Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we're joined by Sadie Graham, BART Program Director for Link21 , a rail network planning program for the SF Bay Area. Sadie chats about planning for a second bay crossing and the potential for a suite of projects to improve regional connectivity. We also talk about the frustrations of long term capital projects including politics, costs, and getting it done before you retire.

This week on the show Jeff talks about the Amsterdam donut model of economics, how Denver is using medical professionals to respond to some police calls, how Nevada might allow tech companies to create cities and obsession with new towns, expanding I-45 in Houston, and a better way to do for-profit affordable housing in Charlotte.  

This week we're joined by Haley Rubinson, Vice President of Business Development at Revel .  We talk about why mopeds work for urban mobility, the dominance of automobiles in discussions about transportation, and if land use plays a part in adoption trends.

This week we're again joined by Shared Use Mobility Center Founder in Residence Sharon Feigon .  Sharon talks with us about what she hopes the focus will be for the next administration, how shared mobility has fared during the pandemic, and her plans for the future.

This week we're joined by Scott Bernstein , Founder and Director Emeritus of the Center for Neighborhood Technology.  Scott joins the show to chat with us about some of the ways cities and public agencies can work to reduce poverty.  A penny saved is a penny earned.  This is Mondays with Scott #1

This week we're joined by Erica Eggleton , a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington to chat about her work on Route Dynamics , an open source program that estimates the energy demand for electric bus routes run by King County Metro. We talk about how Route Dynamics calculates electric bus energy consumption and how it might be useful to transit agencies.

This week on the Mondays show Dawn Miller , VP for Policy and Partnerships at Coord and Chrissy Mancini Nichols join the show. We chat about Mayor Pete's Senate hearing , Sacramento's move away from single family zoning, and Dallas' new mobility plan . We also talk a bit about DOT political appointments and Bernie's Wild Ride. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support us at http://patreon.com/...

This week we're headed back to the Iowa Law Review's Symposium The Future of Law and Transportation. In Part 2 of this series, Professor Jonathan Levine moderates a panel of four including Professor David Prytherch, Professor Jamila Jefferson-Jones, Professor Tara Goddard, and Professor Vanessa Casado Perez on the topic of Rights of Way and Public Space.

This week Tracy McMillan joins the show to chat about what a Biden Administration can do for localities, climate change in the Great Lakes, Paris' participatory budget, and what the commute means to everyone. Odds and Ends Using Federal Power to liberate localities - Washington Monthly Stop lines don't stop traffic - Route Fifty Paris' participatory budget - City Monitor Climate change and winter...

This week we're joined by Professor Sean Benesh to talk about his new book Intro to the City. We chat about his love of Pre-Colombian cities, how being an ordained pastor connects to his urban thinking, and some thoughts about opening your mind when it comes to place. Follow us @theoverheadwire on twitter Support the pod on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week we're going back to the 2020 Rail~Volution conference where Peter Calthorpe gave the keynote speech with Allison Brooks of the Bay Area Regional Collaborative.  They discuss the next generation of TOD and housing on major arterials. 

This week we're replaying one of our most popular episodes in the last few years. Patrick Siegman of Siegman & Associates joins the podcast for spirited discussion about parking. We chat about the etymology of the word parking, the legend that is Donald Shoup, and why the topic of parking gets so personal.

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Jerome Horne join the show to talk about the nomination of former South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg to the post of Transportation Secretary. That's it, that's the topic on this end of the year Mondays at The Overhead Wire. For those interested in some of the items I mentioned in the show to check out, the links are below. Mexico's Right to Mobility Amend...

This week we're talking with Katy Knight, Executive Director of the Siegel Family Endowment. We chat about the endowment's recent Infrastructure report entitled Rebuilding America: The Road Ahead which discusses a future where digital, physical, and social infrastructure connect. Katy talks with us about the importance of governance, the two way conversations we should be having with elected offic...

This week we're joined by Carrie Makarewicz , Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado at Denver, Prentiss Dantzler , Assistant Professor at Georgia State University, and Arlie Adkins , Associate Professor at The University of Arizona to talk about their paper in Housing Policy Debate :  Another Look at Location Affordability: Understanding the Detailed Effects of Income and Urban Form on...

This week on the Mondays show we're back on Election Night!  Danny Katz of Colorado PIRG learns live on the air that his ballot measure won and Missoula Montana Mountain Line GM Corey Aldridge tells us all about their zero fare program, their coming zero emissions buses, and what an election win (they won!) would mean for the transit agency.

This week on the podcast, Nilda Ruiz and Rose Gray of Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) join the show to talk about how they've been able to build community through TOD while promoting health, wellness, and a green future.

This week on the Mondays show we're back to our election night YouTube show chatting with our friends about federal transportation policy!  We're also joined by our co-hosts Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Jerome Horne!  Hope you enjoy it.    

This week we're joined by Roger Duncan to talk about his new book with Co-Author Michael Webber called T he Future of Transportation, Buildings, and Power .  We chat about buildings can get to net zero energy, the changing structure of public utilities, and the energy efficiency megatrend.

Again our friends from election night!  That's right, we're sharing some of our election night shenanigans from the live stream we did on YouTube.  You can still find the original 7 hour video there to see everyone's backgrounds and setups but we're cutting it down here into some more bite size bits. On this Mondays we're sharing our discussions with Odetta Macleish White from the Transformation A...

This week we're headed to the Iowa Law Review's Symposium "The Future of Law and Transportation". In this episode, we are sharing a panel on transportation and land use featuring Jonathan Levine, Audrey McFarlane, and Sara Bronin. Jonathan Levine of the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan discusses his paper 'Transportation Policy Entrenchment: Institut...

This week on Mondays we're taking some audio from our election night live stream and sharing it with folks.  Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Jerome Horne join us on election night as we talked with local agency folks in Texas about their ballot measures. 

This week we're joined by Kyle Rowe, Global Head of Government Partnerships at SPIN.  We chat with Kyle about his work with Seattle DOT transitioning from docked to dockless bike share, the impact of ride hailing on micromobility adoption, and the future of his industry.   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week we're doing another series preview sharing a podcast we enjoy here at The Overhead Wire. Densely Speaking is a podcast by Jeffrey Lin and Greg Shill discussing cities, economics and law.  You can subscribe to Densely Speaking wherever you get your podcasts. On this episode! Professor Leah Brooks, economist and Associate Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the George Washingt...

This week we're joined by Sara Hendren, author of the book What Can a Body Do? How We Meet the Built World . Sara chats with us about how we think and talk about disability, reframing independent living, and designing a humane world for everyone.