Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast

Jeff Wood

jswood@theoverheadwire.com

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Booking Overview

A weekly show connecting sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development—with guests who translate research and project work into practical city outcomes. For PR pros, it’s a strong platform for thinkers and practitioners on equitable mobility, public space, and transportation impacts on communities.

Metrics

Episodes: 802

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Neutral

Location: USA

Contact Information

jswood@theoverheadwire.com

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Host

Jeff Wood - Host of Talking Headways and founder/editor of The Overhead Wire (a publication covering transportation, cities, and transit topics). He leads conversations at the intersection of sustainable mobil...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Transportation/urban planning professionals; city or project managers leading transit/greenway infrastructure; and academic researchers with published work on transportation impacts (health, equity, accessibility, environmental or economic outcomes).
Required Achievements:  
Published research papers or new measurement frameworks, Leadership on major mobility or public-realm projects (e.g., greenways, BRT alignment work), Recognized expertise through university affiliation or documented project delivery

Recent Guest Discussions

Wendy Zhao - A New Way To Measure Accessibility (concept Referenced As Part Of The Conversation).

Chrissy Mancini Nichols - Electrostates; Accessibility Measurement; BRT Alignment Tradeoffs; Transportation Funding In An Electrified/delivery-focused World.

Marianthi-Anna Kioumourtzoglou - Community Severance By Road Infrastructure/traffic And Mental Health Impacts; Health Impacts Analysis Methodology.

Jaime Benavides - Community Severance From Roads And Links To Mental Health-related Hospital Visits In Nyc; Separating Road Impacts From Air Quality.

Dabney Sanders - Opening Final Greenway Section After 25 Years; Art Projects; Lessons For Other Cities Building Greenways.

Recent Topics

Transportation, Urban Planning, Sustainability, Economic Development, Transit

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
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Episode 582: A Latent Hazard Activated by Conflict

June 11, 2026

This week we're joined by Professor Eric Dumbaugh of Florida Atlantic University to share his new paper on Land Use and Road Safety: Understanding the Persistence of Vulnerable Road User Deaths and Injuries in the United States. We discuss the connections between the siting of destinations and deaths of vulnerable road users as well as a long game needed for true road safety. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube! Follow us on Bluesky, Thre...

Episode 581: In Good Faith

June 04, 2026

This week we're joined by Ryan Avent to discuss his new book In Good Faith: How the Nature of Belief Shapes the Fate of Societies. We discuss human evolution and the impact of collective knowledge and culture and the need to create a new story about the future of society. We also discuss grass is greener thinking on infrastructure, the nature of belief without the need for evidence, and the fact that there is no perfect past. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! Find out about our newsletter ...

Episode 192: Mondays at The Overhead Wire – No BRT for Christmas, Only Ham

June 02, 2026

Chrissy Mancini Nichols joins the show again and we have a blast talking about all kinds of urban topics.  We discuss the rise of electro-states, a new way to measure accessibility from Wendy Zhao, short versus long term thinking on BRT alignments, and thoughts on how we should fund transportation considering our new world of deliveries and electric vehicles. Lots of great stuff, listen in here.   Discussion Items Dawn of the Electric World Order - Phenomenal World A new way of measuring acce...

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