Talking Headways Podcast: Megaregions and Our Future
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Why are megaregions so important for the future of our society and the planet?
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about density
Talking Headways Podcast: Treating Social Media Like a City
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This week, Sahar Massachi of the Integrity Institute talks about his MIT Technology Review piece, “How to Save Our Social Media by Treating it Like a City.” Who knew that managing social media’s bad actors is like dealing with urban problems such as black-box highway modeling, speed management, and city building?
Talking Headways Podcast: Why a City Is Not a Computer
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This week we’re joined by Shannon Mattern, professor of anthropology at the New School for Social Research, who talks with us about her new book, "A City is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences." We discuss the ideas of smartness versus wisdom, maintenance as a way of absorbing information, and the city as a processing machine.
Talking Headways Podcast: Not Just Wires, Pipes, and Roads
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This week, we’re talking about the importance a systems approach in interconnected topics like transportation, education, and health care (yes, they're interconnected!).
Electric Vehicles Won’t Save Us
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Why EV’s are false prophets in the fight for a better world.
Hello, 2020, What Do You Have in Store?
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This year, America will vote for a new president. We also have a chance to define what kind of country we want to be, depending on how we address these 11 vital transportation-related issues.