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

    11/08/2026 | 43 mins.
    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 - Committee for Sydney
    Beauty over billboards - Reasons to be Cheerful
    ROAD to housing passes - NPR
    ROAD details - Bipartisan Policy Center
    EPA wants to allow more truck emissions - New York Times
    Maryland case for revolving fund - Maryland Matters
    Saving Japans heritage homes - New York Times
    Street design for more housing - Planetizen
    Curb management can reduce driver stress - Traffic Technology Today
    $200 rent for work from home - USA Today
    Trump's DOT hates bike lanes - NPR
    Architectural waste - Common Edge
    Lake Powell in uncharted territory - Utah Public Radio
    Bonus Items
    San Antonio E-bike program - Smart Cities World
    Oregon recycling rules face test - Governing
    Chicago bike lane fines - Chicago Tribune
    Wall street wants rents to rise - Time Magazine
    Policy begets voter engagement - Virginia Mercury
    Poland HSR plans - UA
    Hungary rail modernization - Daily News Hungary
    Zoox can start charging - The Verge
    Fiscal crisis facing cities - Urban Proxima
    Flock's cameras misread plates - C-Net
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  • Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

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

    06/08/2026 | 57 mins.
    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: Customization, Competition, and Costs: Findings and Recommendations for the U.S. Transit Bus Industry. 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.
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    Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! 
    And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public!
    And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
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    Flashback: Megan Kimble Talks Highway Expansion in Texas

    30/07/2026 | 46 mins.
    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  City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways. We chat about the folks fighting back against highways, the history behind building big roads, and what the future looks like for advocacy.
     
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    And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
  • Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

    Mondays Flashback: The Messiness of Family Travel

    28/07/2026 | 56 mins.
    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  Dr. Jennifer Kent, 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 loneliness and the built environment.
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    Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! 
    And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public!
    And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
  • Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

    Episode 587: Dangerous by Design

    23/07/2026 | 57 mins.
    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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    Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! 
    And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public!
    And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com
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About Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.
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