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This week we're joined by Bill Schultheiss of Toole Design to talk about bike facility design guides. We look at the benefits of both AASHTO and NACTO guides and discuss the importance of history, political will, and the stress of being an expert witness in a trial. +++ Get the show ad free on Patreon! 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    

In this episode, you'll learn all about National Association for Transportation Officials (NACTO) and their new Urban Bikeway Design Guide from Executive Director, Ryan Russo. Ryan starts by sharing his origin story working for NYC DOT doing bicycle and pedestrian planning and executing the PlaNYC vision for the better part of 14 years before leaving for Oakland, California to launch a new Department of Transportation Department, where he was for five years prior to returning to NYC to take the helm at NACTO.NACTO is an association of North American cities and transit agencies formed to exchange transportation ideas, insights, and practices and cooperatively approach national transportation issues.The NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Third Edition will help city leaders and street designers meet the needs of our time and sets a new standard for street design in North America. Developed for cities, by cities, the new guide is more than a permission slip for better street design–it's a prescription for safe, connected, equitable bike networks. It captures lessons learned and emerging practices to set a new bar for the design of city streets. New topics address critical gaps, including planning and project development.The guide includes information on advisory lanes or edge lane roads, protected bikeways and roundabouts, and various shared street designs.We also discuss the Designing Cities Conference taking place in May of this year.#streetsareforpeople #allagesandabilities #bicycleinfrastructure #bikewaydesigns Thank you so much for tuning in! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it with a friend and subscribe to the podcast on your preferred listening platform. Also, don't forget to check out the Active Towns Channel for more video content.Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):

Eulois Cleckley, the outgoing Executive Director of the Denver Department of Transportation & Infrastructure, discusses how he helped launch a new transportation and infrastructure department in a large urban city. Cleckley, who serves as president of both the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) as well as the Colorado Chapter of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), also shares insights on how cities are working together to achieve safer, more equitable environments for all road users in a post-COVID environment. Finally, he touches on an upcoming career move this summer to Miami-Dade County in Florida as its new Director and CEO of Transportation and Public Works.

Eulois Cleckley, Executive Director of the Denver Department of Transportation & Infrastructure in Colorado, USA, discusses how he helped launch a new transportation and infrastructure department in a large urban city. Cleckley, who serves as president of both the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) as well as the Colorado Chapter of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), also shares insights on how cities are working together to achieve safer, more equitable environments for all road users in a post-COVID environment. Finally, he touches on an upcoming career move this summer to Miami-Dade County in Florida, USA as its new Director and CEO of Transportation and Public Works.

Eulois Cleckley, Executive Director of the Denver Department of Transportation & Infrastructure in Colorado, USA, discusses how he helped launch a new transportation and infrastructure department in a large urban city. Cleckley, who serves as president of both the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) as well as the Colorado Chapter of the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO), also shares insights on how cities are working together to achieve safer, more equitable environments for all road users in a post-COVID environment. Finally, he touches on an upcoming career move this summer to Miami-Dade County in Florida, USA as its new Director and CEO of Transportation and Public Works.

