Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we’re joined by Brian Ebersol and Eileen Everhart of Geisinger Health System in Pennsylvania. They talk about how health care is about more than just patient care at hospitals and how transportation and wellbeing figures into planning for treating the whole person.

This week we're joined by Swedish urbanist Alexander Stahle. He talks about how cities in Europe have a lot of the same problems we do in the United States and what some places are doing to make streets safer and more active. He also chats about how his company Spacescape uses data to think about the value of urban form and where new metro lines should go. Alexander also talks about a new street design guide he's helping to create for Sweden.

This week we're at the 3 Revolutions conference in Davis California chatting with Warren Logan of SFCTA, Mollie Pelon McArdle of SharedStreets.io, and Regina Clewlow of Populus. We chat about all things data; how it's used, privacy issues, the correct geography to collect it, regulations and much much more.

This week I'm doing a solo show reviewing the news because I'll be gone the rest of the month and wanted to share a few things with listeners. Below are the articles we cover in the show. Hope you enjoy it! News Go Triangle Ends Durham Orange LRT - News and Observer New transit payment schemes - Engadget - Smart Cities Dive Facebook faces housing discrimination charges from HUD - NYT Lightfoot elected mayor - Chicago Streetsblog Idaho Stop Legalized - Streetsblog USA Denver announces new DOT - Denverite Story of the Week Experimental walking directions - Gizmodo Manhattan Congestion Pricing - NYT Tallest tower planned - Guardian Self driving cars considered unthinkable in 50 years - Vox Ciclovia 25 years - National Geographic Rockefeller bows out of 100 resilient cities program - Bloomberg Puppies and Butterflies 20 Minute Nature Pills - Fast Company

This week we are sharing an episode we recorded live for attendees at the Safe Streets Summit in Miami where we talked with Alice Bravo, Director of the Department of Transportation and Public Works for the City of Miami and Chris Sinclair, Founding Principal at Renaissance Planning.  We cover a lot of topics including transit oriented development, multi-modal system productivity, new fare payment systems, using data in planning, frequent bus networks and much much more!   

This week on the podcast we chat with Vanan Murugesan, Director of Design and Innovation at Pillsbury United Communities.  Vanan talks about the role of community centered design in creating a nonprofit grocery store in North Minneapolis called North Market. We also chat about pros and cons of the farm bill, technology and convenience, and new initiatives in workforce development.    

This week we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about Gwinnett County's transit election, Level of Service, and transportation data privacy. News Gwinnett County rejects MARTA tax - Governing Amsterdam new homes can't be rented - CityLab More US cities end recycling - New York Times Seattle passes zoning changes - Curbed Visit our Sponsor too - moovel Story of the Week Getting rid of level of service - Brookings Privacy issues come to the forefront - LA Times Puppies and Butterflies Seiichi Miyake’s tactile blocks - Curbed

This week we're joined by Susan Crawford, the John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard School of Law. Susan talks about her new book Fiber which focuses on how cities in the United States are trying to build communications networks with this seemingly limitless technology but get push back from regulators and incumbent companies alike.

Urbanist Ed Parillon joins the show to talk about autonomous technology, Scott Weiner's SB50 bill, pied a terre taxes in NY, and Gavin Newsom's housing plans that could take away transportation funds. Visit our sponsor - moovel News Boeing Crashes Are a Warning to Drivers, Too - Slate Twitter Thread on Boeing Technology Issue - Sumner Pied-à-terre Tax Could Help Pay for MTA - Curbed NY Gavin Newsom’s Ideas to Spur More Housing - Streetsblog CA Story of the Week How Three Cities Ended Chronic Homelessness - Fast Company How Santa Monica Is Luring People Back to the 3rd Street Promenade - LA Magazine Spotlight Mobility Scott Weiner updates SB50 - Curbed SF Puppies and Butterflies A mysterious global hum - Guardian

This week we chat with Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender. Lisa, a planner by profession and now a two-term city councilor, chats about public participation in the Minneapolis 2040 planning process locally and the discussions that led to the passing of the city’s comprehensive plan last December. She also talks about streets as public spaces and how Minneapolis 2040 plays into the city’s vision for transportation. Finally, we ask Lisa about the public discourse overall at public meetings and in planning.

