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    Flashback: Megan Kimble Talks Highway Expansion in Texas

    30/07/2026 | 46 mins.
    We're on vacation this week but we're flashing back to Episode 482 from two years ago featuring Megan Kimble discussing her book City Limits.  Soon we'll have Patrick Kennedy on the show and some of this work goes very well with his so I thought it would be a good one to bring back. Hope folks enjoy it!
    This week we're joined by Megan Kimble to talk about her book  City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways. We chat about the folks fighting back against highways, the history behind building big roads, and what the future looks like for advocacy.
     
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    Mondays Flashback: The Messiness of Family Travel

    28/07/2026 | 56 mins.
    We're on vacation this week but we're flashing back to episode 422 of Talking Headways from a couple of years ago featuring one of our favorites, Jennifer Kent. We'll be back in a few weeks but I hope folks enjoy this one.
    This week we're joined by  Dr. Jennifer Kent, Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism at the University of Sydney, to talk about her work on family transportation, the messiness of travel for parents, and loneliness and the built environment.
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    Episode 587: Dangerous by Design

    23/07/2026 | 57 mins.
    This week on the Talking Headways podcast, Steve Davis of Smart Growth America joins the show to talk about their most recent edition of Dangerous by Design. We chat about where we stand on pedestrian traffic deaths in the United States, the data collected to tell the story, and creating consequences for not improving safety.
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    And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public!
    And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
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    Episode 586: SF Muni to the Future

    16/07/2026 | 43 mins.
    This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by SFMTA Director of Transportation Julie Kirschbaum. She discusses making system improvements, rising customer satisfaction, lessons from the pandemic on ridership and operations, as well as Muni's cultural connection to the city.
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    Episode 195: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Han Solo Returns

    14/07/2026 | 43 mins.
    This week on the Mondays show Han Solo is back and we're going through some news from the last month or so.  Some really super interesting items to share in news format from what's in the ROAD to Housing Act that recently passed, night time transportation, the difference between Costco and Amazon logistics, and what makes an authentic place.  There's much much more so how about diving in?
    News Items
    Inside the ROAD to Housing Act: Bipartisan Policy Center
    Mobility wallet - Journal of the American Planning Association
    Night transit - ITS International
    Future prime minister bus man - New York Times
    Costco's model - Pheonomenal World
    Authentic neighborhoods - Harvard Gazette
    Bonus Extra Items
    Salamander crossing - Grist
    Transit deserts and food deserts - The Guardian
    Speed cameras - SF Examiner
    Riding the D - The Guardian
    Highway lobby hard to push back - Union of Concerned Scientists
    New Mexico child care - The Guardian
    Short flights more expensive, less available - NPR
    Young people need own spaces - ERR
    How traffic makes cities warmer - The Conversation
    A new approach to planning with less car traffic - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
    Tire particles - Yale e360 
    Procurement matters - Eurocities
    Fungal network - Grist
    Colorado EV recycling - The Drive
    Dance influenced ped mall - CVille Magazine
    Mayor's parking meter deal - Block Club Chicago
    Hanoi low emissions zones - Vietnam Investment Review
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    Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music.
    Get the show ad free on Patreon!
    Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube!
    Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire
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    Support the show on Patreon
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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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About Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.
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