Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we chat with Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender. Lisa, a planner by profession and now a two-term city councilor, chats about public participation in the Minneapolis 2040 planning process locally and the discussions that led to the passing of the city's comprehensive plan last December. She also talks about streets as public spaces and how Minneapolis 2040 plays into the city's vision for transportation. Finally, we ask Lisa about the public discourse overall at public meetings and in planning.

The week friend of the show Tracy McMillan from SafeTREC joins to talk about making money off of mobility, autonomous buses, the Lyft IPO, outdated city equipment and much more! The News Autonomous bus testing in Singapore - Bloomberg Cashless retail could be outlawed - CityLab Uber not criminally liable in crash - Smart Cities Dive Visit our sponsor, moovel. Story of the Week Automakers struggle to make money on mobility - Bloomberg Cities running on software from the 80s - Bloomberg Kings of Dallas Sprawl - D Magazine Spotlight Mobility Information available now on Lyft IPO - Reuters Puppies and Butterflies Risk, Fear, and Freedom As always you can reach us on twitter @theoverheadwire or at theoverheadwire@gmail.com

This week we're joined by perennial favorite Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic. We rate his predictions from last year and give predictions for next year, some of which are already in peril! He chats about his zoning paper that has gotten a LOT of attention from housing advocates, high speed rail and California's current dilemma, and Amazon's New York departure. For Yonah's previous episodes, check out 45, 61, 88, 132, or 169

Chrissy joins the show and we talk about Duke rejecting Durham light rail, NY's move towards congestion pricing, Berlin's new transport app, and anchor institutions. News Duke rejects light rail - News and Observer de Blasio endorses congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC UPMC joins health providers to think about housing - NextPittsburgh Join moovel at SXSW - Link Daimler and BMW join forces - The Verge Story of the Week Netherlands pays people to bike to work - Huffington Post de Blasio endorses congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC Spotlight Mobility Berlin's all in one app - Fast Company

This week we're joined by Matthias Buehler of Vrbn and David Wasserman of Fehr and Peers. We talk about the City Engine program and how to create realistic cityscapes for movies and planning applications. We chat about the time it takes to code details, how much collected urban data sets can be used, and what these types of programs could be used for in the future. A few notes from David and Matt David: Complete Street Rule on Github Future of the Curb and City Engine - ESRI Software for Bike Planning - People for Bikes Procedural Modeling for City Design - YouTube Matthias: Vrbn Company Interview with Matthias Buehler - Gnomon Workshop Independence Day and City Engine Making a Favela - Ronen Berkman

This week we chat with Jerry Paffendorf, Co-Founder and CEO of Loveland Technologies. We chat about how they collect parcel data from all over the country, how parcels were measured historically, and how they can be used to create better transparency in cities.

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show to talk about Amazon, California High Speed Rail, and other top news of the week. News Amazon pulls back on NYC plans - New York Times Governor Newsom to focus on Central Valley HSR Segment - Streetsblog CA Swiss reject anti-sprawl measure - Reuters Story of the Week America's forgettable midrises - Bloomberg California high speed rail "worst practices" - Eno Center Midsized City Magic Denver married couples taking on roommates - Denver Post Spotlight Mobility Were the parking taxes on purposes - Sightline Institute Email congress about the parking tax - Coalition for Smarter Transportation

This week we're joined by Jonny Simkin, Co-Founder and CEO of Swiftly. Jonny talks about what his company does to crunch data at transit agencies and the impacts they've had on transit agencies outlook on service. He also chats about potential futures for mobility as a service and data privacy.

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols and I talk about infrastructure embarrassment, good congestion/bad congestion, and the green new deal. News Tourism sites charging entry fees soon - Washington Post New York seeks designers for odd lots - Curbed The Green New Deal's flaw - Slate Bolivian Lithium - National Geographic Story of the Week The Infrastructural Humiliation of America - Tech Crunch Topography of Wealth in LA - Nick Underwood Who Got What Chrissy in ITE Journal Spotlight Mobility Good Congestion/Bad Congestion - CNU Public Square

This week we are joined by Sean Northup, Deputy Director of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization. Sean chats about the Indianapolis Red Line, the first of three BRT routes that will crisscross the region. Those lines and other transit improvements are being funded in part by local, dedicated funding which was won after a long and arduous process.