This week on The Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Calvin Thigpen of Toole Design and Ysabel Hoogeveen of Upway to discuss a report entitled Refurbished E-bikes: An Affordable Transportation Solution for Cities and Consumers. We chat about costs for used e-bikes and what could help grow the industry. You can listen to this episode

I pointed out on social media a few days ago that we don’t talk enough about the very real issue of time poverty in response to a ridiculous article that stated AI would give people too much “free” time and leisure. The article was ridiculed enough so I won’t share it here, but it’s clear

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we’re Han Solo, but got some great and interesting news for everyone. We look at a model base for disabled Olympians in Milan, the economic security of American households, and how reverse game theory can create win win situations in cities.  All the items we covered are

Serving as a sighted guide in India helped a writer discover new layers of experience, and a deeper way of visualizing the world. Traveleyes runs on a simple but radical model: It pairs blind and sighted travelers as equal companions.

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined once again by Laurel Paget-Seekins of Public Advocates. Laurel discusses transit agency power dynamics, loss of public sector capacity, and how the administration is looking to gut civil rights enforcement mechanisms for transportation projects. Links to Laurel’s website Laurel in Transit and the Transit Data Primer

I often write things here to work through ideas I have or connections I’m trying to make. Lately I’ve been thinking about the evolution of cities and how much historical development rhymes with current growth and conditions. And can we use our understanding of rhyming history to come up with solutions to big problems such

This week we’re joined by Stephen Crim, Director, Policy & Analytical Reporting, Central Business District Tolling Program (CBDTP) at the NYMTA. We chat about the MTA’s one year data report on congestion pricing including some of the results and how the data was collected. Stephen also discusses the numerous government data partnerships and enhancements including

This week on Mondays at the Overhead Wire we’re joined once again by Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Tracy McMillan to tackle a whole host of topics including the connection between VMT and safety, chrono urbanism, how navigating cities protects your brain, and Austin’s housing construction success. Check out the show notes below:

This week we’re joined by Vanessa Cooksey, President and CEO of the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis and Chris Hansen, Executive Director at Kranzberg Arts Foundation. We chat about growth and investment in St. Louis’ Grand Center Arts District and talk about the people that make it work. We also discuss ensuring that the

Numerous freight and trust deregulation laws of the 1970s and 80s led to the consolidation of businesses and emergence of big box stores. The changes mirrored suburban housing growth as land use became more spread out. But consolidation and monopolization increased and e-commerce companies gained market share. Now even less tied to physical location due