A review of the week's top stories at the intersection of sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Over... More
A review of the week's top stories at the intersection of sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Over... More
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Episode 434: Competing with Car Ownership
This week we’re joined by the Head of Zipcar, Angelo Adams. We talk about how Zipcar gets parking spaces, how they find customers, the benefits of car sharing and how the company's biggest competitor is car ownership. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] 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
2023-05-25
35:31
Episode 132: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Laser Beam Parking Meters
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Chrissy Mancini Nichols to cover a whole host of topics including urban migration patterns, New York congestion pricing, the impacts of e-commerce warehouses and much more! OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] 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
2023-05-23
1:11:49
Episode 433: Women Who Ride Transit
This week we’re chatting with Meghna Khanna of LA Metro and Scarlett DeLeon of the Alliance for Community Transit LA about women who ride transit. We talk about LA Metro’s first of its kind Gender Action Plan and ACT LA’s Metro as Sanctuary report. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] 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
2023-05-18
52:17
Episode 432: Why Public Space Matters
This week we’re joined by Setha Low to talk about her book Why Public Space Matters. We chat about using ethnography to understand space, emotional connections, and transforming the world through public space. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] 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
2023-05-11
45:35
Episode 131: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Texas Two Step
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by James Llamas of TEI Inc to discuss a whole raft of issues including tiny Japanese Trucks, the goings on of the Texas Transportation Commission, and population impacts of the pandemic. News Items The end of park and ride? - Seattle Transit Blog Remote work and transit - Politico Importing tiny trucks - The Economist Pandemic population - Brookings Pandemic Movement - MIT News CalEnviroScreen - Cal EPA Taking Back Texas Roads - Texas Observer Free TXDOT - Houston Chronicle TTI traffic intersection - NBC College Station Puppies and Butterflies Houston's new parking requirements for parking spaces - The Onion OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] 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
A review of the week's top stories at the intersection of sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.