This week we’re chatting with Dani Simons, head of Public Sector Partnerships at Waze. Simons chats with us about Waze’s focus on carpooling, how the company uses data to support its users, and her impressions of other country’s transportation progress.
This episode originally appeared at Streetsblog USA and a full transcript is below.
This is episode 300!! I can’t believe we made it this far! Thanks to Streetsblog for posting these shows since 2013. To celebrate, we’re sharing chapter one of our recently released audiobook “Town Planning in Practice” by Raymond Unwin. This classic from 1909 was one of the first to discuss town planning and urban design at the beginning of the 20th century.
This episode originally appeared at Streetsblog USA and a full transcript is below.
This episode, we’re chatting with David Huffaker, Chief Development Officer for the Port Authority of Allegheny County in the Pittsburgh region. David chats with us about transit operation’s during the pandemic emergency planning, the agency’s equity index and the future of streets.
First shared at Streetsblog USA, for a full transcript click below the fold.
Below is an AI generated transcript of Talking Headways episode 309. We will be back to clean it up but wanted to post it for those who are interested in reading or searching for topics. You can listen to the episode by searching your podcatcher of choice for Talking Headways.
This election day in the United States join us for a live stream on YouTube with guests from around the country as we talk about transportation specific measures on local ballots.
Join us at https://www.youtube.com/user/theoverheadwire from 6ET/3PT to 1a ET/10PT to see what folks are saying about the future of transportation as we follow returns. Follow on below for the full schedule:
In this episode, we’re joined by Julian Agyeman, professor at Tufts University, to talk about his work on equity, justice, and environmental sustainability in transportation and urban planning. We talk about food, the idea of belonging in cities, spatial justice, and reframing our language around the ideas of equity, dignity, and justice.
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The full transcript for Episode 297 is below:
In this episode, we’re joined by Andrea San Gil Leon, director of Agile City Partners, and environmental journalist Jocelyn Timperley to talk about transportation and climate action in Costa Rica. I came across their work after Timperley wrote an expansive piece for BBC Future. We chat about Costa Rica’s climate action from forest conservation to eco-tourism and the country’s transportation challenges and potential.
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In this episode, we’re joined by Andre Perry, Metropolitan Policy Fellow at the Brookings Institution, to talk about his new book Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities. Perry talks with us about growing up in suburban Wilkinsberg, Penn., and how he crunched the numbers of Black property devaluation in U.S. cities.
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This week we’re on our own as we prepare for our election night extravaganza! We cover Charlotte’s City Council squabbles, take a trip to Helsinki, and think about how pollution causes neurodegenerative diseases.
This week we’re solo as we bring you some news from the last couple of weeks. Small business suffering, zero emissions neighborhoods, and a Venice that doesn’t flood.
This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols and Tracy McMillan join the show to talk about climate change, Netflix taxes, and Dutch shared bikes!
In addition to searching the news link archive, we now have access to search transcripts from the show, both Talking Headways and Mondays at The Overhead Wire.
If you are looking for a certain topic, type in a word, and it will start the show at that point. Most of the transcripts aren’t edited all the way through, but it’s a pretty cool tool. Click through to check it out.
This week we’re joined by Joe DiStefano of Urban Footprint.
This week on the Mondays Show, Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show to talk about ADUs, heat solutions, curb management and more!
Chrissy Mancini Nichols again joins the show to talk about recent news!
This week we’re joined by Dr. Georges Benjamin, Director of the American Public Health Association. Dr. Benjamin joins us to talk about the determinants of health and how certain investments can change health outcomes for the better.
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This episode we’re joined by Rob Goodspeed, Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan. Rob joins us to talk about his new book Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions. We chat about early origins of scenario planning, planning vs forecasting, and metrics used to compare scenario effectiveness.
This week on the podcast we have a bunch of things to chat about!
This is the full edited transcript for part 2 of our interview with Josh Stephens.
Below is the full edited and cleaned transcript for our discussion with Josh Stephens.
This week on the show Tracy McMillan joins us to talk about her move to Phoenix, what we’re up to during the pandemic, and flood maps!
This week we’re joined by Kevin DeGood, Director of Infrastructure Policy at the Center for American Progress. We talk about the bill that just got out of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and will be going to the full house. We also have a couple of odds and ends as usual.
Below is the full edited transcript for Episode 289. Thanks so much for reading and listening.
This week on Mondays, Chrissy joins the show to talk about transit solutions amid coronavirus. We’re thinking about the reasons why people fear transit, why they shouldn’t, and what agencies can do to protect riders and workers.
Below is a full transcript of my discussion with Germaine Halegoua about her book The Digital City. Hope folks enjoy this one, a must read/listen if you’re going to do any digital outreach or organizing.
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