This episode of Mondays we're joined by Gabrielle Esperdy, a professor of architecture at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and a contributing writer for Places. This episode was produced in partnership with Places Journal. Gabrielle discusses her piece ' Twilight of Autopia ' in Places, which includes a deep dive into nostalgia, thoughts on the word sprawl, and the ultimate cultural impact of the 1970s oil crisis....
Dec 07, 2021•59 min
This week we’re joined by Linda Samuels, associate professor of urban design at Washington University in St. Louis to talk about her book Infrastructural Optimism. We chat about how growth for growth’s sake is not the answer, learn from post modernist urbanism, and why systems should be more connected. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Dec 02, 2021•50 min
This week we’re at the 2021 Virtual Railvolution conference. Adelee Le Grand, CEO of the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit System in Tampa moderates a panel featuring Debra Johnson, GM and CEO of RTD in Denver and Peter Rogoff, CEO of Sound Transit in Seattle. Johnson and Rogoff discuss transit expansion plans and progress in their respective regions as well as how they kept things going during the pandemic. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverhea...
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 4 min
This week we’re joined by Miami of Ohio Geography Professor David Prytherch. David chats with us about his recent journal article in Urban Geography : Reimagining the physical/social infrastructure of the American street. We talk about businesses newfound interest in the street, equity and ethical discussions about rights to the street, and the new pandemic paradigm of open streets. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon. http://Patreon.com/theoverheadwire...
Nov 11, 2021•48 min
Well it's finally infrastructure week. We definitely timed it to coincide with our 100th episode of Mondays. Tracy and I get into some of the lesser discussed details of the IIJA bill while also covering a few stores from the newsletter including, French bookshop protection , Vienna's urban flood protection , housing rejection in SF, indoor methane issues, and the idea of cluster commutes . And Chrissy joins us towards the end to celebrate it being episode 100. Infrastructure details from the Na...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 8 min
This week we’re joined by Jannet Walker-Ford, National Transit and Rail Lead at WSP. We chat about high speed rail around the country, the benefits of trade and research groups, escalating transit project costs, and our current transport policy environment. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon. http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Nov 04, 2021•42 min
This week we’re joined by Dutch architect Ton Venhoeven . We chat about Utrecht’s new tram station TOD, the difference between the 15 minute and Micro City, planning policy and its history in the Netherlands, and the future of cities. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Get our Bus Only Scarf !...
Oct 28, 2021•41 min
This week we're joined by Josh Fairchild, Co-Founder of Transit Matters, a transit advocacy organization in Boston. Josh tells us about his recent trip to California and his experience with BART after a long flight. We also talk about our slate of news including the end of Alitalia Airlines , the idea of Planet City , Seattle's experiment with e-bike deliveries, and how the human brain navigates cities. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon by going to http://patreon....
Oct 26, 2021•57 min
This week we're joined by Kelcie Ralph, Nick Klein, and Calvin Thigpen to talk about their recent paper 'Political Partisanship and Transportation Reform' written with Anne Brown in the Journal of The American Planning Association. We chat about why they wrote the paper, what they found out about partisanship and transportation policy, and why all sides of the political spectrum have little understanding of induced demand....
Oct 21, 2021•45 min
This week we’re joined by Kenneth O’Reilly to talk about his book Asphalt: A History. We chat about what asphalt is, how it was used for building, war, and economic expansion and how it impacts the future of the planet. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Oct 14, 2021•48 min
This week on Mondays we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about a number of different topics including climate migration, low traffic neighborhoods in Birmingham UK, and reforming mega project contracts. News Climate Proof Duluth - MPR News Birmingham Low Traffic Neighborhood - The Guardian Yemen's Ancient Cities - BBC Travel No More Mega Contracts for Mega Projects - Eno Center Livability Awards for Highways - Washington Post Puppies and Butterflies Boji the Istanbul Transit Dog - Re...
Oct 12, 2021•1 hr 2 min
This week we’re joined by Roland Stimpel of The German Pedestrian Association Fussverkehr. Roland chats with us about Berlin’s new mobility laws including the 2018 Mobility Act and 2021’s pedestrian law amendments. We also talk about SUVs, the struggle to find public servants, and Ampelmännchen, the traffic light man.
Oct 07, 2021•37 min
This week on the podcast we're joined by Mary Pat McGuire , Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Illinois. Mary Pat talks with us about what happens to water after it hits the pavement, the damaging environmental impacts of covering cities in pavement, and steps we can take to reduce runoff in green cities.
Sep 30, 2021•54 min
This week on Mondays, we discuss a lot of different topics from HOLC map redlining to electric car chargers. We don't talk much about the infrastructure bill but I imagine that will be coming soon whether it passes or not! News Who increases air quality guidelines - Guardian 40 years of HSR - La Croix Translated The train the shrunk France - Ars Technica Berlin buys out apartments - AP News Redlining didn't happen how we thought it did - Governing EV Chargers in Zoning Code - Urban Milwaukee Do ...