Good morning, RVA! It’s 60 °F, and it might get a little warmer and a little wetter today. Temperatures drop this evening as some possibly-severe weather rolls through. Boots weather tomorrow, I think!Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 1,432 new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 23 new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 183 new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 69, Henrico: 73, and Richmond: 41). Since this pandemic began, 1,208 people have died in the Richmond region. Not much new to report in COVID-19 world today—which, I think, itself is a sign of the phase of the pandemic we’re in. I do want to encourage folks, if they have not already, to head over to vaccinate.virginia.gov and either pre-register for a vaccine or update their information as necessary. With Phase 1c and Phase 2 right around the corner, you’ll want to make sure you’re in the system with the all the correct details. Near to my heart: Mediafolk fall under Phase 1c! If you’re a reporter or work in media, make sure you’ve checked that box!5th District Councilmember Lynch announced on her Facebook yesterday that she has COVID-19. I hope she’s hanging in there, and I appreciate that her announcement reminds folks to continue mitigation measures as the weather warms up and the pull of hangouts grows irresistible.Remember parklets? After a bunch of years, the city will finally see its first parklets installed—thanks to the work of Venture Richmond. I’ve already written about that rad, bee-looking parklet headed to Brookland Park Boulevard at some point in the future, but these are pre-fabbed parklets getting installed as we speak. From the City’s press release: “This week, construction will begin on five prefabricated parklets at locations adjacent to businesses who participated in the Picnic in a Parklet program. The first two pilot locations include N 29th Street in Church Hill, adjacent to the Nile Ethiopian Café, and N Shields Avenue in the Fan, adjacent to Joe’s Inn. Three additional locations are currently in the works with interested business owners.” Also, I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve ever read a local press release that had a link to NACTO in it.I’ve got two quick casino updates for you this morning. First, tonight at 6:00 PM, you can tune in to a virtual meeting about the 8th District casino site. Second, Amy Wentz got a similar push poll text to the one I got the other day, but this one focused on the 8th District site. Notably it didn’t mention increased crime like the 2nd District text that popped up on my phone. Intentional? I have no idea. The Mayor, in his weekly press briefing, condemned some of the garbage, racist language that’s been floating around about the casino lately, and I really like this quote: “The past few days have been so very disappointing. I’ve seen derogatory, disrespectful, and even blatantly racist rhetoric used by some, not all, in our affluent communities to distance themselves from our fellow Richmonders, who—because of their skin color or social economic status—they consider less important, less consequential, and less worthy of respect.”The Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Ali Rockett reports on the task force charged with creating the City’s Civilian Review Board. The group is already behind schedule due to City Council’s delays in approving their membership, and, as you all are intimately aware, we are in the midst of budget season. Should we want to fund a CRB for next year, we’ll have to get that figured out in the coming weeks. I did a quick command+F in the Mayor’s proposed budget and don’t see a line item for a CRB (which doesn’t mean it’s not in there), but I think this may be on Council to fund. Keep an eye on it when we get to the amendment portion of budget season!Whittney Evans at VPM reports that the Governor has amended several parts of the marijuana legalization bill, including pushing the date of legalizing possession to July 1st. Those amendments will go back to the General Assembly for consideration on April 7th. I will not predict the fate of these amendments, because bills die in frequent and interesting ways!The press release about the Governor’s big train announcement is, I think, the longest press release I’ve seen—23 paragraphs, each linked together like a train bringing good news for the Commonwealth’s rail enthusiasts. Scroll to the bulleted list in the middle of the press-release train to get the gist: doubling Amtrak service to provide nearly hourly service, increasing VRE service by 60%, “laying the foundation” for a Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor, and “create the potential to expand rail to all parts of the Commonwealth.” The Long Bridge is in there, too! Basically, everyone involved—the federal government, state government, Amtrak, and CSX—will spend a bunch of money on train stuff over the next couple of decades. The WaPo has some more details.Related: It’s infrastructure week! I guess! The New York Times has a preview of Biden’s infrastructure plan, dubbed the American Jobs Plan, which he’ll discuss at an event in Pittsburgh later today. I excitedly await federal transportation nerds to sift through the details and tell me what’s what. I do see lots of money for public transportation and lots of money for electric vehicle infrastructure—two things we’ll need as we work to keep from incinerating our planet.This morning’s longreadWhat Killed These Bald Eagles? After 25 Years, We Finally Know.We’re doing wild things to the world around us, and it’s hard/impossible to know how all of nature’s complex systems will react to our shenanigans.What’s more, this molecule had a formula never seen before, and, unusually, it contained five atoms of the element bromine. So the team tried adding bromine to its growing cyanobacteria. Lo and behold, the same strange molecule appeared, and this new batch of cyanobacteria caused the brain lesions in chickens. Another group of collaborators confirmed the team’s work further, by finding the cyanobacteria genes likely responsible for synthesizing the toxin. The team ultimately named this toxin aetokthonotoxin, “poison that kills the eagle.” Twenty-five years later, it finally had a name.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.Picture of the DaySelf portrait in an Easter egg.

"Point A…” “I hate this so much I need to fix it…” is one animating principle of Zabe Bent, Director of Design at NACTO (the National Association of City Transport). Another would be... “Everyone should have access to whatever they want to do or be…” The convergence of these two principles is what drives Zabe to imagine, guide, and advocate for truly equitable transportation and city design projects throughout the country. This conversation was so brilliant that we had to break it up into two episodes. Stay tuned for part deux next week where we dig into a whole other side of Zabe. #thedopeshit Listen and subscribe to Radio Zamunda on Apple Podcasts, Google, Spotify and all the other Podcast-y things. Follow Zabe on Twitter and Instagram @ZabeBent Radio Zamunda is on Twitter and Instagram @RadioZamunda Music: “Feel Good Inc.” - Gorillaz “Le Claquer Des Doights” -Serge Gainsbourg “Perdido” -Sarah Vaughan “To Be Continued” -The Temptations --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/radio-zamunda--podcasts/message

