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Jeff Wood

Jeff Wood is the creator of the Talking Headways podcast and editor of the newsletter The Overhead Wire.

Talking Headways Podcast: Narrow the Lanes!

At 30 to 35 miles per hour, research shows that 12- and 11-feet-wide lanes have significantly higher number of crashes than 10- or nine-feet-wide lanes.

January 4, 2024

Talking Headways Podcast: Congressman Earl Blumenauer

The longtime congressman joined us to talk connections between health care, food and transportation, progress on the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), and future directions for transportation funding.

December 21, 2023

Talking Headways Podcast: Sausage Making and the ADA

"It is fundamentally inappropriate to keep charging disabled people twice as much," our guest Ron Brooks says.

December 7, 2023

Talking Headways Podcast: The Sexy World of Bus Speeds

When you start to add up the numbers, you can see why agency leaders would be interesting in finding ways to reduce those costs.

November 30, 2023

Talking Headways Podcast: Oh, Deer, We Have to Stop Roadkill

Don't call it "roadkill." Call it "wildlife that we need to protect for them and for us." A very special podcast episode.

November 16, 2023

Talking Headways Podcast: Aging Adults and Climate Emergencies

Climate change is affecting all of us — but especially seniors. Let's talk about it.

November 9, 2023

Talking Headways Podcast: Want Riders? Run Frequent Service

Before you fill any gap in transit, you need the resources to provide that service, says a true expert in this special edition.

November 2, 2023

Talking Headways Podcast: The Living City

How you govern the trees is how you govern the city, says author Des Fitzgerald in this very special episode.

October 26, 2023

Talking Headways Podcast: Finding Resources to Do Big Things

We discuss how cities create budgets that reflect their policy goals and what it takes to find resources for big ideas with Chris Fabian of Resource X.

October 19, 2023

Talking Headways Podcast: Real Estate Impacts at BART

One of the great assets of any transit system is its real estate — and how it's developed has a major impact on ridership and, therefore, farebox revenue.

October 12, 2023