Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on the Mondays Show we are Han Solo again, but have a lot of interesting news to share.  We talk about LA's people mover change orders, a poll that finds lots of people want urbanism, and a trip along the coast of West Africa.
Today's Items
People mover change orders - The Hollywood Reporter
Voter attitudes towards green urbanism - Data for Progress
Overperforming downtowns - Patrick Kennedy
West African coast - NPR
E-bike town - Portland Mercury
A city for families - Constructor University
London's social housing - The Guardian
MBTA battery trains - Commonwealth Beacon
Utah cutting emissions - KUER
Hold grail of downtown recovery - Challenger Cities
Bonus Items
Oversize vehicles in Australia - The Conversation
Rooftop rainwater cuts heat - University of Manchester
Delivery protection act - New York Times
China heavy vehicles chewing up roads - Techy 44
Baltimore policing reform - Emerald Pages
Hidden fungal networks - Brighter Side of News
NC Tax break could strip cities - INDY Week
Pike Place market scale back - The Urbanist
Roadless rule - Field and Stream
CA tire efficiency rule - Grist
The modern Sears home - Groundwork Collaborative
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This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're chatting with Dallas Developer, DART Board Member, and urban designer Patrick Kennedy about his recent publication, An Atlas of Intercity Highway Impacts (Available Here). We discuss the tax base removed from cities by highways, what we could have done for cities with federal transportation funding, and the long term value lost.
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This week we're finally doing it! We're going to Kingwood Texas and talking about the greenbelt trail system I've been telling everyone about for years. This is a storytelling episode, featuring guests John Walsh, Jerry Lunow, and Bill Neuhaus so I hope folks enjoy hearing about NASA, timber companies, bike trails, and Houston's bayous.  But also, stick around to hear how a suburban development in Texas from the 1970's mirrors and pre-dated Dutch bike planning with special guest, Streetsblog Chicago's Steve Vance.
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This week we're Han Solo and covering some of the news from the last few weeks.  We talk about delivery worker stress, Maryland's need to build a revolving loan fund, and how street network design could help us build more housing. Below are the show notes with links from the articles we mentioned. 
Main Items
Sydney active transport superhighways - Committee for Sydney
Beauty over billboards - Reasons to be Cheerful
ROAD to housing passes - NPR
ROAD details - Bipartisan Policy Center
EPA wants to allow more truck emissions - New York Times
Maryland case for revolving fund - Maryland Matters
Saving Japans heritage homes - New York Times
Street design for more housing - Planetizen
Curb management can reduce driver stress - Traffic Technology Today
$200 rent for work from home - USA Today
Trump's DOT hates bike lanes - NPR
Architectural waste - Common Edge
Lake Powell in uncharted territory - Utah Public Radio
Bonus Items
San Antonio E-bike program - Smart Cities World
Oregon recycling rules face test - Governing
Chicago bike lane fines - Chicago Tribune
Wall street wants rents to rise - Time Magazine
Policy begets voter engagement - Virginia Mercury
Poland HSR plans - UA
Hungary rail modernization - Daily News Hungary
Zoox can start charging - The Verge
Fiscal crisis facing cities - Urban Proxima
Flock's cameras misread plates - C-Net
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This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Lisa Jerram of APTA and Philip Plotch of the Eno Center for Transportation to discuss Eno's report: Customization, Competition, and Costs: Findings and Recommendations for the U.S. Transit Bus Industry. We discuss what agencies want in a bus and why, the differences in European and US bus markets, and why customization standardization is hard to achieve.
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