Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on the Mondays show Jeff talks about a big range of topics including the environmental impact of internal combustion and electric vehicles in terms of materials consumed.  He also talks about broadband moves and transportation policy.  Wastefulness of ICE engines - Guardian US Mining conundrum - Reuters Banning broadband networks? Ars Technica Appalaicha's digital divide - CNET UK tightens screws on Uber - Wired Magazine A new era of transport equity - Politico Climate transportation plan - Rolling Stone A definition of equity - Bloomberg Bonus Heidelberg’s move toward a car-less city - New York Times First city to provide reparations - ABC News Berlin's rent cap one year in - Deutsche Welle Here comes the flying taxis - City Monitor Portland, Replica part ways - RedTailMedia

This week we're joined by Tim Fendley, Founder and Creative Director at Applied. Tim chats with us about lessons he's learned from doing wayfinding projects around the world including Legible London. 32

UC Berkeley PhD candidate Matthew Tarduno discusses his research comparing the congestion and economic impacts of Uber and Lyft in Austin, Texas. The podcast explores the causal relationship between ride-hailing services and congestion, the potential policy decisions regarding these companies, and the impacts of the pandemic on travel and public transit.

This week Erik Weber of Hip joins the show to talk about federal policy changes at DOT, how federal housing policy is actually real estate policy, the origins of the lawn as the American Dream, and how travel, not just housing, has become more segregated. Dear Colleague Letter - Streetsblog USA Problem with housing policy - Sightline Institute Travel segregation - Brown University Origins of the lawn as American Dream - History Channel Glass Gem Corn - Business Insider   Follow us @theoverheadwire on twitter Support us on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire    

This week we’re joined by Sadie Graham, BART Program Director for Link21, a rail network planning program for the SF Bay Area. Sadie chats about planning for a second bay crossing and the potential for a suite of projects to improve regional connectivity. We also talk about the frustrations of long term capital projects including politics, costs, and getting it done before you retire.

This week on the show Jeff talks about the Amsterdam donut model of economics, how Denver is using medical professionals to respond to some police calls, how Nevada might allow tech companies to create cities and obsession with new towns, expanding I-45 in Houston, and a better way to do for-profit affordable housing in Charlotte.  

This week we’re joined by Haley Rubinson, Vice President of Business Development at Revel.  We talk about why mopeds work for urban mobility, the dominance of automobiles in discussions about transportation, and if land use plays a part in adoption trends.

This week we’re again joined by Shared Use Mobility Center Founder in Residence Sharon Feigon.  Sharon talks with us about what she hopes the focus will be for the next administration, how shared mobility has fared during the pandemic, and her plans for the future.

This week we're joined by Scott Bernstein, Founder and Director Emeritus of the Center for Neighborhood Technology.  Scott joins the show to chat with us about some of the ways cities and public agencies can work to reduce poverty.  A penny saved is a penny earned.  This is Mondays with Scott #1

This week we’re joined by Erica Eggleton, a PhD Candidate at the University of Washington to chat about her work on Route Dynamics, an open source program that estimates the energy demand for electric bus routes run by King County Metro. We talk about how Route Dynamics calculates electric bus energy consumption and how it might be useful to transit agencies.