Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on the show I'm Han Solo again, but that won't stop us from covering interesting news about cities from around the world!  We chat about Phoenix's ancient canals, some of California's potential new laws, Black migration, and making friends in sprawl. Check out the show links and notes below: Phoenix canal history - BBC Travel Capitalism and gentrification - Guardian Black migration - The Atlantic Making friends in sprawl - Vox Trees a secret weapon - Time Magazine Small cargo vans - The Drive Bonus coverage: French e-bike subsidies - The Verge 300 mile range needed? - NYT Tredges protect kids from particulates - New Atlas Zero down payment mortgage - NBC Banning meat adverts - Guardian Banning fossil fuel adverts - Euronews California laws Public meetings - CityLab Reapealing Article 34, anti-public housing - LA Times Housing on strip malls, commercial - Smart Cities Dive Car free tax breaks - Washington Post Parking requirements near transit - San Diego Union Tribune   Comments and Questions Castro bath house dispute - SFist Why city planning? - Thomas Bardenett   Puppies and Butterflies Pulling the Streetcar Out - Dallas Morning News   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 Michael E. Smith, Professor of Anthropology and Archeologist at Arizona State’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change.  We talk with Michael about his article in Aeon Magazine entitled Energized Crowding about life in early cities and neighborhoods.   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 Nolan Gray to talk about his new book Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix It. We talk about how cities were regulated before zoning, why state and national reforms are important and why zoning abolition should be the ultimate goal.   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! 

This week on Mondays we're playing catch up with stories from the last five weeks of The Overhead Wire newsletter. Dangerous roads, TXDOT skirts environmental rules, young adults stay close to home, Stuttgart's green corridor and much more.  You can find all the links to the stories in the notes below: News Items The most dangerous road in America - Vox Texas skirts enviro laws on highways - Grist Colorado changes transportation course - CPR Young adults not moving far from home - AP Job sprawl spillover - Crain's Cleveland Business Code snitching - Nashville Scene Car free pioneer - Politico EU Office building midlife crisis - Commercial Observer Billionaires gonna NIMBY - The Atlantic California Megaflood - CNN Bathhouse comeback - Mic Stuttgart's green corridors - Reasons to be Cheerful Spanish city fire sprinklers - Wired   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! 

This week we’re joined by Kim Cella of Citizens for Modern Transit and Sheila Holm of AARP. to discuss how they are transforming transit stops in St. Louis. We chat about how they involve the community, engage transit operators, and bring life to grey spaces.   Today's podcast 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! 

This week we’re joined by author Paris Marx to talk about their book Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation. We talk about Technologists and the stories they tell themselves, Ursula K Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory, and Uber’s impact on labor laws.   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! 

This week Chrissy and Jeff talk about the Inflation Reduction Act and all the things in the bill from an urban issue standpoint. We talk tax breaks for electric vehicles, tax credits for electric appliances, environmental services and much more! A few articles below we used as sources: Need to Know about IRA - T4America $3B for reconnecting communities - Route Fifty Hurdles for highway removal - Governing Real estate industry and IRA - ULI Low tech solutions: Nature - WaPo Tweet - Georgetown Climate Center IRA and electric bills - CNN IRA and low carbon building materials - Construction Dive Efficiency upgrades and parks in IRA - Smart Cities Dive   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site!   

This week we’re joined by David Andersson, part of the Art and Culture team at Bloomberg Associates. David chats about the implementation and safety characteristics of asphalt art, how communities work on these projects, and the character of public art.   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! 

This week we’re joined by architecture writer and journalist Alexandra Lange to talk about her book: Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall. We chat about the evolution of the mall, equity and legal implications, and of course pop culture.   Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! 

This week on Talking Headways, we’re listening in on a 1 to 1 conversation between City of Phoenix planner Elias Valencia, and community champion Victor Vidales. Elias and Victor talk about the process of creating the South Central TOD Community Plan and what it takes to create strategies that empower neighborhoods and reduce displacement. 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!