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Episode 583: Framing Urban Disorder

Release Date: 06/18/2026

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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. Find all Talking Headways episodes . +++ Get the show ad free !...

Episode 196: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Disassembling to Save The Building

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we're Han Solo and covering some of the news from the last few weeks. We talk about delivery worker stress, Maryland's need to build a revolving loan fund, and how street network design could help us build more housing. Below are the show notes with links from the articles we mentioned. Main Items Sydney active transport superhighways - Beauty over billboards - ROAD to housing passes - ROAD details - EPA wants to allow more truck emissions - Maryland case for revolving fund - Saving Japans heritage homes - Street design for more housing - Curb management can...

Episode 588: What Does It Cost to Build a Bus?

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This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Lisa Jerram of APTA and Philip Plotch of the Eno Center for Transportation to discuss Eno’s report: . We discuss what agencies want in a bus and why, the differences in European and US bus markets, and why customization standardization is hard to achieve. +++ Get the show ad free ! Find out about our newsletter and archive on ! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... Follow us on Mastadon Support the show on Patreon on our Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And...

Flashback: Megan Kimble Talks Highway Expansion in Texas

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We're on vacation this week but we're flashing back to Episode 482 from two years ago featuring Megan Kimble discussing her book City Limits. Soon we'll have Patrick Kennedy on the show and some of this work goes very well with his so I thought it would be a good one to bring back. Hope folks enjoy it! This week we’re joined by Megan Kimble to talk about her book . We chat about the folks fighting back against highways, the history behind building big roads, and what the future looks like for advocacy. +++ Get the show ad free ! Find out about our newsletter and archive on...

Mondays Flashback: The Messiness of Family Travel

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

We're on vacation this week but we're flashing back to episode 422 of Talking Headways from a couple of years ago featuring one of our favorites, Jennifer Kent. We'll be back in a few weeks but I hope folks enjoy this one. This week we’re joined by , Senior Research Fellow in Urbanism at the University of Sydney, to talk about her work on family transportation, the messiness of travel for parents, and . +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free ! Find out about our newsletter and archive on ! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube,...

Episode 587: Dangerous by Design

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on the Talking Headways podcast, Steve Davis of Smart Growth America joins the show to talk about their most recent edition of . We chat about where we stand on pedestrian traffic deaths in the United States, the data collected to tell the story, and creating consequences for not improving safety. +++ Get the show ad free ! Find out about our newsletter and archive on ! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... Follow us on Mastadon Support the show on Patreon on our Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And...

Episode 586: SF Muni to the Future

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This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by SFMTA Director of Transportation Julie Kirschbaum. She discusses making system improvements, rising customer satisfaction, lessons from the pandemic on ridership and operations, as well as Muni's cultural connection to the city. +++ Get the show ad free ! Find out about our newsletter and archive on ! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... Follow us on Mastadon Support the show on Patreon on our Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at ! And everything else at

Episode 195: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Han Solo Returns

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on the Mondays show Han Solo is back and we're going through some news from the last month or so. Some really super interesting items to share in news format from what's in the ROAD to Housing Act that recently passed, night time transportation, the difference between Costco and Amazon logistics, and what makes an authentic place. There's much much more so how about diving in? News Items Inside the ROAD to Housing Act: Mobility wallet - Night transit - Future prime minister bus man - Costco's model - Authentic neighborhoods - Bonus Extra Items Salamander crossing - ...

Episode 585: Bill Fulton and the Future of Where

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This Week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Bill Fulton who has worn many hats including mayor, planning director, think tank director, publisher, professor and currently can be found writing on Substack at . We chat the impacts of work from home on cities, changing migration patterns and the south's new role as the "National Suburb", tax policy and burdens, 100 years of zoning law, and much much more. +++ Get the show ad free ! Find out about our newsletter and archive on ! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... Follow us on Mastadon ...

Flashback! Episode 419: We Travel to Reach Destinations

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by Greg Shill, Professor of Law at the University of Iowa, and Jonathan Levine, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Michigan to talk about their paper, . We talk about how to rethink transportation metrics towards accessibility, how the law has embedded mobility in transportation, and why we really travel. Hey everyone! This is an episode we put out in February of 2023 with Greg Shill and Jonathan Levine about their paper discussing how to rethink transportation metrics by putting forward...

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This week we’re joined by Ryan Puzycki, who writes at The City of Yes. We have a discussion on urban disorder, how it manifests, and how to address the upstream impacts instead of when it’s too late. We also talk about enforcing norms and the impacts of media on our perceptions.

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