Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
653 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 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 126: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Edible Concrete
February 14, 2023 06:13 - 38 minutes - 44.2 MBThis week we're Han Solo but we do talk about a LOT of news from around the country! We chat about Denver's successful e-bike pilot, biodiversity in cities, transit project costs report, Pittsburgh rethinks its budget based on climate change, and much much more! News Denver's e-bike success - Smart Cities Dives Biodiversity in cities - The New Republic Transit Costs Project Executive Summary - TCP Construction Productivity - New York Times Best new bike lanes - People for Bike...
Episode 419: We Travel to Reach Destinations
February 09, 2023 05:15 - 47 minutes - 35.4 MBThis week we’re joined by Greg Shill, Professor of Law at the University of Iowa, and Jonathan Levine, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan to talk about their paper, First Principals in Transportation Law and Policy. We talk about how to rethink transportation metrics towards accessibility, how the law has embedded mobility in transportation, and why we really travel. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfb...
Episode 418: Get on the Fast Bus
February 02, 2023 05:15 - 38 minutes - 30 MBThis week we’re joined by Colin Parent, Executive Director of Circulate San Diego, to talk about their new report Fast Bus! How San Diego Can Make Progress by Speeding Up the Bus. We chat about some of the big things happening in San Diego and how the region can promote and support buses. 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 Affiliat...
Episode 125: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Power Outage!
January 31, 2023 06:30 - 55 minutes - 44.4 MBChrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show this week to talk bike lanes, low traffic neighborhoods, gas stoves, and transportation engineering in the United States. It gets even more fun as Jeff's power goes out and we have to do the last 10 minutes over the phone! Join us for episode 125 of Mondays at The Overhead Wire. Show Notes Transportation engineering education - Next City Low Traffic neighborhood study - Guardian Bike lane battles - Wired Magazine Cooler pavements - Transfers M...
Episode 417: Transportation Policy Transfer in Southeast Asia
January 26, 2023 04:36 - 44 minutes - 33.7 MBThis week we’re joined by Dr. Dorina Pojani, Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Queensland to talk about her book Planning for Sustainable Transport in Southeast Asia: Policy Transfer, Diffusion, and Mobility. We chat about how four different Southeast Asian cities are taking transportation ideas from other places and trying to deal with congestion and mobility. You can find the book from Springer here. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Ma...
Episode 416: What Do Transportation Lobbyists Do?
January 19, 2023 05:14 - 40 minutes - 31.6 MBThis week we’re joined by Dr. Nadia Anderson, former Director of Federal Affairs at INRIX. Dr. Anderson joins us to talk about what lobbyists actually do, the one year anniversary of IIJA, and how it leads to Justice 40 and equity action. 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...
Episode 124: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - A TRB Review with Ron Milam
January 17, 2023 06:28 - 59 minutes - 54.3 MBThis week we're joined by Ron Milam of Fehr and Peers to talk about some of his thoughts on this year's Transportation Research Board Conference. We also talk about VMT and highway expansions, commute times and distances in China, and why certain sounds from your neighbors might put you on edge. Follow along below the jump for the show notes. Notes Why do we keep expanding highways? - New York Times MIT finds Chinese commute times pretty standard - Archinect Why neighbor noises ann...
Episode 415: Everything that Moves Makes a Sound
January 12, 2023 05:40 - 36 minutes - 26.3 MBThis week we’re joined by Michiel Huijsman, Managing Director of Soundtrackcity in the Netherlands. We chat about how to think about the positive aspect of urban soundscapes, designing how a place sounds, and how thinking was changed by the pandemic. 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 Cholest...
Episode 414: Speculative Futures and Cities
January 05, 2023 06:47 - 52 minutes - 39.5 MBThis week we’re joined by Johanna Hoffman to talk about her book Speculative Futures: Design Approaches to Navigate Change, Foster Resilience, and Co-Create the Cities We Need. We chat about thinking longer term about planning problems, people’s emotional reactions to the future, and ways to imagine a different way of interacting in cities. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/the...
Episode 413: Biking Further in Detroit
December 29, 2022 05:04 - 44 minutes - 35.1 MBThis week we’re joined by Jacob Graham, a Program Manager for MoGo Bike Share in Detroit. Jacob chats with us about how the system works in Detroit, how bike share riders and bus riders coincide, the benefits of E-Bikes, and coordination with other organizations. This podcast was produced in partnership with MPact (fmrly Railvolution) OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverh...
