Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we’re joined by Beth Osborne, Vice President for Transportation and Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America. We chat about the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure Rule that will make State DOTs and MPOs measure emissions on the federal highway system. We also talk about how Beth thinks we have things lining up for positive change, politics of implementing rules, and how the NTSB treats air travel and surface transportation so differently.

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John Simmerman of Active Towns joins the Mondays Show post election to talk about some of the transit wins. We also look ahead and wonder if LA really could go car free for the Olympics and whether Canada is ready for high speed rail.

Below are the show notes and items we chatted about on the show with John.

Voters pass Denver 7A - Colorado Sun

Nashville voters pass transit funding - Nashville Tennessean

Columbus passes transit measure - Columbus Dispatch

Washington voters save climate bill - Associated Press

Cobb and Gwinett transit measures fail - Saporta Report

LA County homeless funding tax passes - Los Angeles Times

Will LA Olympics go car free? - Slate

Canada will announce high speed rail plans - CBC News

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This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined once again by transportation and housing expert Yonah Freemark. In part 1 we talk about the equitable distribution of transportation grants, potential for flex funding for transit, and our annual transit openings discussion.

You can find Transit Explorer through the Transport Politic.

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This week we're Han Solo but have a lot of news to cover including items on skateboarding, new types of segregation, third places, and some ancient ways to cool cities and streets.

Check out the show notes below for more information.

Notes:

Skateboarding - Reasons to be Cheerful

Cityhood - Corner Side Yard

Cleveland rail competitors - NEOtrans

Third Places - Vox

Second Best - Bloomberg CityLab

Access Maps - New Urban Order

Ancient water tunnels - Al Jazeera

Like two mortgages - Moving Day

Brightline to Vegas - Smart Cities Dive

Agglomeration after pandemic - Business Insider

Bonus Items

Harnessing land - Los Angeles Times

Interstate speed limits - Streetsblog USA

Taiwan urban mining - Time Magazine

Zoning rule in CA shut down - Los Angeles Times

Taxes raised for child care - Associated Press

CO gas truce for transit funds - CPR

Cincinnati Solar Array - WVXU

E-bikes reduce VMT - CTV News

CA TX on same path - Real Estate Economics Journal

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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

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