis worse - The Lever Building based on old climate data - Scientific American Climate change underground - Scientific American Bus stops and playgrounds too hot - Vox BIDS go in on bike lanes - Bloomberg Cit...
Episode 441: Paying by the Mile
July 13, 2023 04:09 - 34 minutes - 28.1 MBThis week we’re joined by Mike Warren, Senior Vice President at WSP. Mike chats with us about road user charging including how the discussion has changed over the last decade and the idea of treating roads as a utility by paying for driving by the mile. We also discuss policy considerations including reducing driving and congestion, privacy considerations, and replacing existing use taxes. OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's...
Episode 440: All Possible Commutes
July 06, 2023 06:11 - 53 minutes - 39.4 MBThis week we're joined by Hussein Mahfouz of Transport for Cairo and Adham Kalila of Streetlight Data to talk about their new report created for NUMO, All Possible Commutes: How Micromobility and Realistic Car Travel Times Impact Accessibility Analysis. We learn about measuring car travel more accurately, how micromobility can improve accessibility, and a bit about transportation in the Cairo metro region. OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need th...
Episode 439: In a Bad State
June 29, 2023 05:57 - 57 minutes - 47.8 MBThis week we’re joined by Yale Law professor David Schleicher to talk about his new book, In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises. We chat about how historic fiscal crisis shape similar responses today and how infrastructure funding plays out in the United States. Also I mention an article on insurance during the show. You can find that one here. Also, for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's the url: https://feeds.li...
Episode 134: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Transportation Chicken
June 27, 2023 06:05 - 34 minutes - 38.6 MBThis week we're Han Solo again, but we've got some interesting studies on homelessness and managed retreat from flooding. We also share some stories on Arizona's transportation tax, and research on social inclusion and lack of transportation options. Listen in! Main Items Court decision that changed homelessness - Vox CA Homelessness findings - LA Times Buyouts and white flight - Grist Social exclusion and transport - Journal of Transport Geography E-bike fires - NY Times ...
Episode 438: The Urban Jungle
June 22, 2023 04:01 - 51 minutes - 37.8 MBThis week we’re joined by Ben Wilson to talk about his most recent book Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City. We chat about how plants took root in the rubble of wars and blank spaces and how cities could be more circular and sustainable. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars ar...
Episode 437: Washington State Legislative Roundup
June 15, 2023 04:51 - 44 minutes - 42.3 MBThis week we’re chatting with Alex Brennan, Executive Director of Futurewise in Washington State. We chat about this most recent legislative session and bills on missing middle housing, climate change, and TOD. Today's podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. To find our more, go to http://mpactmobility.org OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books o...
Episode 133: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Grocery Wagons Ho!
June 13, 2023 05:40 - 45 minutes - 48.4 MBThis week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo but that doesn't stop us from talking about how to get groceries home without a car, how insurance could save us from climate catastrophe, and whether Houston should ditch its MPO to get better representation. Main News Arizona water shorts development - AP Biometrics reveal preferences - Scientific American Personal bubbles - The New Republic Mesa AZ autism friendly city - BBC Houston's bad MPO represenation - Urban Ed...
Episode 436: Fabulous Ferndale Michigan
June 08, 2023 04:43 - 42 minutes - 29.8 MBThis week we chat with Melanie Piana, the Mayor of Ferndale Michigan. We chat about her city’s Woodward Avenue road diet, the city’s bike plans, and how parking is part of too many urban issues. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] 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...
Episode 435: The First City on Mars
June 01, 2023 04:05 - 33 minutes - 26.3 MBThis week we’re joined by Tufts professor Justin Hollander to talk about his new book The First City on Mars: An Urban Planner's Guide to Settling the Red Planet. We talk about the importance of urban planners in thinking about cities on Mars, what we can learn from Antarctica and the International Space Station, and what a Mars metro region might look like. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http:/...
