This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Adie Tomer of Brookings to discuss a paper he and his team wrote about the idea of regional block grants. He discusses the local subsidies going to state DOTs and how more local funding could mean more regional collaboration on infrastructure.

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This week we're joined by David Hencher, Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies at the University of Sydney. David chats about how to fix Mobility as a Service, why transportation providers aren't home base for these services, and proposes a new way to reduce travel and emissions called Mobility as a Feature.

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This week we're Han Solo again, but we discuss lead pollution and serial killers, PM 1 micro-pollution, and how ICE raids are reducing transit ridership in Los Angeles.

Below is a full linked article list:

Main Items

ICE raids lead to low LA ridership - LA Times

Tinier particles data finally collected - Washington University St. Louis

Reversible architecture - ArchDaily

TTC congestion management - blogTO

Bonus Items

KC wants to pay for block parties - Kansas City Star

Disasters impact baby brains - Gizmodo

Full of lead - The Overhead Wire

Oakland block tries to quit fossil fuels - KQED

End of Energy Star? - Smart Cities Dive

China's high speed rail debate - Asia Times

Arizona to vote on VMT charges - Ballotpedia

How government can finance low cost homes - Nonprofit Quarterly

Florida restricts bus lanes to ridership quotas - Tampa Bay Times

New motor could change e-bikes - Electrek

Toronto bike lane gets more traffic - Carbon Upfront!

Oregon housing bonds surpassed expectations - Governing

Puppies and Butterflies:

Michelin Restaurants on LA Transit

Bike share triathlon

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This week we're joined by Madeline Brozen of the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. We talk about universal basic mobility and research her team has done on the LA Mobility Wallet Pilot Program.

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This week we're joined by Ilana Preuss of Recast City to talk about small scale manufacturing in cities. We discuss the commercial side of economic development, the types of jobs we are creating, and how to build community wealth in left behind places. We also talk about hot planning topics such as jobs housing balance, economic multipliers, and spreading the retail peanut butter too thin.

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This week on the podcast, we're Han Solo but there's still a lot of news to share! We talk about research that shows how active transportation can reduce emissions even more than before, the ever growing fueling station, the "dark roof" lobby, and what is a third place really?

Below are the show notes with the items we discussed.

Show Notes

Gas stations growing - New York Times

Emissions reductions from active transport - Transportation Research Part D

Traffic academy expands - News from the States

Dark roof lobby - The Guardian

What is a third place? - Eater

Supreme court permitting revolution - Heatmap

Commuter rail ridership is urban - Pedestrian Observations

Santa Monica airport over people - Fast Company

Bonus Items

LA gentrification lowers transit ridership - CalMatters

Ending race, gender DBE contracting by USDOT - Reuters

Chinese trucks switch to electric - Transport Topics

Housing costs delay medical treatment - Wisconsin Public Radio

Poll says residents want Metromover - Miami Herald

Bologna's mobility strategy - Eurocities

Miami to monitor home temps - WLRN

Using mushrooms as building materials - Ideastream Public Radio

Limiting car dimensions - Transport and Environment

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This week we're joined by Chris Berdik to talk about his book Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World and How We Can Take it Back. We discuss the impacts of road noise on health and wellbeing, how our brains process sound, and creating positive urban soundscapes. We also talk about the problems with open offices and the incomplete story of the decibel.

Bonus link: Designing the sounds of TfL's buses in London - YouTube

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This week we're joined by Sujata Srivastava, Chief Policy Officer at SPUR, to discuss a recent policy brief entitled The Next 100 Days: An urbanist decision-making framework for San Francisco's new mayor. We discuss reforming the city's governance structure, what's needed for downtown recovery, transit policy and climate resilience.

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This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're Han Solo, but we've got some really interesting pieces for everyone including on federal transportation funding, EPA trying to kill climate protections, and a group of Seattle friends build a home together.

Main News

Highway trust fund dead since 2008 - T4America

EPA wants to kill GHG regs for power plants - New York Times

Washington State woonerfs - The Urbanist

US government built social housing - The Conversation

The 50% AV problem - Changing Lanes

Group of friends live together - Fast Company

Front range rail line - Colorado Newsline

Maui neighborhood built fast - Fast Company

Valencia's ceramic paving - Euronews

Seattle's new subway - City Observatory

Regional Block Grants - Brookings

Bonus Items

Transit expansion in Montana - Daily Montanan

Benefits of congestion pricing - New York Times

EPA rolls back limits for forever chemicals in drinking water - AP

Amsterdam smart charging - CleanTechnica

Colorado housing order - Colorado Public Radio

Urban childen prone to allergies - University of Rochester

Trump will regret cutting energy star - Heatmap

Economics of street fairs - Sherwood News

Spain orders AirBnB - New York Times

Lessons from LA mobility wallet - KTLA

China's airlines raise alarm on HSR market share - South China Morning Post

Dieselgate killed 16K people - The Guardian

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This week we're joined by Bill Schultheiss of Toole Design to talk about bike facility design guides. We look at the benefits of both AASHTO and NACTO guides and discuss the importance of history, political will, and the stress of being an expert witness in a trial.

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