Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on Talking Headways we're joined by author Ben Goldfarb to talk about his book, Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet. We discuss how roads cut off ecosystems, wildlife crossings, and animal mobility at different scales. You can get the book from The Overhead Wire book club at Bookshop.org OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, we're Han Solo. But that doesn't preclude us from sharing the news from the last few weeks including items on work from home serendipity, weaponizing environmental law, and the suspension of Cruise self driving vehicles. Listen in below and check out the show notes below the fold. Show Notes Main Items City serendipity - New York Times Weaponizing environmental law - Governing DMV revokes Cruise license - Motherboard Stanford can't stop people driving alone - Almanac Curb management - CNN Norway looks away from EVs - Vox Halifax waterfront - Happy Cities Highway cap pollution - CPR Wawa design - Slate Austin parking minimums - Texas Tribune Essen green city - BBC Travel Can seawalls save us? New Yorker Bonus Items Heart rate data for cycling - Global Cycling Network Wendy's redesign for delivery era - Fast Company Black workers commute longer - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Pollution rule - Grist ADUs for mortgages - HUD Desert city piping water from Mexico - Guardian $6.6B subway - New York Post Nightmare hurricanes - Washington Post CTC chair ok with highway widening - Streetsblog CA LA homeless real estate agent - NPR Moving the redwoods - NYT Magazine Cars cancelling energy savings - KPBS Boulder deconstructs hospital - Colorado Sun Builder's Remedy unintended consequence - San Jose Mercury News EPA reviews salmon killing tire chemical - Transport Topics OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

This week we're joined by Danielle Arigoni, Managing Director for Policy and Solutions at The National Housing Trust. We chat about Danielle's new book Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation as well as housing policy that benefits everyone. You can find Danielle's book at our Bookshop Affiliate site or at Island Press. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Transit expert Ron Kilcoyne discusses the importance of frequent transit service for attracting riders and the underserving of agencies in the Bay Area. He emphasizes the challenges faced by small to medium-sized transit systems and shares success stories from Westcat and Santa Clarita. The chapter also explores the need for increased funding to improve the transit system and the importance of providing choices and alternatives to car ownership.

Professor Des Fitzgerald discusses his book 'The Living City' and explores the significance of trees, the proliferation of new cities, and the characteristics of a good city. The podcast also touches on the relationship between urban spaces and mental health, the vilification of cities throughout history, and the correlation between green spaces and mental well-being.

This week we're joined by Chris Fabian of Resource X to talk about his work on priority based budgeting. We discuss how cities create budgets that reflect their policy goals and what it takes to find resources for big ideas. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

This week on the Mondays show we're Han Solo! But that doesn't stop us from sharing a lot of news! The Prime Minister of England has pulled the plug on high speed rail, what the pandemic drop in traffic means for access, designing for autism and much much more! News Items Designing for autism - Metropolis Magazine Pandemic increases in access - University of Minnesota Starter cars disappearing - Discourse Magazine Utilities not fans of solar - Mother Jones Caltrans official silenced - Politico | LA Times Cities with fastest and slowest traffic - Time Magazine Abandoned lands restoring biodiversity - Yale e360 Bonus Items Mold with floods - Grist Rishi kills HSR - Guardian Redfin leaves National Association of Realtors - New York Times Leaving HGAC could cost Houston - Houston Public Media Noise cameras - The Guardian Singapore license costs - CNN UK Satellites map heat - BBC BART subway to cost $12B - Bloomberg CityLab Letting people drink on the street - Governing OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

Abby Thorne-Lyman, Former Director of Real Estate at BART, discusses BART's development projects and priorities, focusing on transit-oriented development (TOD) and joint development. They also explore the financial impact of ground lease and ridership revenue as well as the challenges of funding Bus Rapid Transit and planning for the future.

This week we're joined by Kari Watkins and Dave Ederer to talk about their paper The Safe Systems Pyramid: A New Framework for Traffic Safety. We talk about the connections between transportation and public health and how it allows us to think differently about transportation safety. Find David's full dissertation on Georgia Tech's website. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com

This week on the show we catch up on some of the news from the last month and go over what's coming up on the Talking Headways podcast. We talk about post-pandemic transportation, sea level rise impacts on shipping and drinking water, and the world's smallest skyscraper. Show Note Links Below SF NIMBYs watch out - SF Chronicle Bike tunnel - Bloomberg CityLab Colorado rail service - Governing World's smallest skyscraper - City Monitor Copenhagen sponge city - Spiegel International Rethinking transport - Brookings Bonus Items Commute is employee wish - Globe Street Transit agencies fewer commuters - Governing Hybrid work is messy - Newsweek Stuttgart 21 dig over - Railtech Stuttgart 21 - DB Panama Canal shipping stuck - NBC News Low Mississippi less shipping - USA Today Mississippi saltwater incursion - New York Times Medicaid for housing - Health Affairs Grocery delivery not less driving - Streetsblog USA Food trucks are hot - Grist City pollution seen on satellite - Houston Public Media Vienna transit parcel delivery - Eltis Japan birth rate - LA Times Housing is a labor issue - Hamilton Nolan Accessible design standards - Streetsblog USA Conspiracy theory pushback - Politico Electric Vehicle Outlook - Bloomberg LA Metro billboards - Government Technology Week without driving - Bloomberg CityLab Belgium insurance studies air pollution - Guardian EV charging stations flaw for transition - Slate Truck stops want EV time - Jalopnik Charger oriented development - Smart Growth America OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com