Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
650 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 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 383: A Communities First Infrastructure Alliance
May 19, 2022 06:54 - 50 minutes - 37.5 MBThis week we’re listening in on a one-on-one conversation between Stephanie Gidigbi Jenkins of NRDC and North Star Strategies and Helen Chin, President of the Communities First Fund. Stephanie and Helen discuss why this is an important moment for infrastructure equity and the creation of the Communities First Infrastructure Alliance and its principles. You can find the White House's Technical Assistance Guide linked here and Communities First Infrastructure Alliance Principles and organi...
Episode 110: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Shop Dogs
May 17, 2022 05:12 - 21 minutes - 24.7 MBWe are Han Solo this week but wanted to clear the pallet for next week's guest. We chat about Oslo's environmental progress, LA's Universal Basic Mobility plans, and how people walking slowly increases perceived crowding. The links the all the stories are in the show notes below! Money for mergers in Flemish Belgium - The Mayor.eu Who rules transit? - TransitCenter Oslo and Climate Change - The New Yorker Norway may scale back EV perks - Bloomberg Universal basic mobility pilo...
Episode 382: Measuring Transportation Insecurity
May 12, 2022 08:31 - 56 minutes - 44.1 MBThis week we’re joined by Alix Gould-Werth of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and Alex Murphy Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan Department of Sociology to talk about their work on the topic of transportation insecurity. We chat about what went in to the creation of the transportation security index and why we haven’t yet created a federal program for individuals like food stamps or housing vouchers for transportation. You can find their paper Developing a New Mea...
Episode 381: A Next Generation Transport Policy
May 05, 2022 08:24 - 51 minutes - 40.3 MBThis week we’re joined by Harriet Tregoning, Director at NUMO, and Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute to talk about their report, Charting Out a Next-Generation, Place-Based Federal Transportation Policy. We talk what needs to change about federal policy and the entities that need to pursue it. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 380: The 15 Minute Church
April 28, 2022 05:58 - 38 minutes - 29.7 MBThis week we’re joined by Travis Norvell, Minister at Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Minneapolis to talk about his book Church on the Move. We talk about transforming church parking lots, creating bike commute reports for local radio, and how church has changed after the advent of the automobile. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 109: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Old Enough for Errands!
April 26, 2022 05:53 - 29 minutes - 33.1 MBThis week we're talking about smart homes, the metaverse, and kids running errands in Japan! We also chat indoor air quality and teen brains on driving. Smart home company disappears - Ars Technica How governments can use the metaverse - American City and County Thinking indoor air quality - GQ Americans believe suburbs are greener than cities - YouGov Science of reckless driving - Discover Magazine Teen Brains - National Geographic Urban design for toddlers - Slate Foll...
Episode 379: Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians
April 21, 2022 07:54 - 49 minutes - 40.6 MBThis week we’re joined by Frank Markowitz and Leni Schwendinger to talk about the new book Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians. We chat about creating legible nighttime spaces, what planners should focus on when programming lighted spaces, and the future of lighting and transportation. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 378: Repairing America's Broken Housing System
April 14, 2022 06:47 - 42 minutes - 36.7 MBThis week we're joined by Jenny Schuetz, a senior fellow at Brookings Metro to talk about her new book Fixer Upper. We chat about making housing decisions at the wrong scale, where housing reform would make the most sense around the United States, and how we could use MPOs to better organize regional housing. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 377: A New Public Engagement in Durham
April 07, 2022 07:25 - 54 minutes - 38 MBThis week we’re featuring a 1 to 1 conversation produced in partnership with Railvolution between Aidil Ortiz, Principal at Aidilisms and Mary Kate Morookian, a transit planner at Kimley Horn. Aidil and Mary Kate discuss the Durham Transit Plan and how they approached public engagement while centering the community in the process. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!
Episode 108: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Pattern Language for Podcasting
April 05, 2022 06:32 - 38 minutes - 41.5 MBThis week on Mondays we talk a lot of different subjects including Christopher Alexander's A Pattern Language and how where you grow up impacts how good you are at directions. Join us for an Idaho Stop won't you? Where you grow up determines your directions - NYT Omaha Plans for the future of Downtown - Omaha World Herald Colorado Could Soon Allow Idaho Stops - Colorado Politics Boomers Tell Millennials there's No Crisis - New Statesman Tire Chemicals are killing fish - Toronto Sta...
