Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

Our 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

This 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

This 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.

This 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

This 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.com/theoverheadwire And visit Railvolution at http://Railvolution.org

This 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

Well 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 the National Association of Counties. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire

This 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

This 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!

This 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://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This 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.

This 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

This 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 the Istanbul Transit Dog - Reuters How Clement Street Survived - New York Times

This 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.

This 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.

This 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 Code - Urban Milwaukee Do we need 500K chargers? - Motherboard The economics of gas stations - The Hustle

This 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.

This 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 @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This 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

This 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

This week we're joined by new Rail~Volution CEO Tamar Shapiro. We chat about her previous work in transportation and city planning at orgs like NUMO and The Governor's Institute, how to measure transportation success, and the transportation parades before German soccer games. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week we're joined by Todd Litman, Executive Director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. Todd discusses his book New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies. We reframe the transportation investments we make, talk about sharing information, and discuss why air taxis might not be the future. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week on the Mondays show, we chat about a number of different big articles from the last few weeks including TXDOT's freeway expansions, using the Commerce Clause to rethink zoning, working from home and more! I'm Han Solo this week but I've pulled together a couple of the recent newsletter intros as well. News VMT tax is bad for health - The Hill TXDOT's massive Austin expansion - KUT Are we more productive working from home? - Chicago Booth Review Could the Commerce Clause change zoning? - New York State Bar Association Nashville's new transportation department - Smart Cities World Self storage is an equity issue - MinnPost

This week we're joined by Professor Leslie Kern to talk about her book Feminist City. We talk about the need to make more spaces for non-traditional relationships, feminist geography and intersectionality, and how care work taxes personal transportation budgets. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week we're joined by Melissa and Chris Bruntlett to talk about their book, Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives. We chat about the ambient stress and anxiety created by auto oriented cities, the mental energy saved by car light spaces, and the difference between engineering and ecological resilience. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week on the Mondays show Chrissy and I discuss the history of the Segway, why people want cities to die, new ways to measure intersection safety and some of the details related to the infrastructure bill. News Infrastructure bill overview webinar - Eno Center Why did people want covid to kill cities? - NYT A new metric for safe streets - PennToday Bike representation in the movies - Slate History of the Segway - Slate Puppies and Butterflies Jess Zimbabwe on twitter

This week we're joined by Dr. V Kelly Turner, Director of Urban Environment Research at UCLA's Luskin Center for Innovation. We chat about how to think differently about urban heat, how to measure it, and how to regulate it. Read her piece in Next City. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon. http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week Dan Baer, Senior Vice President at WSP talks with Kevin Corbett, President and CEO of New Jersey Transit. In this 1 on 1 conversation, Dan and Kevin talk about NJ Transit's response to the pandemic, bus electrification, and much more. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire

This week we're joined by Zabe Bent, Director of Design for the National Association of City Transportation Officials. We chat about how we think too much about the future and growth, the current MUTCD process, and how she would start the design an infrastructure bill. Mary Pay McGuire in Next City on Pavement. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week we're joined by Dr. Jennifer Kent, Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism at the Sydney School of Architecture. Jennifer talks with us about why we travel, the impact of dogs on our travel behavior, and the idea of "messy trips". Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, we share a bit of the news from the last few weeks, but then Mesa Arizona City Council Member Francisco Heredia and Charlotte City Council Member Braxton Winston talk with each other about their journeys from being an advocate to elected officials. This episode initially was shared on the Rail~Volution podcast, but now you can check it out here as well. News Let's talk more about pavement - Next City Aging condos need better oversight - Bloomberg Urban Mobility Report is back and still missing the point - City Observatory

This week we're joined by Andrew Salzberg, Head of Policy at Transit App. Andrew talks with us about Transit's Guide to Open Mobility as a Service and discusses how policy can create a better travel experience for everyone. The Guide to Open Mobility as a Service is found here. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon at http://patreon.com

This week we're joined by Robert del Rosario, Director of Service Development for AC Transit in Oakland California. Robert talks about agency coordination during the pandemic, what's needed to get riders coming back, and what sustainable revenue might look like going forward. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week on the show Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins to talk about the post pandemic rush hour, parklets and ADA, Charlotte approving their 2040 plan, and the most recent news about the American Jobs/Infrastructure Plan. News! Charlotte Passes 2040 Plan - Charlotte Observer Pandemic street changes and ADA - Eater | Bloomberg Rush hour and remote work - New York Times | PNAS Infrastructure Plan Group of 10 makes a deal - New York Times Biden smooths over misunderstanding - Politico Don't forget what we're buying - Streetsblog USA

This week we're joined by Mark Perepelitza, Director of Sustainability at SERA Architects. Mark chats with us about the meaning of sustainability, the company's sustainability action plan, and their colorful project compass. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://Patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week we're joined by Alex Hoffman, Assistant Director for CID Planning at the City of El Paso. We chat about using data to make planning decisions, the geography of place, and what the future might look like with more information. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

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 - Washington Post A 10 senator deal - CNN 15% corporate minimum tax - Reuters GOP backs VMT? - Transport Topics Progressives draw red line on climate - Politico House committee to take up $547B bill - Washington Post Follow Chrissy @mancinichrissy Follow Jeff @theoverheadwire Support the show http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

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 development. Find us on twitter @theoverheadwire Find Ben on twitter @beninboulder @@rockymtninst Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

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 first approach to creating inclusive healthy places. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

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 Company The COMMUTE bill - Streetsblog USA Lumber prices - Vox Dallas approves transportation plan - Dallas Morning News Puppies and Butterflies! The Battle of SHARKS! - CGP Grey on YouTube

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 the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

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 did/didn't change moves - NY Times Puppies and Butterflies Lady and Pups - Mandy Lee's Cooking Blog

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 America - National Geographic German deal between airlines, railways - AP News Puppies and Butterflies Superyacht in a dutch town - CNN Cows fall in water from floating farm - Dutch News NL

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