Latest Pedestrian Podcast Episodes
Episode 487: Killed by a Traffic Engineer
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - June 13, 2024 04:07 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re joined by Wes Marshall, Civil Engineering Professor at the University of Colorado at Denver to talk about his book Killed by a Traffic Engineer: Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System. We chat about writing process, the ideas of risk and exposur...
Episode 153: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - (De)congestion Pricing with Ben Kabak
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - June 11, 2024 06:44 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we go into depth on the past week in New York City and Governor Kathy Hochul's attempt to end a (de)congestion pricing program that was going to begin on June 30th. We're joined by Ben Kabak of Second Avenue Sagas to go over all the details. Links disc...
Episode 486: The Computable City
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - June 06, 2024 04:31 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Michael Batty, Professor of Planning at the University College London. We chat about his book The Computable City: Histories, Technologies, Stories, Predictions which includes histories of computing, smart city critiques, what the discourse on AI sh...
Episode 485: Amtrak vs Brightline in Ohio
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - May 29, 2024 23:40 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re joined by Cleveland journalist Ken Prendergast to talk about intercity passenger rail in greater Ohio. We chat about the competing interests of Brightline and Amtrak and the history of passenger rail planning in the region. Check out Ken's NEO-trans Blog To RSVP for our liv...
Mondays Flashback: Verkehrsverbund with Ralph Buehler
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - May 28, 2024 04:33 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsWe’re Han Solo today but no fear we’re flashing back to Episode 211 of the Talking Headways podcast where we chatted with Ralph Buehler about the topic of the German transport concept of Verkehrsverbund. With a lot of talk of regional transportation networks and planning, I thought it might be...
Episode 484: Rethinking Denver Along the South Platte River
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - May 23, 2024 00:07 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Erin Clark, Chief Real Estate Investment Officer of the Denver Housing Authority. We chat about the redevelopment of Sun Valley, a public housing project built in the 1950s that is being reinvigorated by new investments in public housing, parks, and ...
Episode 483: An Update to Human Transit
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - May 16, 2024 04:33 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re joined once again by Jarrett Walker to talk about the release of the revised edition of his influential book Human Transit. We chat about Ursula Le Guin, expanding access to opportunity, how to think about transit riders, the free transit movement and thoughts on anger as a res...
Episode 152: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Ancient Ways of Water Infrastructure
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - May 14, 2024 05:26 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we're Han Solo but have a lot of news to cover including items on skateboarding, new types of segregation, third places, and some ancient ways to cool cities and streets. Check out the show notes below for more information. Notes: Skateboarding - Reasons to be Cheerful Cityh...
#85 With Bob Coppes on NDE's
Were You Still Talking? - May 13, 2024 22:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsToday, I am with Bob Coppes, a scientist and retired financier who has studied near-death experiences for decades. I'm ask him what those even are. His latest book on NDEs "Impressions of Near-Death Experiences" (2023) contains a wealth of quotes from a variety of NDE experiencers. In 2023,...
Episode 482: Highway Fighting in Texas
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - May 09, 2024 05:29 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis 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. *** Follow...
Episode 481: Money is a Lot of Different Things
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - May 02, 2024 05:03 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week were sharing part 2 of our discussion with Jim Kumon. We chat about the challenges of development, how to crowdfund a building, coming to the end of an 80 year economic cycle, how the built environment is an outcome of how we structure capital, and how more information can make it hard...
Episode 151: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - It's Been a Minute
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - April 30, 2024 06:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Tracy McMillan to talk about aging in place, Nashville's big transit plan, potential Alzheimer's causes in car exhaust, Milan's famous weeks, and the Colorado legislature's search for more housing and TOD. Articles Aging in place - N...
Episode 480: Details of Development Reform in Minnesota Part 1
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - April 25, 2024 06:20 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re joined by Jim Kumon, Principal at Electric Housing, to discuss his work as a developer and urban policy educator in the Twin Cities. We chat about his sustainable development project, what St. Paul learned from Minneapolis 2040 and how zoning reform and transportation intersect. ...
Episode 479: Charging Up Transportation
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - April 18, 2024 04:12 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re joined by Gabe Klein, Executive Director of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. We chat about the Joint Office’s white paper focused on best practices and solutions for electric vehicle charging entitled: Community Charging: Emerging Multifamily, Curbside, and Multimod...
Episode 150: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Housekeeping After Drought
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - April 16, 2024 05:36 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsHappy Mondays! This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo again but we have a lot to catch up on. We're going over some of the news we didn't get to when we were away in China for a month. We cover LA's spongy infrastructure, an idea to connect zoning reform to transportation fu...