Episode 376: Ctrl Alt Delete for Transportation
March 31, 2022 06:20 - 52 minutes - 40.9 MBThis week we’re joined by Kevin Krizek, Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and David King, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University, to 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. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy the book on our Bookshop.org Affiliate s...
Episode 375: Who Represents "The Community" Part 2
March 24, 2022 06:32 - 40 minutes - 33.2 MBThis week we’re joined again by Jeremy Levine, Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Sociology at the University of Michigan. In part 2 of our conversation Jeremy talks more about his book Constructing Community: Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston. In Part 2 we discuss how people talk about “the community” and what public outreach and participation could look like in the future. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://...
Episode 107: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Gas Shock!
March 22, 2022 02:32 - 27 minutes - 30.8 MBThis week on the show we talk about the impact of gas prices and have some studies on urbanization's impact on getting to net zero! We also talk about insurance and wild fires. Lots of different topics! The NIMBY King - The Atlantic Americans struggle with vehicle costs - Guardian San Diego road pricing - Time Magazine Is mass urbanization good for the climate - Anthropocene Disaster Insurance - The Atlantic Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire
Episode 374: Who Represents "The Community" Part 1
March 17, 2022 05:54 - 35 minutes - 30.2 MBThis week we’re joined by Jeremy Levine, Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Sociology (by courtesy) at the University of Michigan. Jeremy talks about his book Constructing Community: Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston and describes how neighborhood groups, elected officials, and public servants all claim the mantle of representing “the community.” In Part 1 we discuss how he went about his research in Boston, and how groups coalesced around the idea of the...
Episode 373: Real Talk on Climate Action and TOD
March 10, 2022 06:18 - 55 minutes - 46.5 MBThis week we’re joined by Adie Tomer from Brookings to talk about how transit-oriented development and active transportation play into climate strategies over the long term. We talk about mitigation versus adaptation strategies and what solutions work best for each. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Visit The Overhead Wire on Bookshop.
Episode 372: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark
March 03, 2022 07:23 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBThis week we’re joined by Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute. We chat about the impacts of the pandemic on office work, rethinking federal transportation policy, and make our annual predictions on next year’s transportation policies and projects. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Shop authors at our Bookshop shop. Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Episode 106: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Land Use Proxy Fight
March 01, 2022 04:10 - 32 minutes - 35.9 MBThis week we're joined by Han Solo, but that doesn't stop us from having a wonderful conversation about Paris 2024 car free zone, why cities are fighting for a lot of social issues with zoning codes, the nightmare that is the American Dream Mall, why TX Governor Greg Abbott killed a road diet, and the divergence between American and European cities. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Purchase books from our store! Support us on Patreon!
Episode 371: Transit Project Costs and Solutions
February 24, 2022 07:30 - 46 minutes - 36.4 MBThis week we’re joined by Paul Lewis, Policy Director at the Eno Center for Transportation. Paul discusses their report on transportation construction costs, Saving Time and Making Cents: A Blueprint for Building Transit Better. We chat about the project database they created for the research, the different level of scrutiny between highway and transit capital projects, and some of the ways agencies can create better governance structures and lower project costs. Follow us on twitter @the...
Episode 370: Planning for Underground Cities
February 17, 2022 06:45 - 32 minutes - 29.3 MBThis week we’re joined by Dr. Asal Bidarmaghz, lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Dr. Bidarmaghz discusses planning for underground infrastructure and why it’s so important for the future of cities. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Episode 105: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Seamless Transit
February 15, 2022 09:30 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBThis week we're joined by Ian Griffiths of Seamless Bay Area to talk about their work in the Bay Area and we talk about a few news items from the weeks before on housing and transportation. Ann Arbor council divided on zoning investigation - MLive Slower growth in Colorado - Colorado Public Radio French slow rail - The Local.fr Sprawl declines with gas price rise - Anthropocene Climate promises challenged by highway money - Bloomberg Follow us @theoverheadwire Support the show ...
