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.
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Episodes
  • Episode 522: Stuck with Yoni Appelbaum

    Episode 522: Stuck with Yoni Appelbaum
    Feb 27 2025

    This week we’re joined by Yoni Appelbaum to discuss his book Stuck: How the Privileged and the Propertied Broke the Engine of American Opportunity. We talk about the history of moving in the US and how the different traditions of land ownership and management in the US evolved. We also talk about how much people loved apartments at the turn of the 19th century and zoning's targeted groups.

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    52 mins
  • Episode 166: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - More Trains, Less Kings

    Episode 166: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - More Trains, Less Kings
    Feb 25 2025
    This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo! But don't worry, we cover a lot of ground including congestion pricing's sparing match with a wannabe King, Canada's high speed rail plans, microplastics, and a big bike experiment in Denver. For more links to items discussed on the show, see below: USDOT wants end to congestion pricing - Streetsblog NYC Seattle social housing gets yes vote - Cascade PBS Canada plans HSR - CBC News Woodlands eco-burb - Planetizen Denver bike experiment - Denverite Microplastics - Washington Post Vehicle plastics found in Alps - Guardian 100 fewer killed with 20mph speed limits - BBC Right on red danger for peds - Smart Cities Dive Capital Gains slowing housing? - Fortune Miami's trash nightmare - Washington Post BONUS ITEMS Caltrain More Efficient - Metro Magazine Black residents pay price for climate change - Time Magazine Languages lost to climate change - NOEMA Brake dust more harmful now - Yale e360 EVs generally produce less non-exhaust emissions - Virginia Tech (Thanks Nick for that one!) Autonomous cars don't understand blind - University of Maryland Safe planning for women - NZZ Better barriers needed - Traffic Technology International Atlanta's housing plans - Guardian Rail accuses trucking of road subsidies - Roll Call Cambridge ends single family zoning - Harvard Crimson Senators wants $1K EV tax - Reuters Cairo's garbage city the envy of world - African Arguments +++ Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @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
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    41 mins
  • Episode 521: Why Stores Require You to Drive

    Episode 521: Why Stores Require You to Drive
    Feb 20 2025

    This week we’re chatting with Stacy Mitchell of the Institute of Local Self Reliance about her recent article in the Atlantic entitled The Great Grocery Squeeze. We chat about the deregulation mood of the 70s and 80s and what that’s meant for shopping, access, and how much we drive.

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    43 mins

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