Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on the show Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins to talk about the post pandemic rush hour, parklets and ADA, Charlotte approving their 2040 plan, and the most recent news about the American Jobs/Infrastructure Plan. News! Charlotte Passes 2040 Plan - Charlotte Observer Pandemic street changes and ADA - Eater | Bloomberg Rush hour and remote work - New York Times | PNAS Infrastructure Plan Group of 10 makes a deal - New York Times Biden smooths over misunderstanding - Politico Don't forget what we're buying - Streetsblog USA

This week we're joined by Mark Perepelitza, Director of Sustainability at SERA Architects. Mark chats with us about the meaning of sustainability, the company's sustainability action plan, and their colorful project compass. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://Patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week we're joined by Alex Hoffman, Assistant Director for CID Planning at the City of El Paso. We chat about using data to make planning decisions, the geography of place, and what the future might look like with more information. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week on Mondays, Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show and we talk about the weight of EVs, Amazon's dangerous delivery algorithm, and of course the many infrastructure bills and plans. News EV's heavier than ICE vehicles - CNN A universal travel pattern - MIT News Big oil's bad day - New Yorker Amazon's dangerous algorithm - Motherboard Infrastructure Bonanza! Sen. Capito talks collapse - Washington Post A 10 senator deal - CNN 15% corporate minimum tax - Reuters GOP backs VMT? - Transport Topics Progressives draw red line on climate - Politico House committee to take up $547B bill - Washington Post Follow Chrissy @mancinichrissy Follow Jeff @theoverheadwire Support the show http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week we're joined once again by author Chuck Wolfe to talk about his book Sustaining a City's Culture and Character. We talk about sustainable travel and the "character" and "authenticity" of places. We also talk in detail about the importance of context when considering planning for the future. 30% discount code: 4S21City Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire

This week we're joined by Ben Holland, Senior Associate at the Rocky Mountain Institute to talk about important strategies for reducing emissions in the transportation and land use sectors. We talk about the disconnect between techno-optimists and urbanists in climate change approach, RMI's new Colorado induced travel calculator, and the hard choices regions have on transportation and development. Find us on twitter @theoverheadwire Find Ben on twitter @beninboulder @@rockymtninst Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Sharon Roerty, Senior Program Officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Maki Kawaguchi, a Director at Gehl to talk about the Inclusive Healthy Places Framework. Sharon and Maki talk about the importance of creating spaces that bring dignity to all users, the importance of evaluating existing spaces, and creating a data driven and people first approach to creating inclusive healthy places. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week Tracy joins to talk about the surface transportation bill put forward by the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in addition to architecture and capitalism, the COMMUTE bill, lumber prices, and Dallas' new transportation plan. Oh, and SHARKS! News New transportation bill planned - Senate EPW A response from T4 - Transportation for America Capitalism shaping architecture - Fast Company The COMMUTE bill - Streetsblog USA Lumber prices - Vox Dallas approves transportation plan - Dallas Morning News Puppies and Butterflies! The Battle of SHARKS! - CGP Grey on YouTube

This week we're joined by L'erin Jensen and Josh Cohen, hosts of The Movement Podcast at Transloc. We chat about why they got into podcasting as a way to talk about transportation, some of their favorite guests, and what's vexing them about current policy. (Fixed 5/20/21 for audio error) Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon - http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

This week we're joined by Laura Schewel, Co-founder and CEO of Streetlight Data and Carlo Ratti, Director of MIT's SENSEible City Lab to talk about what we've learned from data during the pandemic. They also chat about what it would mean for infrastructure to be optimized if we rescheduled cities in a way that works for everyone at all times of day. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire