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Talking Headways Podcast: Welcome to the Fresh Coast!

By Jeff Wood | May 8, 2015 | No Comments

This week I chat with Jeramey Jannene of Streetsblog Network blog Urban Milwaukee. Jeramey discusses freeway teardowns, freeway expansion, the new bike-share system, the transit funding situation in the city, the city’s streetcar plans, and the city’s really high weighted density. And we talk about water. Milwaukee is becoming the “Fresh Coast,” an innovative place […]

Damien Talks Episode 1: Bike SD’s Sam Ollinger

By Damien Newton | May 6, 2015 | No Comments

Welcome to the first episode of Damien Talks, a podcast series for Streetsblog Los Angeles, Streetsblog California, LongBeachize and Santa Monica Next. In each episode, I’ll be talking to someone from the transportation scene from somewhere in California. I’ll try to provide minimal commentary so that the interviews speak for themselves. We’re always looking for […]

Introducing: Damien Talks Podcast

By Damien Newton | May 4, 2015 | 3 Comments

Starting this Wednesday, Streetsblog California will be hosting a weekly podcast hosted by yours truly, entitled Damien Talks. The name is a play off my twitter handle. Every week I’ll be talking to a different Californian about the Livable Streets issues of the day. Think of it as a less-well-produced, California-centric version of Talking Headways. Each […]

Talking Headways Podcast: Those Roads Won’t Pay for Themselves

By Jeff Wood | Apr 24, 2015 | No Comments

This week we’re joined by Kevin DeGood of the Center for American Progress, who along with Andrew Schwartz recently wrote a report called Advancing a Multimodal Transportation System by Eliminating Funding Restrictions. Sound too wonky? I call it the “Roads Don’t Pay for Themselves Report.” When approximately 5.5 percent of roads carry 55 percent of […]

Talking Headways Podcast: We Built This City on Transit and Roads

By Jeff Wood | Apr 17, 2015 | No Comments

Karoliina Korppoo, the lead designer for the new city building game Cities: Skylines, joins me on the pod this week to talk about the game and what makes it so fun to play. Among my questions for her: Why aren’t there any tramways or bike lanes in the game? And do the game designers realize […]