Jeff Wood
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Talking Headways Podcast: The Potential of Real-Time Information
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Let's talk about real-time transit information including its history, benefits, shortcomings, and potential futures.
Talking Headways Podcast: Transit-Oriented Bus and Rail in Chicago
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This week: A special edition on transit-oriented development in the Windy City!
Talking Headways Podcast: High Impact Investing in Low Wealth Communities
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This week, we're joined by Maurice Jones, president and CEO of Local Initiatives Support Corporation, who talks about working with communities and existing businesses to develop talent in the workforce, breaking down barriers to entry in certain professions such as property development, and the history of policies and practices that intentionally excluded certain populations from opportunity.
Talking Headways Podcast: Mapping the Land
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This week, we learn about digital mapping.
Talking Headways Podcast: Meet a Bus Driver and Housing Activist
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This week, we're chatting with Laura Loe of Share the Cities.
Talking Headways Podcast: Cleveland BRT’s 10th Anniversary
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This week, we talk with interim CEO Floun’say Caver and former CEO Joe Calabrese of the Cleveland RTA about the Euclid Avenue bus rapid transit line as it marks its 10th anniversary. The so-called HealthLine, which connects two major regional employment centers, was the product of input from numerous community stakeholders and has been widely […]
Talking Headways Podcast: Walt Disney, City Planner
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There's lots to unpack when you think about the impact of Walt Disney.
Podcast: The Anatomy of an Urban Cell
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This week, we're joined by planner Robin Renner, author of "Urban Being: Anatomy and Identity of the City." Robin talks about how living in a number of places around the world got him to think differently about cities — and how urban areas can be improved.
Talking Headways Podcast: The Uber Effect
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This week we're joined by Andrew Salzberg, head of transportation policy and research at Uber. Andrew talks about growing up in Montreal and his previous transportation work at the World Bank. We also chat about the importance of transportation policy at the city level and Uber's support for congestion pricing.
Talking Headways Podcast: Annual Predictions With Yonah Freemark
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This week we’re joined by Yonah Freemark of the Transport Politic for our annual prediction extravaganza.
Talking Headways Podcast: Transatlantic Part 2 — London
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This week I chat again with Jonn Ellege of CityMetric (catch up on part one, if you haven't listened yet). This time it’s my turn to interview and we cover a lot of ground. We talk about major London transit projects including Crossrail and high speed rail, how Transport for London is regulating Uber, what’s happening to the buses on Oxford Street, and more.
Talking Headways Podcast: Taming Pittsburgh’s Hostile Streets
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This week's guests are Breen Masciotra, transit-oriented development manager for the Port Authority of Allegheny County, and Karina Ricks, director of the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure for the city of Pittsburgh. We discuss the challenges they face in Pittsburgh, including topography, new technologies, and hostile streets. You'll also hear about how they're making a more walkable and multi-modal city through new bus rapid transit projects, transit-oriented development initiatives, and "eco innovation districts."