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Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
The Overhead Wire
300 episodes
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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Episode 539: Testing Universal Basic Mobility
This week we're joined by Madeline Brozen of the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. We talk about universal basic mobility and research her team has done on the LA Mobility Wallet Pilot Program. +++ Get…
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Episode 538: Small Scale Manufacturing in Cities
This week we're joined by Ilana Preuss of Recast City to talk about small scale manufacturing in cities. We discuss the commercial side of economic development, the types of jobs we are creating, and how to build…
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Episode 173: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Is This Podcast a Third Place?
This week on the podcast, we're Han Solo but there's still a lot of news to share! We talk about research that shows how active transportation can reduce emissions even more than before, the ever growing fueling…
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Episode 537: Creating Positive Soundscapes in Cities
This week we're joined by Chris Berdik to talk about his book Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World and How We Can Take it Back. We discuss the impacts of road noise on health and wellbeing, how our brains process…
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Episode 536: Keys to San Francisco's Future
This week we're joined by Sujata Srivastava, Chief Policy Officer at SPUR, to discuss a recent policy brief entitled The Next 100 Days: An urbanist decision-making framework for San Francisco's new mayor. We discuss…
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Episode 172: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Charge Them More for Zombie Miles
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo, but we've got some really interesting pieces for everyone including on federal transportation funding, EPA trying to kill climate protections, and a group of…
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Episode 535: Bike Guides to Build Your City
This week we're joined by Bill Schultheiss of Toole Design to talk about bike facility design guides. We look at the benefits of both AASHTO and NACTO guides and discuss the importance of history, political will, and…
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Episode 534: When You Don't Really Need an Ambulance
This week we're joined by Ross Peterson to talk about non emergency medical transportation and his new wheelchair accessible transportation company RIDEtoo. We talk about transportation funding for medical visits and…
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Episode 533: Running to Work
This week we're joined by bridge engineer Daniel Baxter to talk about his almost daily running commute. We chat about bridges, the gear you need for running in cold weather, staying safe on the roads, and the benefits…
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Episode 171: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Department of Inefficiency
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about how Americans are losing interest in buying cars, how scientists found out how to break through climate apathy, why…
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Episode 532: Normal is Not Correct, Someone Died Here
This week I'm joined by Kevin Krizek and Tila Duhaime to chat about an idea called Emergency Streets which focuses on the proper response from cities after a fatal crash. We chat about traffic deaths as an epidemic,…
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Episode 170: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Those Dang Squirrels
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo but don't worry, we've got you covered with lots of great news about cities and transportation. We cover Texas preemption against bike and bus lanes, the short…
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Episode 531: Behind the Mayor's Desk
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Anthony Flint of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to talk about his book Mayors Desk: 20 Conversations with Local Leaders Solving Global Problems. We chat…
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Episode 530: Just Action Under the Color of Law
This week we're joined by Leah Rothstein to chat about her book she wrote with her father Richard entitled Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law. We discuss building wealth and ideas…
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Episode 169: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Taking Care
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we talk state preemption, pandemic era block parties that continue on, and warehouse transportation regulations in California. Below are the show notes! Speed limiters -…
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Episode 529: The Pacific Circuit
This week we're joined by journalist and host of KQED's Forum Alexis Madrigal to discuss his book The Pacific Circuit: A Globalized Account of the Battle for the Soul of an American City. Alexis connects…
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Episode 528: The California State Rail Plan
This week we're listening in on a conversation hosted by Seamless Bay Area about the 2024 update to the California State Rail Plan. Adina Levin of Seamless Bay Area hosts Shannon Simonds Chief, Office of Rail Planning…
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Episode 527: Planning Connections in Panther City
This week we're joined by Kelly Porter, Assistant Director Tranportation & Public Works for the City of Fort Worth. We talk about the city's incredible growth, its first ever comprehensive transportation plan, plans…
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Episode 168: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Lego Not Legos
This week on Monday's we're Han Solo, but don't let the smuggler fool you, we've got some great loot in the cargo hold. We chat about states focusing on shifting road funds to active transportation, a Brooklyn…
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Episode 526: American Oasis
This week we're joined by Kyle Paoletta to talk about his book American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest. We discuss the growth and history of southwestern US cities, how indigenous people…
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Episode 525: The Public Works Director for Democrats
This week we're joined by Congressman Rick Larsen of Washington State, Ranking Member for the Democrats on the House Transportation Committee. We chat about USDOT's recent guidance for stripping sustainable projects of…
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Episode 167: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - No Takings!
