Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
Talking Headways is a podcast hosted by Streetsblog USA and Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire. We explore the intersection of transportation, urban planning, city living, and anything else that piques our interest.
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Episode 481: Money is a Lot of Different Things
05/02/2024
Episode 481: Money is a Lot of Different Things
This week were sharing part 2 of our discussion with Jim Kumon. We chat about the challenges of development, how to crowdfund a building, coming to the end of an 80 year economic cycle, how the built environment is an outcome of how we structure capital, and how more information can make it harder to learn new things. Some websites of note: *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 151: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - It's Been a Minute
04/30/2024
Episode 151: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - It's Been a Minute
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Tracy McMillan to talk about aging in place, Nashville's big transit plan, potential Alzheimer's causes in car exhaust, Milan's famous weeks, and the Colorado legislature's search for more housing and TOD. Articles Aging in place - Nashville's transit plans - Alzheimer's and car exhaust - Colorado density laws - Milan's commercial weeks - *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads & Instagram Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 480: Details of Development Reform in Minnesota Part 1
04/25/2024
Episode 480: Details of Development Reform in Minnesota Part 1
This week we’re joined by Jim Kumon, Principal at Electric Housing, to discuss his work as a developer and urban policy educator in the Twin Cities. We chat about his sustainable development project, what St. Paul learned from Minneapolis 2040 and how zoning reform and transportation intersect. Some websites of note: *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 479: Charging Up Transportation
04/18/2024
Episode 479: Charging Up Transportation
This week we’re joined by Gabe Klein, Executive Director of the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation. We chat about the Joint Office’s white paper focused on best practices and solutions for electric vehicle charging entitled: . White Paper The EV Charging Infrastructure Playbook - *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 150: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Housekeeping After Drought
04/16/2024
Episode 150: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Housekeeping After Drought
Happy Mondays! This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo again but we have a lot to catch up on. We're going over some of the news we didn't get to when we were away in China for a month. We cover LA's spongy infrastructure, an idea to connect zoning reform to transportation funding, and the transition from governments incentivizing retail businesses to warehousing infrastructure. Of course there's more but listen in to hear everything we share. Main News Also below is are the links to the items we covered on the show: Los Angeles Spongy City - Local governments new plans for public housing - Toronto streetcar speeds up - Smaller houses for smaller prices - Zoning for transportation funds - Canadian feds will stop investing in roads - Cell phone distracted drivers - Rent killing sex? - Mexico City water shortage - Retail attraction strategies - Deadliest Intersections - Reviewing smooth cities - Transport equity tool - Health benefits ULEZ/LTNs - | Climate boomtowns - Profit sharing for cities - The Great Asynchonization - Death of the small car - Fire department policy - AI Generated visuals - Houston Mayor - Building deconstruction - *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 478: Women’s Transportation Seminar
04/11/2024
Episode 478: Women’s Transportation Seminar
This week we’re joined by Sara Stickler, President and CEO of WTS International. We discuss how WTS highlights women’s expertise in transportation and how they create opportunities from mentorship to leadership and education. We also chat about some of their legislative priorities on workplace policy as well as some of the barriers women face in the field. For more information visit: *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 477: Culture Change in Cleveland
04/04/2024
Episode 477: Culture Change in Cleveland
This week we’re featuring a one to one conversation between Billy Terry, Executive Director of the National Transit Institute at Rutgers University, and India Birdsong Terry, General Manager and CEO of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. They discuss leadership, hiring, and culture change at Ohio's largest transit agency. This podcast was produced in partnership with Mpact. To find out more, visit *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 149: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dispatch from China
04/02/2024
Episode 149: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Dispatch from China