Episode 434: Competing with Car Ownership
May 25, 2023 04:38 - 35 minutes - 27.4 MBThis week we’re joined by the Head of Zipcar, Angelo Adams. We talk about how Zipcar gets parking spaces, how they find customers, the benefits of car sharing and how the company's biggest competitor is car ownership. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] 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 e...
Episode 132: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Laser Beam Parking Meters
May 23, 2023 07:01 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBThis week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to cover a whole host of topics including urban migration patterns, New York congestion pricing, the impacts of e-commerce warehouses and much more! OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] 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-Pu...
Episode 433: Women Who Ride Transit
May 18, 2023 04:16 - 52 minutes - 34.7 MBThis week we’re chatting with Meghna Khanna of LA Metro and Scarlett DeLeon of the Alliance for Community Transit LA about women who ride transit. We talk about LA Metro’s first of its kind Gender Action Plan and ACT LA’s Metro as Sanctuary report. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Choleste...
Episode 432: Why Public Space Matters
May 11, 2023 04:46 - 45 minutes - 31.7 MBThis week we’re joined by Setha Low to talk about her book Why Public Space Matters. We chat about using ethnography to understand space, emotional connections, and transforming the world through public space. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] 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 everythi...
Episode 131: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Texas Two Step
May 09, 2023 07:21 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBThis week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by James Llamas of TEI Inc to discuss a whole raft of issues including tiny Japanese Trucks, the goings on of the Texas Transportation Commission, and population impacts of the pandemic. News Items The end of park and ride? - Seattle Transit Blog Remote work and transit - Politico Importing tiny trucks - The Economist Pandemic population - Brookings Pandemic Movement - MIT News CalEnviroScreen - Cal EPA Taking Back...
Episode 431: Transport and Cities in Star Wars
May 04, 2023 04:42 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBMay the 4th be with you! This week my good friend Jeff Munowitch of Populus is joining the show to talk about Star Wars! We talk about the top five transportation modes and our top five cities in a galaxy far far away. Which ideas from science fantasy could be in our future? OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And...
Episode 430: E-Bikes to Freedom!
April 27, 2023 05:21 - 41 minutes - 29.9 MBThis week we’re joined by Mike Salisbury of Denver’s Office of Climate Action, Sustainability & Resiliency to talk about the city’s E-bike rebate program. We talk about funding, e-bikes vs electric cars, and how the rebates are distributed. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt...
Episode 130: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Stolen Time
April 25, 2023 05:11 - 45 minutes - 48.9 MBThis week we're Han Solo but we have a lot to talk about! Donut shop murals spark free speech fights, we think more about the concept of time, and work from home's effects on the public sector. Of course there's much more and we hope you join us as we share the news. Below are links to all the news we chat about on the show this week. News Items Donuts and free speech - AP Time spent, wasted - The New Republic Services curtailed as workers are at home - Pro Public Remote work a...
Episode 429: Zero Emissions Delivery Zones
April 20, 2023 04:38 - 30 minutes - 24.5 MBThis week we’re joined by Hamilton Steimer of the World Resources Institute to talk about their report: Zero-emission Delivery Zones: A New Way to Cut Traffic, Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases. We chat about electrification of fleets, what cities have the best programs for ZEDZ, and the current moment in urban delivery. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy ...
Episode 428: The Case Against Localism
April 13, 2023 01:35 - 49 minutes - 38.1 MBThis week we’re joined by Trevor Latimer to talk about his book Small Isn’t Beautiful: The Case Against Localism. We chat about what localism is and how its geographically defined, as well as why “leave if you don’t like it” is disingenuous. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt...
Episode 427: Caretakers of the Public Realm
April 06, 2023 05:48 - 49 minutes - 35.6 MBThis week we’re joined by Andrew Jones, Program director for the Uptown and Downtown Oakland Community Benefits District. We chat about urban place management, how urban spaces are taken care of, and what it takes to keep them vibrant and engaging. Today's podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Books...
