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Talking Headways Podcast: Designing the Megaregion

By Jen Hawse / On June 11th, 2020

Jonathan Barnett, emeritus professor of Practice in City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania, joined Jeff Wood of Talking Headways on June 11, 2020. They discussed his new book, Designing the Megaregion: Meeting Urban Challenges at a New Scale. Barnett chats about where the idea of megaregions came from, environmental planning within the landscape, the importance of transit connections in these regions, and how we can coordinate megaregions administratively.

Webinar: Unlocking Multimodality in N America

In recent years, some urban planners have begun to explore ways to unlock Dutch-style multimodality, hoping to utilize the bicycle as a tool to increase public-transit ridership and decrease car dependency. In fact, the case could be made that—with the right conditions—bikes are better placed to deal with the lower population densities and longer distances traveled in North America.

CNU Webcast with Jeff Speck on Walkable City Rules

CNU's Membership Engagement Manager Jay Shepley speaks with Jeff Speck about his new book, Walkable City Rules; 101 Steps to Making Better Places during their November webcast. During this conversation, Jay asks people about Jeff's new book, diving into why a rule book is needed and how it's a benefit to the new urbanist community.

Suburban Remix Webinar, Co-Hosted by APA Virginia

Suburban Remix co-editors Jason Beske and David Dixon joined Island Press partner APA Virginia for a webinar presentation on March 26 at 12:00 PM EST.