This week we're Han Solo, but we talk about trends in state preemption, state capacity and road project costs, the possible death of the North Star commuter rail line, and how utility companies in California can't cry…
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Episode 524: Yonah Freemark Part 2
This week Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute is back again for Part 2 of our annual discussion. This week we make predictions! We look at what we predicted last year and what might happen in 2025. +++ Follow us on…
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Episode 523: Yonah Freemark Part 1
This week we're joined once again by Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute to discuss his annual transit project updates at Transit Explorer. In Part 1, we talk about housing strategies for properties near transit,…
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Episode 522: Stuck with Yoni Appelbaum
This week we're joined by Yoni Appelbaum to discuss his book Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity. We talk about the history of moving in the US and how the different…
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Episode 166: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - More Trains, Less Kings
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo! But don't worry, we cover a lot of ground including congestion pricing's sparing match with a wannabe King, Canada's high speed rail plans, microplastics, and a…
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Episode 521: Why Stores Require You to Drive
This week we're chatting with Stacy Mitchell of the Institute of Local Self Reliance about her recent article in the Atlantic entitled The Great Grocery Squeeze. We chat about the deregulation mood of the 70s and 80s…
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Episode 520: The Cognitive Experience of a Transit User
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Ren Yee of UN Studio at the Mpact Transit + Community conference in Philadelphia. We chat about the cognitive workload of pedestrians and creating safe…
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Episode 165: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Memos within Memos
This week at Mondays at The Overhead Wire, we're joined by Streetsblog USA's Kea Wilson to chat about the new USDOT directives from the Trump administration. We talk about rescinded memos, funding memos, and Kea thinks…
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Episode 519: 20 is Plenty
This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Member of the Welsh Senedd (Parliament) Lee Waters and Dr. Jennifer Kent of The University of Sydney. They talk about how Wales set climate targets, did a roads review, got…
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Episode 518: Not Eating Exhaust with Your Beer
This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Mike Eliason of larch lab to discuss his new book Building for People: Designing Livable, Affordable, Low-Carbon Communities. We chat about single stair buildings,…
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Episode 164: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Learning from the Redwoods
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo, but that doesn't stop us from talking about all the podcasts we've got coming up, news about the LA wildfires, modular homes, and surveillance technology. More…
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Episode 517: Intern to CEO
This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Jon Kramer, CEO of engineering and planning firm OHM Advisors. Jon chats about going from Intern to CEO over a 30 year period, competing against large engineering firms,…
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Episode 516: Reimagining the Civic Commons
This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Bridget Marquis, Director of Reimagining the Civic Commons. Bridget chats with us about connecting public assets, the importance of creating metrics that matter, and better…
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Episode 163: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Welcome to 2025
We're Han Solo this week but have a lot to share from the end of December and the start of 2025. As we get back into the new year we cover new ways to think about housing construction, transit expansion from Yonah…
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Episode 515: Highway Robbery
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Ben Ross and Joe Cortright to discuss their article in Dissent Magazine discussing how modeling is being used to expand highways around the country. We chat…
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Episode 514: Zoning for Vermicelli
This week we're joined by Professor Sara Bronin to talk about her book Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World. We chat about all the ways that land is regulated. And why zoning is an opportunity for people to…
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Flashback: Mapping the Smells and Sounds of the Sensory City
This week for our holiday break we're going back in time to episode 108 which we recorded in Cambridge England with Daniele Quercia and Luca Aiello of Bell Labs. We chatted about using social media to map sensory…
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Episode 513: Indianapolis' Blossoming BRT Network
This week we're joined by Austin Gibble, currently of Stantec but formerly of the City of Indianapolis and IndyGo. We chat about the history of planning for BRT in Indy, the Cultural Trail bike network, transit and…
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Mondays Flashback: Street Commerce
This week we're going back to 2021 to chat with Professor Andres Sevtsuk of MIT about his book Street Commerce: Creating Vibrant Urban Sidewalks. I really liked this discussion and he just had an MIT News profile out…
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Episode 512: Bulk Transit Passes for All
This week we're back at the Mpact conference in Philadelphia and joined by Ruth Miller of Jawnt. Ruth shares her superhero origin story and how employer transit pass programs like SEPTA's Key Advantage Program work to…
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Episode 511: Educating the Next Generation of Transit Riders
This week we're at Mpact in Philadelphia chatting with King County Metro's Rachel DeCordoba about her work educating the next generation of transit riders. She chats about transit education and curriculum and the…
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Episode 162: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - A Lego Tram?!
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo, but that doesn't stop us from sharing upcoming episodes of Talking Headways and news from the last month or so. We chat about greening concrete, a car free…
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Episode 510: TOD and Affordable Commercial
This week we're joined by Ryan Kelley, Community development Manager for Hennepin County in Minnesota. Ryan chats with us about the county's transit-oriented communities program and how they support commercial…
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Episode 509: City Tech with Rob Walker
This week we're joined by writer Rob Walker to talk about his book, City Tech: 20 Apps, Ideas, and Innovations Changing the Urban Landscape. We discuss data collection, misconceptions, impressive transportation…
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Monday's Flashback: What a Body Can Do
A Flashback! That's right we're flashing back again to Episode 308 of the Talking Headways podcast with Sara Hendren discussing her book What a Body Can Do. Sara chats with us about how we think and talk about…
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Episode 508: Biden Administration's Transportation Policy Legacy
This week we're joined by Dani Simons, currently of Alstom but formerly Assistant to the Secretary and Director of Public Affairs at USDOT, to take a look back at how Biden Administration policies evolved from ideas to…
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Episode 161: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Post Election with John Simmerman
John Simmerman of Active Towns joins the Mondays Show post election to talk about some of the transit wins. We also look ahead and wonder if LA really could go car free for the Olympics and whether Canada is ready for…
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Episode 507: Thinking Bigger About Regional Economic Development
This week on Talking Headways we're joined by Julie Huls, CEO of Waymaker Group. We chat about economic development strategies for mid-sized cities, the impacts of the pandemic on regional thinking, and what a future…
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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…
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