Talking Headways Podcast: No More Transit Hunger Games
This week Dan Baer, senior vice president at WSP, talks with Kevin Corbett, president and CEO of New Jersey Transit. In this one-on-one conversation, Baer and Corbett talk about NJ Transit’s response to the pandemic, bus electrification, new technologies, and much more.
July 29, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: This Food Pyramid Would be All Cars
This week we’re joined by Zabe Bent, director of design for the National Association of City Transportation Officials. We chat about how we think too much about the future and growth, the MUTCD process, and how she would start the design an infrastructure bill.
July 22, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Man’s Best Friend on Transit
This week we’re joined by Dr. Jennifer Kent, senior research fellow in urbanism at the Sydney School of Architecture. Kent talks with us about why we travel, the effect of family on our travel behavior, and the idea of “messy trips.” But, mostly, we talk about how dogs effect people’s trip choices, whether they will get a car just for the dog or be willing to get rid of a car because the transit system will let them take their dogs.
July 15, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Coordinating Pandemic Transit
This week we’re joined by Robert del Rosario, director of service development for AC Transit in Oakland to talk about the pandemic, what’s needed to get riders coming back, and what sustainable revenue might look like going forward.
July 1, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: A Compass for Sustainability
Mark Perepelitza chats about the meaning of sustainability, his company’s sustainability action plan, and its colorful Project Compass.
June 24, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Better Data, Better Planning
This week we chat about using data to make planning decisions, the geography of place, and what the future might look like with more information.
June 17, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Putting City Character and Authenticity in Context
This week we’re joined once again by author Chuck Wolfe to talk about his book "Sustaining a City’s Culture and Character."
June 11, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: More Highways, More Driving
This week, we're talking about the disconnect between techno-optimists and urbanists in climate change approach (whoa!).
June 4, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Dignity in Place (A Framework for Inclusive Healthy Places)
Want great public spaces? Start with basic human dignity for all people.
May 27, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Moving at the Speed of Trust
This week, we're talking to the hosts of The Movement Podcast about why politicians fail to convince the communities they claim they want to serve.
May 20, 2021