Replay: Ctrl Alt Delete for Transportation
December 22, 2022 04:48 - 52 minutes - 40.8 MBThis week for the holidays we're going back in time to listen to one of the most popular episodes of 2022! In Talking Headways 376, Kevin Krizek, Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and David King, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University talk about their book, Advanced Introduction to Urban Transport Planning. We chat about access, justice, and why this book is perfect for changing the conversation around transportation. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Fol...
Episode 123: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Closing Out 2022
December 20, 2022 06:40 - 46 minutes - 50.3 MBThis week we're Han Solo but we've got a lot to share from ideas we have for next year's podcasts as well as a lot of really interesting news items you probably won't hear about anywhere else. Check out the show notes below for more and have a great finish to 2022! Show Notes Buses shouldn't be free - The Atlantic 7 ways we perceive architecture - The Conversation Rush to EVs an expensive mistake - CBC Owner occupancy requirements - Smart Cities Dive $100B lesson how not to ...
Episode 412: Autonomous Policy for a Transit Rich City
December 15, 2022 06:01 - 39 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week we’re joined by Sarah Kaufman of the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation. Sarah joined us in Miami at the RailVolution conference to talk about autonomous vehicle policy, acceptable safety levels, what happens to the NYC Taxis and the lessons from Superstorm Sandy for transportation infrastructure. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are ...
Episode 411: Transit Matters in Boston
December 08, 2022 05:20 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week we're joined by Jarred Johnson, Executive Director of TransitMatters in Boston. Jarred talks about making the case for the MBTA, the Orange Line shutdown, regional rail and electrification, overhead wires versus batteries, and fare policy. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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 ...
Episode 122: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Tastes Like Purple
December 06, 2022 07:05 - 31 minutes - 33.9 MBThis week we're talking about the big stories of the last few weeks! Why LED lights suddenly turn purple, what walking does to our brains, and the strange city of Lusail in Qatar. News Items LED lights turning purple - Business Insider How walking helps us think - New Yorker The strange city of Lusail Qatar - Guardian The urban drug store decline - Slate European cities getting crowded - Wired Magazine Amsterdam circular economy - Fast Company South Korea zero food waste ...
Episode 410: One Year Anniversary of the Infrastructure Bill
December 01, 2022 07:12 - 49 minutes - 36.2 MBThis week we're joined once again by Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins and Helen Chin to talk about the one year anniversary of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. They chat about what they liked, the issue with capacity for applying for and implementing grants, transformative justice, and what states are actually doing well. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And...
Episode 409: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
November 17, 2022 05:10 - 29 minutes - 25.7 MBThis week we sit down with US Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon’s 3rd District at the Rail~Volution conference in Miami. We chat about the one year anniversary of the infrastructure bill, where we’re at with vision zero, the coming Farm Bill discussion, and the important connections between housing, transportation, and health. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! ...
Episode 121: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Public Utility
November 15, 2022 08:55 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBThis week we're joined by The Greater Marin's David Edmondson! We talk about the importance of Time, whether freight railroad tracks should be publicly owned and managed, and the boom in ridership on Van Ness. We also talk a bit of Andor and the hill slums of Sierra Leone Show Links: Van Ness BRT ridership bump - San Francisco Chronicle Publicly owned railroad infrastructure - Freight Waves The importance of "Time" - Eurocities 100 years of autocentricity - Forbes Shenzh...
Episode 408: California High Speed Rail Update
November 10, 2022 07:27 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBThis week we’re joined by Northern California Director for High Speed Rail Boris Lipkin and Streetsblog San Francisco editor Roger Rudick to talk about high speed rail’s progress in California. Boris discusses what’s next for the High Speed Rail program, funding, and station design and Roger pushes back on recent negative media. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! ...
Episode 407: TDM - The Soft Side of Transportation
November 03, 2022 07:13 - 56 minutes - 35.3 MBThis week we’re joined by Tien-Tien Chan of Nelson Nygaard and Jessica Roberts of Alta Planning and Design to talk about Transportation Demand Management or TDM. Tien-Tien and Jessica discuss how TDM acts as the soft side of transportation and the flip side of infrastructure and they dive deep into the different types of programs are employed. This podcast was produced in partnership with MPact, formerly Rail~Volution. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Pat...
