{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast","slug":"talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084","podcast_index_feed_id":170084,"rss_url":"https://streetsblog.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://streetsblog.libsyn.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/f/d/7/afd7fbbdc263d748e5bbc093207a2619/TalkingHeadways-20231003-ovzbrpe2ii.png","author":"The Overhead Wire","episode_count":803,"summary":"A weekly podcast about the intersection between sustainable transportation, urban planning, and economic development. Hosted by Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T16:17:41.267607+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 191: Mondays at The Overhead Wire - Moving New Orleans","slug":"episode-191-mondays-at-the-overhead-wire-moving-new-orleans","published_at":"2026-05-12T06:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084/episode-191-mondays-at-the-overhead-wire-moving-new-orleans","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084","url":"https://streetsblog.libsyn.com/episode-191-mondays-at-the-overhead-wire-moving-new-orleans","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/streetsblog/Mondays_191.mp3?dest-id=170891","summary":"This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined once again by Tracy McMillan to discuss a number of super interesting news items. We discuss the future of New Orleans in a time of Sea Level rise, getting amphibians across the road safely during mating season, food insecurity amidst transit deserts, the importance of weekend transit service, and a bit on meeting people where they are when planning. Below are the News items that were discussed and links to resources mentioned. Main Items SafeTrec street story - University of California at Berkeley New Orleans point of no return - The Guardian How Americans in transit deserts get groceries - The Guardian The weekend transit problem - Car Free America How planners could reduce the cost of living - Planetizen Amphibian crossings - Grist Extra Items Maul Shadow Lord Janix Transit Map YouTube Ecology Bingeing China releases horses to stop desertification - Ground Zero Channel Scotland's 250 year forest plan - Make Tech Future Nevada let five Beavers back into a dead desert - Daily Discoveries Do Redwoods Only Grow in California? - Atlas Pro Referenced Talking Headways Episodes 521: Food Deserts and Policy - Stacy Mitchell of ILSR 459: Crossings - Ben Goldfarb 325: Transport Justice - Karel Martens +++ Many thanks to Bob Nanna for our intro/outro music. Get the show ad free on Patreon ! Find out about our newsletter and archive on YouTube ! Follow us on Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, YouTube, Flickr, Substack ... @theoverheadwire Follow us on Mastadon theoverheadwire@sfba.social Support the show on Patreon http://patreon.com/theoverheadwire Buy books on our Bookshop.org Affiliate site! And get our Cars are Cholesterol shirt at Tee-Public ! And everything else at http://theoverheadwire.com","meta_description":"This week on Mondays at The Overhead Wire we're joined once again by Tracy McMillan to discuss a number of super interesting news items. We discuss the fu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4423,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084/episodes/episode-191-mondays-at-the-overhead-wire-moving-new-orleans/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-headways-a-streetsblog-podcast-170084/episode-191-mondays-at-the-overhead-wire-moving-new-orleans.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}