This week Oliver interviews Skye Duncan, a fellow Kiwi who has gone on to lead the Global Designing Cities Initiative at the National Association of City Transportation Officials. Skye is a wealth of knowledge about how infrastructure and space allocation decisions get made on streets around the world, and how micromobility can impacts those habitats to achieve transport outcomes. It was a great conversation - they both really enjoyed this conversation and hope you do too.Specifically they dig into:- Skye’s background and journey from New Zealand, via Columbia and working with Mayor Bloomberg to heading the Global Designing Cities Initiative at NACTO.- What the Global Design Guide for Cities is trying to achieve.- What micromobility/electric bikes/scooters offer to cities around the world, and how this intersects with he growth in urban populations that we’re seeing.- Why the problem of parking, and parking entitlement, are such a big issue.- What micromobility operators should be thinking about when talking to city planners and contextualising micromobility in the transport mix.- how Skye encourages advocates of new micromobility vehicles to discuss them and their infrastructure.

The unprecedented coronavirus crisis has affected Americans from coast to coast, with most living under stay-at-home orders. Yet millions of Americans have jobs they can’t video conference into – which is why the pandemic presents a unique challenge for city transportation departments, who need to keep people, goods, and services moving. In this episode of our series highlighting Bloomberg Philanthropies’ COVID-19 response, Janette Sadik-Khan, a Principal at Bloomberg Associates and Chair of NACTO, sat down with Corinne Kisner, Executive Director of NACTO, and Mark de la Vergne, the Chief of Mobility Innovation for the City of Detroit. They discuss how cities are continuing to run transit systems while keeping their own staffs safe, creative actions city transportation officials are taking in response to the pandemic, and how cities can provide safer, healthier transportation options for people going forward.

Today’s guest is Melinda Hanson, Head of Sustainability at Bird, a micromobility company based in Santa Monica, CA. Founded in September 2017, Bird operates shared electric scooters in over 100 cities in Europe, the Middle East, and North America, with 10 million rides in its first year of operation.Melinda joined Bird from the National Association of City Transportation Officials, where she served as deputy director of NACTO's international programs. Before that, Melinda was a consultant for the Asian Development Bank, helping design and implement public transit projects in Pakistan and the Philippines. Earlier in her career, she was a founding staff member of the ClimateWorks Foundation where she managed the sustainable transport portfolio.In today’s episode, we cover:An overview of BirdHow Melinda became interested in sustainability and micromobilityCar culture, and some of the challenges inhibiting cities from changingThe rise of e-scooters (and why)How Bird is different, relative to competitionMelinda’s charter as head of sustainabilityTheir progress to-date, and some examples of key learningsThe value prop Bird offers to cities, and how the cities tend to evaluate the decision'Some barriers inhibiting progress, and the most impactful things that could change to accelerate their effortsWhat success looks like at Bird, from a sustainability standpointWhat else matters in the climate fightMelinda’s advice for others trying to figure out how to helpLinks to topics discussed in this episode:Bird: https://www.bird.co/Melinda’s Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melinda-hanson-6384912/ClimateWorks Foundation: https://www.climateworks.org/Barr Foundation: https://www.barrfoundation.org/Travis VanderZanden: https://www.linkedin.com/in/travis1/NYC’s Green Wave Plan: https://ny.curbed.com/2019/8/19/20812178/regional-planning-association-rpa-protected-bike-laneQuick Builds for Better Streets: https://b.3cdn.net/bikes/675cdae66d727f8833_kzm6ikutu.pdfYou can find me on twitter at @jjacobs22 or @mcjpod and email at info@myclimatejourney.co, where I encourage you to share your feedback on episodes and suggestions for future topics or guests.Enjoy the show!

Without action, road traffic crashes will become the seventh leading cause of death by 2030. That’s why the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety has dedicated $259 million over 12 years to implement interventions that have been proven to reduce road traffic fatalities and injuries in low- and middle-income countries. Kelly Larson of Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Health team spoke to two partners about their efforts in Fortaleza and in other cities. Luis Sabóia is the Executive Secretary for the Department of Public Services in Fortaleza – where road traffic deaths dropped 32 percent from 2014 to 2017. Skye Duncan is the Director of the Global Designing Cities Initiative at the National Association of City Transportation Officials, known as NACTO. She has been leading a multi-year program to develop the new Global Street Design Guide and to provide technical assistance to cities around the world on safe and sustainable street design, including São Paulo and Fortaleza in Brazil, Bogotá in Colombia, Mumbai in India, and Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.

