Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we’re joined by Zack Subin of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation and Ben Holland of the Rocky Mountain Institute. Ben and Zack join us to talk about their report Urban Land Use Reform on the importance of land use in reducing travel and emissions. Research Notes: Review of recent state land use legislation from Mercatus, including highlighting the WA package, and earlier this year from Terner Review of recent trends in VMT/capita by state: WA at head of the pack Jenny Schuetz' Brookings blog summary of her book, which includes a discussion of housing reforms across levels of government and political economy considerations More discussion of the rationale for state governments to lead in this Niskanen Center report Thea Riofrancos et al and UC Davis report on lithium requirements to decarbonize US transportation Shane Phillips' paper on the case for broad upzoning, summarized by Todd Litman in Planetizen Coolclimate CA planning scenarios from Chris Jones's team, with linked paper, and

This week we’re sharing a panel discussion on how California High Speed Rail could be sped up. Hosted by Rodger Rudick of Streetsblog SF, Climate Advocate Carter Lavin, Eric Eidlin, Station Planning Manager for the City of San Jose, and Boris Lipkin of the California High Speed Rail Authority discuss what it would take to get the project done faster and all the potential benefits. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week on Mondays we're joined by Kevin DeGood of The Center for American Progress to talk about a study by NCDOT and NC State on Connected Autonomous Vehicles at Intersections.  This leads into a discussion about policy related to autonomous vehicles and saturation. It's not our usual Mondays news format but it's a shorter show and gets right to the point! OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week we’re joined by Dr. Robert Blaine of the National League of Cities. We talk about their work helping smaller cities apply for federal infrastructure grants through a bootcamp program and chat about local grant writing capacity and what success looks like. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week we’re joined by Yvonne Yeung to talk about ULI’s recent report, Building 15 Minute Communities: a Leadership Guide. We chat about how the guide can help create good development that reduces the need to drive, and supports our climate emissions reduction goals. Also make sure to sign up for the Webinar on September 13th. OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week Ryan Wozniak joins the podcast to talk about Phoenix transportation policy, why people are moving to the sunbelt, truth in car advertising, Philly's plans for its own high line and much more! News Items LA giving out ADU plans - Dwell Magazine More Californians living in cars - The Atlantic Truth in car ads - Policy Options Politiques Moving to the sunbelt - The Atlantic Philly's high line - Philadelphia Inquirer OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week we’re listening in to PART 2 of a one to one conversation between David Longoria of LISC in Phoenix and Ryan Winkle of RAIL CDC. They discuss the community work they are doing in Mesa along the light rail line and how they respond to unforeseen outcomes. This episode was produced in partnership with Mpact. Find out more about the annual conference at http://mpactmobility.org OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week we’re listening in to PART 1 of a one to one conversation between David Longoria of LISC in Phoenix and Ryan Winkle of RAIL CDC. They discuss the community work they are doing in Mesa along the light rail line and the impact their work has on local businesses. This episode was produced in partnership with Mpact. Find out more about the annual conference at http://mpactmobility.org OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week on Mondays we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about a whole host of transportation topics including Lyft's potential sale of its bike share business, how housing affects dating, congestion pricing politics and more! Below are links to the articles we talked about on the show. Lyft wants out of bike share - Motherboard A Jane Austen housing auction - Guardian New Jersey sues over congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC FTA says no transit money for triangle rail - News and Observer Miyawaki method - Fair Planet OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week we’re joined once more by Susan Crawford, author and Harvard Law Professor to talk about her new book, Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm. Susan chats with us about sea level rise, city solutions, and opportunities to rethink our responses. OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we delve into sameness around the world, climate change extremes, and Amsterdam's red light district.  Main Links City sameness - Dezeen Paris gets smart on heat - Yale e360 Hurricane Ian wiped out middle class - Politico Sewers can't handle rain - Scientific American Biased livability rankings - The Conversation Amsterdam's red light controversy - Time Bonus Items Skywells - BBC Future Miami forgets gas tax - Governing Spain elections impact on active transport - Reuters Portland street response - Oregon Public Radio House R's want to cut budgets - Washington Post Insurance rates threaten new development - Smart Cities Dive New Tampa transport plan - That's So Tampa Hawaii housing plans - Civil Beat Bike bill lawsuit - Bike Portland Wildfire adapted communities - Sightline OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadw

