Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we're joined by Kevin DeGood, Director of Infrastructure Policy at the Center for American Progress. We talk about the bill that just got out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and will be going to the full house. We also have a couple of odds and ends as usual. Odds and Ends West Coast electric corridor - Seattle Times Denmark's historic agreement - Bloomberg Danish buses go electric - electrik Coronavirus doesn't favor density - US News and World Report 10 years since Miami 21 - Miami Herald Mobility justice - MinnPost New car free district in Shenzhen - Dezeen For more at The Overhead Wire, follow us @theoverheadwire

This week we're chatting with Jim Murley, Chief Resilience Officer for Miami-Dade County Florida. Jim talks about climate change, sea level rise, and how South East Florida is responding with policy and planning.

This week on the podcast Brianne Eby of the Eno Center for Transportation joins the show to talk about their new report on congestion pricing. We talk about the purposes and goals of congestion pricing, the right frame to talk about reducing congestion, how congestion pricing is part of a larger toolbox, equity implications, and the US cities might be the first to adopt pricing as a policy. For more, follow us @theoverheadwire on twitter

This week on Mondays, Chrissy joins the show to talk about transit solutions amid coronavirus. We're thinking about the reasons why people fear transit, why they shouldn't, and what agencies can do to protect riders and workers. Odds and Ends The first restaurants - History Channel Original park design - St. Louis Magazine Germany requires EV chargers at gas stations - Reuters CAHSR consultant change - Sacramento Bee If you want any facts or figures from the main topic, feel free to message as I have about 35 of them...

This week we're joined by Jonathan Barnett, emeritus Professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. We talk about his new book Designing the Megaregion: Meeting Urban Challenges at a New Scale. Jonathan chats about where the idea of Megaregions came from, Ian McHarg and environmental planning within the landscape, the importance of transit connections in these regions, and how we can coordinate Megaregions administratively.

This week we're joined by Danny Pleasant, Former City of Charlotte Transportation Director and Assistant City Manager. Danny joins us to talk about the connection between city services and street networks as well as a transportation expansion in the city.

This week I didn't want to say much because at this time people don't need to listen to me talk right now. But I did want to share some of the voices and speeches given by black mayors. CityLab put together a piece with quotes and I took the audio so you could hear their voices. We also shared a few articles Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Op-Ed - Los Angeles Times 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice - Corinne Shutack on Medium The Black Urbanist - Kristen Jeffers Stop Killing Us: Tamika Butler on Medium Violence Against Black Americans a Moment of Reckoning for Planning Profession - Planetizen with lots of links to black voices.

This week we're joined by April Bertelsen, Transit Modal Coordinator with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to talk about the Rose Lanes Project. April chats about implementation, public engagement, and the benefits of the pilot project approach. Follow us @theoverheadwire Support us on Patreon!

This week we're joined by Germaine Halegoua, an Associate Professor of film and media studies at the University of Kansas to talk about her book The Digital City: Media and the Social Production of Place. She talks about how people use digital media to relate to cities whether that's images on Instagram or through Google Maps. We also talk about how data exchange can be exploitative and how internet infrastructure is used as a commodity rather than a utility and how that affects equity. And finally there's a discussion about smart cities and how they try to create top down culture.

This week we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about some of the solutions cities are discussing to help businesses out during the Coronavirus. Odds and Ends AirBnB slump could return housing to cities - Guardian Nashville to raise property taxes - Bloomberg Santa Monica a harbinger of things to come? - LA Times Theme of the Week - Coronavirus Solutions Making us rethink public space - NBC Restaurants want to open, need space - NYC Streetsblog SF restaurants could take parking spots - SF Chronicle Put restaurants outside - Slate Philly should be 24 hour city - Inquirer New opportunities for downtown districts after pandemic - ASLA Dirt Follow us @theoverheadwire on twitter