Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we are joined By Andrew Owen, Director of the Accessibility Observatory at the University of Minnesota. Andrew chats with us about how to measure accessibility and their work on mapping access to jobs by transit and bikes. Access is a way to measure how easy it is to get places – often jobs – in how much time. Taking into account both transportation and land use, access as a metric can be a powerful tool. On the podcast, Andrew describes the evolution of the metric and how it has been applied. For more about The Overhead Wire, visit our website; http://theoverheadwire.com

Tracy McMillan joins this week to talk about Burning Man, 3D sidewalks, telecommuting, and whether GPS affects our brains. News Mass telecommuting tax break - Curbed Boston Feds could help remove freeways - D Magazine Lessons from Burning Man - Governing Odds and Ends Wuppertal hanging rail is back - Guardian Cities need chief data officer - Dallas Morning News Homes fastest in flood prone industries - New York Times Story of the Week 3D crosswalks - Smart Cities Dive Is GPS ruining our brains? Vox Elephants and Butterflies Metro bus gif shows truth on dedicated lanes - Fast Company

This week we're joined by Fred Dock, the former Transportation Director for the City of Pasadena California. Fred talks about his work over the past 30 years, Pasadena's move to measuring VMT and other metrics over level of service, innovation in smaller cities and more!

This week Anna Muessig returns and we're joined by Laura Bliss of CityLab. Laura's CityLab News NIMBYs vs YIMBYs - CityLab Should EVs pay per mile? - CityLab News CA bypasses fuel standards - Route Fifty Madrid keeps central car ban - CityLab Neighborways built to connect slow transport - Indianapolis Star Odds and Ends Curb cuts for all of New York - 6sqft Facial recognition banned from HUD housing - CNet Story of the Week Digital Twins - CityLab Was the automobile a terrible mistake? New Yorker

This week we're joined by Monica Holmes, Placemaking Manager for the City of Charlotte and the project manager for the rewrite of the TOD zoning ordinance. Monica talks about why the transit oriented development part of the zoning ordinance was the first part of the code rewrite as well as all of the details about the new point system created to promote economic mobility, the environment, and new transportation. She also shares how TOD was built in the past and what will be happening along all the city's transit corridors in the future.

This week we are going solo. We talk about using cars for housing, childless cities, and federal transportation funding. News Where have all the children gone? - The Atlantic SF to open homeless navigation center for car dwellers - Hoodline Affordable housing in RVs - Yes! Magazine The Vanlord of Santa Monica - Santa Monica Daily Press Capital improvement grant hearings - Curbed Federal transit funding delays cause harm - T4 America Odds and Ends A vision for bike highways in Seoul - Korea BizWire Why no moon cities? CityLab Record temperatures from heatwave - Curbed Story of the Week Urban planners should look at restaurant data - MIT News Digital twins - Governing A new vision for I-45 - Houston Chronicle The symbolism of your daily commute - Quartz Federal reserve bank looks at gentrification - Philly Inquirer How gentrification benefits - City Observatory

This week we are joined By Bowinn Ma, Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for North Vancouver-Lonsdale BC. Bowinn talks about creating better transportation options for her constituents, new transportation technologies, and the importance of political engagement.

This week we're joined by Tracy McMillan and Avery Trufelman! Avery talks about her new podcast in association with Curbed called Nice Try! And the gang talks about utopian cities, new transportation bills, and Pokemon Go! For any of the stories we covered click on the links below. News GREEN Streets Act introduced in the Senate - T4 America Seattle's best in nation ADU reform - Urbanist ICE mining data from DMV photos - NY Times Odds and Ends Berlin could do euro a day transit pass - Guardian Social workers in Spain using Pokemon Go for depression - Quartz Why Amazon nixed New York - CNBC Story of the Week The law insists we drive - Atlantic Rewards programs for transit riders - Wired Magazine Behind the new cities epidemic - Guardian Puppies and Butterflies Friends around subway lines - Wired Magazine

This week on the podcast we are joined at the Michelin Movin On conference by Dr. Anita Sengupta, an aerospace engineer who has worked for Hyperloop and is the co-founder of Airspace Experience Technologies, a company looking to produce vehicles for passenger flight. Dr. Sengupta talks with us about her work on the Mars Curiosity Mission during her time at NASA, her hopes for her new company in the VTOL space (vertical take off and landing) and her hopes for the future of transportation.

This week we review some of the news from the previous few weeks. News Oregon votes to legalize duplexes: Sightline Institute California to sue cities that don't plan for housing: Curbed Considering a subway for Portland: Portland Oregonian Odds and Ends EVs in Europe required to make noise: Smart Cities Dive Volkswagen worries about traffic collapse: Forbes 100 years of planning trees could reduce emission: National Geographic Story of the Week Supreme Court could consider inclusionary zoning - Intercept Property rights claims gain momentum - Route Fifty Trump wants to deregulate zoning - Curbed Quayside plans released - New York Times | Wired Millennials can't buy a house - The Atlantic Puppies and Butterflies Crazy hail storms in Mexico - NPR