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Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

The Overhead Wire

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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47:24

Episode 498: Transit Leadership for the Future

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast ·

2024/09/05

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by podcaster and transit expert Paul Comfort and former California State Transportation Agency Secretary David Kim to talk about their ensemble book The New Future of Public Transportation. We talk about writing cookbooks, road user charges, and the importance of leadership. +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon

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48:33

Mondays Flashback: Asphalt - A History

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2024/09/03

Since it’s Labor Day we’ve got a flashback Talking Headways here at Mondays at The Overhead Wire! Next week we’ll be back with a Mondays show with a special guest that’s not Han Solo so stay tuned! But this week we’re chatting with Kenneth O’reilly about his book Asphalt: A History. We chatted about what asphalt is, how it was used for building, war, and economic expansion and how it affects the future of the planet. Ninety-four percent of our roads are asphalt, and they are 100 percent

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55:57

Episode 497: The Real Work of Safer Streets

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2024/08/29

This week on Talking Headways we chat with transportation and planning expert Warren Logan, who is running for Oakland City Council in District 3. Warren talks about the differences in how people perceive government works, the need for more flexible streets, and gives thoughts on housing policy. +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

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01:04:07

Episode 496: Portland's Micromobility Experience

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2024/08/22

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Dylan Rivera and Jacob Sherman of the Portland Bureau of Transportation to discuss micromobility. We chat about the importance of cities regulating access to transportation markets, importance of bike infrastructure, transportation wallets and alternatives to a parking pass. Link to Portland's E-Scooter Program - PBOT Portland Scooter Data - PBOT This episode was produced in partnership with Mpact. To find out more, visit

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43:17

Episode 157: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - First...

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2024/08/20

This week we're Han Solo, but we're chatting about how the First Nations in Vancouver are becoming to largest property developer in California, the idea of urban delivery hubs and switching cargo planning, how cities are heating up at night, and the idea that some folks are tired of losing. Below are the links from the items we talked about on the shows. First Nations development - Fast Company Urban delivery hubs - Transport Topics Ownership burdens of cars and homes - Infra/Structures Rest of

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51:47

Episode 495: Reducing Emissions on Highway Projects

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2024/08/15

This week we’re joined by Move Minnesota director Sam Rockwell to talk about climate bills Minnesota legislators have passed that could reduce highway and road building emissions in the state. We chat about setting transportation related climate targets, highway modeling, and taking the time to read federal rule comment letters. *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon

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40:32

Episode 494: Bandaids on a Lack of Density

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2024/08/08

This week on the Talking Headways podcast swe’re joined by Nico Larco, Director of the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon. We chat about his new book with Kaarin Knudson, The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook as well as a realization about how most of what we do in the United States seems to be bandaids for a lack of urban density. *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the

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59:27

Mondays Flashback: The Digital City with Germaine...

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2024/08/06

This week we’re jumping back in time to visit Talking Headways episode 285 featuring Professor Germaine Halegoua discussing her book The Digital City: Media and the Social Production of Place. It’s one of my favorite book discussions ever and I thought it would be a nice episode to revisit. In this episode, Germaine talks about how people use digital media to relate to cities whether that’s images on Instagram or through Google Maps. We also talk about how data exchange can be exploitative and how

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49:39

Episode 493: Transit to the Great Outdoors

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2024/08/01

This week on Talking Headways we have a conversation moderated by Corrie Parrish of Kittleson Associates with Andrea Breault of Cascades East Transit and Amy Schlappi of Hood River County Transportation District discussing Transit service to the Great Outdoors. This podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. Find out more at http://mpactmobility.org *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire

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52:30

Episode 492: Have Cities Run Out of Land?

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2024/07/25

This week we’re joined by Chris Redfearn of USC and Anthony Orlando of Cal Poly Pomona to discuss their paper - Houston, you have a problem: How large cities accommodate more housing. We talk about why "pro-business" Texas housing markets are catching up to "pro-regulation" California and what it might mean for future city growth. *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon

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01:04:21

Episode 156: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Universal...

