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Mondays 137: No Retreat, No Surrender

August 8, 2023

This week on Mondays we’re joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about a whole host of transportation topics including Lyft’s potential sale of its bike share business, how housing affects dating, congestion pricing politics and more! Below are links to the articles we talked about on the show.


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 444: The Rising Seas

August 2, 2023

This week we’re joined once more by Susan Crawford, author and Harvard Law Professor to talk about her new book, Charleston: Race, Water, and the Coming Storm. Susan chats with us about sea level rise, city solutions, and opportunities to rethink our responses. To listen to this episode, check it out on Streetsblog USA or


Mondays 136: Everywhere is the Same

July 31, 2023

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we delve into sameness around the world, climate change extremes, and Amsterdam’s red light district. Below are the links from the articles we discuss.


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 443: Planning for Generative AI

July 26, 2023

This week we’re chatting with David Wasserman of Alta Planning and Mike Flaxman of Heavy.AI about generative artificial intelligence. We chat about what generative AI is and how it is trained, and some of the ways it could be used or misused in a planning and transportation context. To listen to this episode, visit Streetsblog


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 442: Pricing the Priceless

July 19, 2023

This week we’re joined by Paula DiPerna to talk about her book Pricing the Priceless: The Financial Transformation to Value the Planet, Solve the Climate Crisis, and Protect Our Most Precious Assets. We chat about how nature is working for us for free and how we should value those services as well as the financial


Mondays 135: Cones of Shame

July 17, 2023

This week on the podcast we are solo and chatting about a lot of different topics from banning drive thrus to AI bias, to impacts of climate change. We also dive into the week of the cone here in San Francisco. If you want an AI generated transcript of this show or any of our



(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 440: All Possible Commutes

July 5, 2023

This week we’re joined by Hussein Mahfouz of Transport for Cairo and Adham Kalila of Streetlight Data to talk about their new report created for NUMO, All Possible Commutes: How Micromobility and Realistic Car Travel Times Impact Accessibility Analysis. We learn about measuring car travel more accurately, how micromobility can improve accessibility, and a bit


(Unedited) Podcast Transcript 439: In a Bad State

June 29, 2023

This week we’re joined by Yale Law professor David Schleicher to talk about his new book, In a Bad State: Responding to State and Local Budget Crises. We chat about how historic fiscal crisis shape similar responses today and how infrastructure funding plays out in the United States. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA


Mondays 134: Transportation Chicken

June 26, 2023

This week we’re Han Solo again, but we’ve got some interesting studies on homelessness and managed retreat from flooding. We also share some stories on Arizona’s transportation tax, and research on social inclusion and lack of transportation options. Listen in! Below are the show link notes:


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