This week on The Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Dr. Lawrence Frank to talk about how the built environment and the way we get around connect to public health outcomes. We also discuss the work that led to Walk Score, the shortcomings of transportation cost benefit analysis, and the systematic externalization of health benefits. Listen

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we’re Han Solo, but got some great and interesting news for all the sickos out there.  We talk about the legacy of Hope VI, tracking Amazon packages, trash can politics, and the silliness of letting protestors kill something before they’ve even protested for real. Below are the

This week we’re joined by Professor Scot Danforth of Chapman University to discuss his book An Independent Man: Ed Roberts and the Fight for Disability Rights. We chat about Ed’s life, the origins of the disability movement, and creating access for all. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA or find it in the hosting

I wish we were able to clearly report the motivations for legislation that proposed some sort of local preemption. In Florida, a legislator wants to limit cities ability to lower emissions. Where is this coming from? They say climate plans are making things more expensive without mentioning all the externalities, costs, and impacts or the

This week on the Talking Headways podcast I’m joined by Danny Pearlstein of the Riders Alliance to Talk About the One Year Anniversary of Congestion Pricing in New York City. We chat about the history of the idea, the mobilization of activists to turn the cameras on, and sour grapes from New Jersey and USDOT.

City rankings are a bunch of nonsense. Most livable city is always dependent on personal preferences and the interpretation of metrics that can be hard to compare apples to apples between cities. Top cities to buy a home and lists like it pop out at us from websites and on social media every day. Long

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we’re joined by Kate Gasparro, host of the Building Better Cities podcast! We talk about the first transit system invented by mathematician Blaise Pascal, whether design is making the housing shortage worse, LA Metro’s new Care Based Services Division, and whether Chicago should have taken back it’s

This week Talking Headways is being hosted by our friend Anna Zivarts who guides a panel of elected officials and advocates to talk about the impacts of the Week Without Driving. They look back at 2025’s activities and look forward to this year’s version. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA or find it in

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Jake Berman to talk about his book, The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been. We discuss transit histories through the lens of racial dynamics, monopolies, ballot measures, and overlooked cities. Listen to this episode

Uber has been “operationally profitable” for ten quarters according to Andrew Miller. But how did they get there? By exploiting workers and extracting money from customers through algorithms that determine a willingness to pay. This came after functionally getting rid of competition to be the only game in most towns. This was also an exploitation