Apparently conspiracy theorists can change national transportation policy. In England, Ministers of the Department for Transport used the 15 minute city conspiracy theories and backlash as a basis for policy, orienting policy towards drivers. Amazingly, people didn’t take the rhetoric of leaders seriously and thought it was just hot air, but lately when people say

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by John King, Urban Design Critic at the SF Chronicle, to talk about his book Portal: San Francisco’s Ferry Building and the Reinvention of American Cities. We chat about the history of the Ferry Building in San Francisco which was one of the busiest city transportation hubs in

Well that was quick, a bill that would have combined 27 Bay Area transit agencies has been pulled. It makes sense because there would need to be a more robust discussion of what that might look like before jumping in with both feet. There are labor issues, service area equity and other things to discuss.

We’re back from the new year but no so back that I have enough material for a Mondays show. So as we started doing at the end of last year, I’m going to share a throwback Talking Headways from time to time to go back to some episodes I found interesting and perhaps mention more

This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by Dr. Shima Hamidi, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University to talk about the report: A National Investigation of the Impacts of Lane Width on Traffic Safety.  We chat about the data they collected for 1,100 streets, how narrowing streets can create more space for bikes and peds

This week we’re joined once again by Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon’s 3rd District. We chat about connections between health care, food and transportation, progress on the Inflation Reduction Act and IIJA infrastructure bills, and future directions for transportation funding. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA or in the hosting archive. Below is a

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we celebrate the end of the year with stories from Colorado on the governor’s transit wishes for next year, learning about the new federal Emerging Project Agreement, Salt Lake’s downtown success, and how Europe wants to ban large US trucks. Hang in there with us as we

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