Jeff Wood
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Podcast: Putting City Character in Context
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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. For those of you who prefer […]
Talking Headways Podcast: More Highways, More Driving
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This week, we're talking about the disconnect between techno-optimists and urbanists in climate change approach (whoa!).
Talking Headways Podcast: It's All About Dignity
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Want great public spaces? Start with basic human dignity for all people.
Talking Headways Podcast: Moving at the Speed of Trust
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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.
Talking Headways Podcast: Can We ‘Schedule’ Cities to Work for Us?
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Let's face it, the infrastructure of tomorrow might be very different than the infrastructure for yesterday. So let's talk about that with two deep data people.
Talking Headways Podcast: Rethinking City and Commuter Transportation
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Look, it's just always good to talk to transit professionals. And these two guys from Philly have a lot to say about the vision of the future — and how the sausage gets made.
Talking Headways Podcast: A New Conversation about Development Finance
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Let's talk about early childhood education, housing, and connecting transportation to community development.
Talking Headways Podcast: Down on Main Street
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Let's talk with Mindy Fullilove about the psychology of place, the strength of weak ties, and how cities are a part of nature.
Talking Headways Podcast: Call it the Manual Undermining Terrific Community Design (MUTCD)
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We have met the enemy and it is the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
Talking Headways Podcast: What Makes an ‘Age-Friendly’ Place?
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Talking to AARP about how every city can become more age-friendly, how the pandemic is affecting older Americans, and how we can think more holistically about aging in place.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark!
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Talking to the new Urban Institute honcho about projects added to his transit inventory, the new infrastructure bill and a look back at our predictions from last year.
Talking Headways Podcast: A Philosophical Justification for Accessibility
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No one likes congestion, but that's not a reason to pool a lot of public money into it, says an expert.