Sep 28, 2021•30 min
This month on the Railvolution podcast we’re joined by Duncan Hwang, Interim Co-Director of the Asian Pacific Network of Oregon and Gauri Rajbaidya, architect and senior associate at SERA. They chat with us about community driven development in Portland’s Jade District and how it's connected to the rest of the region.
Sep 23, 2021•42 min
This week we’re joined by Dr. Megan Ryerson , UPS Chair of Transportation at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. Dr. Ryerson joins us to talk about her research on cognitive workload, measuring the stress of cyclists at intersections. We also chat about transportation during the pandemic, the uneven power dynamics in traffic safety between cars and bikes/pedestrians, and how safety and an inability to navigate are access restrictions. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire...
Sep 16, 2021•49 min
This week Tracy McMillan joins the show to talk about engineering climate change preparedness in New Orleans , Solarpunk cities , making Lego budget movies , and early Robert Putnam's thoughts on Italian social capital . We also chat a bit about Metro Twin Cities new transit pass plan and Paris' new speed limit . Find us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire...
Sep 14, 2021•59 min
This week we’re joined by Tufts Professor Justin Hollander. Justin chats with us about a wide range of topics including VMT Taxes, using eye tracking software to measure the impacts of the built environment on people’s mind, and he reacts to the most recent census release. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Sep 09, 2021•40 min
This week we’re joined by new Rail~Volution CEO Tamar Shapiro. We chat about her previous work in transportation and city planning at orgs like NUMO and The Governor's Institute, how to measure transportation success, and the transportation parades before German soccer games. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire
Sep 02, 2021•38 min
This week we’re joined by Todd Litman, Executive Director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. Todd discusses his book New Mobilities: Smart Planning for Emerging Transportation Technologies . We reframe the transportation investments we make, talk about sharing information, and discuss why air taxis might not be the future. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire...
Aug 26, 2021•56 min
This week on the Mondays show, we chat about a number of different big articles from the last few weeks including TXDOT's freeway expansions, using the Commerce Clause to rethink zoning, working from home and more! I'm Han Solo this week but I've pulled together a couple of the recent newsletter intros as well. News VMT tax is bad for health - The Hill TXDOT's massive Austin expansion - KUT Are we more productive working from home? - Chicago Booth Review Could the Commerce Clause change zoning? ...
Aug 24, 2021•29 min
This week we’re joined by Professor Leslie Kern to talk about her book Feminist City . We talk about the need to make more spaces for non-traditional relationships, feminist geography and intersectionality, and how care work taxes personal transportation budgets. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon: http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire...
Aug 19, 2021•39 min
This week we're joined by Melissa and Chris Bruntlett to talk about their book, Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives . We chat about the ambient stress and anxiety created by auto oriented cities, the mental energy saved by car light spaces, and the difference between engineering and ecological resilience. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire...
Aug 12, 2021•45 min
This week on the Mondays show Chrissy and I discuss the history of the Segway, why people want cities to die, new ways to measure intersection safety and some of the details related to the infrastructure bill. News Infrastructure bill overview webinar - Eno Center Why did people want covid to kill cities? - NYT A new metric for safe streets - PennToday Bike representation in the movies - Slate History of the Segway - Slate Puppies and Butterflies Jess Zimbabwe on twitter...
Aug 10, 2021•1 hr 16 min
This week we’re joined by Dr. V Kelly Turner, Director of Urban Environment Research at UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation. We chat about how to think differently about urban heat, how to measure it, and how to regulate it. Read her piece in Next City . Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon. http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire...
Aug 05, 2021•51 min
This week Dan Baer, Senior Vice President at WSP talks with Kevin Corbett, President and CEO of New Jersey Transit. In this 1 on 1 conversation, Dan and Kevin talk about NJ Transit’s response to the pandemic, bus electrification, and much more. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire
Jul 29, 2021•53 min
This week we’re joined by Zabe Bent , Director of Design for the National Association of City Transportation Officials. We chat about how we think too much about the future and growth, the current MUTCD process, and how she would start the design an infrastructure bill. Mary Pay McGuire in Next City on Pavement. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support us on Patreon at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire...
Jul 22, 2021•51 min
This week we’re joined by Dr. Jennifer Kent, Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism at the Sydney School of Architecture. Jennifer talks with us about why we travel, the impact of dogs on our travel behavior, and the idea of “messy trips”. Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon at http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire...
Jul 15, 2021•39 min
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, we share a bit of the news from the last few weeks, but then Mesa Arizona City Council Member Francisco Heredia and Charlotte City Council Member Braxton Winston talk with each other about their journeys from being an advocate to elected officials. This episode initially was shared on the Rail~Volution podcast, but now you can check it out here as well. News Let's talk more about pavement - Next City Aging condos need better oversight - Bloomberg Urban ...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr
This week we’re joined by Andrew Salzberg, Head of Policy at Transit App. Andrew talks with us about Transit’s Guide to Open Mobility as a Service and discusses how policy can create a better travel experience for everyone. The Guide to Open Mobility as a Service is found here . Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Support the show on Patreon at http://patreon.com...
Jul 08, 2021•46 min
