Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Joshua Schank to talk about his book New Tricks for Old Bureaucracies: Improving Policy Outcomes in the Public Sector. Joshua talks about the inner workings of LA Metro, benefits of openness and transparency as well as strategic planning.  We also share frustrations about meetings, transit board structures, and agency fiefdoms.
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This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Yale's Karen Seto and University of Connecticut's Zhe Zhu to talk about their study: The Urban Pulse. We talk about using frequent time series satellite data to measure change in cities and the processes of urbanization.
The Urban Pulse - Yale School for the Environment
The Urban Pulse: Diagnosing the urbanization process as spiky, cyclical, and asynchronous - PNAS
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This week on the Mondays Show we are Han Solo again, but have a lot of interesting news to share.  We talk about LA's people mover change orders, a poll that finds lots of people want urbanism, and a trip along the coast of West Africa.
Today's Items
People mover change orders - The Hollywood Reporter
Voter attitudes towards green urbanism - Data for Progress
Overperforming downtowns - Patrick Kennedy
West African coast - NPR
E-bike town - Portland Mercury
A city for families - Constructor University
London's social housing - The Guardian
MBTA battery trains - Commonwealth Beacon
Utah cutting emissions - KUER
Hold grail of downtown recovery - Challenger Cities
Bonus Items
Oversize vehicles in Australia - The Conversation
Rooftop rainwater cuts heat - University of Manchester
Delivery protection act - New York Times
China heavy vehicles chewing up roads - Techy 44
Baltimore policing reform - Emerald Pages
Hidden fungal networks - Brighter Side of News
NC Tax break could strip cities - INDY Week
Pike Place market scale back - The Urbanist
Roadless rule - Field and Stream
CA tire efficiency rule - Grist
The modern Sears home - Groundwork Collaborative
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This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're chatting with Dallas Developer, DART Board Member, and urban designer Patrick Kennedy about his recent publication, An Atlas of Intercity Highway Impacts (Available Here). We discuss the tax base removed from cities by highways, what we could have done for cities with federal transportation funding, and the long term value lost.
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This week we're finally doing it! We're going to Kingwood Texas and talking about the greenbelt trail system I've been telling everyone about for years. This is a storytelling episode, featuring guests John Walsh, Jerry Lunow, and Bill Neuhaus so I hope folks enjoy hearing about NASA, timber companies, bike trails, and Houston's bayous.  But also, stick around to hear how a suburban development in Texas from the 1970's mirrors and pre-dated Dutch bike planning with special guest, Streetsblog Chicago's Steve Vance.
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