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(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 493: Transit to the Great Outdoors

July 31, 2024

This week on Talking Headways we have a conversation moderated by Corrie Parrish of Kittleson Associates with Andrea Breault of Cascades East Transit and Amy Schlappi of Hood River County Transportation District discussing Transit service to the Great Outdoors. This podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. For more information, go to http://mpactmobility.org To listen




Mondays 156 – Universal Basic Livability

July 23, 2024

This week on Mondays Chrissy Mancini-Nichols is back! We talk about universal basic mobility, cool corridors, Japan’s idea for a massive underground freight conveyor belt and freight’s first mile last mile problem, health problems caused by a Texas bitcoin mine, and USDOT’s push for emissions reductions. Chrissy also mentioned commenting on the PROWAG regulations Also


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 491: IrrePLACEable

July 17, 2024

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Kevin Kelley, founding partner and principal at Shook Kelley. We talk about his book Irreplaceable: How to Create Extraordinary Places that Bring People Together. We discuss eliciting emotions, the debate between themes and authenticity, changing the meaning of cities, and embracing density. You can purchase


The Overhead Wire Daily | July 17th, 2024 | Rent Caps

I want to circle back to something that was posted Monday on a rent cap proposal and discussed more yesterday. I see a lot of hand wringing over the policy of rent control generally on social media so I wanted to jump in and see what the idea is overall. First there are a lot


The Overhead Wire Daily | July 11th, 2024 | Two Systems and Two Wheels

July 11, 2024

One interesting item at least for me today is the Associated Press piece on delivery company Door Dash and the pressure they are feeling to reduce dangerous driving by drivers on two wheels. What strikes me about this is that often vehicle laws in the Untied States are written with cars in mind, and so


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 490: Electrify the Rails

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Adriana Rizzo of Californians for Electric Rail. We chat about freight and warehousing growth in California’s Inland Empire, the benefits of train electrification and a new California CEQA exemption push for overhead wires, and why hydrogen trains are getting more attention. You can listen to this episode


The Overhead Wire Daily | July 9th | Access as Policy

July 9, 2024

Two items today (Lincoln Institute | New York Times feat. Economic Renaissance Group) point at an economic growth surge amongst historically strong but weakened midwestern and southeastern industrial cities and counties. The two pieces point at two different potential reasons for the change; industrial policy and finance and a surge in startups that could signal


Mondays 155: Four Day Workweek

This week on the Mondays show, we’re Han Solo but have a lot of interesting items about shorter work weeks, children’s brains and the impact of traffic noise, overbuilt retail, and highway expansion and climate change. Below are the links and show notes: News Items Supreme court overturns Chevron – Grist Supreme court on homeless


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