Talking Headways Podcast: Transportation and Empty Storefronts

By Jeff Wood
Nov 15, 2016

Talking Headways is coming to you this week from Madison, Wisconsin, and the Empty Storefronts Conference. Our guest is former Madison mayor and current Wisconsin Bike Fed Executive Director Dave Cieslewicz. We chat about his transportation hero, how bikes interact with small businesses, economic development, and why new technologies should make us think twice about building new parking spaces.

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Talking Headways Podcast: The Mayors of Innovation

By Jeff Wood | Nov 1, 2017

This week's podcast features mayors of three major American cities discussing transportation and "innovation." Libby Schaaf of Oakland, Bill Peduto of Pittsburgh, and Michael Hancock of Denver shared the stage at September's Rail~volution conference for a panel moderated by Maurice Jones of LISC.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Vive La Transportation Révolution

By Jeff Wood | Dec 21, 2017

Paris Deputy Mayor of Transportation and Public Space Christophe Najdovski discusses the stunning array of improvements to transit and streets currently underway in Paris: expanding the subway and tram networks, better cycling infrastructure, and more car-free streets and public spaces, including the pedestrianization of roadways along the Seine.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Catching Up With Congressmember Earl Blumenauer

By Jeff Wood | Oct 12, 2017

Blumenauer discusses how Rail~Volution got its start, how we can use congestion pricing and road user charges to pay for transportation, Vision Zero, and why urbanists should be thinking about the Farm Bill.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Sharing a Ride to the Future

By Jeff Wood | Jul 13, 2017

This week's guest on Talking Headways is Zack Wasserman, head of global business development at Via, a ride-hailing company headquartered in New York. We talk about Via’s role as a trip provider, as well as a software builder for transit agencies, and how we can get more people sharing rides. We also discuss how transportation systems are likely to change in lower density places and the role of technological and policy innovation in both the public and private transportation sectors.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Mayor Rahm Emanuel at NACTO Chicago

By Jeff Wood | Nov 30, 2017

Emanuel discusses why he wants a ride-hailing fee to fund transit improvements.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Transatlantic Part 1 — The United States

By Jeff Wood | Aug 10, 2017

Here's the first installment of my two-part conversation with Jonn Elledge, the editor of City Metric and the host of the Skylines podcast. In this episode Jonn interviews me about American transportation, particularly the history of urban subways and light rail, as well as transportation politics and possible futures.