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Jeff Wood

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Podcast: Do Bicycles Cause Gentrification?

By Jeff Wood | Oct 4, 2018 | No Comments
Does this persistent urban concern roll in on two wheels?
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Podcast: Subsidizing Congestion With Commuter Tax Benefits

By Jeff Wood | Oct 9, 2017 | No Comments
This week we’re joined by Tony Dutzik of the Frontier Group and Steven Higashide of TransitCenter to discuss their new report, "Who Pays for Parking?" - an incisive critique of federal commuter tax benefits.
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Talking Headways Podcast: The Streets Revolution Will Be Televised in Purple

By Jeff Wood | May 5, 2017 | No Comments
This week's guest is Streetfilms' own Clarence Eckerson Jr. Clarence tells us about his start working in video with the BikeTV cable access show, what goes into making Streetfilms, and the best way to approach people on the street for interviews. Listen and you might also catch a few stories about Veronica Moss and the Zozo.
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Talking Headways Podcast: The Battery Powered Electric Bus

By Jeff Wood | Apr 20, 2017 | No Comments
This week's guest is Matt Horton of Proterra, a company that designs and manufactures battery powered electric buses. We cover the basics of electric buses, power consumption and recharging, the benefits and costs, as well as potential environmental effects.
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How France Makes High-Speed Rail Stations Meld With Cities

By Jeff Wood | Feb 2, 2017 | No Comments
As France develops its high-speed rail network, the areas around stations are treated not just as transportation initiatives but as city-building projects. This discussion centers on how public agencies plan high-speed rail station areas in France, integration of the stations into districts as a whole, and the importance of a comprehensive vision for integrating transportation and land use in the station district.
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Talking Headways Podcast: A Bus Full of People Should Go Ahead of a Tesla

By Jeff Wood | Dec 1, 2016 | No Comments
This week's episode returns to the Shared Use Mobility Summit in Chicago for a great discussion of how the changing technology and information landscape could yield more equitable outcomes.
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Talking Headways Podcast: Will the Autonomous Future Be Heaven or Hell?

By Jeff Wood | Nov 22, 2016 | No Comments
Hear Zipcar founder Robin Chase's ideas about the future of shared mobility services and autonomous vehicles.
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Talking Headways Podcast: All Things London Transport, With Ian Brown

By Jeff Wood | Oct 28, 2016 | No Comments
This week we’re chatting with Ian Brown, former managing director for London Rail. Ian discusses everything London transport, including congestion pricing; constructing, financing; and making the case for the massive Crossrail project; bus operations; cycling; operations contracts; and even contactless fare payment systems.
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Talking Headways Podcast: The Vancouver Model

By Jeff Wood | Sep 6, 2016 | No Comments
Former Vancouver chief planner Brent Toderian joins the podcast this week to discuss the best way to do density, what types of cities should take on the Olympics, and what happens to planners after they have kids. Brent also talks about the downsides of both NIMBYism and YIMBYism, and whether you should believe what you read in all those city rankings.
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Talking Headways Podcast: A Better Measuring Stick for Transportation

By Jeff Wood | Jun 6, 2016 | No Comments
Kevin DeGood of the Center for American Progress and Deron Lovaas of NRDC join the podcast this week to talk about rules proposed by U.S. DOT to measure congestion and greenhouse gas emissions. These rules matter because they’ll create new feedback loops for transportation agencies — the feds can create incentives to reduce car trips and carbon pollution if […]
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Talking Headways Podcast: Moneyball for Transit

By Jeff Wood | May 26, 2016 | No Comments
Laurel Paget-Seekins joins the podcast this week to talk about her days as a transit activist in Atlanta, what Santiago, Chile, taught her about transit networks, and her current work on data collection and dissemination as the director of strategic initiatives at the MBTA in Boston. We discuss the MBTA’s data blog and dashboard, how the agency […]
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Talking Headways Podcast: The City Is a Painting You Walk Into

By Jeff Wood | Apr 21, 2016 | No Comments
This week I’m joined by James Rojas of Place It! to talk about art in planning and Latino urbanism. James is an award-winning planner and a native Angeleno, and he tells us about how growing up in East LA and visiting his grandmother’s house shaped the way he thinks about urban spaces and design. Tune in and hear James discuss […]
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