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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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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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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This week we’re joined by Bill Schultheiss of Toole Design to talk about bike facility design guides. We look at the benefits of both AASHTO and NACTO guides and discuss the importance of history, political will, and the stress of being an expert witness in a trial.

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This week we’re joined by Ross Peterson to talk about non emergency medical transportation and his new wheelchair accessible transportation company RIDEtoo. We talk about transportation funding for medical visits and how they can be more efficient.

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This week we’re joined by bridge engineer Daniel Baxter to talk about his almost daily running commute. We chat about bridges, the gear you need for running in cold weather, staying safe on the roads, and the benefits of running to work.

Check out Daniel's specially curated spotify playlist.

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This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to talk about how Americans are losing interest in buying cars, how scientists found out how to break through climate apathy, why Florida's real estate prices aren't reflecting climate futures, food deliveries in San Francisco, and how Secretary cut University Transportation Center research grants due to "woke".

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