Episode 406: Sidewalk Delivery Robots
October 27, 2022 05:20 - 37 minutes - 29.1 MBThis week we’re joined by Amanda Howell of Urbanism Next at The University of Oregon to talk about Sidewalk Robots. We chat about their study on sidewalk delivery robots with the Knight Autonomous Vehicle Initiative and what they learned about community engagement and small delivery vehicles on city sidewalks. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars a...
Episode 120: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Not So Self Driving
October 25, 2022 04:18 - 38 minutes - 40.8 MBHappy Mondays! This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we dive into a number of topics including the hype around self driving cars, the monetary benefits of using parking spaces for more than just cars, recycling whole buildings, and thinking about community input. We also throw in a little highway talk and parks on top of a Costco. News Items No self driving cars after $100B invested - Bloomberg Businesweek New spin on parking spaces during pandemic - Globe and Mail Recycle a 1...
Episode 405: Yes to the City
October 20, 2022 04:00 - 44 minutes - 36.3 MBThis week we’re joined by Max Holleran to talk about his book Yes to the City: Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing. We talk about the rise of YIMBY vs NIMBY housing politics, the changes in housing activism, and how housing fights are going global. ~~~ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!
Episode 404: The Public Wealth of Cities
October 13, 2022 03:30 - 53 minutes - 42.5 MBThis week we’re joined by Diana Ramirez, Executive Director of the Harris County Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity, former Salt Lake County Mayor and Congressman Ben McAdams, Matt Prewitt, President of RadicalxChange and Joel Rogers, Director of COWS at the University of Wisconsin Madison to talk about how cities can understand the public wealth owned by our cities. We talk about how cities can create inventories of existing assets to generate public wealth and how economic valu...
Episode 119: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Happy Trip to Work
October 11, 2022 04:34 - 46 minutes - 49.6 MBThis week on Mondays Jeff talks about a whole host of articles from whether your commute makes you happy to if our economies are becoming less dynamic as they age. Also what's keeping you from returning to your office? I bet childcare would help! All that and more this week on Mondays! Show Links Commute happiness - MPR Raleigh vs Charlotte downtowns - The Assembly Development made Ian worse - WaPo Latin America's pink housing - Architectural Digest Return to the office - ...
Episode 403: At the Expense of Vehicular Capacity
October 06, 2022 06:17 - 42 minutes - 35.5 MBThis week on Talking Headways we're joined by journalist Megan Kimble to talk about housing and highway fights in Texas. We chat about TXDOT's political pressure, the organizations fighting back, and how throughput remains king. ~~~ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!
Episode 402: Broward County Transportation
September 29, 2022 04:23 - 56 minutes - 41.4 MBThis week we’re joined by Broward MPO Executive Director Greg Stuart to talk about the history of Broward County, it's connections to the rest of South Florida, the historic MAPS transportation plan, and how they are dealing with potential sea level rise and impacts of the pandemic. This episode was produced in partnership with Railvolution! ~~~ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affi...
Episode 118: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Interior Block Urbanism
September 27, 2022 04:24 - 36 minutes - 39.9 MBThis week on Mondays we cover a ton of ground including Transportation Insecurity, putting retail away from arterial streets, pattern book building, bad intersections, forced flood buyouts and much more! Check out links in the show notes below: Show Links Transportation insecurity - Washington Center for Equitable Growth Flood buyouts - Grist Nashville retail away from arterials - Nashville Scene Fayetteville pattern books - NW Arkansas Democrat Gazette KC's worst intersec...
Episode 401: Health Gains for the Compact Walkable City
September 22, 2022 07:36 - 52 minutes - 41.3 MBThis week we’re joined by Billie Giles-Corti, Director of the Healthy Livable Cities Lab at RMIT, Melanie Lowe of the University of Melbourne, and Geoff Boeing of USC to talk about their papers in The Lancet Global Health series on Urban Design, Transport, and Health. They chat about the importance of walkability to public health, why Sao Paulo Brazil connects policy and outcomes so well, and how cities can use the detailed indicators they’ve created including bus stop and intersection dens...
