Jeff Wood
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Talking Headways Podcast: The Heat is On
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This week we’re joined by Dr. V Kelly Turner, director of urban environment research at UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation. We chat about how to think differently about urban heat, how to measure it properly, and how to regulate it.
Talking Headways Podcast: No More Transit Hunger Games
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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.
Talking Headways Podcast: This Food Pyramid Would be All Cars
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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.
Talking Headways Podcast: Man’s Best Friend on Transit
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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.
Talking Headways Podcast: Open Mobility as a Service
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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.
Talking Headways Podcast: Coordinating Pandemic Transit
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This week we’re joined by Robert del Rosario, director of service development for AC Transit in Oakland to talk about the pandemic, what’s needed to get riders coming back, and what sustainable revenue might look like going forward.
Talking Headways Podcast: A Compass for Sustainability
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This week, we’re joined by Mark Perepelitza, director of sustainability at SERA Architects, who chats about the meaning of sustainability, the company’s sustainability action plan, and its colorful Project Compass.
Talking Headways Podcast: Better Data, Better Planning
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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.
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.