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire Jeff talks about his month long trip to China. Subways, multi-use paths, urbanism and more! We chat about Chinese mall culture, great food, and a really cool station design in Shenzhen. To see some pictures from the trip visit our Instagram *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 476: Saving California Transit from the Fiscal Cliff
03/28/2024
Episode 476: Saving California Transit from the Fiscal Cliff
This week we’re sharing a forum on how a statewide coalition of transit advocates were able to organize a funding bridge to avert a fiscal cliff for transit operators in the state. The discussion led by SPUR’s Laura Tolkoff, shares how they did it and what’s next. Featured guests include... Laura Tolkoff / Interim Chief Policy Officer & Transportation Policy Director, SPUR Rebecca Long / Director, Legislation & Public Affairs, Bay Area Metro Cyrus Hall / Independent Sustainable Transportation Advocate Zack Deutsch-Gross / Policy Director, Transform CA Raayan Mohtashemi / Legislative Aide, Office of California State Senator Scott Wiener Monique Webster / Regional Government Affairs Manager, SFMTA Adina Levin / Policy Director and Co-Founder, Seamless Bay Area *** Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 475: Lessons from Quickbuild Street Projects
03/21/2024
Episode 475: Lessons from Quickbuild Street Projects
This week we’re joined by Heidi Simon, Director of Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America. Heidi talks about lessons learned from as state and local officials and advocates work to create safer streets through quick build projects. Find the report . OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 474: Thinking Differently About Vehicle Design
03/14/2024
Episode 474: Thinking Differently About Vehicle Design
This week we’re joined by vehicle designer Dan Sturges to talk about his book . We talk about new ways of thinking about vehicle design, mobility for low density areas, as well as pop culture perceptions of small vehicles. Find out more about what Dan is working on at http://www.dzn.camp OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 473: Public Sentiment and Public Transit
03/07/2024
Episode 473: Public Sentiment and Public Transit
This week we’re featuring a 1 to 1 conversation between Adelee Le Grand of Intellectual Concepts and Scott Wilkinson of AlphaVu. They chat about how transit agencies can get a better handle on how riders and non-riders alike feel about their service. This episode was produced in partnership with Mpact. To learn more about the annual conference, visit OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 472: Streets for Skateboards
02/29/2024
Episode 472: Streets for Skateboards
This week we’re joined by skateboard advocate Aaron Breetwor, brand manager for Comet Skateboards. Aaron chats about using skateboards for transportation, designing streets for safer skateboarding, and this last years incident at the Dolores Street hill bomb. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 471: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 2
02/22/2024
Episode 471: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 2
Prediction Time! This week on part 2 of our chat with Yonah Freemark, we score our transportation predictions from last year and make new ones for 2025. We talk about the Roosevelt Subway, Transit agency bailouts, open gangway trains, and coming transit elections and extensions. You can find Transit Explorer through the . OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 470: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 1
02/15/2024
Episode 470: Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark Part 1
This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined once again by transportation and housing expert Yonah Freemark. In part 1 we talk about the equitable distribution of transportation grants, potential for flex funding for transit, and our annual transit openings discussion. You can find Transit Explorer through the . OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 148: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Happy in Cities
02/13/2024
Episode 148: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Happy in Cities
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo. The news continues and so do we. We chat about productive transit subsidies, transportation flex funding, and a coming connection between trees and health! Join us below for the show notes: OOO News Items Keys to happiness - Transit subsidy - Truck insurance - Flex funding - Rotterdam flood management - Non subsidized affordable housing - Indian railway electrification - A mogul battles the subway - Alzheimers design - Trees and health - Bonus Items Bike friendly cities safe for all road users - Paris SUV Tax - NYPHA bribery scandal - Power outages longer in poor areas - OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 469: On the Bus in Boise
02/08/2024
Episode 469: On the Bus in Boise
This week we’re joined by Elaine Clegg, CEO of Valley Regional Transit in Boise Idaho. We chat about how the Boise bus system is changing, the impact of fast regional growth, energy infrastructure and favorite transportation board games. *** OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 468: Organizing and Data that Create Wins
