Jeff Wood
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Talking Headways Podcast: How Walkable Cities Foster Public Health
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Why having shopping destinations and an interconnected street network keep people active and alive.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Energy of Ancient Cities
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What can ancient cities tell us about contemporary urbanism? An anthropologist explores some themes.
Talking Headways Podcast: Bus Stop Transformations
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Yes, the lowly bus stop can involve the community, engage transit operators, and bring life to grey spaces.
Talking Headways Podcast: Asphalt Art!
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How communities can use paint as an effective and relatively low-cost strategy to activate their streets.
Talking Headways Podcast: Let’s Go to the Mall With Alexandra Lange!
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This week: architecture journalist Alexandra Lange talks about her book, "Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall," plus the evolution of the enclosed shopping center, equity, legal implications, and of course, zombies. It's a one-of-a-kind episode!
STREETSBLOG USA Talking Headways Podcast: Sustainable Infrastructure for Cities
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Why trees are social creatures and how they can help us save the planet.
Talking Headways Podcast: Walking with Pedestrian Dignity
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What's it like to walk across America? It can be beautiful — but also assaultive.
Talking Headways Podcast: What Cities Gain by Removing Parking
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Oregon plans to reduce parking regulations in cities. What can we learn about the effect of parking lots on urban heat islands?
Talking Headways Podcast: Thinking Regionally About New York
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How the Interborough Express got traction, and other tales of transit in the Big City.
Talking Headways Podcast: A ‘Communities First’ Infrastructure Alliance
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Why this is an important moment for infrastructure equity.
Talking Headways Podcast: Measuring Transportation Insecurity
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This week, we're talking about transportation insecurity — who has it and who doesn't.
Talking Headways Podcast: Transit Project Costs and Solutions
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Paul Lewis, policy director at the Eno Center for Transportation, discusses "Saving Time and Making Cents: A Blueprint for Building Transit Better" — about the differences between highway and transit capital projects and ways to create better governance and lower costs.