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Talking Headways Podcast: The City Is a Painting You Walk Into
This week I'm joined by James Rojas of Place It! to talk about art in planning and Latino urbanism. James is an award-winning planner and a native Angeleno, and he tells us about how growing up in East LA and visiting his grandmother’s house shaped the way he thinks about urban spaces and design.
April 22, 2016
Talking Headways Podcast: New Tactics for Transportation Ballot Measures
This week we’re chatting with Jason Jordan, director of the Center for Transportation Excellence (CFTE) and policy director at the American Planning Association. Jason tells us how CFTE got started and why ballot measures for transportation have been so successful compared to other types of spending. He also describes scenarios where transportation ballot measures tend to do well and those where they tend to fail.
February 16, 2016
Talking Headways: Food Culture, Regional Urban Form, and Mall Memories
This week we’re joined by Kristen Jeffers, communications and membership manager for Bike Walk KC and author of The Black Urbanist blog. Kristen tells me how she got started blogging, what got her interested in urbanism, and how she hopes to inspire others.
February 5, 2016
Talking Headways Podcast: The Carpool Reimagined
Rob Sadow, CEO and co-founder of carpooling app Scoop, joins us this week to talk about how the company got started and what they are trying to achieve.
January 7, 2016
Talking Headways Podcast: Gabe Klein’s Start Up City
Gabe Klein joins us this week to talk about how to get things done and make big changes to improve city streets and transportation. Gabe has served as the transportation chief of both Chicago and Washington, DC, and prior to his stint in government was an executive with Zipcar (he is also currently on the board of OpenPlans, the organization that publishes Streetsblog USA).
November 20, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: Your Brain on Two Legs
Antonia Malchik’s recent piece in Aeon Magazine, The End of Walking, went viral in urbanist circles, touching on several themes related to our "right to walk."
September 14, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: Remaking California Transportation
This week on Talking Headways I'm joined by a big roster of guests to talk able about California's climate legislation and how it will change transportation policy.
August 28, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: Indexing Livability for All Ages
This week we chat with Rodney Harrell of the AARP Public Policy Institute about their new Livability Index Tool. I ask him who the tool was created for and tell him why it should be regarded as more than just magazine clickbait. We talk about the robust policy tools that were included for each section and how the data was collected and at what geographic scale.
August 14, 2015
Talking Headways Podcast: The Missions of San Antonio
This week we’re joined by Trish Wallace and Jillian Harris, transportation planners at the City of San Antonio. Tune in and hear about the history of the San Antonio Riverwalk, the city's bike master plan, and the inner workings of the SATomorrow Plan.
August 7, 2015
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 31, 2015