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The Subduction Zone(ing), or [Tectonic] Platers Gonna Plate
This week we have Talking Headways alum Tanya Snyder back on the podcast to talk about a few things that were in the news over the last few weeks.
July 30, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: High-Speed Rail Lessons from France and Germany
This week we’re joined by Eric Eidlin, a community planner and sustainability lead at the Federal Transit Administration. Over the last few years Eric has also been studying high-speed rail in Germany and France as a fellow with the German Marshall Fund. He recently published a report, "Making the Most of High-Speed Rail in California: Lessons from France and Germany."
July 16, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: Building Relationships to Build a Better City
This week’s guest is Janne Flisrand, an independent consultant and writer at Streets.mn. In her work as a “network weaver,” Janne thinks about how to elevate different voices and make sure everyone in a movement has a place to share their expertise and opinions.
July 8, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: Metro Areas — True Laboratories of Democracy
This week I'm joined by Bruce Katz, vice president of the Brookings Institution and founder of its Metropolitan Policy Program. We chat about devolution in Great Britain --the idea of moving power away from national bureaucracies and towards metropolitan governance -- and the power of metropolitan areas around the world.
June 4, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: A Positive Vibe For Chicago TOD
On this week's podcast, Yonah Freemark of the Metropolitan Planning Council (you may know him from The Transport Politic) shares the scoop on transit-oriented development in Chicago.
May 21, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: The Missing Middle
This week on the podcast, Dan Parolek of Opticos Design talks about their new website themissingmiddle.com, which explores housing types between high- or mid-rise buildings and single-family homes that cities don't make much anymore.
May 14, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: Welcome to the Fresh Coast!
This week I chat with Jeramey Jannene of Streetsblog Network blog Urban Milwaukee.
May 7, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: Oklahoma City Shapes Up
This week on the podcast we’re bringing you the keynote address from the 2015 National Bike Summit, hosted by the League of American Bicyclists. The LAB's Liz Murphy introduces Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett, who talks about how he took his city from being rated as one of the least physically fit to one of the fittest.
April 30, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: Those Roads Won’t Pay for Themselves
This week we’re joined by Kevin DeGood of the Center for American Progress, who along with Andrew Schwartz recently wrote a report called Advancing a Multimodal Transportation System by Eliminating Funding Restrictions. Sound too wonky? I call it the "Roads Don’t Pay for Themselves Report."
April 23, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: The Future of Street Lights
Clifton Lemon and Steve Lawton of LightPlace Advisors join me this week to talk about how lighting is going to change in cities with the advent of the LED. We learn about what fire and light means to humans and why the street light might become one of the most valuable assets a city has.
April 9, 2015