Jeff Wood
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Talking Headways Podcast: Repairing America’s Broken Housing System
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Jenny Schuetz, a senior fellow at Brookings Metro and author of the new book "Fixer Upper," talks about making housing decisions at the wrong scale, where housing reform would make the most sense, and how to better organize regional housing.
Talking Headways Podcast: A New Way of Public Engagement in Durham
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This week, Aidil Ortiz, principal at Aidilisms, and Mary Kate Morookian, a transit planner at Kimley Horn, speak one-on-one about the Durham Transit Plan and how they approached public engagement.
Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Ctrl Alt Delete’ for Transportation
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We talk to Kevin Krizek of the University of Colorado, and David King, of Arizona State University about access, justice, and why their new book is perfect for changing the conversation around transportation.
Talking Headways Podcast: Who Represents ‘The Community’ — Part II
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In Part 2 of our conversation with Jeremy Levine, assistant professor of organizational studies and sociology at the University of Michigan, we discuss how people talk about “the community” and what public outreach and participation could look like.
Talking Headways Podcast: Who Represents “The Community” Part 1
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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: Real Talk on Development and Climate Action
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This week, Adie Tomer from Brookings talks about how transit-oriented development and active transportation play into climate strategies. We talk about mitigation versus adaptation strategies and what solutions work best for each.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Annual Prediction Show with Yonah Freemark
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Yonah Freemark, a senior research associate at the Urban Institute, chats about the effects of the pandemic on office work and makes predictions about next year’s transportation policies and projects.
Talking Headways Podcast: Transit Project Costs and Solutions
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Paul Lewis, policy director at the Eno Center for Transportation, discusses "Saving Time and Making Cents: A Blueprint for Building Transit Better" — about the differences between highway and transit capital projects and ways to create better governance and lower costs.
Talking Headways Podcast: Planning for Underground Cities
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We talk to a geotechnical engineer about underground infrastructure and its importance for the future of cities.
Talking Headways Podcast: Treating Social Media Like a City
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This week, Sahar Massachi of the Integrity Institute talks about his MIT Technology Review piece, “How to Save Our Social Media by Treating it Like a City.” Who knew that managing social media’s bad actors is like dealing with urban problems such as black-box highway modeling, speed management, and city building?
Talking Headways Podcast: A Grassroots Bus-Network Redesign
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This week we feature a chat between Carlos Cruz-Casas, assistant director of Miami Dade County's Department of Transportation and Public Works, and Grace Perdomo, executive director of Miami's Transit Alliance, about the Better Bus Project, an advocacy-led, community-driven redesign of the Miami-Dade bus network.
Talking Headways Podcast: Reimagining Sustainable Cities
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We talk to Tina Rosan and Stephen Wheeler about how we can design our cities and our government to be fairer.