Episode 369: Treating Social Media Like a City
February 10, 2022 07:30 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBThis week we’re joined by Sahar Massachi of the Integrity Institute. Sahar discusses his piece in MIT Technology Review connecting cities and social media platforms and how we should be monitoring and managing them properly. We chat about the similarities between managing social media’s bad actors and the urban problems like black box highway modeling, speed management, and city building. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon! http://Patreon.com/theoverhead...
Episode 368: A Grassroots Bus Network Redesign in Miami
February 03, 2022 07:22 - 52 minutes - 36 MBThis week we are featuring a one on one conversation between Carlos Cruz-Casas, Assistant Director, Department of Transportation and Public Works for Miami Dade County, and Grace Perdomo, Executive Director of Transit Alliance in Miami. Grace and Carlos chat about the Better Bus Project, an advocacy-led community driven redesign of the Miami-Dade bus network.
Episode 367: Reimagining Sustainable Cities
January 27, 2022 07:36 - 43 minutes - 33 MBThis week we’re joined by Tina Rosan, Associate Professor at Temple University and Stephen Wheeler, Professor at UC Davis to talk about their new book Reimagining Sustainable Cities: Strategies for Designing Greener, Healthier, More Equitable Communities. We talk about a broad array of topics including rethinking public meetings, urban power dynamics, and structural change in government systems. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire
Episode 104: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - New Cities, New Towns, New Trouble
January 25, 2022 03:16 - 33 minutes - 36.1 MBWe're Han Solo this week on Mondays at the Overhead Wire! We talk about Jennifer Homendy and the 94% rule, the need to stop fetishizing old buildings, Donald Shoup's sidewalk fix, and how some non-profits and foundations are taking a greater governmental role as governments atrophy. We also talk about moving the capital of Indonesia away from Jakarta, the future of underground cities, concrete block alternatives, and Fort Worth's river redevelopment plan. Follow us on twitter @theove...
Episode 366: Inherent Transportation Expertise
January 20, 2022 09:31 - 46 minutes - 38.1 MBThis week we’re joined by Anna Zivarts from Disability Rights Washington and Paulo Nunes-Ueno from Front and Centered. They join us to talk about the Disability Mobility Initiative and story map, as well as the Mobility Bill of Rights. We also chat about why mobility experiments might make travel harder for disabled travelers and why a core part of anyone’s civil rights should be the ability to be safe on the road. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon. h...
Episode 365: A City is Not a Computer
January 13, 2022 06:50 - 43 minutes - 35.5 MBThis week we’re joined by Shannon Mattern, professor of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research. Shannon talks with us about her new book A City is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences. We discuss the ideas of smartness versus wisdom, the idea of maintenance as a way of absorbing information, and the city as a processing machine, just not in the ways you might automatically think. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon: Http://patreon.com/...
Episode 103: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Transit is Not a Business
January 11, 2022 06:52 - 24 minutes - 27.2 MBThis week we're on our own talking about empty storefronts (NYT), whether transit should be run like a business (Laurel in Transit), the ethics of building multifamily housing on arterial streets (Slate), and Tri-Rail's problems pulling into the station (Miami Herald). All that right here on Mondays at The Overhead Wire.
Episode 364: Creating a Better Transit Board
January 06, 2022 06:47 - 58 minutes - 47.9 MBThis week on the podcast, we’re back at last fall’s virtual Railvolution conference. Former BART GM Grace Crunican moderates a panel discussing the role of board members in transit agencies with Former MBTA board member Monica Tibbits-Nutt and former Houston Metro board member Christof Spieler. They talk about how to deal with board members with opposite ideas, how to help agency staff, and using the budget as a policy document. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the sho...
Replay: Designing Fair Transport Systems
December 23, 2021 06:01 - 54 minutes - 48.9 MBThis week we’re flashing back to an episode in March where we were joined by Karel Martens, Professor of Architecture and Town Planning at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and head of the Fair Transport Lab at Technion. Karel talks with us about the philosophy underpinning the idea of sufficient accessibility and how he got to the idea in his book Transport Justice.
