

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.
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Oct 31, 2024 • 46min
Episode 506: Transit Wins and Co-Benefits from Climate Work
This week on Talking Headways we're listening in on a 1 to 1 conversation between Julie Eaton Ernst, Climate Resilience Practice Leader at HNTB, and Dr. Cris Liban, Chief Sustainability Officer at LA Metro. They chat about the co-benefits of transportation, the evolution of the definition of transportation, and making change in small steps. This podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. http://mpactmobility.org +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Oct 29, 2024 • 33min
Monday's Flashback: More Than Just a Box
We're going back in time to Episode 144 to chat with Matthew Heins about his book The Globalization of American Infrastructure: The Shipping Container and Freight Transportation. We've done a lot of fun shows and I had forgotten about this one until I was looking back trying to think of a good oldie to share with you all. Matthew talks about how the American highway and rail systems created a global standard for shipping containers, the local actors shaping globalization, containerization's effects on labor and relevance to an automated trucking future, and the massive intermodal terminals in cities like Chicago. +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Oct 24, 2024 • 49min
Episode 505: Urgency and Vision Zero
This week we're joined by Leah Shahum, Executive Director of the Vision Zero Network. We chat about why it's so hard to make change, the implicit biases around designing for automobiles and the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims coming up on November 17th. +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Oct 17, 2024 • 1h 1min
Episode 504: Simpler Payment Systems for Agencies and Riders
This week we're joined by Gillian Gillett of CalITP and Dan Baker, of the Connecticut Department of Transportation to discuss how agencies can create simpler payment and travel experiences for transit riders. We chat about the Connecticut Integrated Mobility Project, building payment system capacity and merchant services for smaller transit agencies, and the need for digital customer first thinking in a paper based industry. +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Oct 15, 2024 • 1h 35min
Episode 160: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - The Long and Winding Road
This week on Mondays Wes Marshall is back! We chat about his trip to Bogota Columbia, the connections between biological structure and the built environment, and of course we discuss the news from last week including climate migration, high speed rail, roundabouts, and healthy urbanism. Check out below for the show notes including links to the items we chatted about and a full AI generated unedited transcript of this show. And don't forget to check this out on YouTube. Show Notes Ants that count - NPR Austin to Mexico HSR? MySA Japan's 60 years of HSR - The Guardian To Mexico Under Wires - The Overhead Wire Moving to Disaster Prone Areas - New York Times Nowhere is safe, not even climate havens - The Guardian Galveston at the edge of the seawall - Washington Post A worse case scenario - Washington Post Rebuilding roads post disaster - Wired Magazine The Sprawl - The Overhead Wire The Modular Roundabout - Equipment World Rethinking La Rambla - El Pais Obvious Solutions v. Actual Ones - The Overhead Wire +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Oct 10, 2024 • 1h 4min
Episode 503: The Architecture of Urbanity
This week on Talking Headways, we're joined by architect Vishaan Chakrabarti to talk about his book The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Nature, Culture, and Joy. We discuss the goldilocks density, defining urbanity, and the ennui of young architects. How to Make Room for 1M New Yorkers - NYT +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Oct 8, 2024 • 37min
Mondays Flashback: Access as a Metric
We're flashing back to Talking Headways episode 246 from five years ago and chat with Andrew Owen of the Accessibility Observatory about access as a metric! Wes Marshall will be back next week but in the meantime we've got you covered with some great information. +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Oct 3, 2024 • 38min
Episode 502: Transit Themed Rock Music
This week we're joined by Cameron Mays, lead singer of the Transit Themed band The Frans. We chat about transit in Cleveland, the song writing process for transit music, and the parking lot in Erie Pennsylvania that inspired him. +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Sep 26, 2024 • 1h 2min
Episode 501: How MPOs Can Help Design Safe Streets
This week we're joined by Cassidy Boulan and Thom Stead of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC). We chat about their work in Philadelphia, Trenton, and greater New Jersey related to complete streets and creating safe infrastructure for biking and bus drivers. This podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. Learn more at http://mpactmobility.org +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Sep 24, 2024 • 1h 22min
Episode 159: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - It's All Connected with Wes Marshall
This week on Mondays we're joined by Professor Wes Marshall of the University of Colorado Denver to go through this week's news. We talk 15 Minute Cities, increasing car loans, social housing, and whether a new train to Boulder makes sense. We're also sharing this one on YouTube in a few days so check in there too. Main Items The 15 Minute City - Guardian Cities (Research Paper linked inside article) 15 minute city interactive website Car loans pass student loans - Jalopnik The Home Act - New York Times An affordable housing experiment - Vox Boulder train coming? - Colorado Public Radio Future of Lyft bikes - Lyft +++ Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Follow us on Threads or Instagram @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com