The week friend of the show Tracy McMillan from SafeTREC joins to talk about making money off of mobility, autonomous buses, the Lyft IPO, outdated city equipment and much more! The News Autonomous bus testing in Singapore - Bloomberg Cashless retail could be outlawed - CityLab Uber not criminally liable in crash - Smart Cities Dive Visit our sponsor, moovel. Story of the Week Automakers struggle to make money on mobility - Bloomberg Cities running on software from the 80s - Bloomberg Kings of Dallas Sprawl - D Magazine Spotlight Mobility Information available now on Lyft IPO - Reuters Puppies and Butterflies Risk, Fear, and Freedom As always you can reach us on twitter @theoverheadwire or at theoverheadwire@gmail.com

This week we're joined by perennial favorite Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic. We rate his predictions from last year and give predictions for next year, some of which are already in peril! He chats about his zoning paper that has gotten a LOT of attention from housing advocates, high speed rail and California's current dilemma, and Amazon's New York departure. For Yonah's previous episodes, check out 45, 61, 88, 132, or 169

Chrissy joins the show and we talk about Duke rejecting Durham light rail, NY's move towards congestion pricing, Berlin's new transport app, and anchor institutions. News Duke rejects light rail - News and Observer de Blasio endorses congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC UPMC joins health providers to think about housing - NextPittsburgh Join moovel at SXSW - Link Daimler and BMW join forces - The Verge Story of the Week Netherlands pays people to bike to work - Huffington Post de Blasio endorses congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC Spotlight Mobility Berlin's all in one app - Fast Company

This week we're joined by Matthias Buehler of Vrbn and David Wasserman of Fehr and Peers. We talk about the City Engine program and how to create realistic cityscapes for movies and planning applications. We chat about the time it takes to code details, how much collected urban data sets can be used, and what these types of programs could be used for in the future. A few notes from David and Matt David: Complete Street Rule on Github Future of the Curb and City Engine - ESRI Software for Bike Planning - People for Bikes Procedural Modeling for City Design - YouTube Matthias: Vrbn Company Interview with Matthias Buehler - Gnomon Workshop Independence Day and City Engine Making a Favela - Ronen Berkman

This week we chat with Jerry Paffendorf, Co-Founder and CEO of Loveland Technologies. We chat about how they collect parcel data from all over the country, how parcels were measured historically, and how they can be used to create better transparency in cities. 

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show to talk about Amazon, California High Speed Rail, and other top news of the week. News Amazon pulls back on NYC plans - New York Times Governor Newsom to focus on Central Valley HSR Segment - Streetsblog CA Swiss reject anti-sprawl measure - Reuters Story of the Week America's forgettable midrises - Bloomberg California high speed rail "worst practices" - Eno Center Midsized City Magic Denver married couples taking on roommates - Denver Post Spotlight Mobility Were the parking taxes on purposes - Sightline Institute Email congress about the parking tax - Coalition for Smarter Transportation  

This week we're joined by Jonny Simkin, Co-Founder and CEO of Swiftly. Jonny talks about what his company does to crunch data at transit agencies and the impacts they've had on transit agencies outlook on service. He also chats about potential futures for mobility as a service and data privacy.

This week Chrissy Mancini Nichols and I talk about infrastructure embarrassment, good congestion/bad congestion, and the green new deal. News Tourism sites charging entry fees soon - Washington Post New York seeks designers for odd lots - Curbed The Green New Deal's flaw - Slate Bolivian Lithium - National Geographic Story of the Week The Infrastructural Humiliation of America - Tech Crunch Topography of Wealth in LA - Nick Underwood Who Got What Chrissy in ITE Journal Spotlight Mobility Good Congestion/Bad Congestion - CNU Public Square  

This week we are joined by Sean Northup, Deputy Director of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization. Sean chats about the Indianapolis Red Line, the first of three BRT routes that will crisscross the region. Those lines and other transit improvements are being funded in part by local, dedicated funding which was won after a long and arduous process.

This week we have a full house! Chrissy and Anna join the show to talk about the news from the week in cities. Read our original article brought to you by moovel and written by Nate Berg - The Transportation Data Tug of War News World cities sprawling too much too fast - The City Fix Young mom dies after falling down subway steps - New York Times Utah State legislators want housing built, using transport as stick - Salt Lake Tribune Story of the Week The Curb of the Future - Uber Under the Hood on Medium Should Transit be Free? - TransitCenter Zoning Reform Impacts Property Values in Chicago - Urban Affairs Review Spotlight Mobility Dallas rejects highway widening - D Magazine Puppies and Butterflies Cloth seats around the world - Twitter