This week we’re chatting with David Wasserman of Alta Planning and Mike Flaxman of Heavy.AI about generative artificial intelligence. We chat about what generative AI is and how it is trained, and some of the ways it could be used or misused in a planning and transportation context. Show Notes Augmented: Planners in an Era of Generative AI - APA Open Letter on Generative AI & Ethical Planning - APA Technology Division Datasets for Datasheets - Cornell Arxiv Automating Zoning Data Collection - Urban Institute Bias in, Bias out - Yale Law Journal Can Language Models Be Too Big? - ACM Digital Library OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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 every

This week we’re joined by Paula DiPerna to talk about her book Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to Value the Planet, Solve the Climate Crisis, and Protect Our Most Precious Assets. We chat about how nature is working for us for free and how we should value those services as well as the financial mechanisms we could use to save the planet. She also shares how she got the Vatican to pledge to go net zero and lessons from working with Jacques Cousteau. Find the book on our Bookshop Affiliate Page. OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week on the podcast we are solo and chatting about a lot of different topics from banning drive thrus to AI bias, to impacts of climate change. We also dive into the week of the cone here in San Francisco.  News Items Drive thrus banned - CNN AI makes housing crisis worse - The Lever Building based on old climate data - Scientific American Climate change underground - Scientific American Bus stops and playgrounds too hot - Vox BIDS go in on bike lanes - Bloomberg CityLab Cones on AVs - SFist Proximity important in travel - Brookings PPP caused housing inflation? - Texas Standard Bonus Items NY vehicle fees by weight? - Curbed Congestion pricing forward in NY - New York Times Air pollution increased pandemic aid - Guardian Data on outdoor dining - Luskin School of Public Affairs Portland pauses/stops highways - Portland Mercury Toronto's new bike mayor - Toronto Star People want walkable communities - NAR Extra degree increased burn areas - El Pais Industrial transition - Philadelphia Ci

This week we’re joined by Mike Warren, Senior Vice President at WSP. Mike chats with us about road user charging including how the discussion has changed over the last decade and the idea of treating roads as a utility by paying for driving by the mile. We also discuss policy considerations including reducing driving and congestion, privacy considerations, and replacing existing use taxes. OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week we're joined by Hussein Mahfouz of Transport for Cairo and Adham Kalila of Streetlight Data to talk about their new report created for NUMO, All Possible Commutes: How Micromobility and Realistic Car Travel Times Impact Accessibility Analysis. We learn about measuring car travel more accurately, how micromobility can improve accessibility, and a bit about transportation in the Cairo metro region. OOO Also for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's our url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week we’re joined by Yale Law professor David Schleicher to talk about his new book, In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises. We chat about how historic fiscal crisis shape similar responses today and how infrastructure funding plays out in the United States. Also I mention an article on insurance during the show. You can find that one here. Also, for Stitcher users that want to switch to another podcatcher and need the RSS feed, here's the url: https://feeds.libsyn.com/49347/rss OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week we're Han Solo again, but we've got some interesting studies on homelessness and managed retreat from flooding. We also share some stories on Arizona's transportation tax, and research on social inclusion and lack of transportation options. Listen in! Main Items Court decision that changed homelessness - Vox CA Homelessness findings - LA Times Buyouts and white flight - Grist Social exclusion and transport - Journal of Transport Geography E-bike fires - NY Times Vermont zoning reform - CNU Public Square Paris vs London - Guardian AZ transportation tax - Daily Star   Bonus Items 10% of driving is parking cruising - Parking Reform Network Las Vegas water - Pro Publica London truck safety - Transport Technology Today Green bank - Boston Herald Inflation reduction act direct pay - The American Prospect Red line is back - Washington Post Municipal Broadband - The Verge OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon h

This week we’re joined by Ben Wilson to talk about his most recent book Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City. We chat about how plants took root in the rubble of wars and blank spaces and how cities could be more circular and sustainable. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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

This week we’re chatting with Alex Brennan, Executive Director of Futurewise in Washington State. We chat about this most recent legislative session and bills on missing middle housing, climate change, and TOD. Today's podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. To find our more, go to http://mpactmobility.org OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social 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