Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we have a wide ranging news share on America's weird 30 year mortgage, how emissions would have fallen more if it weren't for SUVs, and the Mayo Clinic's idea for 'health neighborhoods'.  News Items Emissions without SUVs - Guardian Overcoming urban car dependence - LSE Cities 30 year mortgages - NY Times Mayo's health neighborhoods - MPR News Heatherwick health street - ArchDaily Charlotte zoning reform - Assembly NC A land value tax - New York Times Bonus Items NASA warns of El Nino - Newsweek Paris Mayor sets sights on SUV parking - BBC Fewer Americans walking - Marketplace Rule finalized on DOT emissions data collection - Route Fifty Costs to Washington DOT for salmon - Seattle Times Place to work, but not place to live - Washington Post San Diego's wild ADU laws - CalMatters Houston transportation leaders getting more diverse - Houston Chronicle Library lends bike share memberships - Yale Climate Connections Justice 40 in the IRA - The Verge OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

This week we’re at the Mpact conference in Phoenix Arizona and joined by Tom Brennan, Director of Business Strategy at Nelson Nygaard. We talk about the sexy world of bus speed and reliability,  how agency can invest for effectiveness, and future proofing routes for the long term. Some amazing resources on the subject Tom sent us before the show include design toolkits from Boston and Vancouver BC's bus speed report. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Bonus Episode! This week on Talking Headways we’re featuring an episode of Booked on Planning, a podcast where Stephanie Rouse and Jennifer Hiatt dive deep into books for the Nebraska Chapter of the APA. This time they are joined by Alex Kreiger, author of City on a Hill. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by author Ben Goldfarb to talk about his book, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet. We discuss how roads cut off ecosystems, wildlife crossings, and animal mobility at different scales. You can get the book from The Overhead Wire book club at Bookshop.org OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, we're Han Solo. But that doesn't preclude us from sharing the news from the last few weeks including items on work from home serendipity, weaponizing environmental law, and the suspension of Cruise self driving vehicles. Listen in below and check out the show notes below the fold. Show Notes Main Items City serendipity - New York Times Weaponizing environmental law - Governing DMV revokes Cruise license - Motherboard Stanford can't stop people driving alone - Almanac Curb management - CNN Norway looks away from EVs - Vox Halifax waterfront - Happy Cities Highway cap pollution - CPR Wawa design - Slate Austin parking minimums - Texas Tribune Essen green city - BBC Travel Can seawalls save us? New Yorker Bonus Items Heart rate data for cycling - Global Cycling Network Wendy's redesign for delivery era - Fast Company Black workers commute longer - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Pollution rule - Grist ADUs for mortgages - HUD Desert city piping water from Mexico - Guardian $6.6B subway - New York Post Nightmare hurricanes - Washington Post CTC chair ok with highway widening - Streetsblog CA LA homeless real estate agent - NPR Moving the redwoods - NYT Magazine Cars cancelling energy savings - KPBS Boulder deconstructs hospital - Colorado Sun Builder's Remedy unintended consequence - San Jose Mercury News EPA reviews salmon killing tire chemical - Transport Topics OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com  

This week we’re joined by Danielle Arigoni, Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at The National Housing Trust.  We chat about Danielle’s new book Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation as well as housing policy that benefits everyone. You can find Danielle's book at our Bookshop Affiliate site or at Island Press. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com  

Transit expert Ron Kilcoyne discusses the importance of frequent transit service for attracting riders and the underserving of agencies in the Bay Area. He emphasizes the challenges faced by small to medium-sized transit systems and shares success stories from Westcat and Santa Clarita. The chapter also explores the need for increased funding to improve the transit system and the importance of providing choices and alternatives to car ownership.

Professor Des Fitzgerald discusses his book 'The Living City' and explores the significance of trees, the proliferation of new cities, and the characteristics of a good city. The podcast also touches on the relationship between urban spaces and mental health, the vilification of cities throughout history, and the correlation between green spaces and mental well-being.

This week we’re joined by Chris Fabian of Resource X to talk about his work on priority based budgeting. We discuss how cities create budgets that reflect their policy goals and what it takes to find resources for big ideas. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

This week on the Mondays show we're Han Solo! But that doesn't stop us from sharing a lot of news!  The Prime Minister of England has pulled the plug on high speed rail, what the pandemic drop in traffic means for access, designing for autism and much much more! News Items Designing for autism - Metropolis Magazine Pandemic increases in access - University of Minnesota Starter cars disappearing - Discourse Magazine Utilities not fans of solar - Mother Jones Caltrans official silenced - Politico | LA Times Cities with fastest and slowest traffic - Time Magazine Abandoned lands restoring biodiversity - Yale e360 Bonus Items Mold with floods - Grist Rishi kills HSR - Guardian Redfin leaves National Association of Realtors - New York Times Leaving HGAC could cost Houston - Houston Public Media Noise cameras - The Guardian Singapore license costs - CNN UK Satellites map heat - BBC BART subway to cost $12B - Bloomberg CityLab Letting people drink on the street - Governing OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!  And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com