Episode 363: Not Just Wires, Pipes, and Roads
December 16, 2021 08:27 - 54 minutes - 42.8 MBThis week we’re joined by Michael Spotts, a senior visiting research fellow at ULI’s Terwiliger Center for Housing and head of Neighborhood Fundamentals. Michael chats with us about takeaways from the Shaw Symposium on Urban Community Issues, the definition of infrastructure, and the importance of taking a systems approach to important interconnected topics like transportation, education, and health care. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire
Episode 102: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Christmas Markets
December 14, 2021 09:28 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBOur last show of the year! Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Tracy McMillan join the show with an overarching theme of public health. We talk LA street vending carts, climate impacts of shipping, transportation insecurity, drought and water shortages, and Christmas markets in Germany. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Episode 362: The Traffic War is Never Won
December 09, 2021 07:25 - 48 minutes - 40.9 MBThis week we’re joined by University of Virginia Associate Professor Peter Norton, to talk about his new book Autonorama: The Illusory Promise of High-Tech Driving. Peter discusses the false promises of auto makers and technologists and the mobility solutions that are already in front of us. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Episode 101: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Auto Nostalgia and the Oil Crisis
December 07, 2021 08:16 - 59 minutes - 47.4 MBThis episode of Mondays we're joined by Gabrielle Esperdy, a professor of architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a contributing writer for Places. This episode was produced in partnership with Places Journal. Gabrielle discusses her piece 'Twilight of Autopia' in Places, which includes a deep dive into nostalgia, thoughts on the word sprawl, and the ultimate cultural impact of the 1970s oil crisis.
Episode 361: Infrastructural Optimism
December 02, 2021 06:52 - 49 minutes - 41.4 MBThis week we’re joined by Linda Samuels, associate professor of urban design at Washington University in St. Louis to talk about her book Infrastructural Optimism. We chat about how growth for growth’s sake is not the answer, learn from post modernist urbanism, and why systems should be more connected. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Episode 360: Transit Expansion and Service in the Pandemic
November 18, 2021 07:05 - 1 hour - 48.4 MBThis week we’re at the 2021 Virtual Railvolution conference. Adelee Le Grand, CEO of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit System in Tampa moderates a panel featuring Debra Johnson, GM and CEO of RTD in Denver and Peter Rogoff, CEO of Sound Transit in Seattle. Johnson and Rogoff discuss transit expansion plans and progress in their respective regions as well as how they kept things going during the pandemic. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.c...
Episode 359: Streets are Not Just Pipes
November 11, 2021 06:45 - 47 minutes - 41.6 MBThis week we’re joined by Miami of Ohio Geography Professor David Prytherch. David chats with us about his recent journal article in Urban Geography: Reimagining the physical/social infrastructure of the American street. We talk about businesses newfound interest in the street, equity and ethical discussions about rights to the street, and the new pandemic paradigm of open streets. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon. http://Patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Episode 100: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Double Infrastructure All the Way
November 09, 2021 09:03 - 1 hour - 76.8 MBWell it's finally infrastructure week. We definitely timed it to coincide with our 100th episode of Mondays. Tracy and I get into some of the lesser discussed details of the IIJA bill while also covering a few stores from the newsletter including, French bookshop protection, Vienna's urban flood protection, housing rejection in SF, indoor methane issues, and the idea of cluster commutes. And Chrissy joins us towards the end to celebrate it being episode 100. Infrastructure details from t...
Episode 358: A National Perspective with Jannet Walker Ford
November 04, 2021 05:44 - 41 minutes - 33.1 MBThis week we’re joined by Jannet Walker-Ford, National Transit and Rail Lead at WSP. We chat about high speed rail around the country, the benefits of trade and research groups, escalating transit project costs, and our current transport policy environment. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon. http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Episode 357: Culture is Designed Every Century
October 28, 2021 07:16 - 40 minutes - 38.7 MBThis week we’re joined by Dutch architect Ton Venhoeven. We chat about Utrecht’s new tram station TOD, the difference between the 15 minute and Micro City, planning policy and its history in the Netherlands, and the future of cities. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Get our Bus Only Scarf!
Episode 99: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Halloween Highway
October 26, 2021 07:09 - 57 minutes - 59.9 MBThis week we're joined by Josh Fairchild, Co-Founder of Transit Matters, a transit advocacy organization in Boston. Josh tells us about his recent trip to California and his experience with BART after a long flight. We also talk about our slate of news including the end of Alitalia Airlines, the idea of Planet City, Seattle's experiment with e-bike deliveries, and how the human brain navigates cities. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon by going to http:...
