This week on Talking Headways we’re chatting with professor Des Fitzgerald about his new book The Living City: Why Cities Don’t Need to Be Green to Be Great. We chat about what trees mean to people, the proliferation of moguls that want to build new cities, and the idea of what makes the good city.

This week we’re joined by Chris Fabian of Resource X to talk about his work on priority based budgeting. We discuss how cities create budgets that reflect their policy goals and what it takes to find resources for big ideas. You can listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA or find it in the hosting

This week on the Mondays show we’re Han Solo! But that doesn’t stop us from sharing a lot of news!  The Prime Minister of England has pulled the plug on high speed rail, what the pandemic drop in traffic means for access, designing for autism and much much more! Listen to the episode here: Below

This week we’re joined by Abby Thorne-Lyman, Former Director of Real Estate at BART, to talk about BART’s development projects and priorities, and the importance of real estate to BART’s future. To listen to this episode, visit Streetsblog USA or find it in the archive. Below is a full unedited AI generated transcript of the

This week we’re joined by UC Davis professor Kari Watkins and epidemiologist Dave Ederer to talk about their paper The Safe Systems Pyramid: A New Framework for Traffic Safety. We talk about the connections between transportation and public health and how it allows us to think differently about transportation safety. Find David’s full dissertation on

This week on the Mondays show we catch up on some of the news from the last month and go over what’s coming up on the Talking Headways podcast. We talk about post-pandemic transportation, sea level rise impacts on shipping and drinking water, and the world’s smallest skyscraper. Show Note Links Below the fold…

This week we’re joined by Bob Searns to talk about his book Beyond Greenways: The Next Step for City Trails and Walking Routes. We talk about grand ideas for walking trails that circle whole regions and more local routes that make up a new mode of green infrastructure in cities. To listen to this episode,

This week we’re joined by Phoenix community builder Tim Sprague. We chat about supporting local culture through development projects and the importance of sustainable development and transportation. Today’s podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. To learn more about the annual conference, visit http://mpactmobility.org To listen to this episode, visit Streetsblog USA or find it

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we’re joined by Carter Lavin to talk about the city dreams of tech moguls, government capacity, public housing that doesn’t want to be called that, designing delivery trucks and much much more! Check out the show notes below the fold:

This week we’re joined by Zack Subin of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation and Ben Holland of the Rocky Mountain Institute. Ben and Zack join us to talk about their report Urban Land Use Reform on the importance of land use in reducing travel and emissions. You can listen to this episode at Streetsblog