Jeff Wood
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Talking Headway Podcast: Why Tech Won’t Save Transportation
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This week, Paris Marx, author of, “Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation,” talks about technologists, Ursula K. Le Guin’s “Carrier Bag Theory,” and Uber’s impact on labor laws.
Talking Headways Podcast: What Cities Gain by Removing Parking
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This week, Catie Gould of the Sightline Institute talks about Oregon’s plans for reducing parking regulations in cities.
Talking Headways Podcast: A ‘Communities First’ Infrastructure Alliance
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On May 18, the White House released a technical-assistance guide to help communities access resources made available in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Talking Headways Podcast: The 15 Minute Church
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We chat with Travis Norvell, minister at Judson Memorial Baptist Church in Minneapolis and author of “Church on the Move,” about the future of church parking lots and how cars have changed communities.
Talking Headways Podcast: Repairing America’s Broken Housing System
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This week, Jenny Schuetz, author of the new book “Fixer Upper,” talks about making housing decisions at the wrong scale, where housing reform would make the most sense, and how to better organize regional housing.
Talking Headways Podcast: A New Way of Public Engagement in Durham
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This week, Aidil Ortiz, principal at Aidilisms, and Mary Kate Morookian, a transit planner at Kimley Horn, speak one-on-one about the Durham Transit Plan and how they approached public engagement.
Talking Headways Podcast: Who Represents “The Community” Part 1 By Jeff Wood Mar 17, 2022
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How do neighborhood groups, elected officials, and public servants claim the mantle of representing “the community”?
Talking Headways Podcast: Planning for Underground Cities
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Asal Bidarmaghz, a lecturer in geotechnical engineering at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, discusses underground infrastructure and its importance for the future of cities.
Talking Headways Podcast: A Philosophical Justification for Accessibility
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This week, we’re joined by Karel Martens, associate professor of Architecture and Town Planning at Technion – Israel Insitute of Technology.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Magic (Electric) Bus
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Electrifying a bus fleet is not as simple as buying electric buses and simply plugging them in!
Talking Headways Podcast: Buildings, Transportation, and Power
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How are we going to get to net zero carbon emissions? It's hard.
Talking Headways Podcast: Bringing Back the Carpool
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Could a new feature on the Waze app help restore something we have all forgotten how to do? Dani Simons talks about carpooling.