Episode 400: Talking Headways Back in Time
September 15, 2022 08:45 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBWe're at 400 episodes and I want to thank the listeners for letting us come into their podcatchers each week. We've got 13 clips from shows in the first 399 episodes. We share clips on microtransit, urban delivery systems, city fiber networks, 3D urban design, transit value capture, zoning reform, walking, and community togetherness. Join us for a fun trip down memory lane. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy ...
Episode 117: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Convening with the Ancients
September 13, 2022 06:04 - 49 minutes - 52.7 MBThis week on the show I'm Han Solo again, but that won't stop us from covering interesting news about cities from around the world! We chat about Phoenix's ancient canals, some of California's potential new laws, Black migration, and making friends in sprawl. Check out the show links and notes below: Phoenix canal history - BBC Travel Capitalism and gentrification - Guardian Black migration - The Atlantic Making friends in sprawl - Vox Trees a secret weapon - Time Magazine Sma...
Episode 399: Ancient Cities and Energised Crowding
September 08, 2022 04:22 - 31 minutes - 25.3 MBThis week we’re joined by Michael E. Smith, Professor of Anthropology and Archeologist at Arizona State’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change. We talk with Michael about his article in Aeon Magazine entitled Energized Crowding about life in early cities and neighborhoods. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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-Pub...
Episode 398: The Arbitrary Lines of Zoning
September 01, 2022 05:25 - 42 minutes - 33.9 MBThis week we’re joined by Nolan Gray to talk about his new book Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. We talk about how cities were regulated before zoning, why state and national reforms are important and why zoning abolition should be the ultimate goal. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 116: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dangerous Roads and City Wildfire Sprinklers
August 30, 2022 06:08 - 40 minutes - 44.5 MBThis week on Mondays we're playing catch up with stories from the last five weeks of The Overhead Wire newsletter. Dangerous roads, TXDOT skirts environmental rules, young adults stay close to home, Stuttgart's green corridor and much more. You can find all the links to the stories in the notes below: News Items The most dangerous road in America - Vox Texas skirts enviro laws on highways - Grist Colorado changes transportation course - CPR Young adults not moving far from home ...
Episode 397: Transit Stop Transformation
August 25, 2022 04:58 - 53 minutes - 40.8 MBThis week we’re joined by Kim Cella of Citizens for Modern Transit and Sheila Holm of AARP. to discuss how they are transforming transit stops in St. Louis. We chat about how they involve the community, engage transit operators, and bring life to grey spaces. Today's podcast was produced in partnership with RailVolution. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 396: Tech Won't Save Transportation
August 18, 2022 06:10 - 49 minutes - 46.3 MBThis week we’re joined by author Paris Marx to talk about their book Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation. We talk about Technologists and the stories they tell themselves, Ursula K Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory, and Uber’s impact on labor laws. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 115: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Inflation Reduction Act
August 16, 2022 06:36 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBThis week Chrissy and Jeff talk about the Inflation Reduction Act and all the things in the bill from an urban issue standpoint. We talk tax breaks for electric vehicles, tax credits for electric appliances, environmental services and much more! A few articles below we used as sources: Need to Know about IRA - T4America $3B for reconnecting communities - Route Fifty Hurdles for highway removal - Governing Real estate industry and IRA - ULI Low tech solutions: Nature - WaPo ...
Episode 395: Asphalt Art
August 11, 2022 05:09 - 45 minutes - 36.8 MBThis week we’re joined by David Andersson, part of the Art and Culture team at Bloomberg Associates. David chats about the implementation and safety characteristics of asphalt art, how communities work on these projects, and the character of public art. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 394: Let's Go to the Mall!
August 04, 2022 04:48 - 44 minutes - 35.7 MBThis week we’re joined by architecture writer and journalist Alexandra Lange to talk about her book: Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall. We chat about the evolution of the mall, equity and legal implications, and of course pop culture. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 393: Inside the Phoenix TOD Community Plan
July 28, 2022 04:46 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBThis week on Talking Headways, we’re listening in on a 1 to 1 conversation between City of Phoenix planner Elias Valencia, and community champion Victor Vidales. Elias and Victor talk about the process of creating the South Central TOD Community Plan and what it takes to create strategies that empower neighborhoods and reduce displacement. This episode was produced in partnership with Railvolution. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.c...
