This week we’re joined by Tien-Tien Chan of Nelson Nygaard and Jessica Roberts of Alta Planning and Design to talk about Transportation Demand Management or TDM. Tien-Tien and Jessica discuss how TDM acts as the soft side of transportation and the flip side of infrastructure and they dive deep into the different types of programs
This week we’re joined by Amanda Howell of Urbanism Next at The University of Oregon to talk about Sidewalk Robots. We chat about their study on sidewalk delivery robots with the Knight Autonomous Vehicle Initiative and what they learned about community engagement and small delivery vehicles on city sidewalks. For the podcast audio, visit Streetsblog
Happy Mondays! This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we dive into a number of topics including the hype around self driving cars, the monetary benefits of using parking spaces for more than just cars, recycling whole buildings, and thinking about community input. We also throw in a little highway talk and parks on
This week we’re joined by Max Holleran to talk about his book Yes to the City: Millennials and the Fight for Affordable Housing. We talk about the rise of YIMBY vs NIMBY housing politics, the changes in housing activism, and how housing fights are going global. To listen to this episode, find the audio at
This week we’re joined by Diana Ramirez, Executive Director of the Harris County Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity, former Salt Lake County Mayor and Congressman Ben McAdams, Matt Prewitt, President of RadicalxChange and Joel Rogers, Director of COWS at the University of Wisconsin Madison to talk about how cities can understand the public wealth
Updated: 11.6.2022 With all these conferences and sessions taking their talents online I thought it might be a good idea to list them. If you have any ideas send them in to [email protected] or tweet @theoverheadwire. Click through to see them all…
This week on Mondays Jeff talks about a whole host of articles from whether your commute makes you happy to if our economies are becoming less dynamic as they age. Also what’s keeping you from returning to your office? I bet childcare would help! All that and more this week on Mondays! Show notes are
This week on Talking Headways we’re joined by journalist Megan Kimble to talk about housing and highway fights in Texas. We chat about TXDOT’s political pressure, the organizations fighting back, and how throughput remains king. To listen to this episode, go to Streetsblog USA or our Libsyn archive. Below is a full unedited transcript:
This week we’re joined by Broward MPO Executive Director Greg Stuart to talk about the history of Broward County, it’s connections to the rest of South Florida, the historic MAPS transportation plan, and how they are dealing with potential sea level rise and impacts of the pandemic. This episode was produced in partnership with Rail~Volution.
This week on Mondays we cover a ton of ground including Transportation Insecurity, putting retail away from arterial streets, pattern book building, bad intersections, forced flood buyouts and much more! Check out links in the show notes below:
