This week on the Talking Headways Podcast we’re sharing a San Francisco Planning and Urban Research (SPUR) forum on how a statewide coalition of transit advocates were able to organize a funding bridge to avert a fiscal cliff for transit operators in the state. The discussion led by SPUR’s Laura Tolkoff, shares how they did

There have been a lot of items around residential sorting and how it impacts people’s politics, or conversely how people’s politics impacts sorting. Analysis of thousands of homes in South Florida found that political party differences are important in explaining neighborhood political segregation and choices. This also seems like it can explain some of the

This week we’re joined by Heidi Simon, Director of Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America. Heidi talks about lessons learned from Complete Streets Leadership Academies as state and local officials and advocates work to create safer streets through quick build projects. Find the report here. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA or find it

Two interesting items today about two problems that are related to electric vehicles in cities specifically, but also a wild idea below. According to CNBC vehicle tires are a relatively slow growth and steady market, but with the coming wave of electric vehicles, business is expected to rise as tires for the heavier vehicles cost

As the announcement goes out that the Bay Area could have a ballot measure in 2026 to support transit improvements and provide $750M in funding, I’m sometimes struck by the funding options we don’t quite have yet nationally including transit agencies selling credits in carbon trading markets. One of the things that was interesting to

This week we’re joined by vehicle designer Dan Sturges to talk about his book Near to Far: A Design for a new and Equitable Transportation System. We talk about new ways of thinking about vehicle design, mobility for low density areas, as well as pop culture perceptions of small vehicles. To listen to this episode,

I think when people come back from a trip to a wonderful place they often compare the cities they live to the city they visited and spent a little time in. Of course visiting is never quite the same as living somewhere so the little imperfections might not be so apparent. So far I’m really

This week we’re featuring a 1 to 1 conversation between Adelee Le Grand of Intellectual Concepts and Scott Wilkinson of AlphaVu. They chat about how transit agencies can get a better handle on how riders and non-riders alike feel about their service. This episode was produced in partnership with Mpact. Find out more at http://mpactmobility.org

This week we’re joined by skateboard advocate Aaron Breetwor, brand manager for Comet Skateboards. Aaron chats about using skateboards for transportation, designing streets for safer skateboarding, and this last years incident at the Dolores Street hill bomb. To listen to this episode, visit Streetsblog USA or our archive site. Below is a full unedited AI

Prediction Time! This week on part 2 of our chat with Yonah Freemark, we score our transportation predictions from last year and make new ones for 2025. We talk about the Roosevelt Subway, Transit agency bailouts, open gangway trains, and coming transit elections and extensions. To listen to this episode, visit Streetsblog USA or our