Episode 356: Partisanship and Transportation
October 21, 2021 05:54 - 45 minutes - 36 MBThis week we're joined by Kelcie Ralph, Nick Klein, and Calvin Thigpen to talk about their recent paper 'Political Partisanship and Transportation Reform' written with Anne Brown in the Journal of The American Planning Association. We chat about why they wrote the paper, what they found out about partisanship and transportation policy, and why all sides of the political spectrum have little understanding of induced demand.
Episode 355: Asphalt - A History
October 14, 2021 07:43 - 48 minutes - 33.9 MBThis week we’re joined by Kenneth O’Reilly to talk about his book Asphalt: A History. We chat about what asphalt is, how it was used for building, war, and economic expansion and how it impacts the future of the planet. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Episode 98: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Duluth, Like Duluth?
October 12, 2021 07:58 - 1 hour - 76.2 MBThis week on Mondays we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about a number of different topics including climate migration, low traffic neighborhoods in Birmingham UK, and reforming mega project contracts. News Climate Proof Duluth - MPR News Birmingham Low Traffic Neighborhood - The Guardian Yemen's Ancient Cities - BBC Travel No More Mega Contracts for Mega Projects - Eno Center Livability Awards for Highways - Washington Post Puppies and Butterflies Boji t...
Episode 354: Active Transportation Laws in Berlin
October 07, 2021 07:44 - 37 minutes - 30.8 MBThis week we’re joined by Roland Stimpel of The German Pedestrian Association Fussverkehr. Roland chats with us about Berlin’s new mobility laws including the 2018 Mobility Act and 2021’s pedestrian law amendments. We also talk about SUVs, the struggle to find public servants, and Ampelmännchen, the traffic light man.
Episode 353: Depave Cities
September 30, 2021 06:28 - 53 minutes - 39.8 MBThis week on the podcast we're joined by Mary Pat McGuire, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois. Mary Pat talks with us about what happens to water after it hits the pavement, the damaging environmental impacts of covering cities in pavement, and steps we can take to reduce runoff in green cities.
Episode 97: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Electric Chargers Among Us
September 28, 2021 06:05 - 30 minutes - 32.4 MBThis week on Mondays, we discuss a lot of different topics from HOLC map redlining to electric car chargers. We don't talk much about the infrastructure bill but I imagine that will be coming soon whether it passes or not! News Who increases air quality guidelines - Guardian 40 years of HSR - La Croix Translated The train the shrunk France - Ars Technica Berlin buys out apartments - AP News Redlining didn't happen how we thought it did - Governing EV Chargers in Zoning Co...
Episode 352: The Community Knows What it Wants
September 23, 2021 06:16 - 41 minutes - 34.7 MBThis month on the Railvolution podcast we’re joined by Duncan Hwang, Interim Co-Director of the Asian Pacific Network of Oregon and Gauri Rajbaidya, architect and senior associate at SERA. They chat with us about community driven development in Portland’s Jade District and how it's connected to the rest of the region.
Episode 351: The Rules Require Death
September 16, 2021 06:17 - 48 minutes - 37 MBThis week we’re joined by Dr. Megan Ryerson, UPS Chair of Transportation at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. Dr. Ryerson joins us to talk about her research on cognitive workload, measuring the stress of cyclists at intersections. We also chat about transportation during the pandemic, the uneven power dynamics in traffic safety between cars and bikes/pedestrians, and how safety and an inability to navigate are access restrictions. Follow us on twitter @theov...
Episode 96: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Find Your Solarpunk City
September 14, 2021 08:18 - 58 minutes - 64.4 MBThis week Tracy McMillan joins the show to talk about engineering climate change preparedness in New Orleans, Solarpunk cities, making Lego budget movies, and early Robert Putnam's thoughts on Italian social capital. We also chat a bit about Metro Twin Cities new transit pass plan and Paris' new speed limit. Find us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Episode 350: The Built Environment Memory Hole
September 09, 2021 06:56 - 39 minutes - 34.2 MBThis week we’re joined by Tufts Professor Justin Hollander. Justin chats with us about a wide range of topics including VMT Taxes, using eye tracking software to measure the impacts of the built environment on people’s mind, and he reacts to the most recent census release. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire