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- 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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And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com - 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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And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com - This Week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Bill Fulton who has worn many hats including mayor, planning director, think tank director, publisher, professor and currently can be found writing on Substack at The Future of Where. We chat the impacts of work from home on cities, changing migration patterns and the south's new role as the "National Suburb", tax policy and burdens, 100 years of zoning law, and much much more.
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And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com - This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Greg Shill, Professor of Law at the University of Iowa, and Jonathan Levine, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan to talk about their paper, First Principals of Transportation Law and Policy. We talk about how to rethink transportation metrics towards accessibility, how the law has embedded mobility in transportation, and why we really travel.
Hey everyone! This is an episode we put out in February of 2023 with Greg Shill and Jonathan Levine about their paper discussing how to rethink transportation metrics by putting forward accessibility. One of the things I've gotten out of this one for the long term is that we travel not just for kicks, but mostly to reach destinations. I referenced this show in a recent post on my blog so I thought the July 4th weekend replay would be a good place to share it again.
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And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com - This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, Tracy McMillan is back on the show to talk about a number of items including a piece on the role of the built environment in population decline, the kids of the Netherlands taking part in a four day national walking festival, the prevalence of growing vehicles in the United States and in Europe, and a signification pollution reduction in London on account of low emissions policies including vehicle limits.
News Item Links
Built environment and population decline - Architect Magazine
Dutch children's four day walkabout - The Guardian
America's growing SUV size problem - NYT
Europe's carspreading - The Guardian
London's emissions reductions - The Guardian
Links from Letters
The Coal Town System - The American Experience
Coal towns in Appalachia - Substack
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