Talking Headways Podcast: No More Transit Hunger Games
This week Dan Baer, senior vice president at WSP, talks with Kevin Corbett, president and CEO of New Jersey Transit. In this one-on-one conversation, Baer and Corbett talk about NJ Transit’s response to the pandemic, bus electrification, new technologies, and much more.
July 29, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: This Food Pyramid Would be All Cars
This week we’re joined by Zabe Bent, director of design for the National Association of City Transportation Officials. We chat about how we think too much about the future and growth, the MUTCD process, and how she would start the design an infrastructure bill.
July 22, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Man’s Best Friend on Transit
This week we’re joined by Dr. Jennifer Kent, senior research fellow in urbanism at the Sydney School of Architecture. Kent talks with us about why we travel, the effect of family on our travel behavior, and the idea of “messy trips.” But, mostly, we talk about how dogs effect people’s trip choices, whether they will get a car just for the dog or be willing to get rid of a car because the transit system will let them take their dogs.
July 15, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Open Mobility as a Service
This week we’re joined by Andrew Salzberg, head of policy at Transit App. Salzberg talks with us about Transit’s "Guide to Open Mobility as a Service" and discusses how policy can create a better travel experience for everyone.
July 8, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Better Data, Better Planning
Talking to a city planner about using data to make planning decisions, the geography of place, and what the future might look like with more information.
June 18, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Putting City Character and Authenticity in Context
This week we’re joined once again by author Chuck Wolfe to talk about his book “Sustaining a City’s Culture and Character.” We talk about sustainable travel and the “character” and “authenticity” of places. We also talk in detail about the importance of context when considering planning for the future.
June 11, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: More Highways, More Driving
This week, we’re joined by Ben Holland, senior associate at the Rocky Mountain Institute to talk about important strategies for reducing emissions in the transportation and land use sectors. We talk about the disconnect between techno-optimists and urbanists in climate change approach, RMI’s new Colorado induced travel calculator, and the hard choices regions have on transportation and development.
June 4, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Dignity in Place (A Framework for Inclusive Healthy Places)
Want great public spaces? Start with basic human dignity for all people.
May 28, 2021
Dignity in Place (A Framework for Inclusive Healthy Places)
This week, we’re joined by Sharon Roerty, senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and Maki Kawaguchi, a director at Gehl, to talk about the Inclusive Healthy Places Framework
May 27, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Moving at the Speed of Trust
This week, we're talking to the hosts of The Movement Podcast about why politicians fail to convince the communities they claim they want to serve.
May 20, 2021