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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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    • 4.7 • 156 Ratings

A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.

    Episode 480: Details of Development Reform in Minnesota Part 1

    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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    • 47 min
    Episode 479: Charging Up Transportation

    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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    • 46 min
    Episode 150: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Housekeeping After Drought

    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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    • 41 min
    Episode 478: Women’s Transportation Seminar

    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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    • 41 min
    Episode 477: Culture Change in Cleveland

    Episode 477: Culture Change in Cleveland

    This week we’re featuring a one to one conversation between Billy Terry, Executive Director of the National Transit Institute at Rutgers University, and India Birdsong Terry, General Manager and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. They discuss leadership, hiring, and culture change at Ohio's largest transit agency. 

    This podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. To find out more, visit http://mpactmobility.org
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    • 52 min
    Episode 149: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dispatch from China

    Episode 149: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dispatch from China

    This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Jeff talks about his month long trip to China. Subways, multi-use paths, urbanism and more! We chat about Chinese mall culture, great food, and a really cool station design in Shenzhen.
    To see some pictures from the trip visit our Instagram @theoverheadwire
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    • 45 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
156 Ratings

156 Ratings

AMP89613 ,

One of my favorite urban planning pods

I love the mix of expert interviews and weekly news review on Mondays (plus links to said articles in the show notes!). Keep up the great work.

ΘΔΡ ,

Good content, bad audio

The show has good perspective and great guests, but the audio is intolerable. Jeff seems to fade into mumbling frequently, and the interstitial audio is often much louder than the talking. It’s painful to listen.

Booberry2013 ,

New to the Show

I’m new to the show and I’m loving it so far. Particularly interesting in what midsize cities are doing to improve equity.

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