Episode 114: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Heat Waves and Ridership Drops
July 26, 2022 04:21 - 33 minutes - 36.2 MBThis week we're Han Solo, but don't let that stop you from listening to the news! We chat about DOT's emissions monitoring plan as well as Charlotte's ridership drop. News Links: Charlotte's dropping ridership - WFAE Oregonians fought sprawl - Oregon Public Broadcasting Hoboken shows way on Vision Zero - Streetsblog USA Cities prepare for heat waves - Politico EU Administration floats emissions monitoring - Smart Cities Dive Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support ...
Episode 392: Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities
July 21, 2022 05:32 - 59 minutes - 47.5 MBThis week we’re joined by Professor Michael Neuman to talk about his book Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities and Societies. We chat about why trees are important models for infrastructure development, the important lessons of Barcelona for the world, and why infrastructure is lately seen as a monetary asset instead of a public good.
Episode 391: Walking with Pedestrian Dignity
July 14, 2022 04:42 - 51 minutes - 42.6 MBThis week we’re joined by Jonathon Stalls, author of a new book: Walk: Slow Down, Wake Up, and Connect at 1-3 Miles Per Hour. We talk about his work on social media with Pedestrian Dignity and his walk across the United States in 2010. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 113: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Universe
July 12, 2022 08:29 - 1 hour - 67 MBThis week on Mondays we're joined by Sophia Li, the editor of the Talking Headways podcast and Landscape Architecture Masters Candidate at the Harvard GSD. We chat about Doug Gordon's piece on the phrase 'Ban Cars', Bogota's GPS pricing scheme, sounds of cities, and how Germany is coping with the 9 Euro pass. Join the fun! Links from the show: Bogota's congestion pricing plan - Government Technology "Ban Cars" - Jalopnik Sound and the city - Noema Magazine Also sound related - MIT ...
Episode 390: Bringing Joy with Transit and TOD
July 07, 2022 05:53 - 43 minutes - 33.8 MBThis week on Talking Headways we’re joined by staff from MARTA in Atlanta for a 1 on 1 conversation. Collie Greenwood, Deputy General Manager, and Jacob Vallo, Senior Director of TOD, Real Estate, and Art in Transit talk with each other about the agency’s bus network redesign and their TOD program. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 389: A Tour of Canadian Transit
June 30, 2022 05:03 - 44 minutes - 40.6 MBThis week we’re joined by Reece Martin, who discusses transit systems around the world on his YouTube channel RM Transit. Reece joins us to take an audio tour of Canadian Transit as well as discuss his recent visit to London to ride the Elizabeth Line. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 388: Parking Policy for Cities
June 23, 2022 03:46 - 39 minutes - 33.9 MBThis week we’re joined by Catie Gould of the Sightline Institute, to talk about Oregon’s plans for reducing parking regulations in cities. We chat about case studies from Portland OR and Fayetteville AR and the impact of parking lots on the urban heat island. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 387: The Megaregion
June 16, 2022 06:55 - 54 minutes - 41.6 MBThis week we’re joined by University of Pennsylvania’s Fritz Steiner and Bob Yaro and University of Texas’ Ming Zhang to talk about their new book, Megaregions and America’s Future. We discuss the idea of Megaregions and why they are so important for the future of our society and the planet. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 386: City Culture and Sports Stadiums
June 09, 2022 04:51 - 40 minutes - 32.8 MBThis week we’re joined by writer Dan Moore to talk about his piece in The Ringer entitled “What Do Cities Lose When they Lose Pro Sports?” Dan chats about why stadium deals are A bigger story about cities and how they can be harmful or potentially beneficial. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 112: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Lisbon Lego Tram
June 07, 2022 06:17 - 25 minutes - 28.8 MBThis week we're solo but that doesn't mean we don't have some interesting news for you! San Diego billboards and Rotterdam roof parks coming at you! News Learning about Chinese Metros - That's Magazine Rotterdam's roof parks - Surface Magazine TXDOT wants to bury I345 - D Magazine San Diego's billboard rules - San Diego Union Tribune Texas activists battle billboard companies - NPR Germany's 9 euro pass - The Mayor.eu Regulating particulates - Euractiv Tire particles 2000...