Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
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Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
A 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 591: The Urban Pulse
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Yale's Karen Seto and University of Connecticut's Zhe Zhu to talk about their study: The Urb...
Episode 197: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Change Orders!
This week on the Mondays Show we are Han Solo again, but have a lot of interesting news to share. We talk about LA's people mover change orders, a po...
Episode 590: Coulda Built 36 Paris Metros
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're chatting with Dallas Developer, DART Board Member, and urban designer Patrick Kennedy about his recent...
Episode 589: The Bikeable Forest
This week we're finally doing it! We're going to Kingwood Texas and talking about the greenbelt trail system I've been telling everyone about for year...
Episode 196: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Disassembling to Save The Building
This week we're Han Solo and covering some of the news from the last few weeks. We talk about delivery worker stress, Maryland's need to build a revo...
Episode 588: What Does It Cost to Build a Bus?
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Lisa Jerram of APTA and Philip Plotch of the Eno Center for Transportation to discuss Eno's...
Flashback: Megan Kimble Talks Highway Expansion in Texas
We're on vacation this week but we're flashing back to Episode 482 from two years ago featuring Megan Kimble discussing her book City Limits. Soon we...
Mondays Flashback: The Messiness of Family Travel
We're on vacation this week but we're flashing back to episode 422 of Talking Headways from a couple of years ago featuring one of our favorites, Jenn...
Episode 587: Dangerous by Design
This week on the Talking Headways podcast, Steve Davis of Smart Growth America joins the show to talk about their most recent edition of Dangerous by...
Episode 586: SF Muni to the Future
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by SFMTA Director of Transportation Julie Kirschbaum. She discusses making system improvements,...
Episode 195: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Han Solo Returns
This week on the Mondays show Han Solo is back and we're going through some news from the last month or so. Some really super interesting items to sh...
Episode 585: Bill Fulton and the Future of Where
This Week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Bill Fulton who has worn many hats including mayor, planning director, think tank director,...
Episode 194: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Family Friendly Cities?
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, Tracy McMillan is back on the show to talk about a number of items including a piece on the role of the bui...
Episode 583: The Transit Abundance Playbook
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Will Poff-Webster of the Institute for Progress to talk about their new collection of ideas...
Episode 193: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Henry George's Urbanist Army
This week on the Mondays show we're joined by Kate Gasparro of the Building Better Cities podcast. We talk about the potential for land value taxes, r...
Episode 582: A Latent Hazard Activated by Conflict
This week we're joined by Professor Eric Dumbaugh of Florida Atlantic University to share his new paper on Land Use and Road Safety: Understanding th...
Episode 192: Mondays at The Overhead Wire – No BRT for Christmas, Only Ham
Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show again and we have a blast talking about all kinds of urban topics. We discuss the rise of electro-states, a ne...
Episode 579: Greensboro's Downtown Greenway
This week we're joined by Dabney Sanders, Project Manager of the Greensboro Downtown Greenway. We chat about opening the final section of the Greenway...
Episode 578: Sidewalk Nation
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Cardozo Law professor Michael Pollack to talk about his new book Sidewalk Nation: The Life a...
Episode 191: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Moving New Orleans
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined once again by Tracy McMillan to discuss a number of super interesting news items. We discuss t...
Episode 577: Find the Bus Art
This week we're joined by Stephanie Dockery to discuss the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge. Stephanie discusses how a bus art can get a...
Bonus Mondays at The Overhead Wire: Mapping Every Sidewalk in Your State
We're doing a bit of a crossover episode this week as I wanted to do two things, promote the amazing podcast The Brake hosted by Kea Wilson at Streets...
Episode 575: The Urban Truth Collective
This week we're joined by Tom Flood, Grant Ennis, and Brent Toderian to discuss their new communications project, The Urban Truth Collective. We disc...
Episode 574: Second Hand E-Bikes
This week on The Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Calvin Thigpen of Toole Design and Ysabel Hoogeveen of Upway to discuss a report entitled Re...
Flashback: Mobility as a Feature
Hey everyone! We're on Spring Break this week (and posting a little early) but I wanted to do a fun flashback so here we're chatting with David Hensh...
Episode 568: The Year in Transit with Yonah Freemark Part 1
This week we're joined once again by Yonah Freemark to discuss the state of transit in the US and around the world. In Part 1, we talk about the longe...
Episode 564: One Year of Congestion Pricing
This week on the Talking Headways podcast I'm joined by Danny Pearlstein of the Riders Alliance to Talk About the One Year Anniversary of Congestion P...
Episode 184: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Oldest Transit with Kate Gasparro
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Kate Gasparro, host of the Building Better Cities podcast! We talk about the first transit s...
Episode 563: Week Without Driving
This week Talking Headways is being hosted by our friend Anna Zivarts who guides a panel of elected officials and advocates to talk about the impacts...
Episode 562: The Lost Subways of North America
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Jake Berman to talk about his book, The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide...
Episode 561: Mpact Poster Sessions
This week we're back at the Mpact Transit + Community Conference in Portland Oregon at the Mpact Innovators Poster Sessions. We talk with young profe...
Replay: Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities and Societies
We're joined by Professor Michael Neuman to talk about his book Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities and Societies. We chat about why trees are impo...
Episode 179: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Another Trip to China
We're Han Solo again but this time I'm sharing some thoughts from my trip to China in addition to the news. We've got stories about traffic lights in...
Episode 551: Architectural Epidemiology
This week we're joined by Adele Houghton of the Harvard School of Public Health and Carlos Castillo-Salgado of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of P...
Replay: Walking with Pedestrian Dignity
This week we're on vacation, but we're flashing back to Episode 391 and chatting with Jonathon Stalls about his wonderful book Walk: Slow Down, Wake U...
Episode 550: Crash First, Fix Later Mentality
This week we're joined by former FHWA Deputy Administrator Andrew Rogers to discuss how congress can help reduce traffic deaths and collisions with th...
Episode 549: Reminiscing About the Future
This week we're joined once again by Sam Sargent of VTA for part 2 of a conversation about transit agencies and special projects and programs. Sam cha...
Episode 548: Wonders of the South Bay
This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Sam Sargent of VTA, formerly Caltrain and Capital Metro, for part 1 of a conversation about transit agen...
Episode 178: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Subway for Cats
This week we're Han Solo but have a lot of great news to share. We talk about the smartest city in the world, Toronto's TOD ambitions, electric car ra...
Episode 547: The Menace of Prosperity
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by professor Daniel Wortel-London to discuss his new book The Menace of Prosperity: New York Ci...