Talking Headways Podcast: Planning for Underground Cities
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We talk to a geotechnical engineer about underground infrastructure and its importance for the future of cities.
Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Urban Planning
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!).
Talking Headways Podcast: Streets are Not Just Pipes
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This week we’re joined by Miami of Ohio Geography Professor David Prytherch. Prytherch chats with us about his recent journal article in Urban Geography: "Reimagining the physical/social infrastructure of the American street." We talk about businesses' newfound interest in the street, equity and ethical discussions about rights to the street, and the new pandemic paradigm of "open streets."
Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: Lessons from Britain’s ‘School Streets’
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How London learned to keep children safe and healthier by restricting cars.
How Cities Are Making Streets Safe During COVID
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How cities are making streets safe more quickly and easily than ever before.