Episode 478: Women’s Transportation Seminar
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - April 11, 2024 04:25 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re joined by Sara Stickler, President and CEO of WTS International. We discuss how WTS highlights women’s expertise in transportation and how they create opportunities from mentorship to leadership and education. We also chat about some of their legislative priorities on workplace p...
Episode 477: Culture Change in Cleveland
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - April 04, 2024 04:11 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re featuring a one to one conversation between Billy Terry, Executive Director of the National Transit Institute at Rutgers University, and India Birdsong Terry, General Manager and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. They discuss leadership, hiring, and cultur...
Episode 149: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dispatch from China
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - April 02, 2024 05:35 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Jeff talks about his month long trip to China. Subways, multi-use paths, urbanism and more! We chat about Chinese mall culture, great food, and a really cool station design in Shenzhen. To see some pictures from the trip visit our Instagram @theoverhea...
Episode 476: Saving California Transit from the Fiscal Cliff
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - March 28, 2024 04:55 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re sharing a San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) forum on how a statewide coalition of transit advocates were able to organize a funding bridge to avert a fiscal cliff for transit operators in the state. The discussion led by SPUR’s Laura Tolkoff, shares how they did it...
Episode 475: Lessons from Quickbuild Street Projects
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - March 21, 2024 08:10 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re joined by Heidi Simon, Director of Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America. Heidi talks about lessons learned from Complete Streets Leadership Academies as state and local officials and advocates work to create safer streets through quick build projects. Find the report ...
Episode 474: Thinking Differently About Vehicle Design
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - March 14, 2024 04:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re joined by vehicle designer Dan Sturges to talk about his book Near to Far: A Design for a new and Equitable Transportation System. We talk about new ways of thinking about vehicle design, mobility for low density areas, as well as pop culture perceptions of small vehicles. Fin...
Episode 473: Public Sentiment and Public Transit
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - March 07, 2024 06:05 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re featuring a 1 to 1 conversation between Adelee Le Grand of Intellectual Concepts and Scott Wilkinson of AlphaVu. They chat about how transit agencies can get a better handle on how riders and non-riders alike feel about their service. This episode was produced in partnership wi...
Episode 472: Streets for Skateboards
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - February 29, 2024 05:34 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re joined by skateboard advocate Aaron Breetwor, brand manager for Comet Skateboards. Aaron chats about using skateboards for transportation, designing streets for safer skateboarding, and this last years incident at the Dolores Street hill bomb. OOO Follow us on twitter @theove...
Episode 471: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 2
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - February 22, 2024 05:29 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsPrediction Time! This week on part 2 of our chat with Yonah Freemark, we score our transportation predictions from last year and make new ones for 2025. We talk about the Roosevelt Subway, Transit agency bailouts, open gangway trains, and coming transit elections and extensions. You can find ...
Episode 470: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 1
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - February 15, 2024 07:27 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined once again by transportation and housing expert Yonah Freemark. In part 1 we talk about the equitable distribution of transportation grants, potential for flex funding for transit, and our annual transit openings discussion. You can find T...
Episode 148: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Happy in Cities
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - February 13, 2024 05:38 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo. The news continues and so do we. We chat about productive transit subsidies, transportation flex funding, and a coming connection between trees and health! Join us below for the show notes: OOO News Items Keys to happiness - Bus...
Episode 469: On the Bus in Boise
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - February 08, 2024 05:44 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re joined by Elaine Clegg, CEO of Valley Regional Transit in Boise Idaho. We chat about how the Boise bus system is changing, the impact of fast regional growth, energy infrastructure and favorite transportation board games. *** OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Fol...
Were You Still Talking? #84 With John Pabon
Were You Still Talking? - February 04, 2024 18:18 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsEpisode #84 John Pabon Great and inspiring conversation with John. We talked about saving the Earth! OK, let’s face it, it’s not the earth that really needs saving, it’s all the things that live on Earth. Anyway, he has a much more positive view on the subject than I do, and it was a very re...
Episode 468: Organizing and Data that Create Wins
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - February 01, 2024 05:40 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week we’re joined by Dr. Kathryn Howell, Director of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland. We talk about her daily e-bike commute, organizing around the Purple Line, the importance of eviction data, and commercial displacement. This episode was produced in pa...
Episode 147: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - No More Math Please
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast - January 30, 2024 07:40 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 154 ratingsThis week on the podcast we're Han Solo but we've got some great news and information for you including items on Beverly Hills residents being denied permits for underground pools, we've got money for transit operations in a house bill, and we're noticing the Introvert Economy is in full swing. ...
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