Episode 426: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark
March 30, 2023 04:13 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBThis week Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute is BACK for the Annual Prediction Show. This year we chat about our predictions from last year and next year of course, but also regional rail in France, interesting transportation projects happening around the world, and the high cost and management of big transit projects. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy...
Episode 129: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Redwood Tree
March 28, 2023 05:10 - 44 minutes - 48.6 MBThis week on the show we're Han Solo again but we have a lot of topics to cover! Do Americans have an apartment phobia, should bedrooms have windows, and what's the newest trends in mapping sidewalks? All these and more on the show this week! Show notes below: THE NEWS Apartment phobia - New York Magazine Intelligencer Can't afford to drive - Salon Windowless bedrooms - The Nation Empowering children with walking - The Conversation SEPTA kills King of Prussia rail - Philade...
Episode 425: Fixing Mobility as a Service
March 23, 2023 05:16 - 47 minutes - 34.2 MBThis week we’re joined by David Hensher, Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney. David chats about how to fix Mobility as a Service and proposes a new way to reduce travel and emissions called Mobility as a Feature. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars ...
Episode 424: Roadways for People
March 16, 2023 05:40 - 50 minutes - 41 MBThis week we’re joined by Oregon Metro Council President Lynn Peterson to talk about her book Roadways for People: Rethinking Transportation Planning and Engineering. We chat about better project scoping, capacity building, engineers going to actually walk and bike their project areas, and highway expansion in cities. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy book...
Episode 128: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Stop Request
March 14, 2023 04:41 - 37 minutes - 42.4 MBThis week on the show we talk about a whole lot of different topics from bus stop requests, bus electrification, and health care streets. Main Links Request stops - Next City Chicago electric buses - Associated Press We Buy Houses - The Philadelphia Citizen French cities ban billboards - Marketplace Utah DOT wants to build a gondola - Motherboard Homeowners Assoc war on environment - Wired 2,000 without water - Fast Company Bonus Items Housing voucher wait list - Ar...
Episode 423: A County Voice for Transit
March 09, 2023 04:51 - 36 minutes - 29.1 MBThis week on the podcast we are back at the Rail~Volution conference in Miami last fall. We chat with Commissioner Eileen Higgins about the South Dade Busway, the importance of FTA ratings in getting projects built, and why she thinks it’s important as an elected official to ride transit. Also, the MPact transit + communities conference call for speakers is now open! OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Pat...
Episode 422: The Messiness of Family Travel
March 02, 2023 05:18 - 57 minutes - 43.4 MBThis week we’re joined by Dr. Jennifer Kent, Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism at the University of Sydney, to talk about her work on family transportation, the messiness of travel for parents, and loneliness and the built environment. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] 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...
Episode 127: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Conspiracy!
February 28, 2023 05:54 - 41 minutes - 46 MBThis week on Mondays we're again Han Solo, but don't let that stop you from listening in to all the news from the last couple of weeks! We chat about the 15 Minute City conspiracy, why the American Association of Railroads is against electrification, and Wales' climate action on roads. Below are the links from stories we talked about in the show notes! News Items Anti-electrification - Clean Technica Converting diesel to electric research - Nature Brussels traffic plan - The Mayo...
Episode 421: Everyone Thinks They Can be a Landscape Architect
February 23, 2023 05:30 - 45 minutes - 36.7 MBThis week we’re joined by Diane Jones Allen, Program Director for Landscape Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington. We chat about her work on food deserts and transportation access and the American Society of Landscape Architects Climate Action Plan. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our C...
Episode 420: Homelessness and Transit
February 16, 2023 06:05 - 54 minutes - 39.7 MBThis week we’re going to the Rail~Volution (Now MPact) Conference in Miami. Daniel Gibson of Regional Vice President of Miami Dade Allegany Franciscan Ministries moderates a panel featuring LA Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins, SEPTA CEO Leslie Richards, and Diana Stanley, CEO of homeless services provider The Lord’s Place to talk about homelessness and public transportation. They chat about the need for more federal agency coordination between transportation, health, and human services as well as...