Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast The Overhead Wire
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A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.
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Episode 481: Money is a Lot of Different Things
This week were sharing part 2 of our discussion with Jim Kumon. We chat about the challenges of development, how to crowdfund a building, coming to the end of an 80 year economic cycle, how the built environment is an outcome of how we structure capital, and how more information can make it harder to learn new things.
Some websites of note:
Electric Housing
Incremental Development Alliance
Passive House Crowdfund
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Episode 151: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - It's Been a Minute
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Tracy McMillan to talk about aging in place, Nashville's big transit plan, potential Alzheimer's causes in car exhaust, Milan's famous weeks, and the Colorado legislature's search for more housing and TOD.
Articles
Aging in place - New York Times
Nashville's transit plans - Nashville Tennessean
Alzheimer's and car exhaust - Clean Technica
Colorado density laws - Colorado Politics
Milan's commercial weeks - Domus Web
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Episode 480: Details of Development Reform in Minnesota Part 1
This week we’re joined by Jim Kumon, Principal at Electric Housing, to discuss his work as a developer and urban policy educator in the Twin Cities. We chat about his sustainable development project, what St. Paul learned from Minneapolis 2040 and how zoning reform and transportation intersect.
Some websites of note:
Electric Housing
Sundial Building
Incremental Development Alliance
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Episode 479: Charging Up Transportation
This week we’re joined by Gabe Klein, Executive Director of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. We chat about the Joint Office’s white paper focused on best practices and solutions for electric vehicle charging entitled: Community Charging: Emerging Multifamily, Curbside, and Multimodal Practices.
White Paper Link
The EV Charging Infrastructure Playbook - Link
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Episode 150: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Housekeeping After Drought
Happy Mondays! This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo again but we have a lot to catch up on. We're going over some of the news we didn't get to when we were away in China for a month. We cover LA's spongy infrastructure, an idea to connect zoning reform to transportation funding, and the transition from governments incentivizing retail businesses to warehousing infrastructure. Of course there's more but listen in to hear everything we share.
Main News
Also below is are the links to the items we covered on the show:
Los Angeles Spongy City - Wired Magazine
Local governments new plans for public housing - Vox
Toronto streetcar speeds up - Blog TO
Smaller houses for smaller prices - New York Times
Zoning for transportation funds - FAS
Canadian feds will stop investing in roads - CBC News
Cell phone distracted drivers - Vox
Rent killing sex? - Discourse Lounge
Mexico City water shortage - CNN
Retail attraction strategies - Time
Deadliest Intersections - Stacker
Reviewing smooth cities - The Nation
Transport equity tool - Streetsblog CA
Health benefits ULEZ/LTNs - Guardian | Guardian
Climate boomtowns - The Atlantic
Profit sharing for cities - Governing
The Great Asynchonization - Transportist
Death of the small car - Autopian
Fire department policy - Thesis Driven
AI Generated visuals - MIT News
Houston Mayor - Texas Monthly
Building deconstruction - Smart Cities Dive
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Episode 478: Women’s Transportation Seminar
This week we’re joined by Sara Stickler, President and CEO of WTS International. We discuss how WTS highlights women’s expertise in transportation and how they create opportunities from mentorship to leadership and education. We also chat about some of their legislative priorities on workplace policy as well as some of the barriers women face in the field.
For more information visit: https://www.wtsinternational.org/
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