This week on the Talking Headways podcast we’re joined by professor Daniel Wortel-London to discuss his new book The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1875–1981. We talk about urban growth and missed opportunities by reformers to allow cities to capture more of their value. We discuss Henry George| The Overhead Wire
This week we’re joined once again by professor Karel Martens of Technion University. We learn about how transportation engineering is good at finding problems but not solving them, and a new tool to determine the success of transportation systems. Fair Transport Lab Website A scale for describing people’s mobility status – Findings Press Listen to| The Overhead Wire
This week we’re joined by Madeline Brozen of the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies. We talk about universal basic mobility and research her team has done on the LA Mobility Wallet Pilot Program. Listen to this episode at Streetsblog USA or find it in our hosting archive. Below is a full unedited transcript| The Overhead Wire
This week we’re joined by Chris Berdik to talk about his book Clamor: How Noise Took Over the World and How We Can Take it Back. We discuss the impacts of road noise on health and wellbeing, how our brains process sound, and creating positive urban soundscapes. We also talk about the problems with open| The Overhead Wire