02/01/2024
Episode 468: Organizing and Data that Create Wins
This week we’re joined by Dr. Kathryn Howell, Director of the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland. We talk about her daily e-bike commute, organizing around the Purple Line, the importance of eviction data, and commercial displacement. This episode was produced in partnership with *** Join our ! *** OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 147: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - No More Math Please
01/30/2024
Episode 147: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - No More Math Please
This week on the podcast we're Han Solo but we've got some great news and information for you including items on Beverly Hills residents being denied permits for underground pools, we've got money for transit operations in a house bill, and we're noticing the Introvert Economy is in full swing. Come join us, we were told there would be no math in podcasting, but it turns out that's just not true. *** Join our ! *** Main News Transit agencies are climate agencies - Beverly hills permits blocked - Federal ops funding - Introvert economy - Environmental culture war - TfL open loop - Universal basic mobility - Delivery's pollution problem - Insurance creeping up - Prevent building collapse - Bonus Items Compact cities reduce emissions - New York + pool - Seoul climate card - Boomer empty nesters - Buy, don't build affordable housing - FEMA disaster resilience zones - KC free transit - Right on red - Road diet success - Barcelona sustainable journeys - Climate change potholes - OK City tall building - Puppies and Butterflies Jet Lag: The Game on OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Follow us on Threads Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 467: Are We Taking Less Trips?
01/25/2024
Episode 467: Are We Taking Less Trips?
This week we’re joined by Angie Schmitt, Owner and Principal at . We chat about changing travel behavior in cities, the impact of recent social isolation on social trust, and polarization in policy solutions. OOO Join our ! OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 466: Making DOTs Measure Emissions
01/18/2024
Episode 466: Making DOTs Measure Emissions
This week we’re joined by Beth Osborne, Vice President for Transportation and Thriving Communities at Smart Growth America. We chat about the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Measure Rule that will make State DOTs and MPOs measure emissions on the federal highway system. We also talk about how Beth thinks we have things lining up for positive change, politics of implementing rules, and how the NTSB treats air travel and surface transportation so differently. OOO Join our ! OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 146: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Into 2024
01/16/2024
Episode 146: Mondays at the Overhead Wire - Into 2024
This week on Mondays we're Han Solo! We've got a great set of news items for your consideration. We talk about manufactured housing, dangerous driving, Winnipeg transit, and a Pew study about housing supply in Minneapolis with some interesting results. Below are links to the items we shared on the show. Join our ! Main Links Manufactured housing - Auto companies paid Tesla - Emissions big wins - Winnipeg master plan - Dangerous driving - Land use reform works - Reduce speeds for climate - Pittsburgh innovates on stormwater - Bonus Items Greyhound land - Rents and death - Vernacular cooling - Medellin cooling - Why EVs haven't taken off - Nashville transit plan - Sugar Taxes - Agency consolidation - Atlanta e-bike incentives - Drinking water nanoplastics - Walmart drone deliveries - Room matching - OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 465: The San Francisco Ferry Building with John King
01/11/2024
Episode 465: The San Francisco Ferry Building with John King
This week we’re joined by John King, Urban Design Critic at the SF Chronicle, to talk about his book . We chat about the history of the Ferry Building in San Francisco which was one of the busiest city transportation hubs in the world in the early 1900s and how the building has evolved over time parallel to the ups and downs of cities. OOO Join our ! OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Monday Replay: Highways and Partisanship
01/09/2024
Monday Replay: Highways and Partisanship
We’re back from the new year but no so back that I have enough material for a Mondays show. So as we started doing at the end of last year, I’m going to throw in a throwback Talking Headways from time to time to go back to some episodes I found interesting and perhaps mention more than a few times during current interviews. This episode specifically is with Clayton Nall about his book The Road to Inequality: How the Federal Highway Program Polarized America and Undermined Cities and originally was released 6 years ago in July of 2018. Clayton is now a professor at UC Santa Barbara but his book and work still ring true. Get Clayton's book from our bookshop.org site . OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 464: Narrow the Lanes!
