Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

This week on the Talking Headways podcast I'm joined by Danny Pearlstein of the Riders Alliance to Talk About the One Year Anniversary of Congestion Pricing in New York City. We chat about the history of the idea, the mobilization of activists to turn the cameras on, and sour grapes from New Jersey and USDOT.
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This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined by Kate Gasparro, host of the Building Better Cities podcast! We talk about the first transit system invented by mathematician Blaise Pascal, whether design is making the housing shortage worse, LA Metro's new Care Based Services Division, and whether Chicago should have taken back it's parking meters from private equity. 
Below are the items we discussed in greater detail:
The first transit system - France Today
LA Metro's new Care Based Services Division - Los Angeles Sentinel
Ugly buildings and the design shortage - Vox
Mayor Johnson won't try to buy back parking meters - Chicago Tribune
Denmark's red lights - Daily Galaxy | Frank Markowitz and Leni Schwendinger's Lighting Episode 379
Puppies and Butterflies 
Star Wars Maul Trailer
The Pitt is an example of "Competancy Porn" - Washington Post
Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our music.
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This week Talking Headways is being hosted by our friend Anna Zivarts who guides a panel of elected officials and advocates to talk about the impacts of the Week Without Driving. They look back at 2025's activities and look forward to this year's version.
Featured guests include:
Arizona State Senator Analise Ortiz (Referenced Videos on TikTok and Instagram)
Rochester MN City Council Member Nick Miller
Alice Hilton and Quinn Mulholland Living Streets Lexington
Kai Hall of Greater Greater Washington
Ruth Rosas of Nondrivers Alliance
 
Listen to Anna speak previously on Episodes 366 & 488
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This week on the Talking Headways podcast we're joined by Jake Berman to talk about his book, The Lost Subways of North America: A Cartographic Guide to the Past, Present, and What Might Have Been. We discuss transit histories through the lens of racial dynamics, monopolies, ballot measures, and overlooked cities.
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We're back for a new year of Mondays at The Overhead Wire!  This week we're chatting about faster transit, cable cars in the Paris region, congestion pricing and more!
Below you'll find links to the items we discuss during the show...
Closing labor force gap - Los Angeles Times
Congestion pricing air pollution - Phys.org
Congestion pricing benefits - NYT
Leaving DART is hard - D Magazine
Paris cable car - Metro
Speed matters - Italian (urban) letters
Quiet sells - Wall Street Journal
Road salt remains - WHYY
California speeding penalties - Los Angeles Times
Pusing green can backfire - Grist
Misinformation - Volts
Bonus Items
Carmakers and operators liable in China - Cleantechnica
Euro cities clamp down on big cars - AS
Eileen Higgins wins Miami Mayorship - Talking Headways episode
LA Streamlining - Los Angeles Times
Oldes social housing - Deutsche Welle
Dutch answer to water - Inside Climate News
Atlanta's housing progress - Rough Draft Atlanta
Where the prarie remains - Noema
Kotek calls for new transport bill - Bike Portland
Houston residents spend on transport - Houston Public Media
Santa Fe links minimum wage to cost of housing - KRWG
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