This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Dylan Rivera and Jacob Sherman of the Portland Bureau of Transportation to discuss micromobility. We chat about the importance of cities regulating access to transportation markets, importance of bike infrastructure, transportation wallets and alternatives to a parking pass. Link to Portland’s E-Scooter Program – PBOT
About five years ago we had folks on the podcast from Geisinger Health System in PA to talk about the importance of connecting transportation and patient care. One of the things we learned is that health care systems and patients lose out when people can’t make an appointment because they don’t have transportation. And it’s
Sydney Australia has opened five new stations on it’s driverless metro line after starting construction back in 2017. Transit enthusiasts woke up early to get the first train and some folks have been blown away by some of the designs. The train will come every 4 minutes at rush hour and can carry up to
This week we’re Han Solo, but we’re chatting about how the First Nations in Vancouver are becoming to largest property developer in California, the idea of urban delivery hubs and switching cargo planning, how cities are heating up at night, and the idea that some folks are tired of losing. Below are the links from
I’ve been having a really hard time lately with a lot of announcements related to transportation electrification that tout a battery powered vehicle, especially trains, as if electrification of vehicles is a new and novel idea. We’ve had overhead wires for over 100 years and we operate them in a lot of cities as do
This week we’re joined by Move Minnesota director Sam Rockwell to talk about climate bills Minnesota legislators have passed that could reduce highway and road building emissions in the state. We chat about setting transportation related climate targets, highway modeling, and taking the time to read federal rule comment letters. To listen to this episode,
Many years ago I attended a political event with friends on political and issue messaging in Austin featuring George Lakoff as a speaker. Lakoff is a cognitive linguist and in his many books and writings he discusses how people use language and metaphors to evoke feelings and reactions. His most famous book, Don’t Think of
Earlier this month we shared a NYT article about what cities get or haven’t got out of the Olympic games since Barcelona. That city famously revitalized its waterfront in 1992 and regenerated different parts of the city in an attempt to create lasting improvements. They are still building on that success. Since then many cities
This week on the Talking Headways podcast swe’re joined by Nico Larco, Director of the Urbanism Next Center at the University of Oregon. We chat about his new book with Kaarin Knudson, The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook as well as a realization about how most of what we do in the United States seems to
Last week I got a nice break and was able to hang out with my family on the central California coast. It’s a place I haven’t spent much time but wish to spend more in the future. I’ve lived in Bakersfield and San Francisco and have visited a lot of the state, but despite decades