01/04/2024
Episode 464: Narrow the Lanes!
This week we’re joined by Dr. Shima Hamidi, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University to talk about the report: . We chat about the data they collected for 1,100 streets, how narrowing streets can create more space for bikes and peds and how the study and determined narrower lanes are safer. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Transit Unplugged Holiday Special: Randy Clarke
12/28/2023
Transit Unplugged Holiday Special: Randy Clarke
This week is the netherweek between Christmas and New Years but we’ve got a great show for you from the podcast Transit Unplugged. In this specific episode Paul Comfort interviews WMATA General Manager Randy Clarke. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 463: Congressman Earl Blumenauer
12/21/2023
Episode 463: Congressman Earl Blumenauer
This week we’re joined once again by Congressman Earl Blumenauer of Oregon’s 3rd District. We chat about connections between health care, food and transportation, progress on the Inflation Reduction Act and IIJA infrastructure bills, and future directions for transportation funding. OOO Follow us on twitter @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon [email protected] Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 145: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Finishing Up 2023
12/19/2023
Episode 145: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Finishing Up 2023
This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we celebrate the end of the year with stories from Colorado on the governor's transit wishes for next year, learning about the new federal Emerging Project Agreement, Salt Lake's downtown success, and how Europe wants to ban large US trucks. Hang in there with us as we finish 2023 off right. New Stories Colorado governor climate links - Emerging project agreements - Bogota BRT politics - Salt Lake City's booming downtown - Jakarta's sinking solution - US trucks in Europe - Colfax BRT land use - Two schemes for fighting poverty - Deadly indoor air pollution - Bonus Items Seattle climate goals don't match bike network - Free rides reduce emissions - Sports teams entertainment districts - Congestion pricing - Housing and death certificates - MAAS tied to carbon credits - Nighttime traffic deaths - Canada pre-designed housing - SoCal commute burden - OOO Follow us on twitter and threads @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Episode 462: Downtown or Not Downtown
12/14/2023
Episode 462: Downtown or Not Downtown
This week we’re at the 2023 Mpact conference closing plenary in Phoenix Arizona. Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Policy at USDOT Christopher Coes leads a panel discussing what’s happening in central cities and how to make them thrive again. This panel features: Karen Chapple, Ph.D., Director, School of Cities, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON | Nichol Bordeaux, Chief Planning and Engagement Officer, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake City, UT | Dee Brewer, Executive Director, Downtown Alliance, Salt Lake City, UT | Emeke Moneme, President, Capitol Riverfront, Washington, DC | Ryan Johnson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Culdesac, Tempe, AZ OOO Follow us on twitter and threads @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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Monday Replay: Integrating High Speed Rail Stations and Communities
12/12/2023
Monday Replay: Integrating High Speed Rail Stations and Communities
This week on our Monday Replay, German Marshall Fund fellow Eric Eidlin is the host for two French High Speed Rail experts; Stephan de Fay, the Executive Director of Bordeaux Euratlantique, the public agency that is overseeing the redevelopment of Bordeaux’s main train station to accommodate several new high speed rail lines by 2020 and Etienne Tricaud, President and CEO of AREP, the French Railway’s architecture office. Together they discuss the geography of France and its high speed rail network, the station areas as not just transportation projects but major urban projects, the experts and powers available to public agencies working on station area planning in France, the design of the station area versus that of the district as a whole, and finally the importance of having an overall vision for integrating transportation and land use in the station district. In the second half of the episode, Eric, Stephan, and Etienne chat about how large projects in France are treated as projects of national significance and the expectations on these projects. There’s also a discussion of the Paris region’s over 1,483 mayors and the way the Grand Paris project has created better governance structures. Finally Stephan and Etienne discuss their perceptions of Diridon station and how we can create value with these opportunities. OOO Follow us on twitter and threads @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon Support the show on Patreon on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at
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