St. Louis’ mayor asked the local transit agency to stop working on a light rail extension until they can answer whether it will be competitive with other projects for funding during the current administration. The project is a 5.6 mile line that is expected to cost $1.1B. I don’t doubt there will be attempts to

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 about the future of cities through the eyes of a mayor, those who operate like urban mechanics, and the

With the Pope’s passing, more people are looking back on his legacy. For all the Catholic Church’s faults, bad positions, and the parts he played in them, Francis seemed different than previous iterations of his position on human suffering and poverty. Jarrett Walker notes how Francis confronted transportation policy and architecture in his 2015 environmental

One of the most interesting things about Alexis Madrigal’s book The Pacific Circuit is how he discusses all the wealth that pours through the Port of Oakland which for the most part misses the neighborhoods that surround it and even damages them. Silicon Valley including all the offshoots of Fairchild Semiconductor benefited greatly from shipping

When I was younger I was into cars following my dad. He read Road and Track and I read European Car. I drove the Volkswagen my parents allowed me to use and then purchased one after my first year in college and enjoyed driving. In my neighborhood in Houston you didn’t necessarily need a car

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 for building more equitable housing policies as well as convincing people why they are important. To hear this

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!

This week on the Talking Headways podcast 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 containerization to globalization and its direct impacts on an Oakland neighborhood. We also chat about

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 & Implementation at Caltrans, Eric Goldwyn of the Marron Institute of Urban Management, and Adriana Rizzo of Californians

When I was able to chat with T&I ranking member Rep. Larsen on the podcast I asked if he was worried about the trickle down effect of transportation policy from the federal level to state lawmaking. The most recent example being preemption laws surrounding road diets and street design. He sidestepped the question to mention