Jeff Wood
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Talking Headways Podcast: One Zone to Rule Them All
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Zoning is everything in a city. Here's a show about using it to help transit.
Talking Headways Podcast: Waiting for the Ghost Bus
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This week, we'll talk about OneBusAway, an open source platform for real time transit info.
Talking Headways Podcast: Future Fare Media and the Clipper Card
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This week, we're talking about fare simplification and what it means to different people and what happens to all the money that floats through the transit system on any given day.
Podcast: Do Bicycles Cause Gentrification?
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It's a special broadcast about whether this constant urban concern rolls in on two wheels.
Talking Headways Podcast: Building the Dutch Cycling City
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Let's face it, we can learn a lot from the Dutch!
Talking Headways Podcast: The Uber Effect
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This week we're joined by Andrew Salzberg, head of transportation policy and research at Uber. Andrew talks about growing up in Montreal and his previous transportation work at the World Bank. We also chat about the importance of transportation policy at the city level and Uber's support for congestion pricing.
Talking Headways Podcast: Infill Is Brain Damage
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This week I chat with Susan Henderson of PlaceMakers about the use and benefits of form-based codes. A form-based approach to development codes can support transit and affect the feel and function of streets. Susan tells us why people might push back against form-based codes and how to frame conversations about their benefits.
Talking Headways Podcast: The First Shoupista
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This week Patrick Siegman of Siegman & Associates joins the podcast for spirited discussion about parking. We chat about the etymology of the word parking, the legend that is Donald Shoup, and why the topic of parking gets so personal.
Talking Headways Podcast: When Is My City Going to Fit?
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This week, Mikael Colville-Andersen joins the podcast to talk about his book, Copenhagenize. Mikael tells us how his children influence his work and his feelings about bike culture. He also shares which innovations he believes help move bikes as transportation forward, and elaborates on his disdain for e-bikes and scooters -- which recently received a lot of pushback on social media.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Eternal Rush Hour
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This week Talking Headways returns to the Michelin Movin On conference in Montreal with guest Greg Rogers, director of government affairs and mobility innovation at Securing America's Future Energy, which promotes reduced oil dependence. Greg discusses autonomous vehicle regulation around the country and the limits of techno-optimism. We also review what worked and what bombed at the Movin On conference.
Talking Headways Podcast: Highways and Partisanship
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This week we're joined by Clayton Nall, a professor of political science at Stanford University, to discuss his new book about the interstate highway system and political partisanship -- The Road to Inequality: How the Federal Highway Program Polarized America and Undermined Cities. Professor Nall discusses how partisanship affects the way people think about transportation projects, and historical shifts in the politics of transportation policy.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Logistics of Urban Deliveries
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This week's guest is Tom Madrecki, director of urban innovation and mobility at UPS. If you want to know how a huge logistics company like UPS thinks about city streets and transportation systems, don't miss this one. Tom discusses the costs of congestion to UPS, and why streets that prioritize solo car trips don't work for walking, biking, or deliveries.