Urban Planning
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Talking Headways Podcast: What We Can Do To Depave Cities
This week on the podcast, we're joined by Mary Pat McGuire, associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Illinois. McGuire talks with us about what happens to water after it hits the pavement, the damaging environmental effects of covering cities in pavement, and steps we can take to reduce runoff in green cities.
September 30, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: The Feminist City
Talking to the author of "Feminist City" about how our public spaces could transform our society for the better — and even improve our friendships.
August 19, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Saved Mental Energy
This week we're joined by Melissa and Chris Bruntlett to talk about their book, "Curbing Traffic: The Human Case for Fewer Cars in Our Lives." We chat about the ambient stress and anxiety created by auto-oriented cities, the mental energy saved by car-light spaces, and the difference between engineering and ecological resilience.
August 12, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: This Food Pyramid Would be All Cars
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.
July 22, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: Down on Main Street
Let's talk with Mindy Fullilove about the psychology of place, the strength of weak ties, and how cities are a part of nature.
April 22, 2021
Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Intro to the City’
How do Black and Hispanic kids feel when they go into a Whole Foods? Not welcome, that's for sure. And therein lies a major problem.
January 14, 2021
‘We Could Do Without Urban Planning’: Destiny Thomas on the 2021 Un-Urbanist Assembly
"The truth is, we could do without urban planning. And if we did, that wouldn’t mean that no one would be thinking intentionally about how to make cities. The instrument, the arm, the machine [for] city-making — it's got to go."
December 22, 2020
‘A City is a Series of Choices Over Time’: Roman Mars Reveals the Secret Histories That Shape Our Streets
Roman Mars's new book builds on the universe of fascinating stories he explores in the "99 Percent Invisible" podcast, and reveals a range of dazzling histories hidden in our streets and roads.
December 11, 2020
Talking Headways Podcast: Location Does Matter
What predicts lower transportation expenditures? Access to good transit and access to jobs as well.
December 10, 2020
Starchitect David Rockwell Sketches Out New York’s Parking-Free Future
November 20, 2020