This week we're back at NACTO 2017 in Chicago with a series of speakers that did quick presentations on how the work we do as advocates to change minds.  Skye Duncan hosts and starts off with a discussion of the NACTO Global Designing Cities Initiative. Chris Bruntlett talks about the work he and his family do at Modacity "marketing the lifestyle of cycling". Ed Solis of The City of San Jose describes Viva Calle, San Jose's Cyclovia. Kris Carter of the City of Boston talks about the safety competition app "Boston's Safest Driver". Ankita Chachra discusses the language of design and tools to make change in small ways that empower citizens to demand change. And finally Ronnie Matthew Harris talks about showing people in his neighborhood alternative ways to plan journeys without the car.

This week we're at the NACTO Designing Cities Conference in Chicago and hear keynotes from Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Department of Transportation's Director of Planning and Programming Erin Aleman.   The Mayor discusses Chicago's distinct advantages compared to other cities as well as improvements that have been made to the cities transportation system. He also talks about new funding sources including a ride hailing fee for transit capital and why those things are related.   In her discussion after the Mayor, Erin Aleman discusses how IDOT is working to use NACTO's street design guides, how improvements are being made to reduce fatalities on streets, and how transportation affects everyone.

We are so delighted to have been invited to this year’s annual NACTO Designing Cities conference! In this very special live recording we talk with Skye Duncan, Director of the Global Designing Cities Initiative, about their upcoming initiative on children and caretakers. A huge thank you to Corinne Kisner and the entire team at NACTO for inviting us to present, and to Jeff Wood of The Overhead Wire for the live broadcast and podcast recording!  Don’t forget — we’re a crowdfunded podcast! If you like our intersectional take on urbanism, you can contribute to our efforts by becoming our patron. Check out our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism for more details. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Episode references: NACTO’s Designing Cities Conference: https://nacto.org/conference/designing-cities-conference-chicago-2017/ The Global Designing Cities Initiative: https://globaldesigningcities.org/ The Overhead Wire podcast with Jeff Wood: https://theoverheadwire.com/ --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Airbnb can be a contentious issue — it can give you a more affordable place to stay, a more authentic experience in a city, and allow you to meet new people from the places you’re visiting. On the other hand, it can “black out” entire blocks of tourists, drive up prices, and take valuable rental units off the market that could otherwise potentially be affordable. In this week’s Next City partnered article, contributor Nina Feldman walks us through the New Orleans experience — a city reliant upon its tourism industry — six months after it implemented regulations on legalized Airbnb.  Don’t forget — we’re a crowdfunded podcast! If you like our intersectional take on urbanism, you can contribute to our efforts by becoming our patron. Check out our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism for more details. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Episode references: Main article by Nina Feldman, Here’s What New Orleans Looks Like Six Months Into Legalized Airbnb — https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/heres-what-new-orleans-looks-like-one-year-after-legalizing-airbnb Our live recording scheduled for NACTO’s Designing Cities conference this week! —  https://nacto.org/event/live-podcast-third-wave-urbanism/ --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

It’s been a busy month for us between trips abroad, conferences, and new jobs, so we thought it would be a good time to sit down for a catch-up chat. Tune in as we discuss blog baby anniversaries, feminist planning in Stockholm, and Placemaking Week in Amsterdam. And stay tuned for some special announcements from the two of us, including a live recording of Third Wave Urbanism at NACTO’s Designing Cities conference next week in Chicago where we’ll be interviewing Skye Duncan, Director of the Global Designing Cities Initiative!  If you like these conversations and advocating for human-scale cities, you can donate to our efforts on our Patreon page at www.patreon.com/thirdwaveurbanism. Thank you to our supporters, and thank you all for listening, sharing, and doing what you do! As always, you can keep up with our thoughts and send us your comments on Twitter or Instagram:  Katrina can be found at @think_katrina Kristen can be found at @blackurbanist Episode references: Our live recording scheduled for NACTO’s Designing Cities conference November 1st: https://nacto.org/event/live-podcast-third-wave-urbanism/ Placemaking Week in Amsterdam: https://www.pps.org/blog/placemaking-week-2017-hello-amsterdam/ --- Intro and closing music is “Urban Life” by Gustavs Strazdin used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode

