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Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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Talking Headways is a podcast hosted by Streetsblog USA and Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire. We explore the intersection of transportation, urban planning, city living, and anything else that piques our interest. Political Science Politics & Government
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  • Episode 173: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Is This Podcast a Third Place?
    Jun 17 2025

    This week on the podcast, we're Han Solo but there's still a lot of news to share! We talk about research that shows how active transportation can reduce emissions even more than before, the ever growing fueling station, the "dark roof" lobby, and what is a third place really?

    Below are the show notes with the items we discussed.

    Show Notes

    Gas stations growing - New York Times

    Emissions reductions from active transport - Transportation Research Part D

    Traffic academy expands - News from the States

    Dark roof lobby - The Guardian

    What is a third place? - Eater

    Supreme court permitting revolution - Heatmap

    Commuter rail ridership is urban - Pedestrian Observations

    Santa Monica airport over people - Fast Company

    Bonus Items

    LA gentrification lowers transit ridership - CalMatters

    Ending race, gender DBE contracting by USDOT - Reuters

    Chinese trucks switch to electric - Transport Topics

    Housing costs delay medical treatment - Wisconsin Public Radio

    Poll says residents want Metromover - Miami Herald

    Bologna's mobility strategy - Eurocities

    Miami to monitor home temps - WLRN

    Using mushrooms as building materials - Ideastream Public Radio

    Limiting car dimensions - Transport and Environment

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    38 mins
  • Episode 537: Creating Positive Soundscapes in Cities
    Jun 12 2025

    This week we’re joined by Chris Berdik to talk about his book Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World and How We Can Take it Back. We discuss the impacts of road noise on health and wellbeing, how our brains process sound, and creating positive urban soundscapes. We also talk about the problems with open offices and the incomplete story of the decibel.

    Bonus link: Designing the sounds of TfL's buses in London - YouTube

    Find Chris at ChrisBerdik.com

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    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

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    52 mins
  • Episode 536: Keys to San Francisco's Future
    Jun 5 2025

    This week we’re joined by Sujata Srivastava, Chief Policy Officer at SPUR, to discuss a recent policy brief entitled The Next 100 Days: An urbanist decision-making framework for San Francisco’s new mayor. We discuss reforming the city's governance structure, what's needed for downtown recovery, transit policy and climate resilience.

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    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

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    1 hr and 1 min
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