Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we're here on our own before the Thanksgiving holiday here in the United States. We don't do a story of the week but we review a few big stories from the week before. News Briant Park chairs - Gothamist Ride hailing emissions - Transport and Environment Americans aren't moving - Brookings Silver Tsunami - Zillow HUBZone using old poverty data - Washington Post Housing Department Renamed Inlivian - Charlotte Observer Crash not accident - Forbes

This week we're joined by Antonoia Malchik to talk about her book A Walking Life. Antonia talks about the speed and shallow organizing brought to us by social media, the experience of making a pilgrimage on foot, the importance of walking and nature in human well being, and what a Hollywood Sidewalk might be. Follow us @theoverheadwire on twitter. To support the show, check out our Patreon at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire

Gillian Gillette of Caltrans and Jeroen Kok of Rebel Group join this week and talk about the California Integrated Travel Project and the Market Sounding report they did to look at the future of integrated payment systems. We also went over the usual news and reviews from the previous week. News Milwaukee workers no longer required to live in city - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Coastal cities made to plan more housing - LA Times 220 Acre park near downtown Charlotte - Charlotte Agenda Odds and Ends Will Kansas City have free transit? - Kansas City Star Cities sue FCC over fees - Bloomberg Story of the Week What does transportation equity mean? - University of Toronto How transit scaling shapes cities - Phys.org How megacities of Europe stole a continent's wealth - Guardian Puppies and Butterflies Jeff Tumlin to run the SFMTA - Streetsblog SF Funny clip from Utopia on Australian Broadcast Channel - via Brent Toderian tweet

This week we're joined by Tony Garcia of the Street Plans Collaborative to talk about their new report for TRB entitled Fast-Tracked: A Tactical Transit Study. Tony talks about figuring out how to build transit projects, the activists that have been making things happen, and how you determine whether projects are tactical or not. Support the show by going to Patreon.com/theoverheadwire Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Sign up for the newsletter at http://theoverheadwire.com

This week I'm on solo talking about the NTSB and Helmets, walkability and the economic ladder, and affordable housing's impact on bond ratings and health care. News NTSB gaga over helmets - Streetsblog NYC Children in walkable communities have leg up - UVA Today Housing's effects on health care costs - Bloomberg Odds and Ends Housing and bond ratings - Bloomberg Seattle has less car ownership - Seattle Times Story of the Week Apple's $2.5B housing push - Curbed SF Augsburg mobility flat rate - Intelligent Transport Democrats blind spot on cars - Huffington Post Housing pushback - Willamette Week Providence shows way on environmental justice plans - Grist

This week we're joined by Dr. Anne Goodchild of the University of Washington's Urban Freight Lab. We chat with Dr. Goodchild about what's missing from the urban transportation discussion, the ideas they are testing for better deliveries, and the future of streets.

This week we're joined by Grayline Group's Joseph Kopser. We talk about transportation data, Minneapolis 2040, drones, freight, and more! News Uber and LADOT trade blows - C|NET NASA wants a major city to have drones by 2028 - C|NET Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto move forward - Globe and Mail Odds and Ends Real estate commissions - Seattle Times Tulsa attracts remote workers - Next City Story of the Week The first map of America's food supply chain - Fast Company How Minneapolis passed 2040 plan and defeated NIMBYism - The Atlantic 1.5M packages in New York each day - New York Times Puppies and Butterflies Human's home towns - Inverse

This week we're back at the Rail~Volution conference in Vancouver BC for the closing Plenary. GB Arrington moderates a panel with Minneapolis Council President Lisa Bender, Managing Director of the Transformation Alliance Odetta MacLeish White, and President and CEO of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Mac McCarthy. The panel discusses the legacy of Rail~Volution along with what is happening now in communities that are making change for the better. From addressing race and housing to climate emissions, this session shares lessons learned and the potential for more.

This week we're here with Han Solo to talk about drone deliveries, wildfires, self driving cars and much much more. News Minneapolis passes 2040 Plan - Star Tribune Sound Transit Board doesn't include subway alternatives - Seattle Times Zoox co-founder says cities are target for AVs - Business Insider Waymo head says boxes going AV before people - Bloomberg First drone delivery - Newsweek Recycling for streets - Core77 Story of the Week Air quality getting worse - Bloomberg SUV sales offset electric vehicles - SSTI Sprawling suburbs cost extra - LSE ULEZ in London a success - Intelligent Transport The Future of the Bodega - Curbed NY Puppies and Butterflies Driving rats - Salon

This week we're joined by Steven Higashide, Director of Research at Transit Center, to talk about his new book Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit. Steven talks about how he got interested in transportation issues, his favorite bus ride, and what we can do to change the way buses operate in our cities.