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2024/07/23

This week on Mondays Chrissy Mancini-Nichols is back! We talk about universal basic mobility, cool corridors, Japan's idea for a massive underground freight conveyor belt and freight's first mile last mile problem, health problems caused by a Texas bitcoin mine, and USDOT's push for emissions reductions. Chrissy also mentioned commenting on the PROWAG regulations Also the Fresno transit microgrid News Items Universal Basic Mobility Oakland - LA Times Cooling corridors - DW | Reasons to be

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49:46

Episode 491: IrrePLACEable

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2024/07/18

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Kevin Kelley, founding partner and principal at Shook Kelley. We talk about his book Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places that Bring People Together. We discuss eliciting emotions, the debate between themes and authenticity, changing the meaning of cities, and embracing density. You can purchase the book through our Bookshop affiliate store here. *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon

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48:21

Episode 490: Electrify the Rails

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2024/07/11

This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Adriana Rizzo of Californians for Electric Rail. We chat about freight and warehousing growth in California's Inland Empire, the benefits of train electrification and a new California CEQA exemption push for overhead wires, and why hydrogen trains are getting more attention. *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon

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39:44

Episode 155: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Four Day...

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2024/07/09

This week on the Mondays show, we're Han Solo but have a lot of interesting items about shorter work weeks, children's brains and the impact of traffic noise, overbuilt retail, and highway expansion and climate change. Below are the links and show notes: News Items Supreme court overturns Chevron - Grist Supreme court on homeless - Governing Traffic and children's brains - BBC Future Retail vacancies - Slate Highway expansion and climate - LA Times Colorado creating tenant value -

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55:56

Replay: Measuring Transportation Insecurity

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2024/07/05

On this fourth of July special replay of Talking Headways we’re going back to Episode 382 with Alix Gould-Werth and Alex Murphy discussing their work on transportation insecurity. Anna Zivarts mentioned this work in her book and recently on the podcast and I think it’s really important to share it again. Hope everyone has a great holiday and we’ll see you with a new episode next week. This week, Alix Gould-Werth of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, and Alex Murphy, assistant professor

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51:48

Episode 489: Post-Peaky Transit

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2024/06/27

This week on Talking Headways we’re chatting with Tracy Hadden Loh of the Brookings Institute about impacts of the pandemic on downtowns, activity centers, and transit usage. We chat about creating activity center cluster maps and a recent report entitled Building Better on Philadelphia. Articles of note from the discussion: Mapping America's Activity Centers - Brookings Ensuring the intertwined post-pandemic recoveries of downtowns and transit systems - Brookings Building Better - Brookings This

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47:12

Episode 154: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dead...

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2024/06/25

We're Han Solo this week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire but that doesn't stop us from covering a lot of ground from the last several weeks. We chat about how climate change could impact infrastructure building, the death of Houston's University Line, and Boston's commuter rail ridership success compared to before the pandemic. We cover a lot more but listen in to find out! Below are links to the items we discussed on today's show! Banks realize climate risk - Wired Magazine Risk of property

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33:20

Episode 488: When Driving is Not An Option

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2024/06/20

This week on Talking Headways I’m joined by SPUR’s Laura Tolkoff to interview Anna Zivarts about her new book: When Driving Is Not an Option: Steering Away from Car Dependency. We chat about non-drivers, car seats, and the week without driving. *** Join our Happy Hour with Seamless Bay Area by RSVPing. *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon

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52:14

Episode 487: Killed by a Traffic Engineer

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2024/06/13

This 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 exposure, and what he learned from pouring over old transportation engineering journals. Join our Happy Hour with Seamless Bay Area by RSVPing. *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon

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51:30

Episode 153: Mondays at The Overhead Wire -...

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2024/06/11

This 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 discussed on the show: Riders Alliance | Transportation Alternatives Also huge shout to Streetsblog NYC for some great reporting on this topic *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon

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