Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we’re joined by Amanda Howell of Urbanism Next at The University of Oregon to talk about Sidewalk Robots. We chat about their study on sidewalk delivery robots with the Knight Autonomous Vehicle Initiative and what they learned about community engagement and small delivery vehicles on city sidewalks. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!

Happy Mondays! This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we dive into a number of topics including the hype around self driving cars, the monetary benefits of using parking spaces for more than just cars, recycling whole buildings, and thinking about community input.  We also throw in a little highway talk and parks on top of a Costco. News Items No self driving cars after $100B invested - Bloomberg Businesweek New spin on parking spaces during pandemic - Globe and Mail Recycle a 14-Story Office Tower - New York Times Office building's biggest emissions: commuters - Commercial Observer Calamity of I-277 in Charlotte - Charlotte Magazine (Overhead Wire Blog on I-277) Not Everyone Should Have a Say - The Atlantic The Hidden Costco - Fast Company Cold seawater to heat Helsinki - Bloomberg CityLab Bonus Items LA Overcrowding - Los Angeles Times Colorado Prop 123 - Next City Aztec floating farms - BBC Future Global tax on frequent fliers - Washington Post OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!

This week we’re joined by Max Holleran to talk about his book Yes to the City: Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing.  We talk about the rise of YIMBY vs NIMBY housing politics, the changes in housing activism, and how housing fights are going global.  ~~~ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!  

This week we’re joined by Diana Ramirez, Executive Director of the Harris County Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity, former Salt Lake County Mayor and Congressman Ben McAdams, Matt Prewitt, President of RadicalxChange and Joel Rogers, Director of COWS at the University of Wisconsin Madison to talk about how cities can understand the public wealth owned by our cities.  We talk about how cities can create inventories of existing assets to generate public wealth and how economic value can be harnessed for public good. Two articles referenced in this show: How To Harness Cities’ Hidden Public Wealth - NOEMA Magazine Harris County putting billions of assets to public use - Urban Edge Putting Assets to Work - Government Finance Officers Association ~~~ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!

This week on Mondays Jeff talks about a whole host of articles from whether your commute makes you happy to if our economies are becoming less dynamic as they age.  Also what's keeping you from returning to your office?  I bet childcare would help!  All that and more this week on Mondays! Show Links Commute happiness - MPR Raleigh vs Charlotte downtowns - The Assembly Development made Ian worse - WaPo Latin America's pink housing - Architectural Digest Return to the office - WaPo | Slate Omaha rips out bike lane - The Reader Economies less dynamic - Harvard Business Review BONUS ITEMS London's reduced footfall - City Matters Heavy Trucks - CNN Smart loading zones - WHYY Airplane emissions - Journal of Transport Geography Teacher shortage - Texas Tribune San Diego scraps road charge - San Diego Union Tribune Cars vanishing from Paris - Reasons to be Cheerful Puppies and Butterflies DIY Freight Train skateboard - The Drive   Love You Gramma. ~~~ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!      

This week on Talking Headways we're joined by journalist Megan Kimble to talk about housing and highway fights in Texas. We chat about TXDOT's political pressure, the organizations fighting back, and how throughput remains king. ~~~ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!

This week we’re joined by Broward MPO Executive Director Greg Stuart to talk about the history of Broward County, it's connections to the rest of South Florida, the historic MAPS transportation plan, and how they are dealing with potential sea level rise and impacts of the pandemic. This episode was produced in partnership with Railvolution! ~~~ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!

This week on Mondays we cover a ton of ground including Transportation Insecurity, putting retail away from arterial streets, pattern book building, bad intersections, forced flood buyouts and much more!  Check out links in the show notes below: Show Links Transportation insecurity - Washington Center for Equitable Growth Flood buyouts - Grist Nashville retail away from arterials - Nashville Scene Fayetteville pattern books - NW Arkansas Democrat Gazette KC's worst intersections - KCUR Warehouses in the fields - The Guardian Good luck playing Sim NIMBY - Motherboard Bonus Articles Denver storefronts - Colorado Public Radio Ship it Zero resolution - Grist Window urbanism - Winnepeg Free Press Puppies and Butterflies BART essay contest - Short-Edition ~~~ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!

This week we’re joined by Billie Giles-Corti, Director of the Healthy Livable Cities Lab at RMIT,  Melanie Lowe of the University of Melbourne, and Geoff Boeing of USC to talk about their papers in The Lancet Global Health series on Urban Design, Transport, and Health. They chat about the importance of walkability to public health, why Sao Paulo Brazil connects policy and outcomes so well, and how cities can use the detailed indicators they’ve created including bus stop and intersection density to fill policy gaps that lead to positive health outcomes. You can find the papers at The Lancet Global Health or visit The Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!

We're at 400 episodes and I want to thank the listeners for letting us come into their podcatchers each week.  We've got 13 clips from shows in the first 399 episodes. We share clips on microtransit, urban delivery systems, city fiber networks, 3D urban design, transit value capture, zoning reform, walking, and community togetherness. Join us for a fun trip down memory lane.   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire 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!