Topic:Incorporating Green Infrastructure into Street Design In This Episode:[01:57] Guest Corinne Kisner is introduced. [02:10] Corinne shares about the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). [02:33] Mike tells about Island Press and NACTO’s book, “The Urban Street Stormwater Guide”. [03:17] Corinne explains why sustainable stormwater management matters and why transportation officials should be concerned about stormwater management. [05:12] Corinne gives the benefits of using green stormwater infrastructure in street design. [06:49] Corinne comments on green stormwater systems making cities more desirable and more attractive places to live. [08:30] Corinne gives the characteristics of successful city projects. [11:03] Corinne shares the elements that help make green infrastructure work within a street design. 13 :07 Corinne states the challenges that cities face in stormwater street design. [14:02] What should be kept in mind when designing or implementing a stormwater street project? [15:08] Corinne talks about underserved communities using green infrastructure as a community-building, community-investment strategy. [17:16] Corinne shares whether there is a role for green stormwater infrastructure in areas that have a drier climate. [17:47] How can green infrastructure projects positively change a city’s growth and development? [19:06] Is green infrastructure more or less expensive than traditional infrastructure approaches? [20:35] Is “The Urban Street Stormwater Guide” currently available, and where can people go to buy the book? [21:25] Corinne discusses what needs to happen next to get more cities to implement green infrastructure as part of their normal course of business. Guest and Organization:Corinne Kisner is the Director of Programs at the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO). In this role, she facilitates networks of peer cities working to build safe, sustainable transportation systems and equitable, active cities through better street design and transportation policy. Corinne directs the annual Designing Cities conference and facilitates city policy initiatives on issues such as Vision Zero, planning for automated vehicles, and integrating green stormwater infrastructure into multi-modal street design. Corinne also oversees NACTO’s communications, external partnerships, and leadership development program for city transportation officials. NACTO’s mission is to build cities as places for people, with safe, sustainable, accessible and equitable transportation choices that support a strong economy and vibrant quality of life. Follow https://twitter.com/corinnekisner (Corinne )and https://twitter.com/NACTO (NACTO) on Twitter Take Away Quotes: “NACTO is an association of 55 member cities and transit agencies across North America, formed to help exchange best practices and ideas in city transportation and raise the bar nationally to what city transportation can do in cities.” “We’ve been seeing cities across the country really thinking critically about the design of streets and how that plays in to city goals for sustainability and equity and access and really livable, vibrant cities.” “The network of cities that we work with are starting to think critically, too, about how streets play a role in the stormwater infrastructure, in the stormwater network within the city. Most streets are very impervious, meaning that water can’t absorb through the concrete or the asphalt into the ground, and so you just get enormous volumes of stormwater runoff running across streets and into storm drains. That really separates water from the natural cycle and causes water pollution and is very expensive to treat and manage.” Resources:https://nacto.org/ (National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) )...

This week we’re going back to NACTO in Seattle and listening to a plenary given by the Los Angeles Bicycle Coalition’s Tamika Butler.  The plenary, “Planning While Black” goes through some of Tamika’s personal history, issues of diversity and equity, and how we should be planning for people who aren’t represented in the process. 

A Joint Production of the METRANS Transportation Center and the USC Urban Growth Seminar Series. Speaker: Seleta Reynolds General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Transportation Discussant: Jeremy Klop Principal, Fehr and Peers, Los Angeles  Seleta Reynolds is General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) appointed by the Administration of Mayor Eric Garcetti. She leads the department as well as day-to-day operations of a multi-faceted organization with an annual budget of $526 million. LADOT’s 2,000 employees are responsible for managing over 6,500 miles of streets, 35,000 parking meters, and the most advanced traffic signal system in the country, with 4,500 traffic lights. The Department serves over 26 million trips each year on DASH buses, the second largest bus service in Los Angeles County; enforces parking laws; and facilitates over 2,000 special events each year. Ms. Reynolds is responsible for implementing Great Streets for Los Angeles, a plan to reduce traffic fatalities, double the number of people riding bikes, and expand access to integrated transportation choices for Angelenos and the region. Ms. Reynolds has over 16 years of experience planning, funding, and implementing transportation projects throughout the United States. Prior to accepting her current position, Ms. Reynolds served as a manager in in the Livable Streets sub- division at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, where she led the section responsible for safety, innovation, policy, and coordination for complete streets projects citywide. She oversaw the creation of an implementation plan for Vision Zero, the City’s goal to reach zero traffic deaths. She is a past president of the Association for Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals and serves on the Transportation Research Board Bicycle and Pedestrian Committees and the WalkScore Advisory Board. Ms. Reynolds was on the Steering Committee for NACTO’s Urban Streets Design Guide and the National Safe Routes to School Toolbox.