

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
The Overhead Wire
A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.
Episodes
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Jan 9, 2016 • 29min
Episode 87: A Car Free Travel Guide for Los Angeles
Author Nathan Landau joins us to talk about his travel guide Car Free LA and Southern California.

Jan 6, 2016 • 36min
Episode 86: The Carpool Reimagined
Rob Sadow of the carpool app Scoop talks about the future of transportation and how his app works for businesses wanting more employees to ride to work together.

Dec 17, 2015 • 33min
Episode 85: You Can't Surf After the Storm
Alisa Valderrama and Rob Moore of NRDC talk about how water and climate change effects cities and infrastructure now and in the future.

Dec 10, 2015 • 32min
Episode 84: Houston Won't Be "Planning by Pitchfork" Anymore
This week we’re chatting with Jay Crossley of Houston Tomorrow and Streetsblog Texas. On September 30th Houston passed a new comprehensive plan and ceased to be the largest city in the United States without one. Plan Houston was over 14 years in the making and allows Houston to stop as Jay says “Plan by Pitchfork”.

Dec 3, 2015 • 35min
Episode 83: Don't Miss the #NerdTrain
Matt Johnson from DC joins us to talk about how he's ridden 101 different rail transit systems and the origins of #NerdTrain

Nov 19, 2015 • 31min
Episode 82: Gabe Klein's Start Up City
Former head of Chicago and DC departments of transportation Gabe Klein discusses themes from his new book called Start Up City.

Nov 12, 2015 • 1h 3min
Episode 81: Live from Dallas: Arts Districts, Carless Bridges, and Electric Light Parades
Live from the Rail~Volution conference in Dallas, we chat with Catherine Cuellar and Dave Unsworth about Dallas and Portland respectively.

Nov 4, 2015 • 45min
Episode 80: The Built Environment and Public Health
Dr. Richard Jackson joins the podcast to talk about health and cities.

Oct 22, 2015 • 44min
Episode 79: Pattern Cities and the Bellbottoms of Urbanism
Mike Lydon joins us to talk about Tactical Urbanism and Pattern Cities. I also wonder, is Urbanism like fashion? Things just keep coming back into style.

Oct 15, 2015 • 40min
Episode 78: Measuring Carbon Emissions at Street Level
Dr. Kevin Gurney of Arizona State joins us to chat about carbon emissions data collection at the street, the block, and the city level.


