This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re at the 2023 Mpact transit + mobility conference closing plenary in Phoenix Arizona. Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Policy at USDOT Christopher Coes leads a panel discussing what’s happening in central cities and how to make them thrive again. This panel features:  Karen Chapple, Ph.D., Director,

This week on our Mondays show we’re going back and combining episodes 129 and 130 of Talking Headways about seeing high speed rail station areas as projects of national significance. More below the fold…

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re at the Mpact conference in Phoenix and joined by Ron Brooks of Accessible Avenue. We chat about service animal etiquette, the negotiation and implementation of ADA, and including people with disabilities in the equity conversation. To listen to this episode, find it at Streetsblog USA or on

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we have a wide ranging news share on America’s weird 30 year mortgage, how emissions would have fallen more if it weren’t for SUVs, and the Mayo Clinic’s idea for ‘health neighborhoods’. Below the fold are the links we chat about on the show. And you can

This week on the Talking Headways Podcast we’re at the Mpact conference in Phoenix Arizona and joined by Tom Brennan, Senior Principal at Nelson Nygaard. We talk about the sexy world of bus speed and reliability, how agency can invest for effectiveness, and future proofing routes for the long term. To listen to this episode,

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by author Ben Goldfarb to talk about his book, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet. We discuss how roads cut off ecosystems, wildlife crossings, and animal mobility at different scales. You can get the book from The Overhead Wire book club at Bookshop.org.

On December 14th at ~5:30 we’re going to recording a Talking Headways podcast featuring John King discussing his new book Portal: San Francisco’s Ferry building and the Reinvention of American Cities. We’ll be at MTC in San Francisco hosted by the Bay Area Regional Collaborative for one of their Metro Talks series. If you’d like

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, we’re Han Solo. But that doesn’t preclude us from sharing the news from the last few weeks including items on work from home serendipity, weaponizing environmental law, and the suspension of Cruise self driving vehicles. Listen in below and check out the show notes below the fold.

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Danielle Arigoni, Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at The National Housing Trust. We chat about Danielle’s new book Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation as well as housing policy that benefits everyone. You can find Danielle’s book at our Bookshop Affiliate site or at

This week on the Talking Headways Podcast we’re joined by transit expert and former general manager for three transit systems Ron Kilcoyne. Ron joins us to talk about the importance of running frequent transit service in order to attract riders and how agencies in the Bay Area are underserving the population. Find Ron’s Streetsblog SF