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 

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

Episode 459: Crossings

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  

Episode 143: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Strictly Limiting SOVs

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  

Episode 458: Older Adults and Climate Emergencies

This week we’re joined by transit expert and former general manager for three transit systems Ron Kilcoyne. Ron joins us to talk about the importance of running frequent transit service in order to attract riders and how agencies in the Bay Area are underserving the population. Find Ron's Streetsblog SF piece here and the report he did for Seamless Bay Area. If you want to message Ron, you can do so at his email address rkilcoyne@tmdinc.net.  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 

Episode 457: Want Riders? Run Frequent Service

This week we're chatting with professor Des Fitzgerald about his new book The Living City: Why Cities Don't Need to Be Green to Be Great. We chat about what trees mean to people, the proliferation of moguls that want to build new cities, and the idea of what makes the good city. 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 

Episode 456: The Living City

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 

Episode 455: Finding Resources to Do Big Things

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 

Episode 142: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Beyond the Rishi Maze

This week we’re joined by Abby Thorne-Lyman, Former Director of Real Estate at BART, to talk about BART’s development projects and priorities, and the importance of real estate to BART’s future.  Today's podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. Learn more about the work they do and annual conference at http://mpactmobility.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

Episode 454: Real Estate Impacts at BART

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

Episode 453: Bringing Public Health to Traffic Safety

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                        

Episode 141: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Access Things Faster

This week we’re joined by Bob Searns to talk about his book Beyond Greenways: The Next Step for City Trails and Walking Routes. We talk about grand ideas for walking trails that circle whole regions and more local routes that make up a new mode of green infrastructure in cities. 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

Episode 452: Beyond Greenways

This week we’re joined by Phoenix community builder Tim Sprague. We chat about supporting local culture through development projects and the importance of sustainable development and transportation. Today's podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. To learn more about the annual conference, visit http://mpactmobility.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

Episode 451: Supporting Local Culture Through Development

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Carter Lavin to talk about the city dreams of tech moguls, government capacity, public housing that doesn't want to be called that, designing delivery trucks and much much more! Show notes: Silicon valley elites want a new city - Fortune via Bloomberg Importance of state capacity - The American Prospect Rise of Ecovillages - Noema Magazine Don't call it public housing - New York Times A better delivery truck - Fast Company Depaving cities - Nexus Media News Puppies and Butterflies French town has road crossing signs for house cats - Mayor.eu 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

Episode 140: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Parking Money in Solano County

This week we’re joined by Zack Subin of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation and Ben Holland of the Rocky Mountain Institute. Ben and Zack join us to talk about their report Urban Land Use Reform on the importance of land use in reducing travel and emissions. Research Notes: Review of recent state land use legislation from Mercatus, including highlighting the WA package, and earlier this year from Terner Review of recent trends in VMT/capita by state: WA at head of the pack Jenny Schuetz' Brookings blog summary of her book, which includes a discussion of housing reforms across levels of government and political economy considerations More discussion of the rationale for state governments to lead in this Niskanen Center report Thea Riofrancos et al and UC Davis report on lithium requirements to decarbonize US transportation Shane Phillips' paper on the case for broad upzoning, summarized by Todd Litman in Planetizen Coolclimate CA planning scenarios from Chris Jones's team, with linked paper, and 2022 update featured in the NY Times. 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

Episode 450: Land Use to Reduce Transportation Emissions

This week we’re sharing a panel discussion on how California High Speed Rail could be sped up. Hosted by Rodger Rudick of Streetsblog SF, Climate Advocate Carter Lavin, Eric Eidlin, Station Planning Manager for the City of San Jose, and Boris Lipkin of the California High Speed Rail Authority discuss what it would take to get the project done faster and all the potential benefits. 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

Episode 449: Getting High Speed Rail Faster

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