Talking Headways Podcast: Planning for Godzilla in SimCity

By Jeff Wood
May 10, 2018

This week on the podcast we’re joined by Joe DiStefano of Urban Footprint.

We talk about Joe’s past work with Calthorpe Associates, where he did regional planning. Joe also talks about creating digital tools for big planning ideas, the importance of planners having information at their fingertips, and how planners should remind everyone that plans are about people.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Who Represents “The Community” Part 1

By Jeff Wood | Mar 17, 2022

Jeremy Levine, an assistant professor of organizational studies and sociology at the University of Michigan, talks about his book "Constructing Community: Urban Governance, Development, and Inequality in Boston." How do neighborhood groups, elected officials, and public servants claim the mantle of representing “the community”? Part 1 of 2.

Talking Headways Podcast: Lighting the Way for Pedestrians

By Jeff Wood | Apr 21, 2022

In their new book, "Outdoor Lighting for Pedestrians," Frank Markowitz and Leni Schwendinger talk about creating legible nighttime spaces, programming those spaces, and the future of lighting and transportation.