This week we’re joined by David Sachs of Streetsblog Denver. David talks about the amazing advocacy landscape in the city as well as a number of specific projects and initiatives that are happening in the city from the controversial widening of I-70 to the possibility of a new transportation department and the rethinking of the 16th street bus mall.
Jul 14, 2016•33 min
This week we're joined by Paul Mackie of Mobility Lab, to talk about transportation demand management (TDM) and mobility in cities. We discuss how cities are not prepared for new mobility and the need to share data and plan for different mobility outcomes.
Jul 07, 2016•38 min
This week we’re joined by cartographer Gretchen Peterson to talk about map making as well as her new book, City Maps: A Coloring Book for Adults. We talk about why she designed the book and why the cities she chose to display were included.
Jun 23, 2016•35 min
This week we replay the morning plenary broadcast live from the Denver Live.Ride.Share conference that happened last month. Jill Locantore of WalkDenver introduces University of Virginia Professor Peter Norton, author of Fighting Traffic who discusses how automobiles were sold to the public and Gabe Klein, former DOT Director in Washington DC and Chicago who talks about what he believes their future might be. Peter’s talk is at the 5 minute mark and Gabe’s starts at 28:15. Questions from the aud...
Jun 16, 2016•1 hr 19 min
This week we’re chatting with Sharon Feigon of the Shared Use Mobility Center. I ask what shared use mobility is and we talk about the growth of bike share, car share, ride hailing, and more.
Jun 09, 2016•36 min
This week I’m joined by Kevin DeGood of The Center for American Progress and Deron Lovaas of NRDC to talk about rules proposed by the Federal Highway Administration to measure congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.
Jun 02, 2016•39 min
This week we’re joined by Laurel Paget-Seekins to talk about her work as a transit activist in Atlanta, her thinking about transit networks from her time in Santiago Chile, and her current work on data collection and dissemination as the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the MBTA in Boston.
May 26, 2016•29 min
This week we’re joined by Tanya Snyder to look back a bit on 100 episodes of the Talking Headways Podcast. We also talk about DC Metro, Moving Sidewalks, and your transportation habits when you move to a new house.
May 13, 2016•34 min
This week we’re joined by Shima Hamidi, Reid Ewing, and John Renne to talk about their paper “How Affordable is HUD Affordable Housing?” in the Journal Housing Policy Debate which discusses the issue of housing and transportation affordability.
May 05, 2016•47 min
This week we’re joined by Robert Ping, The Executive Director of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute. We talk about complete streets, active living, and Pittsburgh's plans for shared space.
Apr 28, 2016•37 min
This week we’re joined by James Rojas of Place It! to talk about art in planning and Latino Urbanism.
Apr 21, 2016•27 min
Brian McMahon and GB Arrington talk about TCRP Report 182, Linking Transit Agencies and Land Use Decision Making.
Apr 07, 2016•38 min
This week we’re joined by Christy Kwan, Interim Executive Director of the Alliance for Biking and Walking to talk about their bi-annual national Benchmarking Report. We talk about the awesome information in the report and why local activists might use it to advocate for better communities.
Mar 31, 2016•37 min
This week we’re joined by Muriel Xochimitl, Jon Larsen, and Callie New of the Wasatch Front Regional Council MPO in Utah to talk about their new interactive story map tool measuring urban street design that took the walkability research of Reid Ewing and Otto Clement at the University of Utah and turned it into a data rich map the team hopes will become a standard measure for all streets.
Mar 17, 2016•36 min
Jake Mecklenborg, the author of Cincinnati's Incomplete Subway joins us to talk about the history of the tunnels under the city that have been there now for 100 years.
Mar 10, 2016•37 min
Akshay Mani joins us to talk about transportation issues in India.
Mar 03, 2016•38 min
Ed Parillon comes on the show to talk about living in Trinidad, dive bars, housing, raising kids in cities, and transit dates.
Feb 25, 2016•40 min
Jason Jordan joins the podcast to talk about transportation ballot measures and new tactics from the opposition.
Feb 11, 2016•37 min
This week we’re joined by Kristen Jeffers, the Communcations and Membership Manager for Bike Walk KC and the Author of The Black Urbanist. Join us for a fun conversation about regional department stores, hair salons, and more!
Feb 04, 2016•38 min
Yonah Freemark joins us to talk about his new mapping tool Transit Explorer and the big transit projects that are opening or under construction in the next year.
Jan 28, 2016•41 min
Author Nathan Landau joins us to talk about his travel guide Car Free LA and Southern California.
Jan 09, 2016•29 min
Rob Sadow of the carpool app Scoop talks about the future of transportation and how his app works for businesses wanting more employees to ride to work together.
Jan 06, 2016•36 min
Alisa Valderrama and Rob Moore of NRDC talk about how water and climate change effects cities and infrastructure now and in the future.
Dec 17, 2015•33 min
This week we’re chatting with Jay Crossley of Houston Tomorrow and Streetsblog Texas. On September 30th Houston passed a new comprehensive plan and ceased to be the largest city in the United States without one. Plan Houston was over 14 years in the making and allows Houston to stop as Jay says “Plan by Pitchfork”.
Dec 10, 2015•32 min
Matt Johnson from DC joins us to talk about how he's ridden 101 different rail transit systems and the origins of #NerdTrain
Dec 03, 2015•35 min
Former head of Chicago and DC departments of transportation Gabe Klein discusses themes from his new book called Start Up City.
Nov 19, 2015•31 min
Live from the Rail~Volution conference in Dallas, we chat with Catherine Cuellar and Dave Unsworth about Dallas and Portland respectively.
Nov 12, 2015•1 hr 3 min
Dr. Richard Jackson joins the podcast to talk about health and cities.
Nov 04, 2015•45 min
Mike Lydon joins us to talk about Tactical Urbanism and Pattern Cities. I also wonder, is Urbanism like fashion? Things just keep coming back into style.
Oct 22, 2015•44 min
Dr. Kevin Gurney of Arizona State joins us to chat about carbon emissions data collection at the street, the block, and the city level.
Oct 15, 2015•40 min