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Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

The Talking Headways podcast is a weekly podcast about transportation and urban design.

Apr 20, 2023

This week we’re joined by Hamilton Steimer of the World Resources Institute to talk about their report: Zero-emission Delivery Zones: A New Way to Cut Traffic, Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases. We chat about electrification of fleets, what cities have the best programs for ZEDZ, and the current moment in urban...


Apr 13, 2023

This week we’re joined by Trevor Latimer to talk about his book Small Isn’t Beautiful: The Case Against Localism. We chat about what localism is and how its geographically defined, as well as why “leave if you don’t like it” is disingenuous.

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Apr 6, 2023

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.

Today's podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact

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Mar 30, 2023

This week Yonah Freemark of the Urban Institute is BACK for the 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 happening around the world, and the high cost and management of big transit...


Mar 28, 2023

This week on the show we're Han Solo again but we have a lot of topics to cover! Do Americans have an apartment phobia, should bedrooms have windows, and what's the newest trends in mapping sidewalks? All these and more on the show this week!

Show notes below:

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Apartment phobia - New York Magazine...