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Talking Headways Podcast: E-Bikes to Freedom!
Denver's rebate program is a model for the nation, so this episode is what we consider "must-hear" Headways1
April 30, 2023
How Can Sustainable Transportation Advocates Help End Poverty? An Interview with Matthew Desmond
One in nine Americans live in poverty, and millions more live in a precarious place somewhere between precarity and true security. A new book argues that we can all play a role in challenging the systems and individual choices that "keep poor people poor" for benefit for everyone else.
April 27, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: Why Small isn’t Beautiful
This week we’re joined by Trevor Latimer to talk about his book, "Small Isn’t Beautiful: The Case Against Localism" (Brookings). We chat about what localism is and how its geographically defined, as well as why “leave if you don’t like it” is disingenuous.
April 21, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: Caretakers of the Public Realm
This week we’re joined by Andrew Jones, program director for the Uptown and Downtown Oakland Community Benefits District. We chat about urban place management, how urban spaces are taken care of, and what it takes to keep them vibrant and engaging. It's really important.
April 9, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark!
This week, Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute is back for our annual Prediction Show. This year, we chat about our predictions from last year and next year of course, but also regional rail in France, interesting transportation projects around the world, and the high cost and management of big transit projects.
April 2, 2023
The Brake Podcast: How to Reframe the Narrative About Car Dependency
On today's episode of The Brake, host Kea Wilson brings you an extended interview with Grant Ennis, author of Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Harms Our Health and the Environment. Listen now.
March 30, 2023
The Brake Podcast: What Does It Take To Start Your Own Bikeshare?
Most bikeshare rides taken on U.S. soil happen in a handful of gigantic cities, on systems maintained by big corporations. But at YoGo Bikeshare in Youngstown, Ohio, Ronnell Elkins and his team are building a bespoke micromobility option specifically for his neighbors — and hoping to create a model for other small cities to combat car dependency.
March 16, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: Can Everyone be a Landscape Architect? No!
Let's talk about food deserts and transportation access and the American Society of Landscape Architects Climate Action Plan.
February 24, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: The Overlap of Public Transit and Homelessness
Here's a very good conversation about the need for more federal agency coordination among transportation, health, and human services as well as how transit agencies are tackling the issues vulnerable populations face.
February 17, 2023
Talking Headways Podcast: Get on the Fast Bus!
This week, transit expert Colin Parent comes on the program to talk about his new report, "Fast Bus! How San Diego Can Make Progress by Speeding Up the Bus." That title should say it all!
February 6, 2023
