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Episode 587: Dangerous by Design

Release Date: 07/23/2026

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

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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...

Episode 194: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Family Friendly Cities?

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire, Tracy McMillan is back on the show to talk about a number of items including a piece on the role of the built environment in population decline, the kids of the Netherlands taking part in a four day national walking festival, the prevalence of growing vehicles in the United States and in Europe, and a signification pollution reduction in London on account of low emissions policies including vehicle limits. News Item Links Built environment and population decline - Dutch children's four day walkabout - America's growing SUV size problem - ...

Episode 583: The Transit Abundance Playbook

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Will Poff-Webster of the Institute for Progress to talk about their new collection of ideas to bring transit project costs down entitled the . We discuss how to translate ideas into legislation, how these ideas fit into the current transportation bill, the importance of building public sector capacity, and how to cut costs in order to build more transit projects. +++ 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 ...

Episode 583: Framing Urban Disorder

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we’re joined by Ryan Puzycki, who writes at . 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. +++ 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 193: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Henry George's Urbanist Army

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on the Mondays show we're joined by Kate Gasparro of the podcast. We talk about the potential for land value taxes, research on car commutes from the Pottsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 15 minute cities and the importance of destinations, and big Japanese megadevelopments. Main Stories A potential for land value taxes - A new approach to planning with less driving - 15 minute cities and proximities to jobs - Rise of the managed city - +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free ! Find out about our newsletter and archive on !...

Episode 582: A Latent Hazard Activated by Conflict

Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week we’re joined by Professor Eric Dumbaugh of Florida Atlantic University to share his new paper on . We discuss the connections between the siting of destinations and deaths of vulnerable road users as well as a long game needed for true road 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 everything else at

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This week on the Talking Headways podcast, Steve Davis of Smart Growth America joins the show to talk about their most recent edition of Dangerous by Design. 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.

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