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  • Episode 600: The Value of Cities

    Episode 600: The Value of Cities
    Nov 5 2026

    This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're heading to Austin Texas for the Movability Summit put on by Movability Austin. I'm presenting the keynote speech that I shared at the conference discussing how cities and the proximity of people to one another create long term value, and how auto dependent monocultures impact household budgets by extracting wealth.

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    59 min
  • Episode 201: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Rethinking...

    Episode 201: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Rethinking...
    Nov 3 2026
    This week on the Mondays Show we're Han Solo but that doesn't stop us from talking about how to rethink subsidies for economic development, Chicago's new found development powers, and how we rethink the future of transportation when 20th century transportation fails us. News We Shared More driving means more deaths - Streetsblog USA Chicago's new TOD powers - Chicago Sun Times The tax subsidy solution - Boondoggle Better economic development - Governing Agglomeration without diffusion - European Planning Studies Civilization of bats - Nautilus Miami underline - ULI Mobility and care of cognitive labor - Journal of Transport Geography Affordable auto insurance and car ownership - Transport Policy BQE rethinking future transport - Architect's Newspaper Denver Broncos redevelopment - Boulder Daily Camera BONUS ITEMS Exempt tax apartments - Post Courier Medellin heat - El Pais Oregon's good payroll tax - UrbanPDX Boosting HSR in Europe - European Sting Waymo expansion - Gizmodo Cargo theft - Transport Topics Bay Area highway bail out - Max Mautner Oxford street car free - The Guardian Evolution of urban design theory - Bioengineer Calls for experimental law - Noema +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
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    38 min
  • Episode 599: Architecture Won't Save a Bad Street

    Episode 599: Architecture Won't Save a Bad Street
    Oct 29 2026

    This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Naama Blonder to talk about her book she wrote with her partner Misha Bereznyak entitled Building Charm: A Hyper Practical Guide to Developing Outstanding New Neighborhoods. We chat about the book's focus on human scale and how it radically rethinks street design.
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    50 min
  • Episode 598: A More Humanized Experience in Honolulu

    Episode 598: A More Humanized Experience in Honolulu
    Oct 22 2026

    This week on the Talking Headways podcast, we're joined by Jon Nouchi, Director of Transit at the City and County of Honolulu. At the Mpact conference in Toronto, we discussed the idea of iconic transit systems, time as a performance metric, humanizing transit systems, and the Skyline rail line.

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    1 ora e 2 min
  • Episode 200: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - What is Our Future?

    Episode 200: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - What is Our Future?
    Oct 20 2026

    This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, Tracy McMillan and Chrissy Mancini-Nichols join the show for episode 200!!! We talk about a mobility idea that's like cap and trade, the idea of time, nostalgia and an imagined future for ourselves, measuring the GDP outcomes of our transportation investments, and the big questions about auto dependence. Lots of great discussion and fun ideas like maybe we should start a book club or a book segment! Let us know what you think.

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    1 ora e 16 min
  • Episode 597: The Gap Between Talent and Passion

    Episode 597: The Gap Between Talent and Passion
    Oct 15 2026

    This week on Talking Headways is Part 2 of our discussion with Reece Martin in Toronto at the Mpact Transit + Community Conference. We discuss projects getting picked apart in the media, The gap between talent and passion in transit agencies, high speed rail, and the threat of AVs to bad transit.

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    This episode was recorded at the Mpact Transit + Community conference this year in Toronto. A big thanks to Mpact for always providing us with a space to record to have such great discussions. For more information about next year's conference in Kansas City visit mpactmobility.org

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    41 min
  • Episode 596: Towards a Palpable Sense of Progress

    Episode 596: Towards a Palpable Sense of Progress
    Oct 8 2026

    This week on Talking Headways we are sharing Part 1 of a conversation with Reece Martin of The Transit Brief in Toronto at the Mpact Transit + Community Conference. We discuss the politics and impacts of fare policy, construction costs around the globe, the US' existential crisis, and the material benefits of progress.

    This episode was recorded at the Mpact Transit + Community conference this year in Toronto. A big thanks to Mpact for always providing us with a space to record to have such great discussions. For more information about next year's conference in Kansas City visit mpactmobility.org

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    42 min
  • Episode 199: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - New Ways to Think About Transport

    Episode 199: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - New Ways to Think About Transport
    Oct 6 2026
    This week we're back and Han Solo but we're covering lots of things including the thinking differently about our transportation investments around the country, the sillyness of cutting property taxes in states, and thinking more about tenant investment vehicles. Much more of course! Stay tuned. News Items Philly green corridors - Architect's Newspaper More trains - Grist Future transport policy - Brookings The Future is HSR - The Transit Brief High speed metro is something new - The Transit Brief City hospice in Florida - Florida Politics Zurich taking space from cars - Swissinfo.ch Congestion pricing wins - EDF Housing as a human right - Dame Magazine Great american tax freakout - SSRN Rental investment vehicles - Stanford Social Innovation Review Plug in hybrids caught emitting more - Transport and Environment Transit increases GDP - Global News Bonus Items Highways and chain stores - Strong Towns Disbanding public utilities? - Texas Tribune Childcare takes income - Marketplace Childcare in New Mexico - The 74 A railroad infrastructure bank - Progressive Railroading Wastewater recycling in Reno - Governing Bike sharing can reduce emissions - Simon Frasier University Electrification could cut Mexican oil use - Mexico Business News 87 year old's eviction in Spain - The Guardian China opens more HSR - China Daily Calgary Edmonton HSR - CBC News Pattern books in housing bill - Bipartisan Policy Center +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
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    40 min