Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week Laura Bliss joins the show  to talk about SB50's demise, the closing of Market Street to cars, and a red wagon in Germany full of cell phones creating digital traffic. Sharon Feigon also lets us in on what's happening at the Shared Use Mobility Summit in Chicago. News The demise of SB50 - Los Angeles Times New transportation bill coming? - Politico Market Street goes free - Streetsblog USA Odds and Ends American houses have more bathrooms - The Atlantic UPS electric vehicles - Engadget Degraded air quality in US Metros - Environment America Story of the Week Creating traffic jams with phones - The Verge Vacancy Taxes - WBUR

This week we’re joined Ben Levine, Executive Director of the Metrolab Network.  We chat with Ben about the partnerships that Metrolab forges between cities and academic institutions, data collection and usage, as well as the Civic Innovation Challenge. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Find us online at http://theoverheadwire.com Also check out http://usa.streetsblog.org  

This week Laramie Bowron joins the show to talk about Nashville, the Menino Mayors Survey, Andy Byford and more! Swiftly's State of Public Transit Report - Swiftly News Andy Byford resigns - New York Times Paris warehouses get urban makeover - Wired Cities annexing to pump up census #s - New York Times Odds and Ends Household travel in EU - Eltis Oregon DOT launches new office - Smart Cities Dive China bans single use plastics - Core 77 Story of the Week Nashville's transit plans derailed - TransitCenter US Mayors know of safety issues, not solutions - Fast Company

This week we are chatting with Alice Bravo and Carlos Cruz-Casas, Director and Assistant Director respectively of Miami Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works.  We chat about better buses, managing the right of way, privacy and data, and their contactless fare payment system. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Visit us on the web at http://theoverheadwire.com    

It's a Solo show with Greedo this week. We're back from the winter break with some news to share!  Also if you want to get on the list for the "Bus Only" soccer scarf, email me at theoverheadwire@gmail.com News Governor says no more freeways in Texas - D Magazine Mass timber in the news - Arch Daily | Vox London throat - BBC Odds and Ends Farewell to Guardian Cities - Guardian Barcelona's zero emissions zone - Guardian Story of the Week SB50 is Back - Los Angeles Times America's long distance transportation problems - Brookings| Texas Monthly US land use mapped - Visual Capitalist Puppies and Butterflies Transit Supply

This week Hugh Martin of Lacuna joins the podcast to talk about his passion for open source ways to operate city streets in the future. As more and more transportation operators look for space on city streets and perhaps in the air, government needs a way to distribute access fairly based on public priorities and policy. Hugh talks about why he’s so passionate about this future for cities and gives us some food for thought on the current state of the relationship between cities and transportation companies.

This week we’re joined by Laura Wiens of Pittsburgh for Public Transit to talk about their report on AVs called “Wait, Who’s Driving This Thing”  Laura chats about vehicle data, the future of bus drivers, the frameworks we need for a positive implementation and blows our mind by comparing the movement for micro-mobility and transport choice to the charter school movement.  Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire or go to http://theoverheadwire.com And if you want to support the show you can do so on Patreon.

This week we're joined by Grace Crunican, former GM at BART. Grace chats about her long and distinguished career as a leader in transportation and what it takes to lead, to mentor, and gives lessons for the next generation of advocates and public officials.

This is one of my favorite episodes ever.  I hope folks enjoy this flashback for the holidays. We chat with Alisa Valderrama and Rob Moore of NRDC all about water.

This week we’re joined by Ben Kabak of Second Avenue Sagas.  We take a look at New York transit issues including who controls the MTA, why subway rides are getting faster, why he started writing about transit in the city, and the L train un-shutdown.  We also chat about the 14th Street busway, bad airport transit, and the Mayor’s fascination with ferries. 

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show to talk about Miami's Velocia app, Jakarta's transit expansion, the urban media landscape and much more! News Bloomberg Media purchases CityLab - Mother Jones Restaurants on the "streets" of NYC better reviews - WaPo Indonesia's $40B Metro expansion - South China Morning Post Odds and Ends Headphones to alert pedestrians - Fast Company Wolfhagen Germany goes 100% renewable - The Conversation Amazon's Ring privacy problem - Gizmodo Story of the Week Velocia app rewards active transportation - Fast Company Indonesia's $40B Metro expansion - South China Morning Post  

This week we're back at the 2019 Rail~Volution conference in Vancouver BC. We chat with GB Arrington and Steve Dotterer about the early days of Rail~Volution and what the conference has meant to transportation in the United States over the last 25 years. They also tell stories about conferences past from when Al Gore came to Portland to having to move the conference date due to 9/11. Join us for a look at the past and the future. 

Tracy McMillan of Nelson Nygaard returns to chat about climate change, gas price sensitivity, and free transit. News Gas price sensitivity - Haas Energy Institute Blog Free transit in Kansas City - Jalopnik The future is transparent wood - Horizon Magazine World News Land sold for Egypt's new capital - Reuters Largest 3D printed building in Dubai - Construction Dive Story of the Week Climate change converts - Deseret News Climate plan for Dallas transportation - Dallas Morning News  

This week we're joined by Giacomo Lozzi of Polis to talk about a report he co-wrote about zero emissions sustainable government procurement. Giacomo talks about how cities such as Rotterdam, Oslo, and Copenhagen are trying to measure and manage the emissions they create through the procurement of goods and services.

This week Jeff talks about potential sustainability solutions and some really cool curb management trials. News TfL is suspending Uber's license in London - The Verge Solar company seeks to reduce cement, steel emissions - Wired Story of the Week Curb flow reduces double parking - Smart Cities Dive Bastrop's new code - CNU Public Square Climate change's lithium problem - The New Republic Zombie miles and Napa Weekends - Jalopnik

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