Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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

This week we are at the Brooklyn Podcast festival talking with Ryan Westrom of Greenfield Labs and Ford Smart Mobility. Ryan chats about his report Design Principals for Living Streets and the history of parking. Audience members are asked to give us their favorite streets and I throw in a little Marie Kondo for good measure. 

This week Anna and I talk about Uber and Lyft taking share away from transit, congestion pricing in LA, and Viadoom! News Shutdown ends after La Guardia suspends flights - NPR Corporate money and affordable housing - Curbed Mayors want incentives, just not for other mayors - Next City Visit this week's sponsor, moovel. Story of the Week Uber and Lyft cause transit decline - Streetsblog USA LA Considers Congestion Pricing - Los Angeles Times Spotlight New Mobility Viadoom just never happened - Seattle Times Puppies and Butterflies Quote of the week - Yes Magazine Wedding registries turn to down payments - CityLab

This week we're chatting with Laura Loe of Share the Cities. Laura chats about her work as a bus driver and as a housing advocate in Seattle.  We talk about how to talk to NIMBY parents and the community that comes along with a bus line.

This week Chrissy and Jeff talk about Smart Cities and Garages and more! Don't forget to visit our sponsor, moovel The News Gavin Newsom Says Housing for Transport Funds - Los Angeles Times NCUTCD says no walk signals - Streetsblog USA Center City Connector Gets the Green Light - Curbed Seattle Story of the Week Alibaba unveils "City Brain" - CNN The Garage is Our Favorite Room - New Yorker Spotlight New Mobility Scooter Regulations Work - New York Times

This week on the podcast we're joined by Regina Clewlow, CEO and Co-Founder of Populus. We talk about some of the research Populus has been working on including on shared and micro mobility and we learn more about the transportation data cities need to operate more efficiently. We also discuss what the media is talking about in terms of new transport technologies and what the best jurisdiction level might be for regulation.

This week we talk with Interim CEO of the Cleveland RTA Dr. Floun'say Caver and former CEO Joe Calabrese about the Euclid Avenue HealthLine bus rapid transit line on its 10th anniversary. The line which connects two major regional employment centers was the product of input from numerous community stakeholders and has been widely deemed a success. We chat about how the line has influenced development on the corridor, the ridership growth on the line, and the potential for expanding lessons learned from the corridor to the rest of the region.

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Chrissy and Jeff chat about food deserts, the L shutdown, delivery congestion and more! The News Sam Zimbabwe now head of Seattle DOT - Seattle Times L Train shutdown not happening - Second Ave Sagas Cap and trade for transportation - Scientific American Check out our sponsor moovel! Story of the Week Grand Rapids disappeared single family zoning - Next City Dollar stores overwhelm grocers - Eater Spotlight New Mobility Delivery congestion - Time Magazine Puppies and Butterflies 195 Gigapixels of Shanghai - Urban Demographics

This week we're joined by Kelsey Keith, Editor-in-Chief at Curbed. Kelsey tells us about some early memories of New York, how the internet has changed and shaped urbanism and architecture media, and new longform pieces tying together Texas and California in unexpected ways.

This week we're joined once again by Christof Spieler who recently wrote a new book called Trains, Buses, People. Christof talks about how transit isn't a mystery and we all know what makes it work. But ultimately we're not having the right conversations. We also review Christof's time on the Houston Metro board and why it's important to have people who ride the bus and think about it all the time as a part of the agency discussion. You can find the book Trains, Buses, People at IslandPress.org

This week we're joined by Anna Muessig of Gehl to chat about using data and tearing down the BQE in New York. Check out the links below to read along with our discussion. News Dutch reach - CityLab Hiring managers discriminate on distance - HBR Oregon considers four units per parcel - Willamette Week Visit our sponsor - moovel Story of the Week Portland to try Google's Replica data program - Oregon Public Broadcasting The Apps know where you are - NY Times Spotlight New Mobility Tear down the BQE - NY Magazine Puppies and Butterflies Kids in Oslo plan transportation - Geospatial World

This week we're going back to Episode 27 to bring back an episode I had made just for kicks in 2014.  It's Walt Disney the city planner.  Hope folks enjoy it again or for the first time if you hadn't heard it before.

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins to talk about bad Muni, holiday cities, and lots of mobility discussions. The News Madrid bans cars from central city - Guardian A new AV Start bill? - The Verge Minneapolis passes 2040 plan - Minneapolis Star Tribune Story of the Week New CA bill for density near transit - LA Times Building slow lanes - Forbes Spotlight New Mobility Should Cincinnati built its own app - CityBeat Puppies and Butterflies The Laughing Room - MIT News

This week we chat with Professor Deborah Salon of Arizona State about location value capture. Deborah talks about the difference between location and land value capture and we go over the main points of a research study on the subject she wrote with several colleagues. We also chat about where location value capture shouldn't be used and whether certain mechanisms such as TIF take too much value for individual projects.

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Anna Muessig of Gehl joins to chat about her trip to Australia, Minneapolis 2040, and we have fun discussing mobility monopolies. Below are links to stories we talked about this week. News Modern Trains - Streetsblog USA New York considers banning cashless business - Guardian Death of Montreal Bagels? Globe and Mail Story of the Week Minneapolis' radical rezoning - Curbed Lina Hidalgo to run Harris County - New York Magazine Spotlight New Mobility Becoming the Amazon of Transport - The Conversation Puppies and Butterflies The first condo - Price Tags

This week we're joined by Dr. Manuel Pastor, Professor of Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California, and Director of USC’s Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) and the USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII). We chat about a broad range of topics including the Environmental Justice Screening Method and how that research was turned into California environmental policy. The importance of community organizing in getting agreement for legislation, his new book The State of Resistance, as well as his views on rent control as public policy.   This episode was first aired at Rail~Volution.org