Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on Mondays, Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show and we talk about the weight of EVs, Amazon's dangerous delivery algorithm, and of course the many infrastructure bills and plans. News EV's heavier than ICE vehicles - CNN A universal travel pattern - MIT News Big oil's bad day - New Yorker Amazon's dangerous algorithm - Motherboard   Infrastructure Bonanza! Sen. Capito talks collapse -...

This week we're joined once again by author Chuck Wolfe to talk about his book Sustaining a City's Culture and Character.  We talk about sustainable travel and the "character" and "authenticity" of places.  We also talk in detail about the importance of context when considering planning for the future. 30% discount code: 4S21City Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire  

This week we're joined by Ben Holland, Senior Associate at the Rocky Mountain Institute to talk about important strategies for reducing emissions in the transportation and land use sectors.  We talk about the disconnect between techno-optimists and urbanists in climate change approach, RMI's new Colorado induced travel calculator , and the hard choices regions have on transportation and developmen...

This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Sharon Roerty, Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Maki Kawaguchi, a Director at Gehl to talk about the Inclusive Healthy Places Framework .  Sharon and Maki talk about the importance of creating spaces that bring dignity to all users, the importance of evaluating existing spaces, and creating a data driven and people firs...

This week Tracy joins to talk about the surface transportation bill put forward by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in addition to architecture and capitalism, the COMMUTE bill, lumber prices, and Dallas' new transportation plan. Oh, and SHARKS! News New transportation bill planned - Senate EPW A response from T4 - Transportation for America Capitalism shaping architecture - Fast...

This week we're joined by L'erin Jensen and Josh Cohen, hosts of The Movement Podcast at Transloc. We chat about why they got into podcasting as a way to talk about transportation, some of their favorite guests, and what's vexing them about current policy. (Fixed 5/20/21 for audio error) Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon - http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire    

This week we're joined by Laura Schewel, Co-founder and CEO of Streetlight Data and Carlo Ratti, Director of MIT's SENSEible City Lab to talk about what we've learned from data during the pandemic. They also chat about what it would mean for infrastructure to be optimized if we rescheduled cities in a way that works for everyone at all times of day.  Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support t...

This week on Mondays Chrissy and I are joined by Jed Kolko, Chief Economist at Indeed.com to talk about migration patterns around the country during the pandemic as well as reapportionment and the specter of remote work. A few pieces from Jed to read as companion pieces. The most urban counties in the US are shrinking - NY Times Tech hubs held on to technology jobs - Hiring Lab How the pandemic di...

This week we're joined by Christopher Puchalsky and Andrew Simpson of the Philadelphia Office of Transportation, Infrastructure, and Sustainability.  We talk about The Philadelphia Transit Plan , regional rail improvements, transit service levels, and agency coordination. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire  

This week on Mondays we're solo, but have no fear we cover lots of ground talking about housing and transportation post-pandemic.  Won't you join me? News Permit problems in San Francisco - SF Chronicle Saving cities from Gentrification - Next City Senate housing supply plan - Vox Downtown spending could drop 10% - Business Insider Taking commuter out of commuter rail - CityLab Greyhound connects...

This week we're joined by Dan Nissenbaum, CEO of the Low Income Investment Fund .  We chat with Dan about Liif's many projects including early childhood education, housing, and connecting transportation to community development.   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire  

This week we're joined by Dr. Mindy Fullilove, Professor of Urban Policy and Health at The New School, to talk about her book Main Street: How a City's Heart Connects Us All.  Dr. Fullilove chats about the psychology of place, the strength of weak ties, and how cities are a part of nature. 

This week we're joined by former Seattle Mayor And Executive Director of America Walks Mike McGinn. Mike chats with us about the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and why now is the time to speak up in order to make important changes. 

This week we're joined by Joe Cortright of City Observatory and Aaron Brown of No More Freeways to talk about the local fight against freeway expansion through Portland's Rose Quarter.  We chat about the freeway industrial complex, the ping pong of travel forecasting, and what new federal discussions mean for the movement. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Find us at http://theoverheadwire.com

This week we're joined by Professor Andres Sevtsuk, professor of Urban Science at the MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning to talk about his book Street Commerce: Creating More Vibrant Urban Sidewalks . We chat the importance of location in urban retail, the city factors that might determine a store's success, and why urban retail should be studied more in planning school.

This week on the podcast Chrissy and I go over initial thoughts on the American Jobs Plan and discuss what we think infrastructure means and how we might pay for it. Check out the White House American Jobs Plan fact sheet .

This week we're joined by Danielle Arigoni ,  AARP's Director of Livable Communities.  Danielle chats with us about how AARP is working in every state to help cities become more age friendly, how the pandemic is affecting older Americans, and how we can think more holistically about aging in place.

This week we're joined again by Yonah Freemark for the annual prediction show! Yonah chats with us about his new job at the Urban Institute, projects added to his transit inventory, and we make predictions about the coming infrastructure bill. 

This week on the show we are Solo again but have no fear, we keep it short and fun and topical.  FHWA asks TXDOT to halt I-45 work, we need more missing LARGE housing, and we're running out of sand! FHWA Asks Texas to halt I-45 Expansion - Houston Public Media Missing Large Housing - Alfred Twu The urban river swimming renaissance - Pop Up City A crisis of sand - Deutche Welle Should peds wear AV...

This week we're joined by Karel Martens, Associate Professor of Architecture and Town Planning at Technion – Isreal Insitute of Technology.  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.

This week, Angie Rivera-Malpiede, Board Chair of the Regional Transportation District in Denver talks with Cindy Chavez, Former Board Chair of the VTA and Current Santa Clara County Supervisor.  These Latina leaders chat about getting communities involved in transportation and leadership.

This week on the Mondays show Jeff talks about a big range of topics including the environmental impact of internal combustion and electric vehicles in terms of materials consumed.  He also talks about broadband moves and transportation policy.  Wastefulness of ICE engines - Guardian US Mining conundrum - Reuters Banning broadband networks? Ars Technica Appalaicha's digital divide - CNET UK tighte...

This week we're joined by Tim Fendley, Founder and Creative Director at Applied . Tim chats with us about lessons he's learned from doing wayfinding projects around the world including Legible London. 32

This week we're joined by UC Berkeley PhD candidate Matthew Tarduno.  Matt talks to us about his paper comparing congestion and economic impacts of ride hailing companies Uber and Lyft before and after the cessation of service in Austin Texas. 

This week Erik Weber of Hip joins the show to talk about federal policy changes at DOT, how federal housing policy is actually real estate policy, the origins of the lawn as the American Dream, and how travel, not just housing, has become more segregated. Dear Colleague Letter - Streetsblog USA Problem with housing policy - Sightline Institute Travel segregation - Brown University Origins of the l...